Dynatrace Application Security

Name: Dynatrace Application Security
Brand: Dynatrace
Rating: 4.4 (1787 reviews)

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Est 2005|Valuation $18.5B|Raised $2.1B

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MarketsApplication Security Testing (AST)

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01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

Dynatrace vs Datadog - Datadog publishes a detailed price list for security products. Dynatrace publishes vendor per-memory consumption rates for its Application Security SKUs; community posts about sales mechanics and potential minimums can affect total cost and should be clarified in procurement. Dynatrace vs New Relic - New Relic emphasizes a consumption/ingestion-based model. Dynatrace’s memory-based consumption model for Application Security may be easier to estimate for stable host fleets but may require additional consideration for autoscaling and memory variability. Dynatrace vs Sysdig Secure (CNAPP) - Sysdig positions as a CNAPP and may be a better fit when container and runtime security for Kubernetes is the primary objective and the organization prefers a security-first platform. Dynatrace may be preferred where primary investment is observability and runtime security findings need to correlate with existing telemetry and topology.

	Dynatrace Application Security	Datadog (CSM / App & API Protection + Runtime SCA/IAST)	New Relic (Vulnerability Mgmt / Security RX)
Starting Price (public list)	Published per-memory/GiB pricing available from the vendor (vendor-published per-memory consumption rates for RVA/RAP)	Published per-host pricing available from the vendor for App & API Protection, Runtime SCA, and IAST; varies by plan	Usage-based pricing model; free tier exists; VM add-on described in vendor documentation and pricing pages
Typical Fit	Organizations already using Dynatrace that require runtime security integrated with topology and tracing context	Teams seeking modular security SKUs across observability and security, with an extensive cloud/security product set	Organizations preferring an ingestion/consumption-based model with integrated vulnerability findings in telemetry
Key Strengths	Runtime context and correlation with observability data; configurable runtime blocking (RAP)	Broad catalog of security SKUs (SCA/IAST/SAST/etc.) and cloud security capabilities	Usage-based pricing and integrated telemetry model; accessible add-on experience for New Relic customers
Key Weaknesses	Limited third-party review material specific to the security module; perceived enterprise cost and platform complexity	Pricing complexity and potential for high aggregate costs	Security depth may be less extensive than dedicated CNAPP or AppSec specialists

01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

Dynatrace vs Datadog

Datadog publishes a detailed price list for security products. Dynatrace publishes vendor per-memory consumption rates for its Application Security SKUs; community posts about sales mechanics and potential minimums can affect total cost and should be clarified in procurement.

Dynatrace vs New Relic

New Relic emphasizes a consumption/ingestion-based model. Dynatrace’s memory-based consumption model for Application Security may be easier to estimate for stable host fleets but may require additional consideration for autoscaling and memory variability.

Dynatrace vs Sysdig Secure (CNAPP)

Sysdig positions as a CNAPP and may be a better fit when container and runtime security for Kubernetes is the primary objective and the organization prefers a security-first platform. Dynatrace may be preferred where primary investment is observability and runtime security findings need to correlate with existing telemetry and topology.

	Dynatrace Application Security	Datadog (CSM / App & API Protection + Runtime SCA/IAST)	New Relic (Vulnerability Mgmt / Security RX)
Starting Price (public list)	Published per-memory/GiB pricing available from the vendor (vendor-published per-memory consumption rates for RVA/RAP)	Published per-host pricing available from the vendor for App & API Protection, Runtime SCA, and IAST; varies by plan	Usage-based pricing model; free tier exists; VM add-on described in vendor documentation and pricing pages
Typical Fit	Organizations already using Dynatrace that require runtime security integrated with topology and tracing context	Teams seeking modular security SKUs across observability and security, with an extensive cloud/security product set	Organizations preferring an ingestion/consumption-based model with integrated vulnerability findings in telemetry
Key Strengths	Runtime context and correlation with observability data; configurable runtime blocking (RAP)	Broad catalog of security SKUs (SCA/IAST/SAST/etc.) and cloud security capabilities	Usage-based pricing and integrated telemetry model; accessible add-on experience for New Relic customers
Key Weaknesses	Limited third-party review material specific to the security module; perceived enterprise cost and platform complexity	Pricing complexity and potential for high aggregate costs	Security depth may be less extensive than dedicated CNAPP or AppSec specialists