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What is Dynatrace?

Dynatrace is a software-intelligence monitoring platform that simplifies enterprise cloud complexity and accelerates digital transformation.

Monitoring environment

Your Dynatrace monitoring environment is where all your Dynatrace performance analysis takes place.

Dynatrace Grail

Grail is the Dynatrace database designed explicitly for observability data. It acts as a single unified storage solution for logs, metrics, traces, events, and more.

Get started with the platform

If you don't already have an account, sign up for a free trial.

You'll find your Dynatrace URL in the trial sign-up email. It looks like the following: https://abcd.live.dynatrace.com.

The menu on the left organizes Dynatrace capabilities into groups based on use case. You can filter this view for simplicity and save entries to the Favorites section for quick access.

Timeframe selector

The global timeframe selector allows you to choose a specific analysis timeframe; the selected timeframe will apply to all pages within Dynatrace.

Chat

To chat directly with our product specialists, select the chat icon in the upper-right corner of the Dynatrace web UI. Having trouble accessing the chat? See Troubleshoot chat issues.

Account management

The user icon provides access to account information, support resources, the Dynatrace API, and more.

Watch Navigating the interface at Dynatrace University. Dynatrace University is a free educational resource for all trial users, partners, and customers.

Start using Dynatrace

Dynatrace provides a complete observability solution. To simplify the getting started process, choose a solution area below.

Quick start guide

Create a free trial account, install OneAgent on a host, and see how Dynatrace immediately shows you the health and performance of that host.

Dynatrace Managed

Dynatrace Managed is the on-premises deployment model offered by Dynatrace.

Dynatrace for Government

Dynatrace for Government is the FedRAMP version of Dynatrace designed for federal, state, and local agencies.

Serverless observability

Get end-to-end visibility and Davis AI-powered analysis through integrations with the three major public cloud providers.