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Guance Mobile RUM vs Scout by base14

Both stand on mobile app monitoring. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Guance Mobile RUM

Free plan AndroidiPhoneWeb

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Choose Scout for OpenTelemetry-based monitoring that connects real-user behavior with backend traces across supported mobile and web stacks. Look elsewhere if session replay or profiling is essential, since Scout RUM does not capture either.

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The facts

	Guance Mobile RUM	Scout by base14
Free plan	Yes	A free trial
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Android, iPhone, Web	Android, iPhone, Mac, Web
Lowest paid plan	Free or on request	Startup: $250 a month
Plans published	4	2
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	guance.com	base14.io
On mobile app monitoring	#14 of 23	#18 of 23

Guance Mobile RUM: what it does well

Scout by base14: what it does well

Monitors mobile and web applications with real-user data
Tracks Core Web Vitals with regression detection
Measures mobile cold starts, screen loads, jank, and ANRs
Links client actions to backend API calls with W3C context
Read-only APIs and MCP expose broad observability data

What to know first

Startup plan costs $250 a month
No session replay or profiling capture
Startup retention is 30 days at full resolution
Enterprise pricing is custom

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