What features I will miss in the dashboard of i use Sentry self hosted instead of Monthly paid SaaS version ( in terms of mobile sdk usage )
#Sentry Hosted vs Saas
verbal carbon
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Hi @verbal carbon. I'm happy to dig into this for you! I'll check my internal sources for answers to your question! :wave:
If you use Sentry self-hosted instead of the paid SaaS version, there are a few notable dashboard features you may miss, especially in the context of mobile SDK usage:
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AI Autofix and Advanced AI Features: Features like AI Autofix, Solutions Hub, and other LLM-powered suggestions are not available in self-hosted Sentry. These require the getsentry/seer service, which is not ready for self-hosted and involves hosting your own LLM data. These features are only available on SaaS for now, and their absence means you won't see AI-generated solutions or autofix suggestions in your dashboard for mobile issues Document differences between SaaS and self-hosted, Self hosted solutions hub missing, does sentry self-hosted have autofix feature.
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Certain Feature Flags and Early Access Features: Some features are enabled via feature flags in SaaS and may not be available or fully supported in self-hosted. For example, advanced analytics, performance anomaly detection UI, and some mobile-specific insights or dashboards may be behind feature flags that are not always documented or supported for self-hosted users. While you can enable many feature flags manually, some features may still not function as expected due to backend dependencies or maintenance overhead Self-Hosted Sentry > error loading a component in mobile insights, Can not select custom metrics as aggregate args.
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Mobile Profiling and Replays: While you can enable some features like profiling and session replay in self-hosted by toggling feature flags, these are not always fully supported or may require additional configuration. Some users have reported that enabling these flags does not always result in full feature parity with SaaS, especially for advanced mobile monitoring and custom metrics in dashboards Can not select custom metrics as aggregate args.
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Symbolication and Platform-Specific Support: Features like iOS symbolication (due to Apple restrictions) and Android system symbols (due to redistribution limitations) are not available in self-hosted. This can impact the quality of stack traces and crash reports for mobile apps Self-Hosted Sentry.
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Spike Protection, Spend Allocation, and Billing-Related Features: These are only relevant to SaaS and are not present in self-hosted, but they can affect how quotas and event retention are managed, which may indirectly impact dashboard analytics for high-volume mobile apps Self-Hosted Sentry.
Summary:
Most core mobile monitoring features (crash reporting, performance, dashboards, etc.) are available in self-hosted Sentry, but you will miss out on advanced AI/ML features, some early access or experimental features, and certain platform-specific integrations. The SaaS version will always get new features first, and some may never be available for self-hosted due to technical or licensing constraints.