# Datadog APM alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 164 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Datadog APM holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/datadog-apm/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- New Relic: 41
- Sentry: 12
- SigNoz: 11
- Dynatrace: 6
- Grafana Cloud: 5
- OpenObserve: 5

## Application performance monitoring

**Small business**: 63 of 84 answers did not name Datadog APM (Datadog APM is #4 of 10 at 6%).

- New Relic: first choice in 26 of those 63
- Sentry: first choice in 12 of those 63
- SigNoz: first choice in 4 of those 63
- Grafana Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 63
- OpenObserve: first choice in 3 of those 63
- Atatus: first choice in 2 of those 63
- Scout APM: first choice in 2 of those 63
- SolarWinds AppOptics: first choice in 2 of those 63

**Mid-market**: 55 of 84 answers did not name Datadog APM (Datadog APM is #2 of 12 at 20%).

- New Relic: first choice in 11 of those 55
- SigNoz: first choice in 7 of those 55
- Elastic APM: first choice in 2 of those 55
- Grafana Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 55
- OpenObserve: first choice in 2 of those 55
- OpenTelemetry: first choice in 2 of those 55
- Site24x7: first choice in 2 of those 55
- Grafana Stack: first choice in 1 of those 55

**Enterprise**: 46 of 84 answers did not name Datadog APM (Datadog APM is #2 of 9 at 16%).

- Dynatrace: first choice in 6 of those 46
- New Relic: first choice in 4 of those 46
- AppDynamics: first choice in 3 of those 46
- CubeAPM: first choice in 3 of those 46
- Dynatrace Platform Subscription: first choice in 1 of those 46
- Logit.io: first choice in 1 of those 46
- Middleware.io: first choice in 1 of those 46
- Scout APM: first choice in 1 of those 46

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