Error tracking and APM
Supahound vs Sentry: error tracking vs security detection for Supabase
Sentry is error tracking and performance monitoring, with a Supabase client integration that records query and auth spans. Supahound reads Supabase edge logs and flags abnormal traffic per user. Sentry tells you what broke in your own code; Supahound tells you who is abusing your Supabase project.
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How do Supahound and Sentry compare?
| Question | Supahound | Sentry |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Security detection. | Errors and performance. |
| Sees direct API calls with your anon key? | Yes. It reads Supabase edge logs. | Not through the SDK integration, which records your own client's calls. |
| Reads Supabase edge logs? | Yes, through read-only OAuth. | Only through a log drain, which needs Supabase Pro, Team or Enterprise. |
| Security detectors included? | Yes. Cross-tenant reads, key misuse, stuffing, scraping, tampering. | Not mentioned on the Supabase integration page. You write your own alert rules. |
| Per-user detection? | Yes. Detectors run per actor. | Not described. |
| Entry price | Free posture scan; $29 per project per month for detection. | Developer free; Team $29 per month (monthly). |
What does Sentry do well?
- The Supabase integration captures spans for auth operations (signInWithPassword, signUp, signOut and admin calls) and for database operations.
- Query dashboards and detailed error context for failed Supabase operations.
- Supabase can drain logs to Sentry's Logging product on Supabase Pro, Team or Enterprise.
What does Sentry not cover?
- Built for errors and performance. The Supabase integration page does not mention security events or threat detection.
- The integration records calls made by your own client code. Direct API calls by an attacker who uses your anon key do not pass through it.
- Getting Supabase edge logs into Sentry needs a log drain, which needs a Supabase Pro, Team or Enterprise plan. You then write your own alert rules.
How much does Sentry cost?
Developer is free (5k errors, 5M spans, 50 replays, 5GB of logs). Team is $29 per month billed monthly or $26 billed annually. Business is $89 per month billed monthly or $80 billed annually. Enterprise is custom. Extra logs cost $0.50 per GB. Supahound's posture scan is free; runtime detection is $29 per project per month (pricing).
Which one should I choose?
Choose Sentry if you need error tracking and performance monitoring first. It complements security monitoring; it does not replace it.
Choose Supahound if you want security detectors you do not write yourself, some of which alert from day one, and that see attackers who never load your front end.
Frequently asked questions
- Can Sentry's Supabase integration detect an attacker?
- The integration records spans from your own client code. An attacker who copies your anon key and calls the Supabase API directly never runs that code, so Sentry does not see the requests.
- Could I build Supahound's detectors in Sentry with a log drain?
- You could drain Supabase logs to Sentry on a Pro, Team or Enterprise plan and write your own alert rules. Supahound ships per-actor detectors, groups findings into incidents and writes a summary and a SQL fix for each incident.
- Should I keep Sentry if I add Supahound?
- Yes. Supahound does not track errors or performance. Sentry answers "what broke"; Supahound answers "who is abusing my data".
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