Dynatrace vs. AppDynamics Comparison

Who should you choose and why?

🤔 Strongly consider Dynatrace over AppDynamics if

• You run an environment that is either serverless or mostly made up of microservices.
• You are a mid-sized to large enterprise with a typical enterprise procurement process for SaaS and cloud services and potentially want to deploy your APM or Observability solution on-premises.
• You want to correlate log analytics data to your metrics and traces easily.

🤔 Slightly consider AppDynamics over Dynatrace if

• You want better to understand the overall user experience through your application.
• You want to combine your APM and code profiling needs with Cisco’s broader portfolio of networking products.

📝Other Notes

• Both AppDynamics and Dynatrace lead the field for on-premises and hybrid enterprise environments.

1. "Gotchas"
2. Feature comparison
3. Integration with other services
4. Compliance concerns
5. Helpful links

• AppDynamics stores its log analytics data in a separate database, which limits some analytics capabilities.
• Dynatrace’s list pricing is based upon the amount of memory that is in the monitored servers. The quoted pricing assumes 8 GB of RAM per server, which is low by many standards – which means that your actual starting point could be considerably higher.

Product Information

• AppDynamics APM Product Page
• Dynatrace APM Product Page

Pricing Pages

• AppDynamics Pricing Page
• Dynatrace Pricing Page

Louis-Victor Jadavji (or "LV") is a recognized leader in the cloud services industry. He's helped 50+ digital native companies like ModusBox, Later, and NS1 choose the right cloud stack for their applications. His work has been featured in Forbes (30 Under 30 All-Star), HuffPost, The New York Times, The Globe and Mail, and Inc. Magazine.