Grafana vs Dynatrace
Two of fourteen models named Grafana first on the direct prompt; zero named Dynatrace. Both were named by all fourteen models and Grafana carries 62 labels and Dynatrace 40, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in five categories this edition.
Named in eleven categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the observability platforms page.
By framing
GrafanaFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDynatrace
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Grafana and Dynatrace were named in the same answer 129 times, of the 292 answers naming Grafana and the 769 naming Dynatrace. In those answers Dynatrace took the first choice eighteen times and Grafana nineteen.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | | |
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | ||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | | |||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
Grafana Dynatrace first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Grafana on the left and Dynatrace on the right.The direct prompt
Grafana first, Dynatrace not the choice
2 of 14 modelsDynatrace was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Grafana39%#1 of 12Dynatrace0%#12 of 12Grafana27%#1 of 12Dynatrace2%#6 of 12Dynatrace22%#2 of 10Grafana0%#8 of 10What the models said about Grafana
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of six in this category shown.
“Using open-source tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, and the ELK ... high Total Cost of Ownership” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“"The Grafana Ghost" vulnerability (CVE-2025-4123) ... Self-hosted instances require diligent patching” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“if you expect "Grafana" to mean one low, flat fee. Cloud usage can be billed across separate meters” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“Choose Grafana Cloud if your engineering team has standard microservices/Kubernetes architectures and wants a cost-conscious, highly customizable platform” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For a limited budget, start with open-source platforms like Grafana, OpenObserve, or Zabbix for maximum cost savings and flexibility.” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“the best default choice is usually Grafana Cloud with OpenTelemetry, because it gives you a strong free tier” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Dynatrace
No label in this category carried a quote.
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.