Error Monitoring

Track exceptions with full context alongside your performance data. Scout's error monitoring gives you the complete picture when things go wrong.

Start Monitoring See Docs

Errors Views

Errors, Logs, and Traces – Right where you need them!

Stop juggling multiple tools and let Scout bring your errors and performance data together! Intelligent grouping and automatic context capture give you exactly the error data you need, when you need it, with integrated insights on your performance metrics. Even more conveniently, complete integration with Scout Monitoring.

Capture request parameters and custom context from our Agent

Automatically collect request parameters, session data, and custom context to get the full picture of what was happening when the error occurred.

Group errors intelligently by location and type

Smart grouping prevents error spam and focuses on unique issues, organizing by stack trace similarity and occurrence location.

Notify your dev teams via email, Slack, and more

Instant notifications when new errors occur or existing ones spike, with flexible rules based on severity and frequency.

Triage effectively – assign, manage notifications, and prioritize

Assign errors to team members, set status, and manage notification preferences for better organization and accountability.

Error detection and filtering

Smart Error Detection and Filtering

Find exactly what you need, when you need it. Our intelligent error detection and filtering approach lets you efficiently manage thousands of errors without getting overwhelmed, with the specific features you need:

Endpoint tagging

Tag critical endpoints to prioritize errors automatically.

GitHub Integration

Fix fast with stack traces and GitHub integration for deeper info.

Quick Identification

Instantly locate and filter errors by specific controller actions and endpoints for focused debugging.

Pre-load Data

Narrow your search parameters before loading data to efficiently explore large error volumes.

Real-time Filtering

Filter loaded errors in real-time using powerful search patterns to find exact matches.

Error Trends

Monitor error trends with clear indicators showing error frequency and impact over time.

Error Data Organization and Retention

Scout keeps your error data organized and accessible! Understand your application's error patterns with real-time error tracking and trend analysis. Monitor both error frequency and resolution rates to optimize your debugging strategy and stay on top of application health. All error data is retained for 30 days, with flexible severity level filtering to help you focus on what matters.

Pricing that Makes Sense

Straightforward and transparent pricing means you can worry about your application, not your bill. Start with our free tier to get started monitoring your applications.

Get Started in Minutes

Add Scout to Your App

With monitoring that "just works" for Rails, Django and more, get running in minutes with Scout's streamlined setup. No extra code needed - just deploy our agent and start getting insights in 5 minutes.

Get started in under 3 minutes with our easy to install Ruby agent.

Install our gem. In your Gemfile:

gem 'scout_apm'

Shell:

bundle install

Download your customized config file, placing it at config/scout_apm.yml.

Deploy.

Get started in under 3 minutes with our easy to install Python agent.

Install the package:

pip install scout-apm

Configure in your settings.py (Django):

# settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS = [
    "scout_apm.django",  # should be listed first
    # ... other apps ...
]

# Scout settings
SCOUT_MONITOR = True
SCOUT_KEY = "[AVAILABLE IN THE SCOUT UI]"
SCOUT_NAME = "A FRIENDLY NAME FOR YOUR APP"

Alternatively, use environment variables: SCOUT_MONITOR, SCOUT_NAME, SCOUT_KEY.

Deploy. Data appears in the Scout UI within approximately 5 minutes.

Get started in under 3 minutes with our easy to install PHP agent.

Install the package:

composer require scoutapp/scout-apm-laravel

Optionally install the PHP extension:

sudo pecl install scoutapm

Configure in your .env file and deploy.

Get started in under 3 minutes with our easy to install Elixir agent.

Add to your mix.exs and run mix deps.get:

{:scout_apm, "~> 2.0"}

Download your customized config and place it at config/scout_apm.exs.

Add instrumentation to lib/your_app_web.ex:

defmodule YourApp.Web do
  def controller do
    quote do
      use Phoenix.Controller
      use ScoutApm.Instrumentation

Deploy.

FAQ