#30 in Monitoring & ObservabilityUpdated 2026-08

highlight.io

by Highlight · Open source fullstack monitoring with session replay and traces

43.6 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

highlight.io is an open source monitoring platform that combines session replay, error monitoring, logging, traces and dashboards for full-stack web applications. Logging is powered by ClickHouse and errors and traces use OpenTelemetry, with SDKs for frameworks including React, Next.js, Vue, Go, Node.js and Rails. It can be used as a hosted service or self-hosted with Docker.

Best for: Web teams wanting session replay, errors, logs and traces in one open source monitoring tool
Pricing: Free tier for 500 sessions a month, then Pay-as-you-go from $50/month and Business from $800/month, with extra fees for usage above each plan's quota and contact-sales Enterprise plans.
Runs on: WebSelf-hosted

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Session replay, errors, logs, traces and dashboards in one place
Self-hostable in Docker with a few commands
Open source, built on OpenTelemetry and ClickHouse
Free tier covers 500 sessions/month and up to 15 seats

Trade-offs

Site banner directs users to migrate accounts to LaunchDarkly
Pay-as-you-go caps retention at 7 days, 2 projects, 3 dashboards
Jump from $50 to $800/month for unlimited projects and retention
Usage beyond each plan's quota is billed as an additional fee

Pricing

Published plans from highlight.io’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

highlight.io pricing tiers, monthly rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Includes
Free	Freeper month	500 monthly sessions AI error grouping Up to 15 seats
Pay-as-you-go	$50per month base fee, plus usage	Up to 3 dashboards Up to 2 projects Up to 15 seats Up to 7 day retention
Business	$800per month base fee, plus usage	Unlimited dashboards, projects and seats Custom retention policies Filters for data ingest Everything in Pay-as-you-go
Enterprise	Contact sales	SAML & SSO Custom MSAs & SLAs RBAC & audit logs Data export and user reporting
Self-Hosted Enterprise	Contact sales	For large enterprises hosting Highlight on their own infrastructure No price shown on the pricing page

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
API quality: 20 out of 100
Documentation: 60 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 57 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 85 out of 100
Changelog: 55 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 45 out of 100
Operational trust: 75 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 55 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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