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Comparison

Lumigo vs Scout APM

No clear leader: Lumigo (53.0) and Scout APM (49.5) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Lumigo53
Scout APM50
Score
Vioscale score
Lumigo53 / 100medium · 73%
Scout APM50 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tier
Lumigo✓
Scout APM✓
Model
Lumigofreemium
Scout APMfreemium
Price level
Lumigolow
Scout APMlow
Transparent
Lumigo✗
Scout APM✗
Integrations
Count
Lumigo5
Scout APM4
Security
Gdpr
Lumigo✓
Scout APM✓
Hipaa
Lumigo✓
Scout APM–
Soc2
Lumigo✓
Scout APM–
Reliability
Status page
Lumigo✓
Scout APM✓
Market
Availability
Lumigo–
Scout APMAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

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
Lumigo-
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

Lumigo is an AI-powered observability platform providing root cause analysis, distributed tracing, and log management for microservice environments across AWS, Kubernetes, and OpenTelemetry.

Independently observed

Scout APM

Application monitoring platform for development teams providing error tracking, application performance monitoring, and log management in one tool. AI-native with MCP server, CLI, and API integration for coding agents.

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

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 verify ↗

Scout APM

HybridFree tier

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

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Lumigo✓
Scout APM✗
CLI
Lumigo✗
Scout APM✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Lumigo✓
Scout APM✓
Self-hosted
Lumigo✓
Scout APM✗

Integrations

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

Lumigo

5 total
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Serverless Framework
  • CircleCI
Independently observed

Scout APM

4 total
  • Slack
  • PagerDuty
  • Discord
  • Email
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.