Best for crash and performance-first observability
Try EmbraceEmbrace covers crash, ANR, network, and performance monitoring with deep iOS and Android instrumentation. Free covers up to 50K MAU; Pro at $500-$1.5K monthly covers 100K-500K MAU; Business at $2K-$5K covers 1M+ MAU with OpenTelemetry export and 90-day retention. Where session replay tools (UXCam) capture user UX behavior, Embrace captures the crash-and-performance side of the same sessions: which screens crash, how slow API calls compound to ANRs, where battery drain spikes. For teams whose top product issues are reliability rather than UX, Embrace is the right starting point. The trade vs UXCam: no session replay (you see crash stack traces, not UI recordings), and the alerting surface is more performance-engineer focused.
Strengths
- +50K MAU free tier with crash + ANR + network
- +OpenTelemetry export on Business tier
- +Deep iOS + Android performance instrumentation
- +90-day retention on Business
Trade-offs
- −No session replay (different from UXCam)
- −Less polished UX-team interface
- −Free tier excludes 90-day retention
- Free
- Up to 50K MAU
- Pro
- Custom (~$500-$1.5K/mo)
- Business
- Custom (~$2K-$5K/mo)
- Enterprise
- Custom (~$7K+/mo)
Migration steps
- Sign up at embrace.io (free tier).
- Add Embrace SDK to iOS + Android apps.
- Validate crash reporting, ANR detection, network monitoring.
- Add to existing UXCam workflow as performance specialist (do not replace UXCam if you need replay).
- Cancel UXCam only if performance focus replaces UX-replay focus.
Not for: Embrace is the wrong fit for teams whose primary need is session replay and heatmaps; UXCam fits that better.
Paid plans from $1,000.00/mo