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Checkend vs BugTape after Checkend's October 2026 change
Checkend moved in October 2026 to unreleased self-hosted web analytics; error tracking is planned. BugTape is hosted, with replay your agent reads.
Short answer: Checkend changed its product between 16 and 26 October 2026. On 16 October, checkend.com described error tracking for coding agents. On 26 October, checkend.com describes self-hosted web analytics with an MCP server and a CLI, and says Checkend is not released yet (checked 26 Oct 2026). Its modules page lists errors as a planned module and says the errors work has not started (checked 26 Oct 2026). If you need self-hosted error tracking for a coding agent today, read Self-hosted error tracking for coding agents or Sentry alternatives. If you want hosted error and browser capture that your agent reads over MCP, BugTape does that today.
No account: npx -y bugtape --help prints the commands and does not sign you in. The demo MCP at https://app.bugtape.ai/demo/mcp needs no sign-in. Your own workspace needs one.
Page owner: Jaco Veldsman, hi@bugtape.ai. Last checked 2026-10-26. I build BugTape. The 16 October column below is from our earlier check of checkend.com on that day; that version of the site is no longer online. The 26 October facts come from checkend.com, its docs, its self-host page, its free-forever page, Checkend Cloud and the Checkend GitHub organisation, all read on 26 October 2026. Checkend has not published a note that explains the change, as far as we could find.
What changed
| checkend.com on 16 Oct 2026 | checkend.com on 26 Oct 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| What it describes | Error tracking for coding agents. Public alpha 0.8.0 | Self-hosted web analytics with Search Console and Bing data. "Checkend is not released yet." Docs version v0.1 (unreleased). checkend.com |
| Error tracking | Sentry protocol ingest, an issue brief for the agent, and a fix that is marked verified after a deploy and a quiet period | A planned module. The docs say "Errors, logs and uptime are not started" and that the plans can change. Modules |
| Hosting | Checkend Cloud, or self-host on a Cloudflare Worker + D1 or Node + SQLite | Self-host only, one binary on a Linux server or Docker. The self-host page says "There is no cloud version." Self-host |
| Agent access | MCP, ce CLI, HTTP API | MCP (OAuth or API token), ce CLI and a REST API, for analytics data. Connect your agent |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | The core licence is Apache 2.0. Paid prices are not published. Free forever |
What still points to the old error tracker
- Checkend Cloud still shows a sign-up page marked "Early access" with the line "Error tracking for coding agents" (checked 26 Oct 2026). Its Terms and Privacy links go to checkend.com/terms and checkend.com/privacy, and both returned 404 on 26 October.
- The
ceCLI repository released version 0.4.0 on 12 October 2026. Its README still calls Checkend "open-source error tracking for coding agents" (checked 26 Oct 2026). - The main source repository, github.com/Checkend/checkend, returns "not found" (checked 26 Oct 2026). The Community Edition repository clones that repository in its setup script, so that install path cannot fetch the source today. From outside, we cannot tell if the repository was made private, renamed or deleted.
- The language SDK repositories in the Checkend GitHub organisation (Node.js, Python, Go, Ruby, PHP, Java, Elixir, .NET, Next.js and the browser) are public and not archived. Their last changes are from January 2026 or earlier (checked 26 Oct 2026).
We read this as follows: checkend.com does not offer error tracking today, and Checkend plans to add errors back as a module of the analytics product. Until checkend.com says the errors module has shipped, treat Checkend as unreleased for error tracking. Ask Checkend (help@checkend.com, listed on Checkend Cloud) before you depend on the Cloud sign-up.
Checkend and BugTape today
| Checkend (26 Oct 2026) | BugTape | |
|---|---|---|
| Main job | Web analytics that an agent reads and acts on. Not released yet | Captures errors and failures on web, server and iOS, groups repeats into one issue, and gives the issue to your coding agent |
| Errors | Planned, not started | Browser errors, failed requests and requests that hang, plus reports users file. Server errors from @bugtape/node and bugtape on PyPI. Swift captures handled errors and breadcrumbs only |
| Browser evidence | Page views, custom events, goals and web vitals | DOM replay rebuilt from DOM events (not screen video), the network requests and the console. Servers have no replay or console |
| Agent access | MCP, ce CLI, REST API | Remote MCP with OAuth on every plan, npx -y bugtape connect claude (or cursor, codex, grok), signed webhooks |
| Hosting | Self-host only; the installer is not released | Hosted only, with data stored in Sydney. No self-host |
| Licence | Apache 2.0 core | Hosted service |
| Price | No public pricing on checkend.com. Self-host is free; the free-forever page says prices come with the first paid offer | Free $0, no card: 100 new issues and 150 credits a month. Prepaid credits $10 for 2,000. Pro $29 a month. On Free and Prepaid credits each agent read of a bug costs 2 credits; reads are free on Pro. Pricing |
Where each one fits
- You want private web analytics that your agent can read, on your own server. Checkend aims at this, once it ships. BugTape does not do web analytics.
- You want self-hosted error tracking that keeps your Sentry SDK. Look at Thermite, Okapi and urgentry on the self-hosted trackers page, or at the Sentry alternatives list. Those products are released today.
- You want nothing to host, and your agent needs what the user did in the browser before the error. BugTape captures that and serves it over MCP.
FAQ
Does Checkend still do error tracking?
Not on checkend.com. On 26 October 2026 its modules page lists errors as a planned module that is not started. Checkend Cloud still takes early-access sign-ups that mention error tracking. Ask Checkend which one is current before you depend on it.
Can I send events from a Sentry SDK to Checkend?
The current docs describe no Sentry endpoint. The errors plan says a future Checkend SDK will accept Sentry SDK calls and the server will keep Sentry and OpenTelemetry endpoints during a move. Checkend's own note says nothing in that plan is built (checked 26 Oct 2026, modules page).
Is Checkend open source?
Its free-forever page says the core licence is Apache 2.0 and will not change. The site links to "GitHub soon", and the main source repository returned "not found" on 26 October 2026.
Can BugTape receive events from a Sentry SDK?
No. BugTape uses its own browser script and SDKs.
Can BugTape be self-hosted?
No. BugTape is hosted only, and data is stored in Sydney.
What does BugTape cost?
Free with no card, Prepaid credits when you need more, or Pro at $29 a month. Current limits are on bugtape.ai/pricing.
See also
Compare · Self-hosted error tracking for coding agents · Sentry alternatives · BugTape vs Sentry · Best error tracking MCP servers
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