
Checkend
Checkend is self-hosted error monitoring software with a dashboard for tracking application errors.
What Checkend is
Checkend is self-hosted error monitoring software with a dashboard for tracking application errors. Automatic fingerprinting groups similar problems, and teams can also define custom fingerprints. Notifications can be routed through email, Slack, Discord, webhooks, or GitHub Issues, with rules set for each app. Team features include role-based access, email invitations, and assigning apps to particular teams. A REST API with fine-grained permissions supports managing apps, problems, teams, and users. Checkend supports frontend monitoring and source maps, with listed Ruby integrations for Rails, Sinatra, Rack, Sidekiq, and Resque; one Ruby SDK serves web apps and background jobs. The Python error reference describes capture with tracebacks, request data, and other context. Deployment uses Docker and PostgreSQL, without requiring Redis, and error data stays on the user's servers. The source is available under the O'SASSY License. The Free plan is free, billed Forever, with no subscriptions or per-event fees.
Good
- Self-hosted data remains on the user's servers.
- Automatic and custom error fingerprints are supported.
- Notifications include Slack, Discord, and GitHub Issues.
- REST API has fine-grained permissions.
- Free plan has no per-event fees.
Watch out
- Self-hosting is required.
- Free trial is not available.
Who it suits
Checkend suits teams that want to host error monitoring on their own servers and keep error data there. Its Ruby and Python support, team controls, and app-specific notification rules may fit development teams managing multiple applications.
Verdict
Checkend combines error grouping, team management, notifications, and an API in a self-hosted setup. The free plan has no subscriptions or per-event fees, but teams must run it on their own servers.
Plans and prices
From Checkend's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | No subscriptions · No per-event fees · Self-hosted · Forever |
The facts
Each one read from Checkend's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- The full REST API supports managing apps, problems, teams, and users with fine-grained permissions.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Data control
- Checkend says that, because it is self-hosted, error data stays on the user's servers.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The site says Checkend can be deployed with one Docker command and does not require Redis, using PostgreSQL instead.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Grouping
- Automatic fingerprinting groups similar errors, and custom fingerprints are supported.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The available Ruby integrations listed are Rails, Sinatra, Rack, Sidekiq, and Resque.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Notifications
- Notifications are available through email, Slack, Discord, webhooks, and GitHub Issues, with per-app rules.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Open source
- The site describes Checkend as source available under the O'SASSY License and welcomes contributions for new SDKs.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Product
- Checkend is self-hosted error monitoring with a dashboard for tracking application errors.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Python errors
- The Python error reference says Checkend captures Python errors with tracebacks, request data, and other context.checked 9 Oct 2026
- SDK
- The integrations page says one Checkend Ruby SDK works across major Ruby frameworks, including web apps and background jobs.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Security
- The site states that Checkend provides encrypted storage for sensitive data, secure tokens, session management, and password history protection.checked 9 Oct 2026
The company
- Teams
- Teams support role-based access, email invitations, and assigning apps to specific teams.checked 9 Oct 2026
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