Monitoring and observability pricing
Observability is metered, not seated: hosts, gigabytes ingested, custom metrics and retention days all carry their own rate, so the bill follows the infrastructure rather than the team. Free tiers are generous on volume and short on retention, and every vendor here publishes a rate card that runs to dozens of line items.
Monitoring and observability compared
Current list prices as last read from each pricing page.
| Product | Starts at | Top listed plan | Priced by | Free plan | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 AppDynamics | $0.06 per 1,000 tokens per month, billed annuallyAdd-on: Real User Monitoring, USD per vCPU per month, billed annually, starting price | $95 per CPU core per month, billed annuallyAdd-on: SAP | Per host | No | read Nov 2026 |
 Bugsnag | contact sales | contact sales | Contact sales | Yes | read Sep 2026 |
 Chronosphere | contact sales | contact sales | Contact sales | No | read Sep 2026 |
 Datadog | $15 per host per month, billed annually ($18 on-demand)Infrastructure Pro, USD per host per month, billed annually | $34 per host per month, billed annually ($41 on-demand)DevSecOps Enterprise | Per host | No | read Nov 2026 |
 Dynatrace | $0.10 per AI unitAgentic Operations, USD per host per month, billed hourly against an annual commitment | $58 per 8 GiB host per month, billed per memory-GiB-hour against an annual commitmentFull-Stack Monitoring | Per host | No | read Nov 2026 |
 Grafana Labs | $19 per month platform fee, billed monthly, plus usagePro, USD per month platform fee, billed monthly, plus usage | $25000 per year, minimum spend commit (starting price)Enterprise | Flat per account | Yes | read Nov 2026 |
 Honeycomb | $150 per month, starting atPro, USD per month | contact sales | Flat per account | Yes | read Sep 2026 |
| New Relic | $10 per first full platform user per month, then $99 per additional user (maximum 5)Standard, USD per first full platform user per month, then $99 per additional user | $349 per full platform user per month, billed annually ($418.80 monthly pay as you go)Pro | Per seat | Yes | read Nov 2026 |
 PagerDuty | $21 per user per month, billed annually ($25 monthly)Professional, USD per user per month, billed annually | $48000 per year, platform feePlus (PD Reliability Platform) | Per seat | Yes | read Nov 2026 |
 Rollbar | contact sales | contact sales | Contact sales | Yes | read Sep 2026 |
 Sentry | $26 per month, billed annually with default pre-paid dataTeam, USD per month, billed annually with default pre-paid data | $80 per month, billed annually with default pre-paid dataBusiness | Flat per account | Yes | read Nov 2026 |
Monitoring and observability pricing questions
- What does a monitoring tool cost?
- Paid plans start at $0.06 per 1,000 tokens per month, billed annually for AppDynamics (USD per vCPU per month, billed annually, starting price), $15 per host per month, billed annually ($18 on-demand) for Datadog (USD per host per month, billed annually), $0.10 per AI unit for Dynatrace (USD per host per month, billed hourly against an annual commitment), $19 per month platform fee, billed monthly, plus usage for Grafana Labs (USD per month platform fee, billed monthly, plus usage), $150 per month, starting at for Honeycomb (USD per month), $10 per first full platform user per month, then $99 per additional user (maximum 5) for New Relic (USD per first full platform user per month, then $99 per additional user), $21 per user per month, billed annually ($25 monthly) for PagerDuty (USD per user per month, billed annually), $26 per month, billed annually with default pre-paid data for Sentry (USD per month, billed annually with default pre-paid data). Prices are as shown on each pricing page when it was last read.
- What is monitoring tool pricing based on?
- AppDynamics and Datadog and Dynatrace: per host. Bugsnag and Chronosphere and Rollbar: contact sales. Grafana Labs and Honeycomb and Sentry: flat per account. New Relic and PagerDuty: per seat.
- Which monitoring and observability have a free plan?
- Bugsnag, Grafana Labs, Honeycomb, New Relic, PagerDuty, Rollbar, Sentry list a free plan next to the paid tiers.
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