Dynatrace vs PagerDuty
Compare Dynatrace and PagerDuty on features, pricing, and buyer fit using the same researched criteria.
Dynatrace
Enterprise observability — Dynatrace Platform Subscription (DPS) annual commit + rate card. Full-Stack list unit ~$58/mo per 8 GiB host; 15-day trial. No per-seat SKU.
Best for
- • Enterprises that will sign a DPS commit and deploy OneAgent broadly
- • SRE teams that want full-stack APM plus Davis AI in one platform
- • Buyers who already rejected per-host Datadog module math
Starting from $58.00/user/mo
No free plan
VS
Our verdict
No universal winner. Choose based on which criteria matter most for your team.
Dynatrace is better for
- ✓ Security & admin
PagerDuty is better for
- ✓ Starting pricing
- ✓ Free plan
- ✓ Integrations
Choose Dynatrace if: Enterprises that will sign a DPS commit and deploy OneAgent broadly
Choose PagerDuty if: SRE/IT teams that need on-call schedules and paging
PagerDuty
On-call / incident response — Free ≤5 responders; Professional $21/user/mo annual ($25 monthly); Business $41 ($49 monthly); Enterprise contact.
Best for
- • SRE/IT teams that need on-call schedules and paging
- • Orgs already sending alerts from Datadog/CloudWatch
- • Incident commanders who want a dedicated ops cloud
Starting from $21.00/user/mo
Free plan available
Comparison scorecard
Criterion-by-criterion results for Dynatrace and PagerDuty. Numeric bars appear only when both products have approved scores.
- PagerDuty
Starting pricing
Published floor price and what that floor actually includes.
PagerDuty publishes a lower researched starting floor ($21/mo vs $58/mo for Dynatrace). Confirm currency, renewals, and add-ons — not a total TCO winner.
DynatraceWeakerPagerDutyStronger - PagerDuty
Free plan
Whether a usable free plan is published, and what it gates.
Dynatrace does not research a free plan; PagerDuty researches a free plan.
DynatraceWeakerPagerDutyStronger - Depends
User / licence minimum
Seat floors, per-employee minimums, and small-team pricing traps.
Check seat, agent, or licence minimums for Dynatrace and PagerDuty on current vendor packaging.
DynatraceDependsPagerDutyDepends - PagerDuty
Integrations
Important third-party integrations.
PagerDuty leads on integrations (8/10 vs 9/10) from approved SoftwareGlimpse editorial assessments — not hands-on lab testing.
Dynatrace8/10PagerDuty9/10 - Dynatrace
Security & admin
Admin controls, access, compliance posture, and security packaging.
Dynatrace leads on security admin (9/10 vs 8/10) from approved SoftwareGlimpse editorial assessments — not hands-on lab testing.
DynatraceStrongerPagerDutyWeaker
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