Alternatives

Best Scout APM alternatives in 2026

Data compiled by Toolradar Updated November 2, 2026 How we rate

Cite this list: Toolradar, best Scout APM alternatives 2026, toolradar.com/alternatives/scout-apm

8 direct alternatives to Scout APM, compared on pricing, features, and best-for use cases. Pick the right replacement without the marketing fluff.

Quick answer

New Relic is the top alternative to Scout APM on our list, followed by Dynatrace and Datadog.
6 of the 8 alternatives have a free plan, starting with New Relic.
Highest rated: Honeycomb, 4.7 out of 5 from 55 ratings, Sep 2026.

Publications that cover the tools tracked here

8 alternatives
6 with a free plan

New Relic
#1 Top pick
Full-stack observability with 50+ monitoring capabilities
Starting price
From $10 /mo
Cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of November 2026
4.4 /5 across G2 and Capterra · 783 ratings, Sep 2026
Our take
Best overall
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Dynatrace
#2
Full-stack observability and AIOps platform
Starting price
From $7 /mo
Cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of November 2026
4.5 /5 across G2 and Capterra · 1,455 ratings, Sep 2026
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Datadog
#3
Cloud monitoring, security, and AI investigations for DevOps
Starting price
From $18 /mo
Cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of November 2026
4.4 /5 on G2 · 726 ratings, Aug 2026
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Scout APM vs 8 alternatives

Scout APM and its alternatives compared on starting price (cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of November 2026), free plan and average user rating.
Tool	Starting price (Nov 2026)	Free plan	Rating
Scout APM Compared tool	Price: Not published	Free plan: No	4.6 out of 5, from 74 ratings on G2 (74)
New Relic	Price: $10/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.4 out of 5, from 783 ratings across G2 and Capterra (783)
Dynatrace	Price: $7/mo	Free plan: No	4.5 out of 5, from 1,455 ratings across G2 and Capterra (1,455)
Datadog	Price: $18/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.4 out of 5, from 726 ratings on G2 (726)
Sentry	Price: $26/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.6 out of 5, from 297 ratings across G2 and Capterra (297)
Honeycomb	Price: $150/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.7 out of 5, from 55 ratings across G2 and Capterra (55)
Bugsnag	Price: Free + paid	Free plan: Yes	4.4 out of 5, from 55 ratings across SourceForge, G2 and Capterra (55)
Elastic APM	Price: $95/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.0 out of 5, from 14 ratings on G2 (14)
AppDynamics	Price: $6/mo	Free plan: No	n/a

Why people consider alternatives to Scout APM

Scout APM provides comprehensive application performance monitoring (APM) with a focus on simplifying error monitoring, log management, and tracing.

Teams most often switch away when one of these starts to bite:

Pricing at scale as usage or premium tiers add up.
Missing integrations with the rest of your stack.
Performance or scale limits as your needs grow.
A specific feature gap you have hit in monitoring.

The 8 alternatives below cover the same core job (monitoring) with different trade-offs.

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Scout APM by the numbers

Scout APM compared with 60 Log Management tools on Toolradar, as of Nov 2026
Metric	Scout APM	Peer median	Position (1 is best)
Free plan	No	62% have one	n/a
Listed as an alternative to	1 tool	3	#39 of 60 (joint)
Integrations listed	3	2	#3 of 16 tools with at least one integration recorded
User rating	4.6/5 (across the web, 74 ratings)	4.5/5	#7 of 31 (joint) tools with 20+ reviews

Listed as an alternative to: #36 on 2026-10-16 to #39 on 2026-11-02 (rank among 60 tools, 1 is best).

Each position is counted among the tools that have data for that row, as noted under it. All Log Management data · How we compute this. Advertising and placement fees are not inputs to any position.

Cite this: Toolradar, “Scout APM by the numbers”, Nov 2026.

Monitoring leaderboards from Toolradar data

Toolradar ranks Monitoring tools on one measure at a time, only where at least 8 tools have data. As of Nov 2026.

CSV

Lowest entry price, plans with no stated unit

Cheapest standard paid plan per month (annual prices divided by 12), read on vendor pages and compared only with tools priced on the same basis.

Counted among 72 tools with no stated price unit, verified price.

Lowest entry price, plans with no stated unit, Monitoring tools on Toolradar, as of Nov 2026
#	Tool	Entry plan
1	Coroot	$1/mo, billed monthly
2	LogDNA	$1.50/mo, billed monthly
3	PeakHour 6	$1.67/mo, billed yearly
4	Level	$2/mo, billed monthly
5	exit1.dev	$3/mo, billed monthly

Lowest entry price, per-user plans

Cheapest standard paid plan per month (annual prices divided by 12), read on vendor pages and compared only with tools priced on the same basis.

Counted among 11 tools priced per user, verified price.

Lowest entry price, per-user plans, Monitoring tools on Toolradar, as of Nov 2026
#	Tool	Entry plan
1	traceAI	$4/user/mo, billed monthly
2	VictorOps	$5/user/mo, billed monthly
3	Spiceworks	$6/user/mo, billed monthly
4	Opsgenie	$9.45/user/mo, billed monthly
5	Dash0	$10/user/mo, billed monthly

Most media coverage, last 30 days

Number of distinct articles published in the last 30 days by independent press, blogs and newsletters that mention the tool. A story carried by several outlets counts once; the vendor's own blog, review sites, forums and republishing sites do not count.

Counted among 8 tools mentioned in the last 30 days.

Most media coverage, last 30 days, Monitoring tools on Toolradar, as of Nov 2026
#	Tool	Articles
1	SolarWinds	5 articles
2	Elementary Data	3 articles
2	Monte Carlo	3 articles
4	OpenTelemetry	2 articles
5	Dash0	1 article

A position exists only when at least 8 tools have data for that metric. 83 of 220 Monitoring tools have a verified price; the others publish none we could read (often "contact sales"). Advertising and placement fees are not inputs to any position. Visit counts include visits from every source. How we compute this. Cite this: Toolradar, “Monitoring leaderboards”, Nov 2026. Data licensed CC BY 4.0. All Monitoring statistics.

8 alternatives to Scout APM

Ranked by G2 and Capterra ratings, media mentions, and editor review, plus how directly they replace Scout APM.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best alternative to Scout APM?

Based on real-signal scoring (G2 and Capterra ratings, media mentions, and editorial review), the top alternatives to Scout APM are New Relic, Dynatrace, Datadog. Each solves the same core job with different trade-offs on pricing, features, and integrations.

Is there a free alternative to Scout APM?

There is no fully free alternative in this list. New Relic is freemium: a permanent free tier plus paid plans (Full-stack observability with 50+ monitoring capabilities).

Why do people look for Scout APM alternatives?

Common reasons teams switch away from Scout APM: pricing that scales aggressively, missing integrations with the rest of their stack, performance or scale limits, or a specific feature gap in monitoring. The alternatives on this page solve the same core problem with different trade-offs.

Side-by-side comparisons

In-depth comparison pages for Scout APM versus each alternative.

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Top 3 alternatives to Scout APM

New Relic

Dynatrace

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