elmah.io is a paid product with a free trial, 21 days long. The free plan includes 21-day free trial with no credit card required. No credit card is required to sign up.
About
elmah.io is a cloud service for .NET applications that collects error logs, uptime checks, deployment events, and scheduled-task heartbeats. It stores log messages in the cloud, syncs application errors automatically, and provides dashboards for monitoring, notifications, and issue tracking.
The service supports .NET web and logging frameworks, integrates with Slack, Microsoft Teams, email, and issue trackers, and includes AI-assisted debugging features such as Bugster, anomaly detection, bot detection, and an MCP server for AI tools. The pricing page shows a 21-day free trial with no credit card required, while the free program for startups, MVPs, open source, and non-profits is handled separately through sponsorship applications.
- Cloud error logging for .NET applications
- Uptime checks from up to 5 regions
- Deployment tracking for software releases
- Scheduled-task heartbeat monitoring
- Slack, Teams, and email notifications
- 21-day free trial, no credit card
- AI-assisted stack trace debugging
- MCP server for AI tools
Free Tier Value
This free trial lasts 21 days and the page explicitly says no credit card is required, so it has low signup friction but no ongoing monthly allowance. Using the cheapest paid plan at $26/month, a 21-day trial is worth about $18.20 in monthly terms, but because it is time-limited rather than perpetual, the practical free-tier value is best anchored to the entry plan at about $26/month.
What's included in the free tier
- 21-day free trial with no credit card required.
- Free Small Business subscription for open source projects.
- Free Personal subscription for MVPs.
- Discounted startup and non-profit offers are available, but not free-tier allowances.
See elmah.io pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Small Business
- users
- 3
- applications
- Unlimited
- messages/month
- 10,000
- emails/month
- 400
- retention
- 30 days
- 3 users
- Unlimited applications
- 10,000 messages/month
- 400 emails/month
- 30 days retention
- SSL encryption
- Visual Studio Integration
- Daily Backup
Business
- users
- 20
- applications
- Unlimited
- messages/month
- 50,000
- emails/month
- 2,000
- uptime checks
- 5
- 20 users
- Unlimited applications
- 50,000 messages/month
- 2,000 emails/month
- 30 days retention
- SSL encryption
- 5 Uptime Checks
- Deployment Tracking
Business+
- users
- Unlimited
- applications
- Unlimited
- messages/month
- 250,000
- emails/month
- 10,000
- uptime checks
- 15
- heartbeats
- 5
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited applications
- 250,000 messages/month
- 10,000 emails/month
- 90 days retention
- SSL encryption
- 15 Uptime Checks
- 5 Heartbeats
Enterprise
- users
- Unlimited
- applications
- Unlimited
- messages/month
- 1,000,000
- emails/month
- 40,000
- uptime checks
- 50
- heartbeats
- 20
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited applications
- 1,000,000 messages/month
- 40,000 emails/month
- 90 days retention
- SSL encryption
- 50 Uptime Checks
- AI & Machine Learning
Pricing extracted from elmah.io's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is elmah.io free forever?
No. elmah.io offers a time-limited trial, about 21 days long, after which you subscribe to a paid plan or lose access.
Does elmah.io require a credit card?
No. You can start on elmah.io's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed elmah.io's free tier?
When the trial ends you keep access only by moving to a paid plan. The cheapest is Small Business at $26 / month.
What is elmah.io's free tier worth?
We estimate elmah.io's free tier is worth about a 21-day free trial. That maps to an FTV score of 42/100. See freetier.co/ftv for how we calculate it.
