Scout APM Reviews

Name: Scout APM
Brand: Scout
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)

Vendor: Scout

5.0 out of 5

1 review
100% willing to recommend

What is Scout APM?

Scout APM is an application performance monitoring solution that simplifies the troubleshooting process by enabling developers to discover and repair performance problems before clients ever notice them. Scout APM uses a developer-based UI with real-time alerting and intuitive tracing logic to identify bottlenecks precisely to the source code. This helps to greatly reduce time and effort needed to debug code and results in greater productivity and improved outcomes.

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Scout APM is the #60 ranked solution in APM tools. PeerSpot users give Scout APM an average rating of 10.0 out of 10. Scout APM is most commonly compared to Zabbix: Scout APM vs Zabbix. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a retailer, accounting for 16% of all views.

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Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

August 2025

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Scout APM mindshare

As of September 2025, the mindshare of Scout APM in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category stands at 0.3%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Scout APM	0.3%
Dynatrace	8.8%
Datadog	7.2%
Other	83.7%

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

Key learnings from peers

Valuable Features

"The product can scale."

Room for Improvement

"I can't recall coming across any missing features."

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Top industries

By visitors reading reviews

Retailer

16%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

12%

Real Estate/Law Firm

Comms Service Provider

Legal Firm

Logistics Company

Manufacturing Company

Government

Healthcare Company

Outsourcing Company

Performing Arts

Pharma/Biotech Company

University

Venture Capital & Private Equity Firm

Educational Organization

Mining And Metals Company

Museum Or Institution

Recreational Facilities/Services Company

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Learn more about Scout APM

Scout APM facilitates the ability of developers to break down, discover, and prioritize performance issues such as N+1 queries, latent database queries, memory bloat, and more, and accomplishes these results at a fraction of the cost. Scout APM monitors Elixir, Node.js, PHP, Python and Ruby.

Scout APM is built by developers, for developers.

Scout APM Features

24/7 monitoring: Continuous, consistent monitoring proactively keeps users apprised of any performance deviations. Intuitive dashboards allow users to deep-dive into specific requests, paths, users, and endpoints attached to any performance slowdowns or bloating.
Quick and easy analysis: Should a slowdown occur or an increased response time be discovered, users have an easy to use drag-and-drop option to simply and quickly analyze every endpoint and dissect any anomalies. Scout APM will pinpoint the precise user or endpoint(s) responsible for the problem.
Intuitive trace logic: Users are able to quickly deep-dive and discover slow requests based on average responses or any/all requests.
Crossfilter powerhouse: Crossfilter is a Scout APM feature that allows users to quickly discover similarities with any/all slow requests back to the user or endpoint.
Easily discover bottlenecks: With Scout APM, users can easily pinpoint bottlenecks to the exact source code without any additional custom instrumentation. The solution uses a production-safe profiler to fully examine users' custom codes.
Developer tracing: Scout APM uses backtraces that are embedded with git blame output so developers of the code can be quickly identified and contacted to resolve issues and concerns immediately.
Cost-effective: Scout APM is an open-source solution and offers many flexible pricing options to meet any size business, from small to enterprise level, including custom options. The cost per transaction decreases based on usage and works very efficiently with applications with very high throughput. Scout APM also offers a free trial period and encourages its usage so users can best understand and gauge the level of service needed and determine the best pricing plan to meet organizational needs. Scout APM is considered to be significantly cheaper than many other APM solutions in the marketplace today.

Reviews from Real Users

“The solution is stable. It's pretty easy to set up, especially if you have the knowledge base and/or you have a partner assist you. The product can scale. The processes are great. It helps with services and microservices. The product is great for many different industries, including energy, government, finance, and more. It's allowed our company to be more forward-thinking and to consider the future a bit more. ” - Antonio B., Regional Manager LatAm at Splunk