
Dynatrace vs. SolarWinds
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Top reasons customers choose Dynatrace over SolarWinds
Dynatrace delivers a unified architecture that transforms fragmented data into actionable, real-time business value.
Feature | Dynatrace | SolarWinds |
|---|---|---|
End-to-end observability | End-to-end observability with automatic topology discovery, real-time dependency mapping, and built-in AI-driven insights across all telemetry. | Infrastructure-focused monitoring with separate tools for different domains; correlation across environments often requires manual configuration. |
Data Platform | Unified, AI-ready data lakehouse (Grail) for logs, metrics, traces, and business data. | Tool-based architecture with separate data stores across products for infrastructure, logs, and applications. |
Dependency Mapping | Real-time, continuously updated topology (Smartscape) with full stack context. | Limited topology visibility; dependency mapping is partial and often manually configured. |
AI & Automation | Deterministic + causal AI with precise root cause and remediation for autonomus operations. | Threshold-based alerting with limited AI capabilities and largely manual remediation workflows. |
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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.



