Raygun Real User Monitoring vs Zipy (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Raygun Real User Monitoring and Zipy share a 2.2 GPA, and only Zipy has a free plan.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Raygun Real User Monitoring
Real user monitoring for web and mobile front-end performance
Zipy
Session replay with error monitoring for web and mobile apps
Which one is for you
Pick Raygun Real User Monitoring if
- Fits if you ship often and want to see speed change per release
- Works for teams that want per-customer session lookups
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $120 against $80 billed annually
- Tight if you want alerts, as Core Web Vitals alerts, integrations and custom dashboards start at Team
- Watch out: sessions beyond your quota are charged on demand at $0.002
- Watch out: the pricing table mixes session and error labels
- Skip it if you want visitor analytics, as this is speed monitoring only
Pick Zipy if
- Fits if you want replays and error logs in one place for a web or mobile app
- Works for a small team that can live within 1,000 sessions a month
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 1,000 sessions a month, 15 days of data and 2 projects
- Pricey if you need errors, heatmaps and performance stats, which are separate Growth add-ons
- Watch out: web and mobile sessions are priced separately in the plan builder
- Watch out: the mobile SDKs are code libraries you add to your own apps
How we grade them
| 2.2GPARaygun Real User MonitoringFair | 2.2GPAZipyFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$80 a month billed annually ($120 monthly) for 100,000 sessions sits between the middle ($32) and the dearer quarter ($150) of analytics tools. | CGrowth starts at $25 a month, billed annually, $30 monthly. That's just under the category middle of $32, and it rises as you add sessions and add-ons. |
| Free plan and trial | CA 14-day trial with no card. No free plan. | CFree plan: 1,000 sessions a month with mobile replays, 2 projects and 15 days of data. A normal site hits that quickly. |
| Features | CCore Web Vitals, waterfalls, filters, customer lookup and deployment tracking do the job of speed monitoring fully, but it is a smaller job than analytics. | CSession replay, error monitoring, performance monitoring, an AI agent and mobile SDKs. Growth sells errors, heatmaps and performance stats as separate add-ons. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You add a script and set up alerts, tags and dashboards. | CNo store rating on record. You add a script or SDK and choose your own add-ons. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with Slack, Microsoft Teams, GitHub, Jira and an API listed. | BWeb dashboard and a browser extension, plus mobile SDKs, with Sentry, Segment, Rollbar, Raygun and RB2B connections. |
| Best for | real-user speed monitoring tied to deployments | session replay and error tracking together |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Raygun Real User Monitoring and Zipy. How we grade
Price against what you get
Raygun Real User Monitoring starts at $80 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Zipy starts at $25 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Zipy starts $55 a month lower. Of the other website and product analytics tools on the chart, 27 score higher than Raygun Real User Monitoring for less, and 22 score higher than Zipy for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Raygun Real User Monitoring also covers dashboards and page speed.
- Zipy also covers web analytics and session replay.
At a glance
| Raygun Real User Monitoring | Zipy | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $80 per month for 100,000 sessions, billed annually ($120 billed monthly) | $25 per month and up, billed annually ($30 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | 1,000 sessions a month with mobile replays, 15 days of data retention and 2 projects. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial, no credit card required | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Raygun | Zipy Inc. |
| Price read from | raygun.com | zipy.ai |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Raygun Real User Monitoring
- There is no free plan; the entry paid tier is $80 a month billed annually ($120 billed monthly).
- The pricing table labels RUM quotas inconsistently (some labels say errors); its footnote refers to reserved sessions, charged on demand at $0.002 beyond them.
- Core Web Vitals alerts, integrations and custom dashboards start at the Team plan.
- Saving 33% needs annual billing; Crash Reporting lists SAML SSO and priority support on Business.
Zipy
- The free plan stops at 1,000 sessions a month and keeps data for 15 days.
- Growth is priced by sessions, with errors, heatmaps and performance stats chosen as separate add-ons.
- Web and mobile sessions are priced separately in the plan builder.
- Its dashboard runs in the browser; the mobile SDKs are code libraries for your own apps.
Key features
Raygun Real User Monitoring
- Core Web Vitals and UX metrics
- Tracks Google's Core Web Vitals from real users, with root cause analysis down to a single asset.
- Page-level diagnostics
- A full waterfall of DNS, latency, SSL, server and transfer times for each page, with instance-level diagnostics for individual requests.
- Filtering and segments
- Data can be filtered and compared by time, location, browser, device, release version or custom tags.
- Customer Experience Monitoring
- Search an individual customer to see a breakdown of their sessions and errors.
- Deployment tracking and alerts
- Watch the performance impact of each deployment, with custom alerts for slow pages and a daily Slack summary.
Zipy
- Session replay
- Watch recorded user sessions on web and mobile, with the errors, console logs and network requests from each one.
- Error monitoring
- Frontend errors with stack traces, tied to the session they happened in, plus crash reporting for mobile apps.
- Oopsie AI agent
- An AI agent that reviews sessions and errors to point out the problems users hit, with AI summaries and repro steps.
- Performance monitoring
- API performance and page performance stats, sold as add-ons to the Growth plan, alongside heatmaps.
- Mobile SDKs
- SDKs for Android, iOS, React Native and Flutter extend replay and error capture to mobile apps.
- Custom plan builder
- Pick monthly web and mobile session volumes from 7.5k to 100k and add-ons; the sales team then sends an invoice.
Plans
Raygun Real User Monitoring
Basic$80
per month for 100,000 sessions, billed annually ($120 billed monthly)
Unlimited apps and members, Core Web Vitals, page-level insights, slow-page alerts, deployment tracking and the Raygun API.
Team$160
per month for 200,000 sessions, billed annually ($240 billed monthly)
Adds Core Web Vitals alerts, third-party integrations, unlimited custom dashboards, custom timings and user roles.
Business$800
per month for 1M sessions, billed annually ($1,200 billed monthly)
Marked most popular for RUM; quota rises to 1M sessions a month. Feature list not shown in the RUM table.
EnterpriseCustom
Talk-to-sales plan with custom terms, volume discounts and SLAs.
Zipy
Free$0
1,000 sessions a month, mobile replays, 15 days of retention, up to 2 projects and email support within 72 hours.
Growth$25
per month and up, billed annually ($30 billed monthly)
1 month of retention, up to 10 projects and error monitoring. Price rises with sessions; heatmaps and API stats are add-ons.
EnterpriseCustom
Any volume of sessions and errors, custom projects and retention, and priority email and chat support.
Ways to pay less
Raygun Real User Monitoring
- Annual discount
Save 33% with annual billing
The pricing page labels annual billing as saving 33% against monthly: Basic RUM is $80 billed annually against $120 billed monthly.
Zipy
- Annual discount
Lower Growth price with annual billing
The pricing page shows Growth from $25 a month billed annually, against $30 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Raygun Real User Monitoring or Zipy?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Zipy is cheaper to start with: $25 a month, against $80 a month for Raygun Real User Monitoring. Raygun Real User Monitoring starts at $80 per month for 100,000 sessions, billed annually ($120 billed monthly), and Zipy starts at $25 per month and up, billed annually ($30 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Raygun Real User Monitoring or Zipy?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Zipy has a free plan. Raygun Real User Monitoring does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Raygun Real User Monitoring and Zipy run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Zipy lists a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.