Compare Dynatrace and Prometheus 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (69.4% of reviews)
Mid-Market (39.3% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starts at $69 per month billed annually, per 8 GB Host
No pricing available
Dynatrace
Star Rating
(1,363)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (69.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starts at $69 per month billed annually, per 8 GB Host
Browse all 3 pricing plansPrometheus
Star Rating
(62)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (39.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Dynatrace significantly outperforms Prometheus in overall user satisfaction, with a G2 Score of 88.66 compared to Prometheus's 37.55. This indicates that users find Dynatrace to be a more reliable and effective solution for their monitoring needs.
- Users say that Dynatrace excels in providing deep, real-time insights into application performance, with features like automatic service mapping and comprehensive dashboards that help quickly identify issues. In contrast, while Prometheus is praised for its real-time monitoring capabilities, it lacks the same level of intuitive visualization that many users appreciate in Dynatrace.
- Reviewers mention that Dynatrace's implementation process is notably smooth, with an intuitive onboarding experience that helps users get started quickly. Prometheus, while easy to deploy, may require more manual configuration, which can be a hurdle for some users looking for a seamless setup.
- According to verified reviews, Dynatrace shines in the quality of support it offers, scoring higher than Prometheus. Users highlight the responsiveness and helpfulness of Dynatrace's support team, which can be crucial for organizations that rely on timely assistance during critical monitoring tasks.
- Users highlight that Dynatrace provides robust features for resource utilization and performance baselining, making it a powerful tool for complex environments. Prometheus, while effective for cloud-native applications, may not offer the same depth of insights into resource management that Dynatrace users find beneficial.
- Reviewers note that both products excel in real-time monitoring, but Dynatrace's advanced alerting capabilities, including multi-mode alerts and proactive identification, give it an edge in ensuring that users can respond to issues before they escalate. Prometheus, while strong in alerting, may not provide the same level of proactive support.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Dynatrace
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
Prometheus
No pricing availableFree Trial
Dynatrace
Free Trial is available
Prometheus
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.8
1,070
8.8
54
Ease of Use
8.3
1,080
8.2
55
Ease of Setup
8.4
672
8.2
39
Ease of Admin
8.2
625
8.1
31
Quality of Support
8.7
1,013
7.9
42
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
622
8.7
21
Product Direction (% positive)
9.3
1,044
8.6
50
Features by Category
User Behavior
8.9
116
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
87
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
105
|
Verified
Not enough data
A/B Testing
8.4
101
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
76
Not enough data
8.7
110
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
75
Not enough data
Visitor Information
8.6
117
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
112
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Session Replay
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
62
Not enough data
9.0
63
Not enough data
8.5
60
Not enough data
8.0
59
Not enough data
8.7
54
Not enough data
8.4
58
Not enough data
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
9.2
159
Not enough data
8.5
137
Not enough data
8.5
134
Not enough data
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
8.4
127
Not enough data
8.6
154
Not enough data
7.7
102
Not enough data
Performance
9.1
152
Not enough data
9.4
158
Not enough data
8.5
148
Not enough data
9.0
149
Not enough data
Functionality
8.9
76
Not enough data
8.9
74
Not enough data
8.6
71
Not enough data
9.0
74
Not enough data
8.3
71
Not enough data
8.7
73
Not enough data
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
9.0
47
Not enough data
8.9
46
Not enough data
8.5
42
Not enough data
8.2
43
Not enough data
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
8.7
46
Not enough data
8.8
46
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
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
203
Not enough data
8.2
189
Not enough data
8.9
185
Not enough data
9.0
197
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
172
Not enough data
8.5
154
Not enough data
8.4
158
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
8.2
182
Not enough data
8.5
201
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure 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
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Bug Reporting
8.5
39
Not enough data
7.9
36
Not enough data
8.1
36
Not enough data
Bug Monitoring
8.4
37
Not enough data
8.2
37
Not enough data
7.9
37
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Bug Tracking
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
8.5
39
Not enough data
8.3
39
Not enough data
8.8
43
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
8.8
43
Not enough data
8.6
43
Not enough data
8.4
42
Not enough data
Management
8.6
44
Not enough data
8.7
45
Not enough data
8.2
42
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
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
9.0
69
Not enough data
8.9
69
Not enough data
8.5
69
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.8
62
Not enough data
8.8
68
Not enough data
9.3
69
Not enough data
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
8.8
59
Not enough data
8.8
58
Not enough data
9.1
57
Not enough data
8.2
53
Not enough data
Management
8.3
56
Not enough data
8.4
59
Not enough data
8.7
56
Not enough data
9.0
57
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
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
Not enough data
ServiceNow Apps
8.5
9
Not enough data
9.3
10
Not enough data
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
8.7
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
57
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
56
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
57
|
Verified
Not enough data
Analysis
8.3
58
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
57
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
58
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
54
|
Verified
Not enough data
Visualization
9.0
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
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
8.7
109
Not enough data
8.7
110
Not enough data
9.0
121
Not enough data
7.6
104
Not enough data
8.5
112
Not enough data
Response
8.7
114
Not enough data
8.6
112
Not enough data
8.2
113
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
7.1
11
Not enough data
7.5
12
Not enough data
6.7
9
Not enough data
6.7
9
Not enough data
7.2
10
Not enough data
Performance
8.6
111
Not enough data
8.2
110
Not enough data
Functionality
8.5
106
Not enough data
8.3
109
Not enough data
7.8
104
Not enough data
8.5
113
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Processes
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
8.0
11
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
8.5
12
Not enough data
8.2
10
Not enough data
7.9
13
Maintenance
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
8.6
12
Security
Not enough data
7.8
10
Not enough data
7.3
10
Alerts management
8.2
42
7.8
15
7.8
42
8.1
16
8.7
42
8.9
17
Monitoring
8.7
43
8.5
17
9.1
43
9.4
19
8.8
43
8.8
16
9.1
43
8.3
17
Automation
8.2
42
8.6
14
8.2
42
8.6
16
Analysis
8.3
44
8.0
14
8.2
42
8.2
17
8.4
43
7.7
18
8.3
42
8.5
16
Issue Resolution
8.1
43
8.2
14
8.0
43
7.8
13
8.6
42
7.7
14
Generative AI
6.1
11
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
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
Not enough data
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
8.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
AI Features - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reliability Objectives & Service Operations - AI SRE Tools
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 Detection & Signal Quality - AI SRE Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Investigation & Root Cause Analysis - AI SRE Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automation & Platform Controls - AI SRE Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Dynatrace and Prometheus are categorized as Container Monitoring
Unique Categories
Dynatrace is categorized as Observability Software, Enterprise Monitoring, Log Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Database Monitoring, Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM), Website Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) Tools, ServiceNow Store Apps, Session Replay, IT Alerting, Log Analysis, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Network Monitoring, Bug Tracking, and AI SRE Tools
Prometheus is categorized as Database Management Systems (DBMS) and Time Series Databases
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Dynatrace
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Prometheus
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
16.4%
Financial Services
10.3%
Computer Software
9.2%
Insurance
8.9%
Banking
8.4%
Other
46.8%
Computer Software
29.5%
Information Technology and Services
24.6%
Internet
6.6%
Computer & Network Security
4.9%
Telecommunications
4.9%
Other
29.5%
Discussions
What is Dynatrace used for?
3 Comments
CM
Dynatrace is an Application Performance Management (APM) tool used to monitor and optimize software applications and infrastructure. It provides real-time...Read more
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 does Rookout do?
2 Comments
EY
Remote non-blocking debug- breakpoint logs extraction from remote resources.Read more
What is Prometheus used for?
1 Comment
DP
Prometheus is primarily used for monitoring and alerts in IT systems, especially to track the performance of applications and infrastructure.Read more
What does Prometheus do?
1 Comment
HJ
Promothesus is metrics dashboard for your microservices which is based on monitoring your applicationRead more
Prometheus has no more discussions with answers
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