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Elastic APM vs Ivanti

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Elastic APM

Software

Application Performance Monitoring from Elastic

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Ivanti

Software

Security, service management, and unified endpoint management

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Elastic APM has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Elastic APM pricing is not published on the product page; cost follows the underlying Elastic deployment rather than being quoted per host or per service; Ivanti no pricing is published on the products page; the only routes are Contact Our Team or the How to Buy page describing the sales process, per ivanti.com, August 2026

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Elastic APM and Ivanti actually diverge.

Attributes where Elastic APM and Ivanti differ
AttributeElastic APMIvanti
Starting priceFreeOn request
Pricing modelopen-sourcequote
Free tierYesNo
PlatformsWeb, ApiWeb
Founded2011Unknown

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

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 Elastic APM

  • Performance monitoring
  • Error tracking
  • Transaction tracing
  • Custom metrics
  • API
  • Webhooks
  • REST
  • Web support

Only in Ivanti

Nothing recorded that Elastic APM does not also cover.

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Elastic APM

  • Distributed tracing across microservicesnot Ivanti
  • Auto-instrumenting Java, .NET, Python, Go, Node.js, Ruby, PHP and C++ servicesnot Ivanti
  • OpenTelemetry-native collection through the Elastic distributionsnot Ivanti
  • Correlating latency and errors with machine learningnot Ivanti
  • Monitoring LLM calls alongside application tracesnot Ivanti

Ivanti

No use cases recorded yet. See the Ivanti review.

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Elastic APM

  • Pricing is not published on the product page; cost follows the underlying Elastic deployment rather than being quoted per host or per service
  • Self-managed deployment means running and scaling Elasticsearch yourself
  • Serverless does not carry every capability the hosted option does

Ivanti

  • No pricing is published on the products page; the only routes are Contact Our Team or the How to Buy page describing the sales process, per ivanti.com, August 2026

Pricing, plan by plan

Elastic APM

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Performance monitoring
    • Error tracking
    • Transaction tracing

Ivanti

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Ivanti review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Elastic APM if

  • You need performance monitoring.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Api.
  • You also want error tracking.
Elastic APM review

Choose Ivanti if

Nothing in the data separates Ivanti from Elastic APM on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Ivanti review

Questions people ask

Is Elastic APM or Ivanti better?
Neither clearly leads. Elastic APM starts at Free and Ivanti at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Elastic APM or Ivanti?
Elastic APM has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Elastic APM and On request for Ivanti.
Does Elastic APM or Ivanti run on more platforms?
Elastic APM runs on Web, Api. Ivanti runs on Web.
Can I use Elastic APM for free?
Yes. Elastic APM has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Ivanti starts at On request.
What is Elastic APM best used for?
Elastic APM is most often used for distributed tracing across microservices, auto-instrumenting java, .net, python, go, node.js, ruby, php and c++ services, opentelemetry-native collection through the elastic distributions, correlating latency and errors with machine learning. Of those, distributed tracing across microservices and auto-instrumenting java, .net, python, go, node.js, ruby, php and c++ services are not what Ivanti is typically brought in for.
What can Elastic APM do that Ivanti cannot?
Elastic APM covers Performance monitoring, Error tracking, Transaction tracing, Custom metrics.
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