Dynatrace Application Monitoring vs Datadog APM

Dynatrace Application Monitoring9.2Visit Datadog APM9.0Visit

Higher score Dynatrace Application Monitoring #3 in Application Performance Monitoring 9.2/10 15-day trial Free trial✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Dynatrace

vs

Datadog APM #5 in Application Performance Monitoring 9.0/10 14-day trial Free trial✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Datadog

• Dynatrace Application Monitoring fits best

  Enterprise teams needing comprehensive APM

• Datadog APM fits best

  Full-featured cloud APM at host scale

Advertiser disclosure: iTechGuides is reader-supported. Vendors can pay for top positions in our rankings and for a place on other products' pages, and we may earn a commission when you click some links. Bought places stand at the number bought; this page and our disclosure say so. Paying vendors may get a fuller, more detailed review from our editors, and that review can change their score. How we rank.

Side by side

Feature	Dynatrace Application Monitoring 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Datadog APM 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	9.0
Ranking	#3 in Application Performance Monitoring	#5 in Application Performance Monitoring
Best for	Enterprise teams needing comprehensive APM	Full-featured cloud APM at host scale
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$7/device/mo	$31/unit/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	15 days	14 days
Free trial length	15 days	14 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android	Web, iOS, Android
Support	Live chat, Phone, Tickets, Community, Docs · 24/7	Live chat, Email, Community, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS	SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA
Integrations	600+ integrations	1 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Dynatrace Application Monitoring 5/5 · Datadog APM 5/5
Distributed tracing	✓	✓
Transaction tracing	✓	✓
Dependency mapping	✓	✓
Real user monitoring	✓	✓
Log correlation	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Cloud
Our review
Pros	Automatic discovery maps applications, dependencies, services, and transactions. Distributed tracing, code-level visibility, RUM, and contextualized logs. Integrates with major cloud, DevOps, ticketing, and observability platforms.	Distributed tracing across browser, mobile, backend, and database services Service maps, request flow maps, and span-level trace analysis Correlates traces with logs, metrics, RUM, dashboards, monitors, and SLOs
Cons	No free plan; the free trial lasts 15 days. Full-Stack Monitoring is priced per 8 GiB host, not per host. Monthly prices are hourly-billed equivalents under commitment-based consumption pricing.	No free plan is available Starts at $31 per APM host per month with annual billing Requires the Datadog Agent for telemetry collection in supported environments
Our verdict	Dynatrace Application Monitoring measures application performance, availability, transactions, dependencies, infrastructure, logs, and user experience across hybrid and multicloud environments. It is designed for development, operations,… Read the review →	Datadog APM is a cloud application performance monitoring service for teams managing browser and mobile applications, backend services, databases, and distributed systems. It combines code-level tracing with service dependency views, trace… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Dynatrace Application Monitoring — where it wins

  • Automatic discovery maps applications, dependencies, services, and transactions.
  • Distributed tracing, code-level visibility, RUM, and contextualized logs.
  • Integrates with major cloud, DevOps, ticketing, and observability platforms.

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan; the free trial lasts 15 days.
  • Full-Stack Monitoring is priced per 8 GiB host, not per host.
  • Monthly prices are hourly-billed equivalents under commitment-based consumption pricing.

• Datadog APM — where it wins

  • Distributed tracing across browser, mobile, backend, and database services
  • Service maps, request flow maps, and span-level trace analysis
  • Correlates traces with logs, metrics, RUM, dashboards, monitors, and SLOs

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is available
  • Starts at $31 per APM host per month with annual billing
  • Requires the Datadog Agent for telemetry collection in supported environments

• Dynatrace Application Monitoring9.2/10 · 15-day trial

  A broad hybrid APM platform for enterprise teams that need end-to-end visibility.

  Visit DynatraceFull verdict →
• Datadog APM9.0/10 · 14-day trial

  A broad cloud APM suite with strong tracing and telemetry links, priced per host.

  Visit DatadogFull verdict →