# Dynatrace vs Lumigo

| Attribute | Dynatrace | Lumigo |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 56.8 (39% (low)) | 55.3 (73% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A monitoring and observability platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide application performance insights, distributed tracing, security threat detection, and automated incident response across cloud and enterprise environments. It is indexed under APM Tools.","source":"https://www.dynatrace.com/","question":"What is Dynatrace?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Dynatrace offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.00 per pod-hour per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.dynatrace.com/","question":"Is Dynatrace free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Dynatrace. 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.dynatrace.com/","question":"What platforms does Dynatrace support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Dynatrace, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.dynatrace.com/","question":"Can Dynatrace be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 9 integrations for Dynatrace, including Apigee, Flagsmith, Cursor, VSCode, JetBrains, Google Cloud Platform, AbuseIPDB and Google App Engine, plus 1 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.dynatrace.com/","question":"What does Dynatrace integrate with?","confidence":0.6}]` | `[{"answer":"A cloud-based platform that collects and correlates application traces, logs, and metrics to provide comprehensive visibility into system behavior, with automated error detection and real-time alerting capabilities for troubleshooting issues. It is indexed under APM Tools.","source":"https://lumigo.io/aws-ecs-understanding-launch-types-service-options-and-pricing/ecs-vs-kubernetes-6-key-differences-and-how-to-choose/","question":"What is Lumigo?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Lumigo offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $119 per month. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://lumigo.io","question":"Is Lumigo free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Lumigo. 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://lumigo.io/aws-ecs-understanding-launch-types-service-options-and-pricing/ecs-vs-kubernetes-6-key-differences-and-how-to-choose/","question":"What platforms does Lumigo support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Lumigo, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://lumigo.io/aws-ecs-understanding-launch-types-service-options-and-pricing/ecs-vs-kubernetes-6-key-differences-and-how-to-choose/","question":"Can Lumigo be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 8 integrations for Lumigo, including Kubernetes, AWS, OpenTelemetry, Serverless Framework, CircleCI, Slack, PagerDuty and Amazon ECS. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://lumigo.io/aws-ecs-understanding-launch-types-service-options-and-pricing/ecs-vs-kubernetes-6-key-differences-and-how-to-choose/","question":"What does Lumigo integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Lumigo. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Lumigo not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://lumigo.io/security","question":"What security certifications does Lumigo have?","confidence":0.7}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Dynatrace is an observability platform that collects and analyzes logs, metrics, and traces from applications and infrastructure. It offers pre-built applications for security investigations, compliance management, and developer debugging, with a data lakehouse called Grail for unified data storage and analysis. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"rum":true,"hosting":"cloud","service_map":true,"otel_support":"ingest","code_profiling":true,"error_analytics":true,"anomaly_detection":true,"distributed_tracing":true,"auto_instrumentation":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","languages":"Python, Node.js, Java, Go","service_map":true,"otel_support":"native","error_analytics":true,"anomaly_detection":true,"distributed_tracing":true,"auto_instrumentation":true}` |
| integrations.count | 2 | 8 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Apigee"},{"name":"Flagsmith"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"VSCode"},{"name":"JetBrains"},{"name":"Google Cloud Platform"},{"name":"AbuseIPDB","native":true,"category":"security","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Google App Engine","native":true,"category":"cloud-platform","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"APIContext","native":true,"category":"api","direction":"inbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"Serverless Framework"},{"name":"CircleCI"},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"PagerDuty","native":true,"category":"incident_management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"AWS Lambda","native":true},{"name":"Amazon ECS","native":true},{"name":"AWS CDK","native":true},{"name":"AWS CloudWatch","native":true}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Foundation & Discovery","summary":"$0.01/host/hour","features":["Host health indicators","Host and process topology","Filesystem monitoring","OS services monitoring","Log correlation in context"],"components":[{"kind":"metered","unit":"host-hour","amount":0.01,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Basic infrastructure monitoring and IT inventory","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Infrastructure Monitoring","summary":"$0.04/host/hour","features":["Everything in Foundation & Discovery","Process/disk/memory/network analysis","Custom metrics"],"components":[{"kind":"metered","unit":"host-hour","amount":0.04,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Infrastructure observability for cloud, hyperscaler, and data center","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Full-Stack Monitoring","summary":"$0.01/GiB-host/hour","features":["Everything in Infrastructure Monitoring","APM with automated root cause analysis","Code-level profiling","Kubernetes monitoring","OpenTelemetry metrics/traces","10 days trace retention (up to 10 years)"],"components":[{"kind":"metered","unit":"GiB-host-hour","amount":0.01,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Comprehensive observability for applications, microservices, and infrastructure","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Kubernetes Platform Monitoring","summary":"$0.002/pod/hour","features":["Kubernetes metrics and events","Health views","Resource and topology analysis","Included free with Full-Stack Monitoring"],"components":[{"kind":"metered","unit":"pod-hour","amount":0.002,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Visibility into Kubernetes clusters, nodes, and workloads","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Code Monitoring","summary":"$0.005/container/hour","features":["Live debugging","Non-breaking breakpoints","VS Code and JetBrains integration"],"components":[{"kind":"metered","unit":"container-hour","amount":0.005,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Live code troubleshooting and debugging in production","contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"Log Analytics – Pay-per-Query","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.2,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB-day"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0007,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB-scanned"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0035,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Log Analytics – Bundled Queries","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.2,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB-day"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.02,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Metrics Telemetry","components":[{"per":{"qty":100000,"unit":"datapoints"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.15,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB-day"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0007,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Trace Telemetry","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.2,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB-day"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0007,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB-scanned"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0035,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Events Telemetry","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.2,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB-day"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0007,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB-scanned"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0035,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Usage-based from $0.002/pod-hour to $0.04/host-hour. Transparency emphasized; single commit with volume discounts and no overage penalties.","currency":"USD","sourceUrl":"https://www.dynatrace.com/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T14:07:49.569Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.002,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Basic","summary":"Free","features":["150k Traces/mo","14 Day Trace Retention","5GB/mo Logs","3 Days Log Retention","5GB/mo Metrics","3 Days Retention","Copilot Basic","Documentation"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"logs":"5GB/mo","traces":"150k/mo","metrics":"5GB/mo","log_retention":"3 days","trace_retention":"14 days","metrics_retention":"3 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"$99/mo annual, $119/mo monthly","features":["1M Traces/mo","14 Day Trace Retention","40GB/mo Logs","7 Days Log Retention","40GB/mo Metrics","7 Days Retention","Copilot","Basic Support","Email Support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":119,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Great for small businesses","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"logs":"40GB/mo","traces":"1M/mo","metrics":"40GB/mo","log_retention":"7 days","trace_retention":"14 days","metrics_retention":"7 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Plus","summary":"$299/mo annual, $359/mo monthly","features":["5M Traces/mo","14 Day Trace Retention","100GB/mo Logs","30 Days Log Retention","100GB/mo Metrics","30 Days Retention","Copilot","Basic Support","Email Support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":359,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For multiple teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"logs":"100GB/mo","traces":"5M/mo","metrics":"100GB/mo","log_retention":"30 days","trace_retention":"14 days","metrics_retention":"30 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Custom","summary":"Contact for pricing","features":["Custom Traces","Custom Trace Retention","Custom Log Volume","Custom Log Retention","Custom Metrics","Advanced AI RCA","AI insights","AI issue triage","Copilot in Slack & Teams","Custom seats","Chat & Email Support","Private Slack Channel","Success Manager","Professional Services"],"description":"Designed for enterprise","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $99/mo (annual). Free tier with 150k traces/mo. 14-day free trial.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://lumigo.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T13:22:21.885Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":119,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | free |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.dynatrace.com/hub/detail/security-investigator/ | https://lumigo.io/blog/understanding-how-opentelemetry-can-help-with-pci-compliance/ |

## Capabilities (APM Tools)

| Capability | Dynatrace | 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 | OTLP ingest | OTel-native |
| **Core** |  |  |
| Language agents | - | Python, Node.js, Java, Go |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Cloud + self-hosted |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:02:47.541Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*