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Scout Monitoring is application performance monitoring that streamlines troubleshooting by helping developers find and fix performance issues before customers ever see them. With real-time alerting, a developer-centric UI, and tracing that ties bottlenecks directly to source code, Scout helps teams spend less time debugging and more time building great products. 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. * * * Seller [Scout Monitoring](https://www.g2.com/sellers/scout-monitoring) Discussions [Scout Monitoring Community](https://www.g2.com/products/scout-monitoring/discuss) Languages Supported English, Spanish Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Hayley Keith Show More ## Pricing Pricing provided by Scout Monitoring. ### The FREE plan $0.00 Per Month ### The Startup Plan $19.00 Per Month [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/scout-monitoring/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Sentry](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sentry") Sentry 4.5/5(224) ](https://www.g2.com/products/sentry/reviews) [ ![Datadog](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Datadog") Datadog 4.4/5(726) ](https://www.g2.com/products/datadog/reviews) [ ![Dynatrace](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Dynatrace") Dynatrace 4.5/5(1,366) ](https://www.g2.com/products/dynatrace/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/scout-monitoring/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 74 real user reviews. Implementation Time \<1 month Perceived Cost $$$$$ Typical contract price $0k - $0k [Sign in to view](/login) Per Month [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## Scout Monitoring Integrations (1) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Claude ](https://www.g2.com/products/claude-2025-12-11/reviews) Show More ![Verified User in Financial Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Financial Services") AF Verified User in Financial Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/27/2021 "Simple and fast solution to monitor rails apps" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Scout Monitoring? Scout is extremely easy to setup in multiple environments. You can get insights nearly instantly that are actionable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Scout Monitoring? No GPC protocol for Python. This did not allow us to roll out to several other products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Scout Monitoring solving and how is that benefiting you? Traceability, investigating performance issues, find and fix N+1 problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Verified User in Graphic Design](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Graphic Design") AG Verified User in Graphic Design Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/26/2021 "The best tool to monitor you application" 5/5 What do you like best about Scout Monitoring? The easy of the monitors and the detail on the graphs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Scout Monitoring? The time that it needs to refresh the data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Scout Monitoring: This tool is for better undestanding of your app Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Scout Monitoring solving and how is that benefiting you? The clog on the database and the slow page load Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Verified User in Financial Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Financial Services") AF Verified User in Financial Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/26/2021 "Easy way to identify performance issues in your app" 5/5 What do you like best about Scout Monitoring? Fast identification of performance issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Scout Monitoring? Lacks a price plan for very small companies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Scout Monitoring solving and how is that benefiting you? Scout has helped us to really optimize the performance and memory usage of our app helping to improve user experience and reduce our hosting cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller DN Duc N. Software Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/3/2021 "A very powerful tool giving insights about the apps" 4/5 What do you like best about Scout Monitoring? Queries insights which give a very detailed analysis of slow operations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Scout Monitoring? Still has a small number of supported languages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Scout Monitoring solving and how is that benefiting you? Analyze slow operations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Human Resources](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Human Resources") UH Verified User in Human Resources Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/26/2021 "Scout APM Review" 5/5 What do you like best about Scout Monitoring? The ability at a glance to get all the info needed on the dashboard. Also having memory characteristics per request/transaction is something unique. I don't believe New Relic has this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Scout Monitoring? The pricing turned us away when we started getting an increase in the number of our background jobs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Scout Monitoring solving and how is that benefiting you? Memory utilization and long running foreground and background requests. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Wesklei M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Wesklei M.") WM Wesklei M. Software Engineer - Team Lead Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/22/2019 "Great support and improvements suggestions that make our lives easier" 5/5 What do you like best about Scout Monitoring? The support team is awesome, always available to help. Not only the team helps a lot, but the tool is amazing, the suggestions to fix n+1 and slow queries save us a lot of time while tuning our app. We can easily spot bottlenecks and view backtraces indicating where to fix. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Scout Monitoring? Not able to filter endpoints by most requested paths. That would be useful to see the most usage and slowness, which is where we focus our effort. That is not a big issue, since we know where the high traffic is, but it's a nice to have. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Scout Monitoring: For us scout has being the best APM for rails apps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Scout Monitoring solving and how is that benefiting you? thanks to scout our app is 35%+ faster compared from last quarter. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Design](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Design") UD Verified User in Design Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/3/2019 "Scout helps us target the most important performance issues" 5/5 What do you like best about Scout Monitoring? Scout's performance overview graph helps us see where our app is spending too much time, and then we are able to dig into specific requests to gain insights for how to resolve those issues. Scout helps us assess the hypotheses we have about our app's performance and make a plan to move forward! Scout's blog also provides useful content for how to effectively engage with this tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Scout Monitoring? I wish Scout allowed you to view an overview that spanned more than just 7 days. It would be interesting to see data for a longer period of time, such as 1 month or even 60 days. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Scout Monitoring solving and how is that benefiting you? App performance is the main business problem we solve with Scout APM: Scout helps us see where we can have quick wins by removing n+1 queries and also helps us see larger problems, like slow HTTP requests to external services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Edward A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Edward A.") EA Edward A. Senior Software Engineer Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/23/2019 "Makes problems easy to identify and troubleshoot" 5/5 What do you like best about Scout Monitoring? Scout automatically tracks web requests, but any sort of background transaction too without having to manually instrument or think to add tracking. When setting up a new message consumer, it was easy to identify what was taking the longest in both the common and edge cases. Profiled sample tracebacks made it straightforward to look into what specifically was making the consumer slow sometimes Their interface is intuitive and easy to figure out, more so than NewRelic, which I have also used.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Scout Monitoring? Since my app's performance has a normal amount of variation, I wish that the weekly digest would consider how much variation is normal and let me know when it falls outside of that range. I.e. inform me of atypical variations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Scout Monitoring solving and how is that benefiting you? After deploying a change during the day, I want to see that performance remains good. When there's a problem, I love that it guides me to the specific cause in the code. I like the weekly digest email that informs me of performance trends over greater periods of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Wasif H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Wasif H.") WH Wasif H. Senior Software Engineer - Ruby on Rails/Full Stack Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/16/2019 "must-have tool for startup to enterprise app performance monitoring - Ruby/Python/Elixir" 5/5 What do you like best about Scout Monitoring? - Memory allocation and response time trace breakdown - N+1 and memory bloat insights - Weekly email summarizing the overall performance boost in comparison with the previous week as well as performance comparison for endpoints with high contrast Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Scout Monitoring? didn't find any issues so far in more than a year except the pricing jump between FREE and the 1st paid subscription. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Scout Monitoring: If you are serious enough to figure out your app performance issues and improve those in cost-efficient way, I would highly recommend Scout APM as a must-have tool. Even the FREE version of the tool gives you enough insights that, if you are a good programmer, you can figure out the issues very easily where exactly should you improve the code in order to optimize app memory/time usage. You can even get clear hint of the places where N+1 queries are being generated out of your notice in the app. Tools like these strongly prove to be indispensable for every company ranging from startups to enterprises. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Scout Monitoring solving and how is that benefiting you? With the help of Scout and Heroku metrics dashboard, we have successfully detected issues with app memory usage as well as response time for each endpoint in short time, which eventually helped us taking the right actions to improve the overall performance of our app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Saul M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Saul M.") SM Saul M. Director Of Engineering Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/10/2019 "Great product with world class support, especially if using ruby/rails" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Scout Monitoring? I love Scout's support; being able to communicate with their team just like I would do with my own. They have really good documentation, I also like the Roadmap visibility and having the ability to cast a vote on new features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Scout Monitoring? Improving the data retention period to more than 7 days would be a great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Scout Monitoring solving and how is that benefiting you? We use scout to monitor our apps, endpoints, it makes it really easy to identify bottlenecks, poor code, N+1's or performance issues. It also gives us visibility into the endpoints we use and overall how the data flows within our apps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ## Questions about Scout Monitoring? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Scout Monitoring ](https://www.g2.com/products/scout-monitoring/discussions/new) ![Mixer G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mixer G.") MG Mixer Gutiérrez • Last activity almost 3 years ago How it compares with other tools like Datadog or New Relic? 1 Upvote 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/36802-how-it-compares-with-other-tools-like-datadog-or-new-relic) ![Marc R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Marc R.") MR Marc Reynolds • Last activity almost 3 years ago Is there any way to trigger alerts for background jobs? 2 Upvotes 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/12225-is-there-any-way-to-trigger-alerts-for-background-jobs) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/scout-monitoring/discuss) ## Pricing Options Pricing provided by Scout Monitoring. ### The FREE plan $0.00 Per Month ### The Startup Plan $19.00 Per Month ### The Small Plan $39.00 Per Month [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/scout-monitoring/pricing) Scout Monitoring Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_c0a65dc26207a41402ce86aadae4cc6a/sentry.png "Product Avatar Image") Sentry 4.5/5(224) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/scout-monitoring-vs-sentry) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_393746d0cdc8904473bde59b5858158e/datadog.png "Product Avatar Image") Datadog 4.4/5(726) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/datadog-vs-scout-monitoring) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_99d915af2d051bc088cda6889515bb0c/appsignal.png "Product Avatar Image") AppSignal 4.6/5(38) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/appsignal-vs-scout-monitoring) ##### ##### Scout Monitoring Features Monitoring Performance Baselines Performance Analysis Transaction Monitoring Response Dashboards and Visualization Root Cause Analysis (RCA) [ View More Features ](https://www.g2.com/products/scout-monitoring/features) ##### Categories on G2 [Bug Tracking](https://www.g2.com/categories/bug-tracking)[Application Performance Monitoring (APM)](https://www.g2.com/categories/application-performance-monitoring-apm)[Observability Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/observability-software) [Bug Tracking](https://www.g2.com/categories/bug-tracking)[Application Performance Monitoring (APM)](https://www.g2.com/categories/application-performance-monitoring-apm)[Observability Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/observability-software)[IT Alerting](https://www.g2.com/categories/it-alerting)[Log Monitoring](https://www.g2.com/categories/log-monitoring)[Log Analysis](https://www.g2.com/categories/log-analysis) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);) ##### Explore More [How do the top ecommerce platforms handle inventory syncing across your website, app and Amazon without things going out of stock mid-campaign?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-do-the-top-ecommerce-platforms-handle-inventory-syncing-across-your-website-app-and-amazon-without-things-going-out-of-stock-mid-campaign)[Discrete vs Continuous Data](https://www.g2.com/articles/discrete-vs-continuous-data)[Reliable ETL platforms](https://www.g2.com/discussions/looking-for-reliable-etl-platforms-any-experience-with-these-options) [Which Acumatica consulting services have proven track records implementing construction industry editions and job costing?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-acumatica-consulting-services-have-proven-track-records-implementing-construction-industry-editions-and-job-costing)[Which supplier risk management app is best for handling third-party risks](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-supplier-risk-management-app-is-best-for-handling-third-party-risks)[Pros and Cons Details](https://www.g2.com/products/scout-monitoring/reviews?qs=pros-and-cons) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)