Is Elastic APM free?
Free when self-hosted with Elastic Stack. Elastic Cloud has paid tiers starting around $95/month.
What is Elastic APM?
Elastic APM is application performance monitoring built on Elasticsearch. Traces, metrics, logs in one platform.
Elastic APM vs Datadog?
Datadog is easier to start with SaaS model. Elastic APM more flexible if you already use Elasticsearch. Both powerful.
How does Elastic APM work?
Install agents in your applications. Agents send traces and metrics to APM Server, stored in Elasticsearch, visualized in Kibana.