APM Tools

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools help developers and IT teams track, analyze, and optimize the performance and availability of software applications. These tools provide real-time insights, error detection, and user experience monitoring.

Here are our top 7 recommendations for the best APM tools:

1. New Relic
New Relic offers comprehensive monitoring with real-time analytics, error tracking, and infrastructure monitoring.

User Rating: 4.4/5 on G2

Pricing: Starts at $99/month

Trial Period: 14-day free trial

Free Plan: Yes

2.  Dynatrace
Dynatrace provides AI-powered full-stack monitoring with automated root cause analysis.

User Rating: 4.5/5 on G2

Pricing: Custom pricing

Trial Period: 15-day free trial

Free Plan: Yes

3.  AppDynamics
AppDynamics by Cisco delivers end-to-end application performance visibility with business insights.

User Rating: 4.3/5 on G2

Pricing: Custom pricing

Trial Period: Demo available

Free Plan: No

4. Datadog APM
Datadog APM combines infrastructure monitoring with distributed tracing and analytics.

User Rating: 4.5/5 on G2

Pricing: Starts at $31/month per host

Trial Period: 14-day free trial

Free Plan: Yes

5. SolarWinds AppOptics
SolarWinds AppOptics offers scalable APM with infrastructure and container monitoring.

User Rating: 4.2/5 on G2

Pricing: Starts at $20/month

Trial Period: 14-day free trial

Free Plan: Yes

6. Stackify Retrace
Stackify Retrace provides APM combined with error tracking, logging, and code profiling.

User Rating: 4.3/5 on G2

Pricing: Starts at $25/month

Trial Period: 14-day free trial

Free Plan: No

7. Scout APM
Scout APM offers lightweight monitoring focused on Ruby, Python, and PHP applications.

User Rating: 4.3/5 on G2

Pricing: Starts at $39/month

Trial Period: 14-day free trial

Free Plan: Yes