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OpenSearch vs Scout APM
Both stand on application performance & observability - enterprise software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
OpenSearch provides a free search and analytics suite with ingestion, visualization, and machine-learning capabilities. The warning about minimal distributions is important: those builds do not include security features.
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Pick Scout APM if your team wants application monitoring that combines performance data, errors, and alerts, with agents for its listed languages. The free plan provides a way to start, and paid plans begin at $19 a month. Look elsewhere if distributed tracing is essential or your usage exceeds plan transaction limits without recording interruption.
Visit Scout APMThe facts
| OpenSearch | Scout APM | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows | API, Web |
| Lowest paid plan | Free or on request | More Anomaly Detection: $10 a month |
| Plans published | 1 | 10 |
| Maker | OpenSearch | Not published |
| Website | opensearch.org | scoutapm.com |
| On application performance & observability - enterprise software | #7 of 26 | #11 of 26 |
OpenSearch: what it does well
- Open source under Apache License 2.0
- Supports full-text and multi-index search
- Includes dashboards and a data collector
- Can run on premises or in hybrid and multicloud environments
- Works with Beats, Fluent Bit, and Fluentd
What to know first
- Minimal distributions lack security features
- Minimal distributions are intended for controlled environments or embedding
Scout APM: what it does well
- Combines traces, metrics, logs, error tracking, and alerting.
- Detects slow database queries and N+1 patterns.
- Learns endpoint behavior for anomaly alerts without configured thresholds.
- Includes human support on every plan.
- Offers integrations including Slack, PagerDuty, and GitHub.
What to know first
- Free plan monitors anomalies on one endpoint.
- Monthly transaction limits can stop new transactions appearing in the dashboard.
- Distributed tracing is not supported.
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