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Best Dynatrace alternatives (2026)
8 alternatives to Dynatrace in observability apm, ranked by entry price. Dynatrace starts at $1.4/mo. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Cheaper than Dynatrace: AppSignal, Grafana Cloud, Honeycomb, New Relic, Sentry, SigNoz.
- Free alternatives: AppSignal, Grafana Cloud, Honeycomb, New Relic, Sentry, SigNoz.
- Closest by price: AppSignal ($0/mo), Grafana Cloud ($0/mo), Honeycomb ($0/mo).
Dynatrace alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AppSignal | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | Ruby on Rails and Elixir/Phoenix teams wanting first-class language support | getapp.com |
| 2 | Grafana Cloud | $0/mo | Yes | — | Prometheus-native and OpenTelemetry shops wanting hosted Grafana | grafana.com |
| 3 | Honeycomb | $0/mo | Yes | — | Engineering teams practicing observability-driven development | honeycomb.io |
| 4 | New Relic | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | Teams wanting a generous free tier before committing | newrelic.com |
| 5 | Sentry | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | Developer-led teams wanting free error monitoring before paying for APM | sentry.io |
| 6 | SigNoz | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | OpenTelemetry-first teams wanting a fully OTel-native managed backend | signoz.io |
| 7 | Datadog APM | $31/mo | No | Yes | Enterprises running multi-cloud, multi-language stacks | datadoghq.com |
| 8 | Elastic Observability | — | No | Yes | Organizations already using Elasticsearch or Elastic SIEM wanting unified observability | quote-only |
Data current through 2026-06-14. Compare any two directly on the Observability Apm index.