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Dynatrace
Application Performance Management and Observability
As of 30 August 2026, Dynatrace is free to use. Dynatrace is an intelligent observability platform that uses AI to automatically detect and diagnose problems. Softwr lists it under Logging. Dynatrace is launched in 2005, available on Web, API.
Overview
What Dynatrace does
Dynatrace is an intelligent observability platform that uses AI to automatically detect and diagnose problems.
What people use it 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
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about 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
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Pricing
What Dynatrace costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- AI-powered analytics
- APM
- Infrastructure monitoring
Capabilities
Features
AI-powered analytics
APM
Infrastructure monitoring
Log analysis
API
Integration with API
Webhooks
Integration with Webhooks
REST
Integration with REST
Web support
Available on web
Api support
Available on api
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
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.
SourceIs 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.
SourceWhat 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.
SourceHow 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.
SourceIs there a free trial available?
Yes, Dynatrace offers a 15-day free trial plus a sandbox environment for hands-on exploration at no cost.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Dynatrace
- Company
- Dynatrace
- Based in
- United States
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