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Updated on Jun 27, 2023

We performed a comparison between Dynatrace and Elastic Observability based on real PeerSpot user reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.

  • Ease of Deployment: Dynatrace is simple and easy to set up, while Elastic Observability can be more complicated depending on the environment. Dynatrace requires less technical knowledge and configuration, while Elastic Observability may require more due to its distributed nature and multiple cluster configuration. The number of people needed for setup is also different between the two products.
  • Features: Dynatrace has real user monitoring, session replay, and synthetic monitoring functionalities, and a good user interface with AI-based root cause analysis. On the other hand, Elastic Observability provides machine learning and custom development options, and is easy to deploy and flexible.
  • Pricing: Dynatrace's pricing is complex and lacks transparency, making it challenging to determine the appropriate number of units to purchase. They also offer a premium support package for an extra fee. In contrast, Elastic Observability's pricing is variable and dependent on the type of license and usage, with some components included in the license or even open source. However, the cost can increase as usage grows.
  • Service and Support: Customers have differing opinions on Dynatrace's customer service, while Elastic Observability's customer service receives mostly positive reviews. Dynatrace's documentation could use improvement, while Elastic Observability has a helpful online community and great tech support.
  • ROI: Dynatrace offers automation and consolidation. On the other hand, Elastic Observability is cost-effective and offers complete visibility with data compression capabilities, which can help reduce incidents.

Comparison Results: Dynatrace is favored for its comprehensive features, real-user monitoring, session replay, and synthetic monitoring capabilities. It also has a highly praised AI engine for root cause analysis and offers good visibility and thorough scanning of services and applications. 

To learn more, read our detailed Dynatrace vs. Elastic Observability Report (Updated: March 2024).
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"It is a robust solution that would help anyone get to the solution and resolution pretty fast.​""We have identified and solved "mystery" issues that we have experienced for a long time, including sporadic latency issues on storage volumes and SQL databases not scaling properly when under certain loads.""The product installs quickly and immediately. It begins to learn the architecture of the systems which need to be monitored. It then learns what “normal” looks like, so there really is no need for manual configuration.""Automatic instrumentation of new services and technology without the need to install specific agents or modules.""Dynatrace helps to build business and non-business dashboards and the appropriate alarming on mail groups.""The Davis artificial intelligence built-in program is valuable. It keeps all the information about the systems, connections, service calls, and requests in its database. It looks at response times and keeps everything in check with baseline figures. If anything goes outside of that baseline, it reports based on that. If the performance starts degrading, it reports on that. Before something breaks, it tells you that it is going to break, and that's the most useful feature of Dynatrace.""It allows you to better utilize and focus your talent, and tell management that you are not only looking at problems, but how you can ultimately make the product better for the end user.""Using that telemetry from Dynatrace, we are able to pinpoint what our performance issues are so we can tune the system."

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"Good design and easy to use once implemented.""The architecture and system's stability are simple.""It is a powerful tool that allows users to collect and transform logs as needed, enabling flexible visualization and analysis.""We use AppDynamics and Elastic. The reason why we're using Elastic APM is because of the license count. It's very favorable compared to AppDynamics. It's inexpensive; it's economical.""For full stack observability, Elastic is the best tool compared with any other tool .""It's easy to deploy, and it's very flexible.""I have built a mini business intelligence system based on Elastic Observability.""Its diverse set of features available on the cloud is of significant importance."

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Cons
"There are some bugs in it. Sometimes things get hung just for second, and you have to refresh something. Also, they aren't necessarily intuitive, but to me, they're just going to get better over time.""Perhaps there is a FAQ which explains the metrics and how to interpret them, and I just haven't seen it. This would be beneficial in providing context to allow sharing the daily metrics reported within the company.""We found it was quite challenging in terms of the learning curve.""It is always requiring us to update the Dynatrace client.""The web-based UI needs to be improved.""I would also like to see it baselining more metrics out-of-the-box. We have a lot of rich data, but if someone says, "Well how did that look last week?" If you're looking at a problem and you see, for example, a long SQL statement, is that the root cause, or is it always slow. it's difficult to get historical data.""This solution needs more powerful database monitoring capabilities.""If you have many distributed servers, you will need to install or migrate every agent. This can be a problem if you have too many, and it takes time."

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"The solution would be better if it was capable of more automation, especially in a monitoring capacity or for the response to abnormalities.""Elastic Observability is an excellent product for monitoring and visibility, but it lacks predictive analytics. Most solutions are aligned with the AIOps requirements, but this piece is missing in Elastic and should be included.""Elastic Observability is reactive rather than proactive. It should act as an ITSM tool and be able to create tickets and alerts on Jira.""Elastic APM's visualization is not that great compared to other tools. It's number of metrics is very low.""There is room for improvement regarding its APM capabilities.""They need more skills in the market. There are not enough skills in the market. It is not pervasive enough on the market, in my opinion. In other words, there isn't a big enough user base.""Elastic Observability needs to have better standardization, logging, and schema.""Improving code insight related to infrastructure and network, particularly focusing on aspects such as firewalls, switches, routers, and testing would be beneficial."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Pricing is based on the number of servers monitored, so for big applications, it is a bit expensive."
  • "Licensing is a bit complicated for Dynatrace, and pricing is dependent on how much your organization invests."
  • "We found an issue within the first week of ownership that has been costing us more than the entire license cost."
  • "Product pricing can seem a little over complex, however this is minor and does not detract from the benefits of the solution."
  • "Getting the first agents installed, getting information, and coverage in a initial set of systems can be done in hours and with a low cost entry point."
  • "Price (of the product) is a major concern for all the clients I work with."
  • "The licensing model is confusing in solutioning clients for the number of hosts needed to deploy."
  • "The product is superior to others, but it comes with a price tag that is often difficult to position back to clients."
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  • "So far, there are just the standard licensing fees. Several of the components are embedded in the license or are even open source. They're even free depending on what you use, which makes it even more appealing to someone that is discussing pricing of the solution."
  • "There are two types: cloud and SaaS. They charge based on data ingestion, ingest rate, hard retention, and warm retention. I believe it costs around $25,000 annually to ingest 30GB of data daily. That is the SaaS version. There is also a self-managed license where the customer manages their own infrastructure on-prem. In such cases, there are three license tiers that respectively cost $5,000 annually per node, $7,000 per node, and $12,500 per node."
  • "Pricing is one of those situations where the more you use it, the more you pay."
  • "The price of Elastic Observability is expensive."
  • "Users have to pay for some features, like the alerts on different channels, because they are unavailable in different source versions."
  • "One needs to pay for the licenses, and it is an annual subscription model right now."
  • "Since we are a huge company, Elastic Observability is an affordable solution for us."
  • "We will buy a premium license after POC."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer: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 else… more »
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:The tool's most valuable feature is centralized logging. Elastic Common Search helps us to search for the logs across the organization.
    Top Answer:I rate the pricing a five out of ten. The product is not that cheap.
    Top Answer:Elastic Observability needs to have better standardization, logging, and schema.
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    Overview

    Dynatrace is an AI-powered software intelligence monitoring platform that accelerates digital transformation and simplifies cloud complexities. Dynatrace is an entirely automated full-stack solution that provides data and answers about the performance of your applications and deep insight into every transaction throughout every application, including the end-user experience. By modernizing and automating enterprise cloud operations, users can deliver an optimal digital experience with higher quality software to customers faster.

    Dynatrace offers an all-in-one automated artificial intelligence solution that brings together application performance, cloud and infrastructure, and digital experience monitoring. Dynatrace accelerates performance-driven results through operations, development, and business teams with a shared metrics platform. In addition, users are provided a full-stack monitoring experience with three patented technologies:

    • Smartscape - visualization mechanism that maps the totality of everything working in your environment and detects any casual dependencies between your applications, processes, websites, services, hosts, cloud infrastructure, and networks.

    • OneAgent - a technology that analyzes, gathers ,and unifies all business performance metrics throughout every layer of your technology stack.

    • PurePath Technology - code-level context and timings are captured from the mainframe to the cloud for all end-to-end transactions.

    What does Dynatrace offer?

    Dynatrace redefines how organizations monitor their digital ecosystems. The solution offers:

    • Cloud Automation: With AI engine Davis®, users can see the exact reason for problems and facilitate quick auto-remediation and intelligent cloud orchestration.

    • Application Security: With automated application vulnerability management, users can deliver applications faster and more securely.

    • Infrastructure Monitoring: Convenient broad visibility across your environments is provided with streamlined, automated infrastructure monitoring.

    • Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM): Optimize your applications, provide better support, and improve user experience with a combination of Real User Monitoring (RUM), Session Replay, and synthetic monitoring throughout your environment.

    • Applications and Microservices: For complex cloud environments, Dynatrace can automatically provide visibility and root-cause answers. It can also monitor microservices.

    • Digital Business Analytics: Get AI-powered, real-time answers to analytical business queries with KPIs and metrics that are already flowing through applications.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Dynatrace is the only solution that provides answers to organizations based on deep insight into each user, transaction, and organization's environment.

    Barry P., a managing performance engineer at Medica Health Plans, writes, "With Dynatrace, we have synthetic checks and real-user monitoring of all of our websites, places where members and providers can interact with us over the web. We monitor the response times of those with Dynatrace, and it's all integrated into one place."

    A consultant at a tech service company notes, "A feature that's one of the highlights of Dynatrace is the AI. The second most valuable feature is OneAgent. Between infrastructures, applications, operating systems, you can deploy with just a single agent and can practically install and forget about it."

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    Buyer's Guide
    Dynatrace vs. Elastic Observability
    March 2024
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    Dynatrace is ranked 2nd in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 340 reviews while Elastic Observability is ranked 7th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 22 reviews. Dynatrace is rated 8.8, while Elastic Observability is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Dynatrace writes "AI identifies all the components of a response-time issue or failure, hugely benefiting our triage efforts". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Elastic Observability writes "The user interface framework lets us do custom development when needed. ". Dynatrace is most compared with Datadog, New Relic, AppDynamics, Splunk Enterprise Security and Grafana, whereas Elastic Observability is most compared with New Relic, AppDynamics, Datadog, Sentry and Azure Monitor. See our Dynatrace vs. Elastic Observability report.

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