2 categories · RankedElastic APM
Elastic APM is an OpenTelemetry-native application performance monitoring product from Elastic, used to monitor modern or legacy applications and track errors · elastic.co ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
New Relic is first at 60%.
New Relic is first at 61%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Dynatrace is first at 55%.
Why models recommend it
“Free open-source core with paid cloud options. Cost-effective if you're already using Elasticsearch, but it can require more setup and maintenance.”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Other options include OpenObserve, Grafana Stack, and Elastic APM, which are open-source or low-cost alternatives.”Llama 4 Maverick · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Elastic APM is great for small to medium-sized companies and offers a budget-friendly yet capable APM solution”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Paraphrase question · alternative
“Open-source friendly, with good customization and distributed tracing, but less AI-powered insights”Mistral Small · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“New Relic and Elastic both document that you need to intentionally control what data is sent and sanitized.”GPT-5.4 mini · Negative question · warning
“it's free if you self-host, though requires some infrastructure knowledge”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Elastic APM, over the 56 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 19 | View → | |
| 47 | 13 | View → | |
| 42 | 9 | View → | |
| 30 | 1 | View → | |
| 16 | 1 | View → | |
| 15 | 2 | View → | |
| 14 | 4 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 2 | View → |
What the models named instead of Elastic APM →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Elastic APM's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- modern or legacy apps
- Price stated
- free
- Free plan or trial
- Start free trial
- Customers named
- Equinox, Wells Fargo, Lufthansa's Miles & More, Pepsi
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 38 of the 56 answers that named Elastic APM and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Ninety-eight of the 105 domain citations in answers naming Elastic APM came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |