Best Application Performance Monitoring in 2026
Updated
Application performance monitoring helps teams investigate how applications behave as requests move through their components. Compared on distributed tracing, transaction tracing and dependency mapping, the entries highlight different monitoring and investigation dimensions. Log correlation and real user monitoring add further signals to consider, while deployment model gives context for how a tool is run. Check free-plan availability and paid-from pricing when weighing cost. Honeycomb, SigNoz and Uptrace are among the options shown, with Apache SkyWalking and Jaeger also included. Use the stated criteria to compare the views and operational fit you need for the applications you support.
33ranked
14free plans on this page
$0.03/molowest paid tier
9 Oct 2026last checked
Application Performance Monitoring, one module each. A lit port is something its maker publishes; 16 of the 25 on this page have a public API.
- 01 Scout APM API yesOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 7.4$10/mo
- 02 Uptrace API yesOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 7.4$39/mo
- 03 Apache SkyWalking API yesOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 7.3Free
- 04 AppSignal API yesOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 7.3$23.25/mo
- 05 Honeycomb API yesOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 7.3$150/mo
- 06 Jaeger API yesOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 7.3Free
- 07 Middleware API yesOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 7.3$0.30/mo
- 08 SigNoz API yesOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 7.3$19/mo
- 09 Azure Application Insights API yesOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 7.0
- 10 Elastic Observability API yesOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 7.0
- 11 Blackfire.io API yesOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 6.9€33.25/mo
- 12 Sematext APM API yesOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 6.9$19/mo
- 13 Logz.io APM API yesOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 6.8$0.16/mo
- 14 SolarWinds Observability API yesOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 6.8$5/mo
- 15 Coralogix APM API yesOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 6.7$0.16/mo
- 16 Dynatrace Application Monitoring API yesOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 6.7$58/mo
- 17 Grafana Cloud Application Observability API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 6.0$0.03/mo
- 18 New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 6.0$29.08/mo
- 19 groundcover API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 5.9$30/mo
- 20 New Relic APM API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 5.8$10/mo
- 21 ManageEngine Applications Manager API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 5.7$32.92/mo
- 22 New Relic Session Replay API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 5.7$10/mo
- 23 Raygun Application Performance Monitoring API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.4$120/mo
- 24 RootCause API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.4$99/mo
- 25 eG Enterprise API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.3$100/mo
Compare all 25 in a table
| # | Platform | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Distributed tracing | Transaction tracing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scout APM | 7.4 | Free plan | $10/mo | Yes | 19 /mo | No | Yes |
| 2 | Uptrace | 7.4 | Free plan | $39/mo | Yes | 39 /mo | Yes | Yes |
| 3 | Apache SkyWalking | 7.3 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
| 4 | AppSignal | 7.3 | Free plan | $23.25/mo | Yes | 23.25 /mo | Yes | Yes |
| 5 | Honeycomb | 7.3 | Free plan | $150/mo | Yes | 150 /mo | Yes | Yes |
| 6 | Jaeger | 7.3 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
| 7 | Middleware | 7.3 | Free plan | $0.30/mo | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
| 8 | SigNoz | 7.3 | Free plan | $19/mo | Yes | 49 /mo | Yes | Yes |
| 9 | Azure Application Insights | 7.0 | No | — | No | — | Yes | Yes |
| 10 | Elastic Observability | 7.0 | No | — | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
| 11 | Blackfire.io | 6.9 | No | €33.25/mo | No | — | No | Yes |
| 12 | Sematext APM | 6.9 | No | $19/mo | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
| 13 | Logz.io APM | 6.8 | No | $0.16/mo | No | — | Yes | Yes |
| 14 | SolarWinds Observability | 6.8 | No | $5/mo | No | 8 /mo | Yes | Yes |
| 15 | Coralogix APM | 6.7 | No | $0.16/mo | No | — | Yes | Yes |
| 16 | Dynatrace Application Monitoring | 6.7 | No | $58/mo | No | 7 /mo | Yes | Yes |
| 17 | Grafana Cloud Application Observability | 6.0 | Free plan | $0.03/mo | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
| 18 | New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring | 6.0 | Free plan | $29.08/mo | Yes | — | Yes | — |
| 19 | groundcover | 5.9 | Free plan | $30/mo | Yes | 30 /mo | Yes | Yes |
| 20 | New Relic APM | 5.8 | Free plan | $10/mo | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
| 21 | ManageEngine Applications Manager | 5.7 | Free plan | $32.92/mo | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
| 22 | New Relic Session Replay | 5.7 | Free plan | $10/mo | Yes | — | Yes | — |
| 23 | Raygun Application Performance Monitoring | 5.4 | No | $120/mo | No | 80 /mo | — | Yes |
| 24 | RootCause | 5.4 | No | $99/mo | No | 99 /mo | No | No |
| 25 | eG Enterprise | 5.3 | No | $100/mo | No | 100 /mo | Yes | Yes |
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