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Dynatrace Logs vs Dynatrace
Dynatrace
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Application Performance Management and Observability
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: Dynatrace Logs log ingest and processing is billed at $0.20 per GiB, separately from retention and from query; Dynatrace pricing is commitment based: rates require an annual platform level commitment rather than month to month purchase
- They diverge on capability: Dynatrace Logs covers AI-powered insights, Dynatrace covers AI-powered analytics.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Dynatrace Logs and Dynatrace actually diverge.
| Attribute | Dynatrace Logs | Dynatrace |
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Identical on both: starting price (Free), pricing model (subscription), free tier (Yes), platforms (Web, Api), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown), founded (2005).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Dynatrace Logs
- AI-powered insights
- Metrics integration
- Automated root cause
Only in Dynatrace
- AI-powered analytics
- APM
- Infrastructure monitoring
Both cover
- Log analysis
- API
- Webhooks
- REST
- Web support
- Api support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Dynatrace Logs
- Ingesting and processing application and infrastructure logsnot Dynatrace
- Querying logs alongside traces and metrics in one platformnot Dynatrace
- Log driven alerting within an existing Dynatrace deploymentnot Dynatrace
Dynatrace
- Full stack application performance monitoring with automatic dependency discoverynot Dynatrace Logs
- Kubernetes and container platform observability priced per podnot Dynatrace Logs
- Log ingest, processing and query analyticsnot Dynatrace Logs
- Real user monitoring and session replay for web applicationsnot Dynatrace Logs
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Dynatrace Logs
- Log ingest and processing is billed at $0.20 per GiB, separately from retention and from query
- Querying logs is charged in addition to ingest, either pay per query or as bundled queries
- Log analytics requires the same annual platform commitment as the rest of the Dynatrace platform
Dynatrace
- Pricing is commitment based: rates require an annual platform level commitment rather than month to month purchase
- Full-Stack Monitoring is priced at $58 per month per 8 GiB of host memory, so a 64 GiB host counts as eight units
- Infrastructure Monitoring at $29 per host per month excludes code level tracing, which requires Full-Stack
- Session Replay doubles Real User Monitoring cost from $2.25 to $4.50 per 1,000 sessions
- Runtime Vulnerability Analytics and Runtime Application Protection are each charged separately at $13 per month per 8 GiB host on top of monitoring
Pricing, plan by plan
Dynatrace Logs
Free- FreeFree
- Log analysis
- AI-powered insights
- Metrics integration
Dynatrace
Free- FreeFree
- AI-powered analytics
- APM
- Infrastructure monitoring
Which should you pick?
Choose Dynatrace Logs if
- You need ai-powered insights.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Api.
- You also want metrics integration.
Choose Dynatrace if
- You need ai-powered analytics.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Api.
- You also want apm.
Questions people ask
- Is Dynatrace Logs or Dynatrace better?
- Neither clearly leads. Dynatrace Logs starts at Free and Dynatrace at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Dynatrace Logs or Dynatrace?
- Dynatrace Logs starts at Free and Dynatrace at Free.
- Does Dynatrace Logs or Dynatrace run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, Api, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- Can I use Dynatrace Logs for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Dynatrace Logs best used for?
- Dynatrace Logs is most often used for ingesting and processing application and infrastructure logs, querying logs alongside traces and metrics in one platform, log driven alerting within an existing dynatrace deployment. Of those, ingesting and processing application and infrastructure logs and querying logs alongside traces and metrics in one platform are not what Dynatrace is typically brought in for.
- What can Dynatrace Logs do that Dynatrace cannot?
- Dynatrace Logs covers AI-powered insights, Metrics integration, Automated root cause. Dynatrace covers AI-powered analytics, APM, Infrastructure monitoring. Both handle Log analysis, API, Webhooks, REST.