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Dynatrace vs Dynatrace Logs
Dynatrace
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Application Performance Management and Observability
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: Dynatrace pricing is commitment based: rates require an annual platform level commitment rather than month to month purchase; Dynatrace Logs log ingest and processing is billed at $0.20 per GiB, separately from retention and from query
- They diverge on capability: Dynatrace covers AI-powered analytics, Dynatrace Logs covers AI-powered insights.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Dynatrace and Dynatrace Logs actually diverge.
| Attribute | Dynatrace | Dynatrace Logs |
|---|
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
- AI-powered analytics
- APM
- Infrastructure monitoring
Only in Dynatrace Logs
- AI-powered insights
- Metrics integration
- Automated root cause
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
- 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
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
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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
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
Pricing, plan by plan
Dynatrace
Free- FreeFree
- AI-powered analytics
- APM
- Infrastructure monitoring
Dynatrace Logs
Free- FreeFree
- Log analysis
- AI-powered insights
- Metrics integration
Which should you pick?
Choose Dynatrace if
- You need ai-powered analytics.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Api.
- You also want apm.
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.
Questions people ask
- Is Dynatrace or Dynatrace Logs better?
- Neither clearly leads. Dynatrace starts at Free and Dynatrace Logs at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Dynatrace or Dynatrace Logs?
- Dynatrace starts at Free and Dynatrace Logs at Free.
- Does Dynatrace or Dynatrace Logs run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, Api, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- Can I use Dynatrace for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Dynatrace best used for?
- Dynatrace is most often used for full stack application performance monitoring with automatic dependency discovery, kubernetes and container platform observability priced per pod, log ingest, processing and query analytics, real user monitoring and session replay for web applications. Of those, full stack application performance monitoring with automatic dependency discovery and kubernetes and container platform observability priced per pod are not what Dynatrace Logs is typically brought in for.
- What can Dynatrace do that Dynatrace Logs cannot?
- Dynatrace covers AI-powered analytics, APM, Infrastructure monitoring. Dynatrace Logs covers AI-powered insights, Metrics integration, Automated root cause. Both handle Log analysis, API, Webhooks, REST.