highlight.io
Dev tools
error monitoring
SHOW HN2023
408points
71comments
#76of 3,109 in 2023
Top 3%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
9 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 35 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Pricing: 1 for, 5 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Seat-free usage pricing compared to LogRocket
From 2 comments
Interesting, I hadn't heard of Highlight.io. Thanks for sharing your code! How does your session replay feature compare to LogRocket (which I've always found quite impressive)?…
codethief on HNYep, we don't charge for seats at all. Just usage. In fact, we're likely going to be adding a lower tier so that individual developers can use the tool (at about $50/month). With…
podoman on HN
Privacy-by-default mode and self-hosting
From 1 comment
In the past, for customers in healthcare and fintech, we've had to actually pass on signing more restrictive contracts (BAA's, etc..) due to the liability. For such a small…
podoman on HN
Good to see more open-source tools in this space
From 1 comment
I didn't think postHog was a good comparison either, I knew of rrweb https://www.rrweb.io/ Great to see more open source contendants in the space
tough on HN
Objections
Putting SSO/SAML behind an enterprise paywall
From 3 comments
Please don't put SSO/SAML behind a paywall. Security should be a free priority.
latchkey on HNSSO and SAML are not enterprise features. They are table stakes security wise, and intentionally crippling your security model is a good way of driving off customers that take…
r_hoods_ghost on HNPlease don’t put basic features behind enterprise licences. We are a small start up. We use SAML / SSO. We care about security. We care about privacy. None of this is…
rsavage on HN
Privacy concerns with session replay
From 2 comments
What do you say to potential customers who are concerned with the legality and privacy challenges associated with session replay? I recognize how tools like this could level up…
seanw265 on HNTools like this are super creepy when used without informed consent. Please don't.
account42 on HN
Open-core model that cripples self-hosted version
From 1 comment
I would encourage you to consider not even trying to cripple the freely available self-hosted version. Personally I'm not a fan of open core or the GitLab business model, and…
zeeg on HN
Requests
Keep SSO and security features free in open source
From 2 comments
Please don't put SSO/SAML behind a paywall. Security should be a free priority.
latchkey on HNAbsolutely, makes sense. We'll make sure to make all security features we ship a first-class citizen of the open source version and available to all customers.
vadman97 on HN
Ruby/Rails SDK support
From 1 comment
Looks very interesting! Any plans for supporting ruby/rails? Is it a lot of work to make an sdk for a new language?
e12e on HN
Public demo site using highlight.io
From 1 comment
Super interesting project! I'm working on a related/similar project that I'm curious about the technical aspect. Would you mind sharing how are you simulating the reconstructed…
a_c on HN
Questions
How does it compare with LogRocket, OpenReplay and PostHog
From 3 comments
Interesting, I hadn't heard of Highlight.io. Thanks for sharing your code! How does your session replay feature compare to LogRocket (which I've always found quite impressive)?…
codethief on HNCould you tell me how this compares with other open-source session replay projects such as: 1) OpenReplay (https://openreplay.com/) 2) PostHog (https://posthog.com/)
verghese on HNSuper interesting project! I'm working on a related/similar project that I'm curious about the technical aspect. Would you mind sharing how are you simulating the reconstructed…
a_c on HN
Why Apache 2.0 rather than a license that deters cloud resale
From 1 comment
Thanks for sharing this! I'm curious why you chose the Apache 2.0 license over another possible license that would help mitigate cloud providers (read: AWS) simply taking this…
theckel on HN
Alternatives named
LogRocket
From 1 comment
Interesting, I hadn't heard of Highlight.io. Thanks for sharing your code! How does your session replay feature compare to LogRocket (which I've always found quite impressive)?…
codethief on HN
OpenReplay
From 1 comment
Could you tell me how this compares with other open-source session replay projects such as: 1) OpenReplay (https://openreplay.com/) 2) PostHog (https://posthog.com/)
verghese on HN
PostHog
From 1 comment
Could you tell me how this compares with other open-source session replay projects such as: 1) OpenReplay (https://openreplay.com/) 2) PostHog (https://posthog.com/)
verghese on HN
Sentry session replay
From 1 comment
On debugging side, sentry (recently?) rolled out replay too https://docs.sentry.io/product/session-replay/
a_c on HN