elmah.io
Website monitoring software
Monitoring software
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What is elmah.io
elmah.io is a hosted error logging and application monitoring service focused on .NET and web applications. It collects unhandled exceptions, log events, and related context to help developers and support teams triage and resolve production issues. The product emphasizes tight integration with common .NET logging frameworks and provides alerting and issue management workflows. It is typically used by teams that want a managed alternative to self-hosted error logging.
Strong .NET error tracking
The product is designed around .NET exception handling and integrates with common .NET logging stacks. It captures exception details and request context to support root-cause analysis. This focus can reduce setup effort for teams primarily building on ASP.NET and related frameworks.
Managed hosting and retention
elmah.io runs as a hosted service, so teams do not need to provision or maintain their own storage and processing pipeline for error events. It centralizes logs and exceptions across environments and applications. This can simplify operations for small teams that want monitoring without running additional infrastructure.
Alerting and workflow features
The platform supports notifications when new errors occur or when error rates change. It provides grouping and issue-style views to help teams prioritize recurring problems. These capabilities align with common incident response workflows for web applications.
Narrower scope than APM suites
elmah.io centers on error logging and related application monitoring rather than full-stack observability. Teams needing deep distributed tracing, infrastructure metrics, or broad service maps may require additional tools. This can increase toolchain complexity for larger environments.
Best fit for .NET stacks
While it can ingest logs, the product’s core value is strongest in .NET-centric implementations. Organizations with polyglot microservices may find coverage uneven compared with platforms built for many runtimes. That can lead to multiple monitoring products across teams.
Website monitoring is secondary
Compared with tools focused on uptime checks and synthetic monitoring, elmah.io is primarily application error monitoring. If the main requirement is external availability monitoring and performance checks from multiple locations, additional website monitoring software may still be needed. This limits its role as a single solution for website monitoring.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Small Business | $26 /mo | 3 users; Unlimited applications; 10,000 messages/month; 400 emails/month; 30 days retention; SSL encryption; Visual Studio Integration; Daily Backup; Support; Invoices; Business Rules. |
| Business | $44 /mo | 20 users; Unlimited applications; 50,000 messages/month; 2,000 emails/month; 30 days retention; SSL encryption; Visual Studio Integration; Daily Backup; Support; Invoices; Business Rules; Goodie Bag; 5 Uptime Checks; App Store; Deployment Tracking. |
| Business+ | $89 /mo | Unlimited users; Unlimited applications; 250,000 messages/month; 10,000 emails/month; 90 days retention; SSL encryption; Visual Studio Integration; Daily Backup; Support; Invoices; Business Rules; Goodie Bag; 15 Uptime Checks; App Store; Deployment Tracking; 5 Heartbeats. |
| Enterprise | $269 /mo | Unlimited users; Unlimited applications; 1,000,000 messages/month; 40,000 emails/month; 90 days retention; SSL encryption; Visual Studio Integration; Daily Backup; Support; Invoices; Business Rules; Goodie Bag; 50 Uptime Checks; App Store; Deployment Tracking; 20 Heartbeats; AI & Machine Learning; Custom Documents; contact sales for enterprise terms. |
