> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://sentrydocs.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Account Setup

> Create your Sentry account and configure your organization.

Your Sentry account is tied to an **organization** — a shared workspace for your team's projects, members, and settings. This page walks you through creating your account and configuring your organization.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Sign up">
    Go to [sentry.io](https://sentry.io/signup/) and create your account. You can sign up with:

    * Your email address and a password
    * Google
    * GitHub

    If you're joining an existing organization, ask your Sentry admin to send you an invitation instead. Accepting the invitation links your account directly to the right organization.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create your organization">
    After signing up, Sentry prompts you to create an organization. Set the following:

    **Organization name** — A display name for your company or team. You can change this later in settings.

    **Organization slug** — A URL-safe identifier used in your Sentry URLs (for example, `https://my-company.sentry.io`). Choose carefully: slugs cannot be changed after creation.

    **Data region** — Choose where Sentry stores your event data:

    | Region                  | Storage location |
    | ----------------------- | ---------------- |
    | United States (default) | US data centers  |
    | European Union          | EU data centers  |

    <Warning>
      Data region cannot be changed after your organization is created. If you have compliance requirements (such as GDPR), select the EU region before creating your organization.
    </Warning>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Invite team members">
    Bring your team into Sentry so they can see and triage issues together.

    1. Go to **Settings > Members**
    2. Click **Invite Members**
    3. Enter email addresses (one per line, or comma-separated)
    4. Choose a role for the invitees

    Sentry has five member roles:

    | Role        | What they can do                                        |
    | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
    | **Billing** | Manage billing and subscription only                    |
    | **Member**  | View and manage issues; cannot change org settings      |
    | **Admin**   | Manage projects and teams; limited org settings access  |
    | **Manager** | Full access to projects, teams, and members             |
    | **Owner**   | Full access including billing and organization deletion |

    <Note>
      By default, only owners and managers can invite new members. Organization owners can change this under **Settings > General Settings**.
    </Note>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Configure organization settings">
    Under **Settings > General Settings**, you can configure:

    * **Organization name** — Update your display name at any time
    * **Default role** — The role assigned to members who accept invitations
    * **Member permissions** — Control whether members can create projects or invite others
    * **Require 2FA** — Enforce two-factor authentication for all organization members
    * **Trusted relays** — Add Sentry Relay servers for enhanced event filtering

    Under **Settings > Security & Privacy**, you can configure:

    * **Data Scrubbing** — Strip sensitive data from events before storage
    * **Safe fields** — Fields exempted from scrubbing
    * **Sensitive fields** — Additional fields to scrub beyond the defaults
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set up teams">
    Teams in Sentry group members with the projects they own. This scopes alert notifications and issue assignments.

    1. Go to **Settings > Teams**
    2. Click **Create Team**
    3. Give the team a name (for example, `backend`, `frontend`, `mobile`)
    4. Add members to the team

    When you create a project, you assign it to one or more teams. Team members receive alerts for the projects their team owns.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set up SSO (optional)">
    If your organization uses a single sign-on (SSO) provider, you can require members to authenticate through it.

    Sentry supports SAML 2.0-based SSO with providers including:

    * Okta
    * Microsoft Azure Active Directory
    * Google Workspace
    * OneLogin
    * Any SAML 2.0-compatible provider

    Go to **Settings > Auth** to configure your SSO provider. For step-by-step setup instructions and SCIM provisioning, see [SSO & SCIM configuration](/configuration/sso-scim).

    <Warning>
      After enabling SSO enforcement, members who cannot authenticate through your SSO provider will lose access to your organization. Test your SSO configuration before enforcing it.
    </Warning>
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Plan limits

Sentry offers four plan tiers. Your plan determines how many events you can send per month, how many team members you can have, and which features are available.

| Plan           | Members   | Events       | Key features                                                 |
| -------------- | --------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Developer**  | 1         | Limited      | All core features, 30-day data retention                     |
| **Team**       | Unlimited | Configurable | Unlimited members, 90-day data retention, custom alert rules |
| **Business**   | Unlimited | Configurable | Advanced dashboards, custom queries, 90-day data retention   |
| **Enterprise** | Unlimited | Configurable | SSO enforcement, SCIM provisioning, SLA, dedicated support   |

<Note>
  The Developer plan is free and does not require a credit card. You can upgrade at any time from **Settings > Subscription**.
</Note>

If you exceed your monthly event quota, Sentry stops ingesting new events until the next billing period (or until you increase your quota). You can configure **spike protection** and **rate limits** to prevent unexpected quota overages.

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Create a Project" icon="folder-plus" href="/create-project">
    Set up a project for your first application.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Quick Start" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Install the SDK and capture your first error.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>