Comparison

Lumigo vs Scout APM

On the evidence we track, Lumigo leads this comparison with a composite score of 55/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Lumigo55

Scout APM50

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	LumigoLeader	Scout APM
vioscaleAI score	55 / 100medium · 73%	50 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	free	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	8	5
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://lumigo.io/blog/understanding-how-opentelemetry-can-help-with-pci-compliance/	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Lumigo55 / 100medium · 73%

Scout APM50 / 100low · 49%

Pricing

Free tier

Lumigo✓

Scout APM✓

Model

Lumigofree

Scout APMfreemium

Price level

Lumigofree

Scout APMlow

Transparent

Lumigo✗

Scout APM✗

Integrations

Count

Lumigo8

Scout APM5

Security

Gdpr

Lumigo✓

Scout APM✓

Hipaa

Lumigo✓

Scout APM–

Soc2

Lumigo✓

Scout APM–

Trust center

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

Scout APM–

Reliability

Status page

Lumigo✓

Scout APM✓

Market

Availability

Lumigo–

Scout APMAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Lumigo6 items

Scout APM6 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for APM Tools
Capability	Lumigo	Scout 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	Python, Node.js, Java, Go	Ruby, Python, Node.js, PHP, Elixir
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Cloud only

Instrumentation

Auto-instrumentation

Lumigo✓

Scout APM✓

Distributed tracing

Lumigo✓

Scout APM✓

Insight

Service map

Lumigo✓

Scout APM-

Code / continuous profiling

Lumigo-

Scout APM✓

Database monitoring

Lumigo-

Scout APM✓

Error analytics

Lumigo✓

Scout APM✓

Real-user monitoring

Lumigo-

Scout APM-

SLO / error-budget tracking

Lumigo-

Scout APM-

Intelligence

Anomaly / root-cause AI

Lumigo✓

Scout APM✓

Standards

OpenTelemetry support

LumigoOTel-native

Scout APMOTel-native

Core

Language agents

LumigoPython, Node.js, Java, Go

Scout APMRuby, Python, Node.js, PHP, Elixir

Deployment

Hosting

LumigoCloud + self-hosted

Scout APMCloud only

What each one is

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

Lumigo

Leader

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

Scout APM

A monitoring platform that consolidates error tracking, application performance monitoring, and log management in a single interface, designed for developer teams with direct integration into AI coding tools via MCP, CLI, and API.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Lumigo

Leader

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 ↗

Scout APM

HybridFree tier

Monthly subscription with usage fees. Free tier available for open source projects.

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Lumigo	Scout APM
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Lumigo✓

Scout APM✗

CLI

Lumigo✗

Scout APM✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Lumigo✓

Scout APM✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)

Slack
PagerDuty

Lumigo

Leader

11 total - 9 not shared

Kubernetes
AWS
OpenTelemetry
Serverless Framework
CircleCI
AWS Lambda
Amazon ECS
AWS CDK
AWS CloudWatch

Independently observed

Scout APM

5 total - 3 not shared

Discord
Email
Zapier

Independently observed

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