What is Dynatrace?
The Dynatrace platform unifies observability, business, and security data at a massive scale (Grail) with continually updated topology and dependency mapping (Smartscape) to capture and retain full-stack data context. It leverages hypermodal AI (Davis), combining predictive AI to anticipate future behaviors, causal AI to deliver precise answers and intelligent automation, and generative AI to automatically provide recommendations, create suggested workflows or dashboards, and let people use natural language to explore, solve, and complete tasks.
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86 Likeliness to Recommend
98 Plan to Renew
86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+95 Net Emotional Footprint
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How much do users love Dynatrace?
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- Effective Service
- Trustworthy
- Inspires Innovation
- Caring
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Dynatrace Reviews
Dinesh B.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Nov 2023
Excellent monitoring tool which is secured
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Dynatrace from other similar products?
It provides end-to-end view across the full stack observability which offers faster resolution and more visibility insights into the real time data of the services.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Full-Stack Observability, Root Cause Analysis, Real User Monitoring, Cloud-Native Support. The interface is one of the best.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Only one thing i dislike is the price is relatively high.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I would highly recommend to use it because of its good integration capabilities.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Elisha K.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Sep 2025
Root cause identification in seconds
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Dynatrace from other similar products?
Automated performance management and full-stack visibility for applications.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I like using Dynatrace as it has helped me in identifying root causes and detecting issues more efficiently than before. The way it provides full-stack visibility into applications and infrastructure has improved my performance.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Dynatrace often sends wrong or too many alerts while detecting issues that are not even actionable.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
A great monitoring platform for your applications and infrastructure. Also, you will get an entire observability across the IT environment.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
Oluwafemi A.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Aug 2025
Dynatrace Delivers Answers, Not Just Data
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Dynatrace from other similar products?
Dynatrace gives you the answers. It's like having an incredibly smart assistant that automatically finds and tells you the root cause of problems. It handles all the complex stuff for you, which makes it perfect for large companies that need automated solutions. Datadog gives you the tools. It's like a highly customizable workshop with every possible gadget. It collects all the data and gives you the power to build whatever you want, which is what makes it a favorite among hands-on developers and DevOps teams.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
What a user would favor most about Dynatrace is its ability to get straight to the point. You see, in a big, complicated IT environment, you get flooded with alerts鈥攖housands of them. It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack, and most of the time you're just reacting. Dynatrace changes that. Its biggest win is that its AI sifts through all that noise and gives you a single, clear alert with the root cause already identified. You don't have to spend hours or days connecting dots between different dashboards and logs.
What do you dislike most about this product?
It's a bit of a control freak. While its AI-powered automation is brilliant, it also means the tool has very strong ideas about how things should be done. You don't have the same freedom to just grab a piece of data and build a custom dashboard from scratch like you can with some other platforms. Its structured, all-in-one nature means you're playing by its rules, and that can feel limiting if you're a developer who wants to tinker and customize everything.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I recommend that you consider this product only if you have a huge, complex environment and you鈥檙e willing to invest in a unified platform to get actionable, automated insights.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
- Unique Features
