Comparison

AppDynamics vs Lumigo

On the evidence we track, AppDynamics leads this comparison with a composite score of 61/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★AppDynamics61

Lumigo55

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	AppDynamicsLeader	Lumigo
vioscaleAI score	61 / 100medium · 71%	55 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	free
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	1	8
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://lumigo.io/blog/understanding-how-opentelemetry-can-help-with-pci-compliance/
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Content
Faqcontent.faq	4 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

AppDynamics61 / 100medium · 71%

Lumigo55 / 100medium · 73%

Pricing

Free tier

AppDynamics✓

Lumigo✓

Model

AppDynamicsfreemium

Lumigofree

Price level

AppDynamicslow

Lumigofree

Transparent

AppDynamics✗

Lumigo✗

Integrations

Count

AppDynamics1

Lumigo8

Security

Disclosure policy

AppDynamics✓

Lumigo–

Fedramp

AppDynamics✓

Lumigo–

Gdpr

AppDynamics✓

Lumigo✓

Hipaa

AppDynamics✓

Lumigo✓

Iso27001

AppDynamics✓

Lumigo–

Pci

AppDynamics✓

Lumigo–

Soc2

AppDynamics✓

Lumigo✓

Trust center

AppDynamics–

Lumigohttps://lumigo.io/blog/understanding-how-opentelemetry-can-help-with-pci-compliance/

Reliability

Status page

AppDynamics✓

Lumigo✓

Content

Faq

AppDynamics4 items

Lumigo6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for apm tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for APM Tools
Capability	AppDynamics	Lumigo
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	-	Python, Node.js, Java, Go
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Cloud + self-hosted

Instrumentation

Auto-instrumentation

AppDynamics✓

Lumigo✓

Distributed tracing

AppDynamics-

Lumigo✓

Insight

Service map

AppDynamics-

Lumigo✓

Code / continuous profiling

AppDynamics✓

Lumigo-

Database monitoring

AppDynamics✓

Lumigo-

Error analytics

AppDynamics✓

Lumigo✓

Real-user monitoring

AppDynamics✓

Lumigo-

SLO / error-budget tracking

AppDynamics-

Lumigo-

Intelligence

Anomaly / root-cause AI

AppDynamics✓

Lumigo✓

Standards

OpenTelemetry support

AppDynamicsOTel-native

LumigoOTel-native

Core

Language agents

AppDynamics-

LumigoPython, Node.js, Java, Go

Deployment

Hosting

AppDynamicsCloud + self-hosted

LumigoCloud + self-hosted

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

AppDynamics

Leader

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.

Independently observed

Lumigo

Lumigo provides observability for cloud-native and serverless applications. It offers distributed tracing, automated error detection, real-time monitoring, and microservices insights to help developers quickly identify and resolve performance and reliability issues.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

AppDynamics

Leader

Free tier30-day trial

as of 2026-10-05verify ↗

Lumigo

from $119/moSubscriptionFree tier14-day trial

From $99/mo (annual). Free tier with 150k traces/mo. 14-day free trial.

BasicFree
- 150k Traces/mo
- 14 Day Trace Retention
- 5GB/mo Logs
- 3 Days Log Retention
- 5GB/mo Metrics
- +3 more
Standard$99/mo annual, $119/mo monthly
- 1M Traces/mo
- 14 Day Trace Retention
- 40GB/mo Logs
- 7 Days Log Retention
- 40GB/mo Metrics
- +4 more
Plus$299/mo annual, $359/mo monthly
- 5M Traces/mo
- 14 Day Trace Retention
- 100GB/mo Logs
- 30 Days Log Retention
- 100GB/mo Metrics
- +4 more
CustomContact sales
- Custom Traces
- Custom Trace Retention
- Custom Log Volume
- Custom Log Retention
- Custom Metrics
- +9 more

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	AppDynamics	Lumigo
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

AppDynamics✓

Lumigo✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

AppDynamics✓

Lumigo✓

On-premise

AppDynamics✓

Lumigo✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)

OpenTelemetry

AppDynamics

Leader

1 total - 0 not shared

OpenTelemetry

Independently observed

Lumigo

11 total - 10 not shared

Kubernetes
AWS
Serverless Framework
CircleCI
Slack
PagerDuty
AWS Lambda
Amazon ECS
AWS CDK
AWS CloudWatch

Independently observed

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