Dynatrace comparison
Discover why Dynatrace is rated the top observability and security platform in the industry.
Dynatrace delivers unrivaled customer experiences
Unlike other competitors, Dynatrace provides the deepest and widest hybrid, multicloud observability, continuous runtime application security capabilities, Digital Experience Management (DEM), and powerful AIOps. Dynatrace delivers precise answers about the performance and security of applications, the underlying infrastructure, and the experience of all users. With Dynatrace, it is simple to instrument and on-board new applications. The Davis AI engine provides precise answers to assure the performance and security of applications. Dynatrace also provides real-time topology mapping and distributed tracing and visibility with context at scale across your multicloud environment. DEM provides full front-to-back observability ensuring every application is available, functional, and efficient across every channel for the best customer experiences.
Dynatrace ranks #1 for APM & Observability and does even more
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Compare Dynatrace to Datadog
Datadog requires manual config and data collection for three pillars of observability. Siloed data with limited understanding of relationships and dependencies. Manual deployment, manual configuration and manual correlation and troubleshooting results in slow time to useful data.
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Compare Dynatrace to Splunk
Splunk is not a unified platform for full stack observability, lots of bolt-on, siloed tools through acquisitions. Splunk cannot automatically build topology map to uncover application and infrastructure dependencies.
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Compare Dynatrace to New Relic
New relic requires manual config and instrumentation for data collection and dynamic workloads wastes time and resources on redundant work. Not built for Kubernetes, OpenShift, Cloud Foundry, etc. resulting in big blind spots.
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Compare Dynatrace to AppDynamics
AppDynamics is not a unified platform for full stack observability, it is a combination of three siloed tools. Two different APM offerings and UX for traditional and modern applications. Cannot auto-discover and auto-adjust as tech stack changes. Manual agent deployment, manual dependency connections, and manual troubleshooting wastes limited time and resources.
AppDynamics simply samples the traffic, whereas I can trust the key performance indicators we put up with Dynatrace because I know they’re representative of all the transactions.
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This graphic was published by Gartner, Inc. as part of a larger research document and should be evaluated in the context of the entire document. The Gartner document is available upon request from Dynatrace. Dynatrace was recognized as Compuware from 2010-2014.
