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# Dynatrace vs Microsoft System Center Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Pricing

**Dynatrace**
Free Trial

**Starts at $69** per month billed annually, per 8 GB Host · Full-stack monitoring

**Starts at $21** per month billed annually, per 8 GB Host · Infrastructure monitoring

**Starts at $11** per month billed annually, 10k Digital Experience Monitoring Units · Digital experience monitoring

**Microsoft System Center**
No pricing available

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Perceived Cost

**Dynatrace**
$$$$$

**Microsoft System Center**
$$$$$

Average Discount

**Dynatrace**
18%

**Microsoft System Center**
21%3% more

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Time to Implement

**Dynatrace** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Microsoft System Center** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

Return on Investment

**Dynatrace** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Microsoft System Center** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Pros & Cons**
from reviews

**Dynatrace**

Ease of Use (84)

Debugging (53)

Learning Curve (43)

Missing Features (39)

**Microsoft System Center**

Ease of Use (4)

All-in-One Solution (1)

Expensive (3)

Pricing Issues (3)

Integrations

**Dynatrace**
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GitHub

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IBM Terraform (formerly HashiCorp Terraform)

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Jira

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**Microsoft System Center**
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Screenshots

**Dynatrace**
 ![Dynatrace screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/95741/apmusecases-autodetectrunning-1600-c4e793ba71-_002_.png)

**Microsoft System Center**
 ![Microsoft System Center screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/51206/expirable-direct-uploads_2F75a00c7b-8c0e-4905-9ca2-2a4ad7bfa153_2FMicrosoft_System_Center.png)

**Ratings**
from reviews

Meets Requirements

**Dynatrace**

**8.8** /10

Based on 1,079 responses

**Microsoft System Center**

**8.6** /10

Based on 480 responses

Ease of Use

**Dynatrace**

**8.3** /10

Based on 1,089 responses

**Microsoft System Center**

**7.7** /10

Based on 479 responses

Ease of Setup

**Dynatrace**

**8.4** /10

Based on 682 responses

**Microsoft System Center**

**7.0** /10

Based on 322 responses

Ease of Admin

**Dynatrace**

**8.2** /10

Based on 634 responses

**Microsoft System Center**

**7.9** /10

Based on 323 responses

Quality of Support

**Dynatrace**

**8.7** /10

Based on 1,022 responses

**Microsoft System Center**

**8.0** /10

Based on 445 responses

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**Dynatrace**

**8.7** /10

Based on 631 responses

**Microsoft System Center**

**8.1** /10

Based on 298 responses

Product Direction (% positive)

**Dynatrace**

**9.3** /10

Based on 1,050 responses

**Microsoft System Center**

**7.4** /10

Based on 463 responses

**Features**
ratings from reviews

Session Replay

**8.4** /10

Based on 162 responses

Not enough data

IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools

Not enough data

**8.6** /10

Based on 83 responses

Website Monitoring

**8.6** /10

Based on 70 responses

Not enough data

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Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)

**8.7** /10

Based on 185 responses

Not enough data

Database Monitoring

**8.7** /10

Based on 82 responses

Not enough data

Network Monitoring

**8.7** /10

Based on 52 responses

Not enough data

Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring

**8.4** /10

Based on 230 responses

Not enough data

Bug Tracking

**7.3** /10

Based on 57 responses

Not enough data

AIOps Platforms

**8.5** /10

Based on 51 responses

Not enough data

Log Monitoring

**7.8** /10

Based on 76 responses

Not enough data

Enterprise Monitoring

**8.1** /10

Based on 69 responses

Not enough data

ServiceNow Store Apps

**8.9** /10

Based on 13 responses

Not enough data

Log Analysis

**8.4** /10

Based on 70 responses

Not enough data

Application Performance Monitoring (APM)

**8.3** /10

Based on 149 responses

Not enough data

Container Monitoring

**8.4** /10

Based on 44 responses

Not enough data

IT Alerting

**5.4** /10

Based on 12 responses

Not enough data

Observability Software

**8.1** /10

Based on 8 responses

Not enough data

Enterprise IT Management

Not enough data

**8.7** /10

Based on 17 responses

User Insights

**Reviewers' Company Size**

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
6.9%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
23.8%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
69.3%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
6.9%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
23.8%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
69.3%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
20.5%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
33.6%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
45.9%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
20.5%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
33.6%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
45.9%

**Reviewers' Industry**

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Dynatrace

Information Technology and Services
16.4%

Financial Services
10.4%

Computer Software
9.2%

Insurance
8.9%

Banking
8.4%

Other
46.7%

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Microsoft System Center

Information Technology and Services
19.2%

Education Management
6.2%

Government Administration
5.5%

Computer Software
5.1%

Hospital & Health Care
3.8%

Other
60.1%

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**Microsoft System Center Alternatives**

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