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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 154 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://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/datadog-apm/alternatives

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

- New Relic: 44
- Sentry: 12
- Scout APM: 8
- CubeAPM: 5
- Dynatrace: 5
- Grafana Cloud: 4

## Application performance monitoring

**Small business**: 67 of 84 answers did not name Datadog APM (Datadog APM is #4 of 14 at 6%).

- New Relic: first choice in 28 of those 67
- Sentry: first choice in 12 of those 67
- Scout APM: first choice in 8 of those 67
- AppSignal: first choice in 3 of those 67
- Grafana Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Honeybadger: first choice in 2 of those 67
- SigNoz: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Atatus: first choice in 1 of those 67

**Mid-market**: 48 of 84 answers did not name Datadog APM (Datadog APM is #2 of 14 at 18%).

- New Relic: first choice in 14 of those 48
- Grafana Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 48
- SigNoz: first choice in 2 of those 48
- Atatus: first choice in 1 of those 48
- Microsoft Application Insights: first choice in 1 of those 48

**Enterprise**: 39 of 84 answers did not name Datadog APM (Datadog APM is #2 of 10 at 15%).

- CubeAPM: first choice in 5 of those 39
- Dynatrace: first choice in 5 of those 39
- AppDynamics: first choice in 2 of those 39
- New Relic: first choice in 2 of those 39
- Elastic APM: first choice in 1 of those 39
- ManageEngine Applications Manager: first choice in 1 of those 39
- OpManager Nexus: first choice in 1 of those 39
- Splunk Observability Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 39

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