Dynatrace Threat Observability

Name: Dynatrace Threat Observability
Brand: Dynatrace
Rating: 5.1 (4329 reviews)

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Est 2005|Valuation $18.4B|Raised $2.1B

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MarketsSecurity Information and Event Management (SIEM)Observability Platform

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01Competitive Landscape

Top competitors for Threat Observability use cases

Datadog (Cloud SIEM / Cloud Security Management with observability)
Splunk Observability Cloud plus Splunk Security
New Relic (security and vulnerability workflows within telemetry)

Narrative analysis

- Dynatrace versus Datadog: Datadog is often praised for dashboards and usability; both platforms raise community concerns about costs as usage grows. Dynatrace is noted for depth via a single agent and topology context but is sometimes criticized for complexity and noisy problem detection. - Dynatrace versus Splunk: Splunk publishes per-host tiers but pricing and renewals are often negotiated. Community commentary includes concerns about renewal pricing in large deals. - Dynatrace versus New Relic: New Relic positions security and vulnerability workflows within its telemetry platform with simpler consumption messaging; community discussion on New Relic includes billing and ingest considerations.

	Dynatrace Threat Observability (Dynatrace platform)	Datadog (Security + Observability)	Splunk Observability Cloud
Starting Price (public)	Published per-host and per-usage pricing available from the vendor; modular add-ons for application security and feature tiers	Published per-feature and per-usage pricing available from the vendor; additional modules add cost (APM, logs, security)	Published per-host and tiered pricing; higher tiers and bundles available for end-to-end observability and application monitoring
Most suited for	Enterprises seeking runtime and topology-aware correlation and consolidation of observability and security events in a unified data store	Teams seeking broad SaaS integrations and modular telemetry plus security modules	Organizations invested in the Splunk ecosystem seeking integrated observability and security capabilities
Key Strength	Runtime context and topology-aware correlation; security events retained and queryable in Grail; automation via workflows and notebooks	Wide integration ecosystem; flexible modules; strong dashboarding capabilities	Integration with Splunk’s broader data and security platform strategies
Key Weakness	Learning curve (DQL/Grail), platform evolution/migration overhead, potential enterprise minimums; can be complex to configure	Costs can scale with data and modules; budgeting complexity across modules	Enterprise renewal and pricing complexity reported by some customers

01Competitive Landscape

Top competitors for Threat Observability use cases

Datadog (Cloud SIEM / Cloud Security Management with observability)
Splunk Observability Cloud plus Splunk Security
New Relic (security and vulnerability workflows within telemetry)

Narrative analysis

Dynatrace versus Datadog: Datadog is often praised for dashboards and usability; both platforms raise community concerns about costs as usage grows. Dynatrace is noted for depth via a single agent and topology context but is sometimes criticized for complexity and noisy problem detection.
Dynatrace versus Splunk: Splunk publishes per-host tiers but pricing and renewals are often negotiated. Community commentary includes concerns about renewal pricing in large deals.
Dynatrace versus New Relic: New Relic positions security and vulnerability workflows within its telemetry platform with simpler consumption messaging; community discussion on New Relic includes billing and ingest considerations.

	Dynatrace Threat Observability (Dynatrace platform)	Datadog (Security + Observability)	Splunk Observability Cloud
Starting Price (public)	Published per-host and per-usage pricing available from the vendor; modular add-ons for application security and feature tiers	Published per-feature and per-usage pricing available from the vendor; additional modules add cost (APM, logs, security)	Published per-host and tiered pricing; higher tiers and bundles available for end-to-end observability and application monitoring
Most suited for	Enterprises seeking runtime and topology-aware correlation and consolidation of observability and security events in a unified data store	Teams seeking broad SaaS integrations and modular telemetry plus security modules	Organizations invested in the Splunk ecosystem seeking integrated observability and security capabilities
Key Strength	Runtime context and topology-aware correlation; security events retained and queryable in Grail; automation via workflows and notebooks	Wide integration ecosystem; flexible modules; strong dashboarding capabilities	Integration with Splunk’s broader data and security platform strategies
Key Weakness	Learning curve (DQL/Grail), platform evolution/migration overhead, potential enterprise minimums; can be complex to configure	Costs can scale with data and modules; budgeting complexity across modules	Enterprise renewal and pricing complexity reported by some customers