Dynatrace Application Monitoring comparisons
Dynatrace Application Monitoring is compared head-to-head with Elastic APM, Middleware and Splunk AppDynamics and more: 7 head-to-heads in Application Performance Monitoring, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Dynatrace Application Monitoring head-to-head
- Dynatrace Application Monitoring vs Elastic APM
- Dynatrace Application Monitoring vs Middleware
- Dynatrace Application Monitoring vs Splunk AppDynamics
- Dynatrace Application Monitoring vs Datadog APM
- Dynatrace Application Monitoring vs IBM Instana Observability
- Dynatrace Application Monitoring vs New Relic APM
- Dynatrace Application Monitoring vs Apache SkyWalking
Dynatrace Application Monitoring vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Distributed tracing | Transaction tracing | Dependency mapping | Real user monitoring | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Dynatrace Application Monitoring | No | $7/device/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.2 |
| 1 | Elastic APM | Yes | $99/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.4 |
| 2 | Middleware | Yes | $0.30/GB usage-based | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.3 |
| 4 | Splunk AppDynamics | No | $6/unit/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.1 |
| 5 | Datadog APM | No | $31/unit/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.0 |
| 6 | IBM Instana Observability | No | $21.20/unit/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.9 |
| 7 | New Relic APM | Yes | $10/user/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.8 |
| 8 | Apache SkyWalking | Yes | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.7 |
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