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Replay frontend sessions and investigate errors with application traces.

What you can use it for

Replay frontend sessions and investigate errors with application traces.

  • Full session replay combined with backend OpenTelemetry distributed tracing and error logs.
  • Canvas, WebGL, and network request recording for comprehensive frontend debugging.
  • 100% open-source with Docker Compose deployment.
Workflow coverage and comparison notes

Monitor user sessions, frontend errors and backend traces with session replay using open-source Highlight instead of Inspectlet.

Before you switch

Self-hosted deployment requires Docker Compose with ClickHouse and Redis. Free cloud tier is capped at 500 sessions/month.

Alternatives to these paid apps

Each comparison covers the workflow described above, rather than every paid feature.