APILens vs Sentry
Sentry tracks errors. APILens tracks everything.
Sentry tells you what broke, after it breaks. APILens shows you the N+1 query and the slow route before they take your API down — latency monitoring, DB query profiling, slow endpoint detection, per-route analytics, out of the box, with one line.
Get your API key — free| Feature | APILens | Sentry |
|---|---|---|
| Setup time | 60 seconds | 15+ min |
| Lines of code | 1 | 10+ |
| Dependencies | 0 | 30+ |
| Infrastructure | None | None |
| Auto DB profiling | — | |
| Distributed tracing | ||
| Error tracking | ||
| N+1 detection | — | |
| Real-time dashboard | ||
| Self-hostable | — | — |
| Price | Free to start | Scales with usage |
Choose APILens if:
- You need error tracking AND performance monitoring
- You want to know which endpoints are slow, not just broken
- You want auto DB profiling with N+1 detection
- You want per-route analytics (calls, latency, P95, errors)
- You want zero dependencies
Choose Sentry if:
- You only need error/crash tracking
- You need frontend + mobile error tracking
- You need issue grouping and assignment workflows
- You need multi-language support (Python, Go, Ruby, etc.)
- You need release tracking and deploy monitoring
Use both together
APILens and Sentry solve different problems. Use Sentry for deep error analysis and issue management. Use APILens for API performance monitoring, DB profiling, and real-time request visibility. They complement each other perfectly.
Start monitoring in 60 seconds
$ npm install auto-api-observeapp.use(observe({ apiKey: 'sk_...' }))No credit card. Zero dependencies. Free to start.