Choose Dynatrace if you need
- Integration with Visual Studio Code or JetBrains. We haven't found them on Elastic Observability's website.
At a glance
- Both offer a free trial (Dynatrace: 15 days, Elastic Observability: length not stated).
- Dynatrace's lowest paid plan is Foundation & Discovery at $7 per host per month, as of October 28, 2026.
- They list no integrations in common.
- Dynatrace lists SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA and SSO. We haven't confirmed any of these for Elastic Observability.
- Dynatrace has a public API. We haven't confirmed one for Elastic Observability.
From each tool's own website, checked on the dates below, and from published reviews.
Which to choose
From the facts checked for both tools, not from opinion. A fact we haven't confirmed for one of them is never counted.
Choose Elastic Observability if you need
- Integration with OpenTelemetry or Prometheus. We haven't found them on Dynatrace's website.
Dynatrace
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Review Elastic ObservabilityThe facts
- What it does
- DynatraceObservability, AI, automation, and application security in one platform.
- Elastic ObservabilityUnify logs, metrics, and traces on one platform.
- Free plan
- DynatraceNot confirmed
- Elastic ObservabilityNot confirmed
- Pricing
- DynatraceAnnual platform commitment, usage-based
- Elastic ObservabilityNot confirmed
- Paid plans from
What they share
From the platforms and integrations each website lists.
Integrations
BothNone in common
Only Dynatrace
- Visual Studio Code
- JetBrains
Only Elastic Observability
- OpenTelemetry
- Prometheus
People who switched
Reviewers who say they used one of these before the other.
No reviewer has said they moved between Dynatrace and Elastic Observability yet.
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