# AppDynamics vs Elastic APM

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** AppDynamics

| Attribute | AppDynamics | Elastic APM |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 60.5 (71% (medium)) | 49.8 (57% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 32 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 6 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 1,271 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"AppDynamics provides visibility into application performance and infrastructure health in hybrid and on-premises deployments, correlating performance metrics with business impact while using AI to detect anomalies, identify security threats, and track user experiences. It is indexed under APM Tools.","source":"https://www.appdynamics.com/","question":"What is AppDynamics?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to AppDynamics. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.appdynamics.com/en_us/products/pricing.html","question":"What platforms does AppDynamics support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. AppDynamics can be deployed hybrid and on-premise, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.appdynamics.com/","question":"Can AppDynamics be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for AppDynamics. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as AppDynamics not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.appdynamics.com/security","question":"What security certifications does AppDynamics have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"answer":"Application performance monitoring solution built on OpenTelemetry that automatically instruments applications, visualizes service dependencies, and identifies performance issues through distributed tracing and root cause analysis. It is indexed under APM Tools.","source":"https://www.elastic.co/pricing/self-managed","question":"What is Elastic APM?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Elastic APM does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 3 plans (Open Source, Platinum and Enterprise), so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.elastic.co/pricing/self-managed","question":"How much does Elastic APM cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Elastic APM supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.elastic.co/pricing/self-managed","question":"What platforms does Elastic APM support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Elastic APM can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise, air-gapped and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.elastic.co/pricing/self-managed","question":"Can Elastic APM be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 28 integrations for Elastic APM, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Jina AI, Amazon Bedrock, Aryn, LlamaIndex, Red Hat and Microsoft Azure AI, plus 20 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.elastic.co/pricing/self-managed","question":"What does Elastic APM integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Elastic APM is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://www.elastic.co/pricing/self-managed","question":"Where is Elastic APM available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A full-stack application performance monitoring platform that provides real-time visibility into application issues, enables root-cause diagnosis across the entire technology stack, and correlates performance with business outcomes. | Application performance monitoring solution built on OpenTelemetry that automatically instruments applications, visualizes service dependencies, and identifies performance issues through distributed tracing and root cause analysis. |
| features.capabilities | `{"rum":true,"hosting":"both","otel_support":"native","db_monitoring":true,"code_profiling":true,"error_analytics":true,"anomaly_detection":true,"auto_instrumentation":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","languages":"Java, .NET, Python, Node.js, PHP, iOS, Android","service_map":true,"otel_support":"native","slo_tracking":true,"code_profiling":true,"error_analytics":true,"anomaly_detection":true,"distributed_tracing":true,"auto_instrumentation":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | 28 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"OpenTelemetry","native":true}]` | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Jina AI"},{"name":"Amazon Bedrock"},{"name":"Aryn"},{"name":"LlamaIndex"},{"name":"Red Hat"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure AI"},{"name":"Hugging Face"},{"name":"Mistral"},{"name":"Cohere"},{"name":"Google Vertex AI"},{"name":"NVIDIA"},{"name":"Alibaba Cloud"},{"name":"IBM watsonx"},{"name":"Unstructured.io"},{"name":"LangChain"},{"name":"Apache Spark"},{"name":"Apache Hive"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"ServiceNow"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"IBM Resilient"},{"name":"xMatters"},{"name":"Tableau"},{"name":"Elasticsearch-Hadoop"},{"name":"Vectorize.io","native":true}]` |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| market.availability | - | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.appdynamics.com/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-05T11:09:54.237Z","freeTrialDays":30}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","features":["Elasticsearch search engine and vector database","Kibana visualization and analytics interface","Data ingestion with OTel, Logstash, and Beats","Basic authentication and RBAC","TLS encryption","APM, logging, and metrics","Community support and documentation"],"description":"Free, self-managed Elasticsearch Stack including core APM, logging, and security features","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Platinum","features":["SSO, LDAP/Active Directory, field/document-level security","Automated anomaly detection for logs and metrics","ELSER semantic search models","Cross-cluster replication for high availability","Service maps from APM data","Tail-based trace sampling","Service Level Objectives (SLOs)","APM root cause correlation","Premium support (24/7/365)"],"description":"Advanced security, machine learning anomaly detection, and high availability features","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Searchable snapshots for long-term low-cost storage","Attack Discovery automated alert triage","Universal Profiling for code-level performance data","Cross-cluster search with advanced security","Elastic Agent Builder for RAG and search development","Jina AI models for semantic search and reranking","Inference Service Management for third-party LLMs","Hybrid search capabilities","Elastic Workflows for incident response automation","AI Assistant for Observability guidance","Endpoint detection and response actions"],"description":"Full-stack capabilities including searchable snapshots, AI-assisted investigation, universal profiling, and advanced orchestration","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free open source self-managed. Platinum and Enterprise tiers available via contact sales. 14-day free trial for Elastic Cloud.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.elastic.co/pricing/self-managed","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T13:46:29.895Z","freeTrialDays":14}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | no | no |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.5.5","date":"2026-10-06T14:01:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.5.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.4.8","date":"2026-10-06T14:01:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.4.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v8.19.23","date":"2026-10-06T14:01:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.19.23"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v8.19.22","date":"2026-09-23T15:20:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.19.22"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.5.4","date":"2026-09-15T18:19:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.4.7","date":"2026-09-15T18:19:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.4.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.5.3","date":"2026-09-03T10:08:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.4.6","date":"2026-09-01T12:51:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.4.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v8.19.21","date":"2026-09-01T12:53:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.19.21"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.5.2","date":"2026-08-20T16:43:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.5.1","date":"2026-08-11T17:57:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.4.5","date":"2026-08-11T17:57:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.4.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v8.19.20","date":"2026-08-11T18:23:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.19.20"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.5.0","date":"2026-08-04T11:47:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.4.4","date":"2026-07-21T12:56:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.4.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.3.8","date":"2026-07-21T12:56:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.3.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v8.19.19","date":"2026-07-21T13:28:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.19.19"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.4.3","date":"2026-06-30T15:47:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.4.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v8.19.18","date":"2026-06-30T16:56:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.19.18"},{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/releases/tag/v9.3.7","date":"2026-06-30T16:47:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.3.7"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.9 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | - | https://www.elastic.co/legal/ethics-and-compliance |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Felastic%2Fapm-server%2Fapprovaltest&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (APM Tools)

| Capability | AppDynamics | Elastic APM |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Instrumentation** |  |  |
| Auto-instrumentation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Distributed tracing | - | ✓ |
| **Insight** |  |  |
| Service map | - | ✓ |
| Code / continuous profiling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Database monitoring | ✓ | - |
| Error analytics | ✓ | ✓ |
| Real-user monitoring | ✓ | - |
| SLO / error-budget tracking | - | ✓ |
| **Intelligence** |  |  |
| Anomaly / root-cause AI | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Standards** |  |  |
| OpenTelemetry support | OTel-native | OTel-native |
| **Core** |  |  |
| Language agents | - | Java, .NET, Python, Node.js, PHP, iOS, Android |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud + self-hosted |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-17T05:46:50.690Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*