18.4
Grafana Cloud Application Observability is a cloud application monitoring product that uses OpenTelemetry and Prometheus data to help software…
Free planAndroidiOSWeb
Best Application Performance & Observability - Enterprise Software in 2026
Application performance and observability software brings together application monitoring, distributed tracing, log management and synthetic monitoring. It can also differ in deployment choices, data retention and pricing. Compare the capabilities you need with the available deployment options and retention terms. If you need phone access, check whether the product supports Android; listed platform options also…
28.2
Embrace is a real user monitoring platform for mobile apps and websites, connecting technical performance data with user sessions.
Free planAndroidiOSWeb
38.2
Middleware is a full-stack observability platform for spotting and addressing issues across infrastructure, applications, and real-user activity.
Free planAndroidiOSWeb
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SigNoz
SigNoz is an open-source observability tool for monitoring applications and infrastructure.
Free planAndroidiOSWebAPI7.6From $19 a month - 5
AppStatus
AppStatus combines uptime monitoring, alerting, incident management, status pages, heartbeat monitoring, and host telemetry.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS7.5From $67 a year - 6
Honeycomb
Honeycomb is an observability platform for debugging systems, application code and databases with structured telemetry.
Free planAndroidiOSWebAPI7.5From $150 a month - 7
groundcover
groundcover is a cloud-native observability platform for monitoring production environments.
Free planWebLinuxSelf-hosted7.1From $30 a month - 8
ManageEngine Applications Manager
ManageEngine Applications Manager is a hybrid application and infrastructure monitoring product available for Android, iOS, Linux, web, and Windows.
Free planAndroidiOSWebLinux7.1From $395 a year - 9
Scout APM
Scout APM is a cloud application performance monitoring platform from Zimuth, Inc., built to help engineering teams find and address application performance problems.
Free planWebAPI6.9From $10 a month - 10
SolarWinds Observability
SolarWinds Observability combines application, digital experience, database, infrastructure, network, and log data to help teams detect problems,…
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.9From $5 a month - 11
eG Enterprise
eG Enterprise is an application and infrastructure monitoring platform that correlates user experience, application behavior, and infrastructure…
WebLinuxSelf-hostedWindows6.8From $100 a month - 12
FusionReactor
FusionReactor is an application performance monitoring product from Intergral GmbH for finding why applications perform poorly or fail.
WebAPILinuxmacOS6.7From $22 a month - 13
OpenSearch
OpenSearch is a community-driven, open-source suite for ingesting, searching, visualizing, and analyzing data.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS6.7Free plan - 14
Coralogix APM
Coralogix APM is a cloud-hosted application performance monitoring service for microservices, serverless workloads and Kubernetes.
WebAPI6.6$0.16 usage-based - 15
IBM Instana Observability
Free planWebLinux6.6From $21.20 a month - 16
Automic Continuous Delivery Automation
Automic Continuous Delivery Automation orchestrates application releases and deployments, with real-time monitoring and release reporting.
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.5 - 17
New Relic APM
New Relic APM is a cloud application monitoring product accessed through the web.
Free planWeb6.3From $10 a month - 18
Datadog APM
AndroidiOSWeb6.2From $31 a month - 19
OpenObserve
OpenObserve is a web-based log management product with pipelines, structured log parsing, live log tailing, and archive export.
Free planWeb6.1Free plan - 20
Elastic APM
WebLinuxmacOSWindows6.0$99 usage-based - 21
Dynatrace Infrastructure Monitoring
Dynatrace Infrastructure Monitoring is an observability product for tracking hosts, processes, filesystems, operating-system services, and infrastructure performance.
WebLinuxWindows5.9From $7 a month - 22
Sentry Session Replay
AndroidiOSWeb5.5 - 23
Atatus Infrastructure Monitoring
WebLinux4.9 - 244.9
- 25
Splunk APM
Web4.9
Choosing well
Compare free plans, trials and paid pricing
A free plan is available from products in this category, while other products offer a free trial instead. Check what the free option includes before choosing.
Paid pricing can be listed as a monthly starting price, a usage-based figure or pricing on request. Read the pricing note and trial length together.
Check the platform and deployment fit
Platform options in this category include web, Linux, API, Windows, Android and self-hosted deployments. Match the product's platform details to the systems your team uses.
For phone access, look for an Android option in the product details. Do not assume a web or self-hosted deployment includes an Android app.
Match the monitoring coverage
Compare application monitoring, distributed tracing, log management and synthetic monitoring separately. A product may suit your work because of one capability rather than another.
Use the feature fields to identify the coverage you need before comparing prices or deployment models.
Review data retention
Data retention affects how long observability records remain available. Check the retention terms alongside tracing, logs and monitoring coverage.
Deployment options and retention are separate comparisons, so confirm both before selecting a service.
Questions people ask
Are Android apps available in this category?
Android is one of the listed platform options, but support differs by product. Check the individual platform details before choosing.
Can I start without paying?
Products in this category offer free plans or free trials. Check the product's pricing model and terms for the option you want.
What features should I compare?
Compare distributed tracing, application monitoring, log management and synthetic monitoring, then review deployment options and data retention.
Do products support self-hosting?
Self-hosted is one of the deployment options represented in this category. Confirm it in the product details for the service you are considering.
How is paid pricing shown?
Paid pricing may show a starting monthly amount, a usage-based starting figure or pricing on request. Read the current pricing note for the product.