Is Dynatrace or Loggly better?

Neither clearly leads. Dynatrace starts at Free and Loggly at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Dynatrace or Loggly?

Dynatrace starts at Free and Loggly at Free.

Does Dynatrace or Loggly 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 Loggly is typically brought in for.

What can Dynatrace do that Loggly cannot?

Dynatrace covers AI-powered analytics, APM, Infrastructure monitoring, Log analysis. Loggly covers Log aggregation, Real-time search, Custom dashboards, Alert management. Both handle API, Webhooks, REST, Web support.

Logging · head to head

Dynatrace vs Loggly

Dynatrace

Logging

Application Performance Management and Observability

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

Loggly

Logging

Cloud-Based Log Management and Analytics

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

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; Loggly the free Lite plan caps ingest at 200 MB per day with 7 day retention
They diverge on capability: Dynatrace covers AI-powered analytics, Loggly covers Log aggregation.
Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Dynatrace and Loggly actually diverge.

Attributes where Dynatrace and Loggly differ
Attribute	Dynatrace	Loggly
Pricing model	subscription	usage-based
Founded	2005	2009

Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), platforms (Web, Api), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Logging).

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
Log analysis

Only in Loggly

Log aggregation
Real-time search
Custom dashboards
Alert management

Both cover

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 Loggly
Kubernetes and container platform observability priced per podnot Loggly
Log ingest, processing and query analyticsnot Loggly
Real user monitoring and session replay for web applicationsnot Loggly

Loggly

Cloud-hosted log aggregation for small and mid-sized engineering teamsnot Dynatrace
Alerting on log patterns via email, webhook, PagerDuty or Slacknot Dynatrace
Log analysis alongside SolarWinds infrastructure and application monitoringnot 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

Loggly

The free Lite plan caps ingest at 200 MB per day with 7 day retention
API access and archiving to Amazon S3 start on the Pro plan at $159 per month billed annually
Federated identity management is an Enterprise feature, starting at $279 per month billed annually
The Standard plan at $79 per month is limited to 1 GB per day and 3 source groups
Maximum retention is 90 days and only on Enterprise; Standard is fixed at 15 days

Pricing, plan by plan

Dynatrace

Free

FreeFree
- AI-powered analytics
- APM
- Infrastructure monitoring

Loggly

Free

FreeFree
- Log aggregation
- Real-time search
- Custom dashboards

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.

Dynatrace review

Choose Loggly if

You need log aggregation.
You want to start without paying.
You work on Web, Api.
You also want real-time search.

Loggly review

Questions people ask

Is Dynatrace or Loggly better?: Neither clearly leads. Dynatrace starts at Free and Loggly at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Dynatrace or Loggly?: Dynatrace starts at Free and Loggly at Free.
Does Dynatrace or Loggly 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 Loggly is typically brought in for.
What can Dynatrace do that Loggly cannot?: Dynatrace covers AI-powered analytics, APM, Infrastructure monitoring, Log analysis. Loggly covers Log aggregation, Real-time search, Custom dashboards, Alert management. Both handle API, Webhooks, REST, Web support.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Dynatrace: What is the pricing model for Dynatrace monitoring?

Dynatrace uses commitment-based platform subscription pricing with a minimum annual commitment at the platform level. You pay no per-capability or per-user fees. All capabilities are included day one and draw from your commitment at published rates.

Source

Dynatrace: Is there an overage charge if I exceed my commitment?

No, there are no overage penalties. Excess usage continues at the same per-unit rates published on the rate card. The more you commit upfront, the deeper your discount.

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Dynatrace: What is the cost for monitoring application infrastructure?

Application monitoring costs $7/month per host ($0.01/hour) for Foundation & Discovery, $29/month per host for Infrastructure Monitoring, or $58/month per 8 GiB of host memory for Full-Stack Monitoring.

Source

Dynatrace: How much does log ingestion and querying cost?

Log Analytics pricing is $0.20/GiB for ingestion, then either $0.0007/GiB-day for retention with bundled queries (10-35 days retention included), or pay-per-query at $0.0007/GiB-day retention plus $0.0035 per GiB scanned.

Source

Dynatrace: Is there a free trial available?

Yes, Dynatrace offers a 15-day free trial plus a sandbox environment for hands-on exploration at no cost.

Source

Dynatrace vs Loggly

Dynatrace

Loggly

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Dynatrace

Only in Loggly

Both cover

What people use each for

Dynatrace

Loggly

Where each one falls short

Dynatrace

Loggly

Pricing, plan by plan

Dynatrace

Loggly

Which should you pick?

Choose Dynatrace if

Choose Loggly if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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