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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 AG Adam G. Lead Developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/6/2019 "Great Product, Great Team" 5/5 What do you like best about Scout Monitoring? Scout is a really impressive app and has really helped us get a handle on performance issues. The support team is helpful and their improvements have been great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Scout Monitoring? I do wish Scout would retain data for a longer time period, or retain top-level summaries for us to identify long-term trends. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Scout Monitoring solving and how is that benefiting you? Identifying outlying long requests was probably the most helpful thing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite JE Jim E. Engineering Manager Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/15/2019 "Great Product for optimizing and maintaining performance" 5/5 What do you like best about Scout Monitoring? Great for broad overview to spot trends and easy to drill down to details. Appreciate the background job and db monitoring tools as well, and n+1 suggestions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Scout Monitoring? Lack of search / filtering tools, lack of website front end monitoring Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Scout Monitoring solving and how is that benefiting you? Monitoring & Improving Performance of Ruby on Rails applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness") UH Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/25/2019 "By developers, for developers" 4/5 What do you like best about Scout Monitoring? Scout doesn't get in your way. It shows you the information you need so you can focus on the task at hand without being overcomplicated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Scout Monitoring? For a big team working on an older app, I'd like to be able to more easily focus on my areas of responsibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Scout Monitoring solving and how is that benefiting you? Performance monitoring of a large application. The best benefit is validation of performance fixes in production. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") EC Verified User in Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/28/2019 "Excellent for Application Performance Management!" 5/5 What do you like best about Scout Monitoring? 1. Easy to identify and troubleshoot any problems 2. Email notifications 3. Incredibly easy to set up 4. Great pricing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Scout Monitoring? We have been using it for years and I've never had any issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Scout Monitoring solving and how is that benefiting you? Application Performance Management. 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);)