One user, unlimited projects and 5,000 errors a month kept for 15 days, plus one monitor (an uptime check or a cron check-in) with uptime checks every 5 minutes. Past the quota each project is limited to one error a minute, and processing stops at 125% until the next month.
Verified ·Oct 15, 2026
Free allowance
What the free plan includes, as the provider states it.
- errors / month · Error tracking
- 5K
- Error notifications per account; every reported occurrence counts, and the quota resets at the start of each calendar month (UTC). From 100% each project is limited to one notification a minute; at 125% processing stops until the 1st or an upgrade.
- retention · Error tracking
- 15 d
- Error data.
- seats
- 1
- projects
- Unlimited
- monitors · Uptime monitoring
- 1
- Uptime checks and check-ins (cron and heartbeat monitoring) share this limit.
- check interval · Uptime monitoring
- 5 min
The fine print
Each verdict links to the quote it rests on.
- Free for
- As long as you stay within the limits
- At the limit
- Usage is slowed down
- Spending cap
- None needed: the free plan cannot bill you
- Idle projects
- No pause rule documented
- Data retention
- No deletion rule documented
- Card at sign-up
- Not requiredHoneybadger says new accounts start with a 30-day free trial (collaboration features, unlimited users, no card) and can switch to Developer at any time; if no plan is chosen when the trial ends, monitoring pauses until you log in and pick one.
- Identity check
- An email address
- Commercial use
- AllowedHoneybadger pitches Developer at solo developers working on side projects, software startups or serious production apps. Its Terms bar using the service for software that executes securities transactions, makes medical diagnoses, or is involved in manufacturing or process control (all plans).
- Mainland China
- Not verified
- Sign-up regions
- No restrictions documented
- Quotas apply per
- Account
Alternatives
Other free plans for the same need, ranked by the same neutral rules.
Changes
- New
Changed: Honeybadger Developer added to the catalog
- Oct 15, 2026
- Awaiting review
- Developer