Dynatrace vs Rootly
Compare Dynatrace and Rootly 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
Rootly is better for
- ✓ Starting pricing
Tie
- • Integrations
Choose Dynatrace if: Enterprises that will sign a DPS commit and deploy OneAgent broadly
Choose Rootly if: Slack-first teams buying incident command at a published $20/user floor
Rootly
Incident response — Incident Response Essentials $20/user/mo; On-Call Essentials $20/user; Enterprise custom. Does not outrank PagerDuty 8.0.
Best for
- • Slack-first teams buying incident command at a published $20/user floor
- • Buyers who will add On-Call Essentials only if they need paging
- • Comparisons versus FireHydrant Pro $25 and incident.io Team $15
Starting from $20.00/user/mo
No free plan
Comparison scorecard
Criterion-by-criterion results for Dynatrace and Rootly. Numeric bars appear only when both products have approved scores.
- Rootly
Starting pricing
Published floor price and what that floor actually includes.
Rootly publishes a lower researched starting floor ($20/mo vs $58/mo for Dynatrace). Confirm currency, renewals, and add-ons — not a total TCO winner.
DynatraceWeakerRootlyStronger - Depends
Free plan
Whether a usable free plan is published, and what it gates.
Dynatrace does not research a free plan; Rootly does not research a free plan.
DynatraceDependsRootlyDepends - Depends
User / licence minimum
Seat floors, per-employee minimums, and small-team pricing traps.
Check seat, agent, or licence minimums for Dynatrace and Rootly on current vendor packaging.
DynatraceDependsRootlyDepends - Tie
Integrations
Important third-party integrations.
Dynatrace and Rootly are close on integrations (8/10 vs 8/10) from approved SoftwareGlimpse editorial assessments — not hands-on lab testing.
Dynatrace8/10Rootly8/10 - Dynatrace
Security & admin
Admin controls, access, compliance posture, and security packaging.
Dynatrace leads on security admin (9/10 vs 7/10) from approved SoftwareGlimpse editorial assessments — not hands-on lab testing.
DynatraceStrongerRootlyWeaker
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