Elastic Observability vs. Retrace (legacy)
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Elastic Observability | Score9 out of 10 | N/A | Elastic Observability, from Elastic, the makers of Elasticsearch, is a solution that aims to bring logs, metrics, and APM based on the former Opbeat (acquired by Elastic in 2017) traces together at scale in a single stack so users can monitor and react to events happening anywhere in an IT environment. It's free and open to start, and adds the Logs, Metrics, APM (formerly Opbeat), and Uptime modules to the Elastic (ELK) Stack. | N/A |
Retrace (legacy) | Score8 out of 10 | N/A | Stackify Retrace provides application performance management across the entire stack. Coupled with aggregated logs from common logging frameworks, find every exception in code. Retrace code with lightweight code profiling and track and monitor all key application and server metrics. The vendor states that with coverage for full lifecycle development, the Stackify Retrace software offering is tailored to be inclusive for multiple role types, and presents everything your team needs to know about… | $99 up to 3 servers, 500,000 traces, and 1,000,000 logs |
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| Small Businesses | Amazon CloudWatch Score7.8 out of 10 | No answers on this topic |
| Medium-sized Companies | LogicMonitor Score8.9 out of 10 | SolarWinds AppOptics Score7.6 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | ManageEngine Site24x7 Score10 out of 10 | Splunk AppDynamics Score8.5 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 8.0 | 8.0 |
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