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

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 219 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Elastic 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/elastic-apm/alternatives/

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

- New Relic: 57
- Dynatrace: 32
- Datadog APM: 30
- Sentry: 14
- SigNoz: 11
- CubeAPM: 4

## Application performance monitoring

**Small business**: 71 of 84 answers did not name Elastic APM (Elastic APM is #5 of 10 at 5%).

- New Relic: first choice in 31 of those 71
- Sentry: first choice in 14 of those 71
- Datadog APM: first choice in 5 of those 71
- SigNoz: first choice in 5 of those 71
- Grafana Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 71
- SolarWinds AppOptics: first choice in 3 of those 71
- Raygun: first choice in 2 of those 71
- Scout APM: first choice in 2 of those 71

**Mid-market**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Elastic APM (Elastic APM is #5 of 12 at 4%).

- New Relic: first choice in 20 of those 69
- Datadog APM: first choice in 12 of those 69
- SigNoz: first choice in 6 of those 69
- Site24x7: first choice in 3 of those 69
- IBM Instana: first choice in 2 of those 69
- Dynatrace: first choice in 1 of those 69
- Grafana Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 69
- Honeycomb: first choice in 1 of those 69

**Enterprise**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Elastic APM (Elastic APM is #8 of 9 at 0%).

- Dynatrace: first choice in 31 of those 79
- Datadog APM: first choice in 13 of those 79
- New Relic: first choice in 6 of those 79
- CubeAPM: first choice in 4 of those 79
- AppDynamics: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Middleware.io: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Dynatrace Platform Subscription: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Logit.io: first choice in 1 of those 79

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