Head to head
Dynatrace vs Grafana Cloud
Both platforms are scored with the same methodology and the same category rubric. Nothing on this page is influenced by advertising.
49/100 | 60/100Higher score | |
|---|---|---|
| Category rank | #4 | #1 |
| Confidence | High confidence | High confidence |
| External Reputation | 82 | 77 |
| AI Authority | 17 | 69 |
| Web Authority | 23 | 23 |
| Expert Assessment | 69 | 61 |
| TOP10 User Score | — | — |
| Pricing | $7/mo per host (Foundation & Discovery, billed at $0.01 per host-hour) — a unit rate, not a purchasable entry contract · free tier: 15-day free trial plus a sandbox environment; no permanent free plan | Pro from $19/month + usage (8x5 email support; 13-month metrics retention, 30 days logs/traces/profiles/k6) · free tier: Free, "always free": all Grafana Cloud services with limited usage, community support, 14-day retention for metrics, logs, traces, profiles and k6; includes 10k active metric series, 50 GB logs, 50 GB traces, 50 GB profiles, 50k RUM sessions, 100k API + 10k browser synthetic executions, 500 k6 virtual user hours, 3 active users |
| Pricing model | Commitment-based usage pricing (Dynatrace Platform Subscription, annual commitment drawn down at rate-card rates) | Freemium plus usage-based metering (platform fee + per-meter usage, with tiered volume discounts) |
| Best for | Large enterprises running hybrid, multi-cloud and Kubernetes estates that want APM, logs, RUM, synthetics and runtime security consolidated into one commitment, have regulated compliance needs, and benefit from unlimited seats and hourly metering. | Engineering-led teams already invested in Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Loki or self-hosted Grafana who want the same stack managed without re-instrumenting, have at least one person fluent in PromQL/LogQL, and either fit the free tier's 14-day retention or want to tune each cost meter individually instead of paying per-host APM pricing. |
| Avoid if | You are a startup, SMB or single-app team, need a published self-serve entry price or month-to-month flexibility, have no capacity for a DQL and platform training ramp, or run heavy ad-hoc trace/log exploration on a fixed budget. | You are thinly staffed or non-technical and need turnkey monitoring, need enterprise SSO/granular RBAC/a contractual SLA without justifying $25,000 a year, require 24/7 or phone support on a self-serve budget, need predictable flat-rate budgeting, or need long retention on a free or minimal plan. |
| Markets | Enterprise, Regulated industries, Large hybrid/multi-cloud IT operations | Startups, SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise, Public Sector / Federal |
| Founded | — | 2014 |
| Headquarters | — | New York, USA |
A higher TOP SCORE means more of the evidence favours that platform on this methodology — it is not a recommendation, and it does not account for your specific requirements. Advertisers are never declared the winner of a comparison.