Frontend monitoring with session replay and error tracking
LogRocket is the go-to platform for engineering teams that need to debug production issues. When a user reports "checkout is broken", LogRocket captures the exact JavaScript error, the Redux state at the time of the error, network requests, and a session replay so you can reproduce the issue instantly. It's 3–5x cheaper than FullStory, has a free plan that actually works for early-stage SaaS, and is more focused on engineering debugging than on product analytics. Very popular with Indian SaaS engineering teams.
LogRocket is a frontend monitoring and debugging platform that combines session replay, JavaScript error tracking, and performance monitoring into one dashboard. Founded in 2016, LogRocket helps engineering teams reproduce bugs instantly by capturing everything that happened in the user's browser when they encountered a problem.
Unlike FullStory (which is designed for product teams), LogRocket is purpose-built for engineering teams. It captures JavaScript errors with full stack traces, Redux/Vuex state dumps, network request/response payloads, and console logs. This context means when a user reports a bug, engineers don't need to ask clarifying questions — they can watch the session, see the exact error, and start fixing immediately.
Quick facts: Founded 2016 · San Francisco, CA · 2000+ customers · Very popular with Indian SaaS teams · SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, SOC 3 compliant · Free plan for small teams · Fast performance impact (lightweight SDK)
Watch exactly what happened in the user's browser when they reported a bug. Replay is linked to errors — click an error and see the session leading up to it.
Capture unhandled exceptions, network errors, and custom errors with full stack traces. See source maps automatically (Growth plan+). Know exactly what broke and why.
Capture the exact state of your app's Redux or Vuex store at the time of the error. Reproduce the bug by inspecting the state directly without user input.
See every network request/response in a session — API calls, CDN requests, failed endpoints. If an API call failed, you see the exact error response.
Track Core Web Vitals, load times, and performance regressions. See which pages are slow for which users. Integrate with your CI/CD to catch perf regressions before deploy.
Get notified when error rates spike, new error types appear, or performance degrades. Integration with Slack, PagerDuty, and Jira.
The choice between them depends on who's using it — engineers or product teams.
| Criteria | LogRocket | FullStory | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| JavaScript Error Tracking | Excellent | Basic | LogRocket |
| Redux/State Snapshots | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | LogRocket |
| Performance Monitoring | Excellent | Basic | LogRocket |
| Frustration Signals | ❌ No | Excellent | FullStory |
| Rage Click Detection | ❌ No | ✅ Yes | FullStory |
| Free Plan | ✅ 1,000 sessions/mo | ❌ No | LogRocket |
| Pricing (Series B scale) | ~₹10–30K/mo | ~₹25–60K/mo | LogRocket (cheaper) |
| Best for | Engineering teams | Product teams | Depends on your team |
LogRocket pricing is based on sessions recorded. Free plan is genuinely useful. At 1 USD = ₹84.
Sign up at logrocket.com, create a project, and get your app ID. LogRocket gives you a small script snippet to add to your site.
For React: npm install logrocket then import LogRocket from 'logrocket' and call LogRocket.init(). For Vue/Angular, use their respective SDKs. Script tag install is also available.
Configure Slack notifications for error spikes. Connect to PagerDuty if you want critical errors to trigger incidents.
If you're on Growth plan, upload source maps so stack traces show actual code instead of minified code. LogRocket has plugins for Webpack, Rollup, and Vite.
Connect to Jira (Pro plan) or Slack so when an error occurs, you can create a Jira ticket with the session link pre-populated.
Better for product teams — frustration signals and DX analytics. More expensive.
Choose when: Product team wants to understand frictionError tracking focused. No session replay. Best for teams only tracking errors.
Choose when: Only need error tracking, not session replayEnterprise monitoring including APM. Session replay is lower priority. More expensive.
Choose when: Need full-stack monitoring beyond frontend