- AI triage built in, on every plan. Including free. A summary, ranked likely causes, and try-first steps on any issue — no external assistant to wire up.
- EU-hosted by default. Your event data lives in the EU without picking a region or reading region docs first.
- Monitors don't eat your event quota. Uptime checks run on the side; your error budget stays an error budget.
- Bigger free tier. 5,000 events a month against GlitchTip's 1,000 — enough to run a real side project without paying.
- Curated, focused UX. One product done deeply. No admin panels to maintain, no upgrade playbook — it fits in your head.
Comparison
booboo.dev vs GlitchTip
GlitchTip is the open-source budget option, and it's genuinely good at being that. booboo is the managed, AI-native, EU-default option. They overlap less than you'd think — here's the honest read, including the rows GlitchTip wins.
Side by side
GlitchTip wins real rows here — open source, raw price per event, retention. booboo wins on AI triage, EU-default hosting, and focus. Here's the line-by-line.
| Feature | booboo.dev | GlitchTip |
|---|---|---|
| Open source & self-hosting | No — managed service only | MIT-licensed; self-host for free |
| Hosted price per event | €18/mo for 50K events | $15/mo for 100K events |
| Free tier | 5K events/mo, unlimited projects, 30-day retention, 2 seats | 1K events/mo, unlimited projects & members |
| AI triage built in | Every plan, including Free | None built in — an MCP server lets external AI assistants query your data |
| EU hosting | EU-only by design | US default; EU region option on all plans |
| Hosted retention | 30 days (90 on Team) | 90 days on every hosted plan |
| Uptime monitoring | Included; checks don't touch your event quota | Included; hosted checks consume your event quota |
| Sentry SDK compatibility | Own SDKs — Python & JavaScript | Uses Sentry's SDKs — broad platform coverage |
| Performance monitoring & logs | Deliberately not — errors are the product | Basic versions included |
| Support & maintenance | Managed for you | Managed on hosted; yours to run if self-hosted |
built-in partial / add-on not supported
Why teams pick booboo
If open source, self-hosting, or maximum events per dollar is what you're optimizing for, GlitchTip is the right call — genuinely, go use it. booboo is for teams who'd rather pay a little more for a managed, AI-native, EU-default service.
Switching from GlitchTip
GlitchTip apps use Sentry's SDKs, so switching means swapping the SDK and DSN. No big-bang migration — run both for a week, then drop the one you don't want.
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Install our SDK alongside the Sentry SDK
Two more lines of code next to your existing Sentry-SDK init. Both SDKs capture the same unhandled exceptions independently.
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Compare for a week in production
You'll see the same errors in both dashboards. Check the AI Triage on every booboo issue. See if it earns its keep.
- 3
Swap out the Sentry SDK
Remove the Sentry-SDK init, keep booboo's, and close down your GlitchTip project. Both SDKs are safe in production and add minimal overhead during the trial week.
Try booboo free
Free plan is real production-grade — 5,000 events/month, 30-day retention, AI Triage included.
No credit card. EU-hosted. 2-minute install.