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Bronto vs Dynatrace comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Bronto
Ranking in Log Management
44th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Dynatrace
Ranking in Log Management
5th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
359
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (2nd), Mobile APM (2nd), Container Monitoring (2nd), AIOps (2nd), AI Observability (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of Bronto is 0.1%. The mindshare of Dynatrace is 3.7%, down from 5.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Log Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Dynatrace3.7%
Bronto0.1%
Other96.2%
Log Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2784753 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Developer III at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Proactive log monitoring has reduced production issues and now identifies errors before release
The best features Bronto offers, from what I've seen so far, are mainly the log analysis, integration with other third-party tools, such as Jira and ticketing systems. I'm impressed with how the integrations with Jira and ticketing systems work for me so far. I haven't come across any challenges, but we're still evaluating Bronto against some other providers as well. It's pretty seamless. The thing that surprised me about the features is how easy it was to get set up and get everything put together. Bronto integrates and can pull CloudWatch logs without needing separate SDK calls from our code. Bronto has positively impacted my organization even in this early evaluation phase by being very useful for looking at lower environment logs and evaluating potential issues before they even make it out. We have resolved at least one issue just from the monitoring that Bronto provided.
Manish Indupuri - PeerSpot reviewer
senior DevOps engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
AI-driven insights have reduced downtime and improved cross-team collaboration
We encountered some challenges while using Dynatrace. Although the initial setup was smooth, fine-tuning alert thresholds and custom metrics took some time. Another challenge was that Dynatrace charges based on host units, so we had to carefully plan our agent deployments. The licensing model is expensive. Additionally, the complexity of setup is an issue. While OneAgent and auto-discover services are powerful, the setup is more complex compared to other tools such as Prometheus and Grafana. These integrations are simple and basic, but Dynatrace setup requires more complexity based on the environment. For new users wanting to use Dynatrace, it is difficult. However, the AI-related solutions and metrics took us to the next level for identifying and fixing things. Dynatrace requires an agent for operation. OneAgent is powerful, but it is also resource-heavy. On lightweight nodes or older systems, the agent can slightly impact performance. If Dynatrace could implement a lightweight agent behavior, we could make things faster. Additionally, if Dynatrace could add a long-term retention policy so that we could store more data and find fine-grained details, that would help us. While Dynatrace managed edition supports on-premises deployment, the SaaS version depends on cloud connectivity. For highly regulated or air-gapped environments, setup and updates can be challenging. Although the initial setup is smooth, if someone wants to fine-tune it and fully understand the tool end-to-end, it could be tricky.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Bronto has positively impacted my organization even in this early evaluation phase by being very useful for looking at lower environment logs and evaluating potential issues before they even make it out."
"We have not had any stability issues with it at all. This has been the most stable solution that I have worked with."
"The dashboard gives us something to show managers and our business where the problems are. That's really been eye-opening for them. They can see, yes, this tool has been a good investment. They can see where the problems are and how we can take advantage of it for making those necessary corrections."
"The PurePath feature enables you to see the path from click to database query."
"This solution is very powerful for the end user."
"Whether it is the server, database, network, or application, Dynatrace provides a consistent unambiguous view of performance."
"The tool allows us to see if it is an infrastructural related issue and see what is affected right away."
"Most importantly the back-end components. Most of the back-end components that the application connects to; nobody knows how our application interacts with, for example, the DataPower Gateway. But AppMon really provides that information for us. So finding the gaps is the key here."
"Our development group has started using Dynatrace extensively. It helps them find bottlenecks caused by code."
 

Cons

"The only thing that I would suggest for further improvement is an expansion on Bronto's offerings so far."
"Definitely something to be improved is that OneAgent runs as a route, and not all applications want to run as route."
"We would like the AI to produce more scientific data with less configuration."
"Dynatrace requires an agent for operation. OneAgent is powerful, but it is also resource-heavy. On lightweight nodes or older systems, the agent can slightly impact performance."
"The web-based UI needs to be improved. The client seems to be heavy on laptops and desktops."
"Dynatrace has APIs, but they are unfriendly APIs. If they were friendly like Splunk or Sumo Logic had, we might integrate that same data on a single webpage, then start showing these internally."
"We would like to see more dashboarding capabilities and the ability to export custom reports."
"Getting the EM data, we have to open a browser."
"Scalability-wise, on the data side, I'm really worried because they are giving only seven days data retention. They should plan something on that, to increase the data."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"We found an issue within the first week of ownership that has been costing us more than the entire license cost."
"I think the pricing is at a fair value for what it is."
"There was also some complexity in the adoption rate of it because of how costly the licensing is."
"It's expensive."
"I think that the price is reasonable."
"The limitations I see are more to do - and maybe it's because of the nature of the job I have - but they have to do with pricing. It's a little bit pricey. It's a very good tool. It's worth the price, to a certain degree. But it's hard to justify when it's that costly."
"The price of the solution is expensive."
"It's understandable to do a smaller scale initial evaluation. However, as you identify the product value, don't hesitant in your scope and scale to maximize the initial investment and your opportunity to do a bulk investment of the product."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
41%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Healthcare Company
6%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business78
Midsize Enterprise50
Large Enterprise299
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Bronto?
The only thing that I would suggest for further improvement is an expansion on Bronto's offerings so far.
What is your primary use case for Bronto?
I just started looking into Bronto as I need to be able to analyze logs, so we're testing out and evaluating different products that support that observability. My main use case for Bronto is mostl...
What advice do you have for others considering Bronto?
I purchased Bronto through the AWS Marketplace. If you're looking for some log monitoring and observability, Bronto is definitely an option. My company does not have a business relationship with th...
Any advice about APM solutions?
The key is to have a holistic view over the complete infrastructure, the ones you have listed are great for APM if you need to monitor applications end to end. I have tested them all and have not f...
What cloud monitoring software did you choose and why?
While the environment does matter in the selection of an APM tool, I prefer to use Dynatrace to manage the entire stack. Both production and Dev/Test. I find it to be quite superior to anything els...
Any advice about APM solutions?
There are many factors and we know little about your requirements (size of org, technology stack, management systems, the scope of implementation). Our goal was to consolidate APM and infra monitor...
 

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Audi, Best Buy, LinkedIn, CISCO, Intuit, KRONOS, Scottrade, Wells Fargo, ULTA Beauty, Lenovo, Swarovsk, Nike, Whirlpool, American Express
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