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Quickly identify, prioritize, and resolve issues like memory bloat, N+1 queries, slow database queries, and related performance problems using lightweight instrumentation with minimal overhead. Built for developers, by developers, Scout supports Ruby, PHP, Python, and Elixir applications and provides a unified view of application performance, errors, and logs with simple, transparent pricing. 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Is there any way to create alerts for background jobs? 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[Mixer G.](https://www.g2.com/users/dfa6b7b2-ab21-43a4-aa41-5edb70462c8c "Mixer G.") • over 5 years ago Senior Developer Senior Developer More Options - [ # How it compares with other tools like Datadog or New Relic? ](/discussions/36802-how-it-compares-with-other-tools-like-datadog-or-new-relic) Other APM solutions are really robust and with a lot of features but they appeal to many languages and frameworks, how does Scout compare to that kind of tools from the scope of a Ruby on Rails application? 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