Dynatrace Infrastructure Observability
Dynatrace Infrastructure Observability: Broad hybrid-cloud observability with topology, telemetry correlation, AI analysis, and remediation. Ranked #1 of 29 in Observability Platforms by our editors (9.3/10); pricing: 15-day trial; best for large hybrid-cloud infrastructure teams.
At a glance
- Editor score9.3 / 10
- Pricing15-day trial
- Best forLarge hybrid-cloud infrastructure teams
- Free planNo
- Paid from$7/mo
- Telemetry typesmetrics, logs, traces, events
- Facts checked20 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Maps hosts, processes, and dependencies across hybrid and cloud environments
- Correlates logs, metrics, and traces for end-to-end analysis
- Covers Kubernetes, synthetics, AI analysis, and remediation workflows
Where it doesn't
- No free plan; entry pricing starts at $7 per host monthly
- Pricing uses an annual platform commitment and usage-based rate card
- Full-Stack Monitoring is priced per 8 GiB host rather than per host
Our verdict on Dynatrace Infrastructure Observability
Dynatrace Infrastructure Observability brings hosts, virtual machines, containers, networks, cloud platforms, events, and logs into one observability platform. It is aimed at IT operations, infrastructure, cloud, and platform engineering teams managing dynamic hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Automatic discovery and topology mapping provide dependency context, while monitoring spans host health, processes, filesystems, OS services, Kubernetes clusters, nodes, workloads, and network devices. The platform also supports distributed tracing, synthetic HTTP, browser, and network monitoring, plus OpenTelemetry ingestion through the OTLP API and collectors.
The published plans show three pricing levels. Foundation & Discovery costs $7 per host monthly and includes basic host health indicators, topology detection, filesystem monitoring, OS services monitoring, and log collection and correlation in context. Infrastructure Monitoring costs $29 per host monthly and adds process, disk, memory, and network analysis, custom metrics, and observability for cloud, hyperscaler, and data-center infrastructure. Full-Stack Monitoring costs $58 per 8 GiB host monthly and adds application performance monitoring, automated root-cause analysis for end-to-end transactions, code-level profiling, Kubernetes Platform Monitoring, OpenTelemetry metrics and traces, and 10 days of trace data retention. According to the vendor's pricing description, these plans operate through an annual platform commitment consumed against a usage-based rate card.
Its ecosystem fit is a major consideration for enterprise teams. Integrations include AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, VMware, Nutanix Clusters, Microsoft Hyper-V Infrastructure, OpenTelemetry, and Kubernetes. Logs, metrics, traces, and events can be analyzed together, with AI-assisted problem detection, root-cause analysis, automated remediation workflows, and incident-management actions extending beyond basic dashboards. Choose Dynatrace when your team needs broad infrastructure and application coverage across complex environments. Teams seeking a free starting tier or a narrowly focused, simpler monitoring tool should look elsewhere.
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Dynatrace Infrastructure Observability pricing
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Dynatrace Infrastructure Observability fact sheet
| Free plan | No |
|---|---|
| Paid from | $7/mo |
| Telemetry types | metrics, logs, traces, events |
| Log search | Yes |
| Distributed tracing | Yes |
| Data retention | Not verified |
| Synthetic monitoring | Yes |
| Pricing model | Not verified |
| Free trial | 15 days |
| Deployment | Cloud |
| Platforms | Web |
| Integrations | 8 integrations: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, VMware, Nutanix Clusters, Microsoft Hyper-V Infrastructure … |
| Pricing | 15-day trial (source) |
| Website | dynatrace.com |
| Facts checked | 20 Sep 2026 |
Dynatrace Infrastructure Observability integrations
Dynatrace Infrastructure Observability lists 8 integrations on its own site.
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud
- VMware
- Nutanix Clusters
- Microsoft Hyper-V Infrastructure
- OpenTelemetry
- Kubernetes
Alternatives to Dynatrace Infrastructure Observability
- Splunk Observability CloudA mature full-stack observability platform with a useful free edition and broad telemetry coverage.9.1
- Splunk AppDynamicsEnterprise observability that connects application, transaction, infrastructure, and business signals.9.0
- IBM Instana ObservabilityA hybrid observability platform for teams that need tracing, RUM, and infrastructure context.8.9
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Also Ranked In
Dynatrace Infrastructure Observability is ranked in 10 of our directories; the 6 strongest besides Observability Platforms.
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