Compare Amazon CloudWatch and Dynatrace 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (38.9% of reviews)
Enterprise (69.3% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Starts at $69 per month billed annually, per 8 GB Host
Amazon CloudWatch
Star Rating
(393)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (38.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Amazon CloudWatchDynatrace
Star Rating
(1,360)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (69.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starts at $69 per month billed annually, per 8 GB Host
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Dynatrace excels in providing deep, real-time insights into application and infrastructure performance. Users appreciate its ability to automatically map out services and dependencies, which significantly reduces the time spent troubleshooting issues.
- Users say that Amazon CloudWatch offers excellent integration with AWS products, making it a versatile choice for those already embedded in the AWS ecosystem. Reviewers highlight its capability to connect with services like EC2 and Lambda, enhancing its utility for monitoring and logging.
- According to verified reviews, Dynatrace stands out for its user-friendly dashboards that consolidate information effectively. Users find it helpful to monitor disk storage and CPU usage across multiple hosts, which aids in maintaining optimal performance.
- Reviewers mention that while Amazon CloudWatch provides solid logging capabilities, it can sometimes feel less intuitive compared to Dynatrace. Users appreciate features like SQL-like search capabilities for logs, but some express a desire for a more streamlined user experience.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Dynatrace's overall satisfaction ratings are notably higher, reflecting a strong preference among users for its comprehensive monitoring features. The tool's ability to deliver real-time monitoring and automatic discovery is frequently praised.
- Users indicate that both products have their strengths in setup ease, but Dynatrace's implementation process is often described as more intuitive. While both tools score similarly in setup, Dynatrace's onboarding experience is frequently noted as a key advantage.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon CloudWatch
No pricing availableDynatrace
Full-stack monitoring
Starts at $69
per month billed annually, per 8 GB Host
Advanced observability for apps and infrastructure across hybrid and multi-clouds at scale
- Application performance
- Infrastructure monitoring
- AIOps
Free Trial
Amazon CloudWatch
No trial information availableDynatrace
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.5
302
8.8
1,067
Ease of Use
8.1
302
8.3
1,077
Ease of Setup
8.5
160
8.4
669
Ease of Admin
8.5
148
8.2
624
Quality of Support
8.3
277
8.7
1,010
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
140
8.7
621
Product Direction (% positive)
8.2
292
9.2
1,041
Features by Category
Operations
8.6
47
Not enough data
8.7
52
Not enough data
7.5
40
Not enough data
8.6
56
Not enough data
Cost Optimization
8.5
42
Not enough data
7.8
41
Not enough data
8.0
44
Not enough data
Administration
8.4
56
Not enough data
7.9
59
Not enough data
8.3
46
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Cost Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
User Behavior
Not enough data
8.9
115
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
86
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
104
|
Verified
A/B Testing
Not enough data
8.5
100
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
75
Not enough data
8.7
109
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
74
Visitor Information
Not enough data
8.7
116
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
111
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Session Replay
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
60
Not enough data
9.0
61
Not enough data
8.5
59
Not enough data
8.0
57
Not enough data
8.7
53
Not enough data
8.4
57
Agentic AI - Website Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Experience
Not enough data
9.2
157
Not enough data
8.5
136
Not enough data
8.5
133
Agentic AI - Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
8.5
126
Not enough data
8.6
153
Not enough data
7.8
101
Performance
Not enough data
9.1
151
Not enough data
9.4
157
Not enough data
8.5
147
Not enough data
9.0
148
Functionality
Not enough data
8.9
75
Not enough data
8.9
73
Not enough data
8.6
70
Not enough data
9.0
73
Not enough data
8.3
70
Not enough data
8.7
72
Agentic AI - Database Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
9.0
47
Not enough data
8.9
46
Not enough data
8.5
42
Not enough data
8.2
43
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
8.7
46
Not enough data
8.8
46
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Analytics - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
9.0
43
9.0
202
8.6
41
8.3
188
8.2
39
8.9
184
8.7
42
9.0
196
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.9
38
8.5
171
7.2
29
8.5
153
7.9
34
8.4
157
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
8.1
36
8.3
181
8.0
38
8.6
200
8.1
31
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Bug Reporting
Not enough data
8.5
39
Not enough data
7.9
36
Not enough data
8.1
36
Bug Monitoring
Not enough data
8.4
37
Not enough data
8.2
37
Not enough data
7.9
37
Agentic AI - Bug Tracking
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
8.6
38
Not enough data
8.4
38
Not enough data
8.8
42
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
8.8
42
Not enough data
8.7
42
Not enough data
8.4
41
Management
Not enough data
8.6
43
Not enough data
8.7
43
Not enough data
8.2
41
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
Not enough data
9.0
69
Not enough data
8.9
69
Not enough data
8.5
69
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.8
62
Not enough data
8.8
68
Not enough data
9.3
69
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
58
Not enough data
8.8
57
Not enough data
9.1
56
Not enough data
8.2
52
Management
Not enough data
8.3
55
Not enough data
8.3
58
Not enough data
8.8
55
Not enough data
9.0
56
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
ServiceNow Apps
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
9.3
10
Agentic AI - ServiceNow Store Apps
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Preparation
Not enough data
8.7
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
56
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
55
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
56
|
Verified
Analysis
Not enough data
8.4
57
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
56
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
58
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
57
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
53
|
Verified
Visualization
Not enough data
9.0
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
58
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.8
108
Not enough data
8.7
110
Not enough data
9.0
119
Not enough data
7.6
102
Not enough data
8.5
110
Response
Not enough data
8.7
113
Not enough data
8.6
110
Not enough data
8.1
111
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Not enough data
6.8
10
Not enough data
7.0
10
Not enough data
6.7
9
Not enough data
6.7
9
Not enough data
7.2
10
Performance
Not enough data
8.7
111
Not enough data
8.1
109
Functionality
Not enough data
8.5
105
Not enough data
8.3
108
Not enough data
7.8
103
Not enough data
8.5
112
Alerts management
Not enough data
8.2
41
Not enough data
7.8
41
Not enough data
8.7
41
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.8
42
Not enough data
9.2
42
Not enough data
8.9
42
Not enough data
9.2
42
Automation
Not enough data
8.2
41
Not enough data
8.3
41
Analysis
Not enough data
8.3
43
Not enough data
8.3
41
Not enough data
8.5
42
Not enough data
8.3
41
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
8.1
42
Not enough data
8.0
42
Not enough data
8.6
41
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.1
11
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
Not enough data
6.0
5
Not enough data
5.7
5
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
5.0
5
Not enough data
5.0
5
Not enough data
4.7
5
Not enough data
4.3
5
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) ToolsHide 4 FeaturesShow 4 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Threat Detection & Response - Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization & Dashboards - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.0
5
AI Features - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Response
Not enough data
7.5
46
Not enough data
8.1
48
Not enough data
6.8
40
Not enough data
7.7
40
Records
Not enough data
8.5
46
Not enough data
8.4
46
Not enough data
8.8
46
Management
Not enough data
8.9
48
Not enough data
8.2
44
Not enough data
8.4
41
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.7
6
Not enough data
6.7
5
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon CloudWatch and Dynatrace are categorized as Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Unique Categories
Amazon CloudWatch is categorized as Cloud Cost Management
Dynatrace is categorized as Observability Software, Enterprise Monitoring, Log Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Database Monitoring, Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM), Website Monitoring, Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) Tools, ServiceNow Store Apps, Session Replay, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Log Analysis, Incident Response, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Network Monitoring, and Bug Tracking
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon CloudWatch
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Dynatrace
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
26.1%
Computer Software
17.9%
Internet
6.5%
Financial Services
4.0%
Marketing and Advertising
3.4%
Other
42.0%
Information Technology and Services
16.4%
Financial Services
10.2%
Computer Software
9.2%
Insurance
8.9%
Banking
8.4%
Other
46.8%
Discussions
What is AWS CloudWatch metrics?
1 Comment
IO
The metrics of AWS CloudWatch are numerical data that represent the performance and state of Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources. They are collected from...Read more
What can CloudWatch monitor?
1 Comment
GM
Every resource in AWS environment and on-premises tooRead more
Amazon CloudWatch has no more discussions with answers
what is the best way to AI integration in Energy and Utlilites services.
3 Comments
DA
Hi. The AI is built into the Dynatrace platform and is purpose built for this use case. It's getting context from the installation of Dynatrace OneAgents...Read more
What is Dynatrace used for?
3 Comments
KS
Dynatrace is a powerful tool we rely on for monitoring APIs and performing data and business analysis. It helps us keep a close eye on our APIs, spotting any...Read more
Is there any capability that Dynatrace can't provide which is offered by Splunk?
2 Comments
RD
Hello -
Dynatrace can pull the same log files. We use both and Splunk is used to pull all logs and store them for a year. We have been using Dynatrace...Read more
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