Dynatrace, Inc. is an American multinational technology company that provides an AI-powered observability platform. Their software is used to monitor, analyze, and optimize application performance, software development, cyber security practices, IT infrastructure, and user experience.[4][5]
Dynatrace uses a proprietary form of artificial intelligence called Dynatrace Intelligence to discover, map, and monitor applications, microservices, container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes, and IT infrastructure running in multicloud, hybrid-cloud, and hyperscale network environments.[6] The platform also provides automated problem remediation[7][8] and IT carbon impact analysis.[9][10]
Products and services
Platform components include infrastructure monitoring, applications and microservices monitoring, application security, digital experience, business observability, AI observability, and cloud automation.[11][12][13]
- OneAgent: Automated data collection
- SmartScape: Continuously updated topology mapping
- PurePath: Code-level distributed tracing
- AppEngine: Low-code app development for observability/security/business data
- AutomationEngine: Automated DevOps workflows
- Grail data lakehouse: Indexless, schema-on-read storage for analytics with DQL query language[14][15][16][17]
- Dynatrace Intelligence: Causal AI, predictive analytics, generative AI for root-cause analysis and AI observability[18] predictive analytics, and generative AI.[19][20]
The platform includes the Dynatrace Hub for publishing specific observability applications and integrations with more than 800 technologies including AWS, Docker, Java, and Prometheus.
Dynatrace provides multicloud observability to both SaaS and managed service deployment models, in partnership with service providers including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.[21]
Open source contributions
Dynatrace supports CNCF projects including Keptn, W3C Trace Context, OpenTelemetry, and OpenFeature.[22][23][24][25][26]
History
Dynatrace was founded in 2005 in Linz, Austria as dynaTrace Software GmbH. The company was acquired by Compuware in 2011, then taken private by Thoma Bravo in 2014 and renamed Dynatrace. In 2015, it merged with Keynote Systems. The company went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2019.
Rick McConnell has been CEO since 2021.
Acquisitions
- Keynote Systems (2015): Application performance management[27]
- Matrix.net / Xaffire: Internet performance metrics and analysis[28]
- Qumram (2017): Session replay technology[29]
- SpectX (2021): High-speed parsing and analytics[30]
- Rookout (2023): Developer-first observability[31]
- Runecast (2024): AI-powered security and compliance solutions[32]
- Metis (2025): AI-driven database observability[33]
- DevCycle (2026): Feature management and experimentation platform[34]
- Bindplane (2026): Unified telemetry pipeline built on OpenTelemetry[35]
References
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- ^ "Dynatrace Leadership". www.dynatrace.com. 2025-11-26. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
- ^ Costello, Mike (2023-07-31). "What's Changed: 2023 Magic Quadrant for APM and Observability". Best Network Monitoring Vendors, Software, Tools and Performance Solutions. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
- ^ Kramer, Robert. "RESEARCH NOTE: Dynatrace Elevates Data Observability and Monitoring with AI Automation". Moor Insights & Strategy. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
- ^ "Dynatrace bets on causal intelligence for AI observability". Search App Architecture. 2026-02-03. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
- ^ "Dynatrace Deepens AI Ties to Kubernetes". Container Journal. 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ "In pursuit of General Intelligence - Dynatrace and the death of the dashboard". diginomica.com. 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ Panettieri, Joe (2023-09-22). "IT Infrastructure, Data Center and Multi-Cloud Sustainability: Dynatrace Touts IT Carbon Footprint App". Sustainable Tech Partner for Green IT Service Providers. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
- ^ "Dynatrace delivers real-time insights into the carbon footprint of hybrid and multi-cloud ecosystems". Intelligent CIO North America. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
- ^ "Why Dynatrace Says AI Is the Answer for 'Single Panel' Observability for Cloud Native". The New Stack. 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ Weiss, Todd R. (2023-02-21). "New Software Intelligence Apps Unveiled by Dynatrace". The Futurum Group. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
- ^ "Dynatrace Launches Software Intelligence Hub". www.businesswire.com. 2021-02-09. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ Armbrust, Michael; Ghodsi, Ali; Xin, Reynold; Zahria, Matei (11 January 2021). "Lakehouse: A New Generation of Open Platforms that Unify Data Warehousing and Advanced Analytics" (PDF). Creative Commons. Creative Commons Attributions License. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ Janković, Slađana; Mladenović, Snežana; Mladenović, Dušan; Vesković, Slavko; Glavić, Draženko (2018-10-21). "Schema on read modeling approach as a basis of big data analytics integration in EIS". Enterprise Information Systems. pp. 1180–1201. Bibcode:2018EntIS..12.1180J. doi:10.1080/17517575.2018.1462404. ISSN 1751-7575. S2CID 53108709.
- ^ Vizard, Mike (2022-10-04). "Dynatrace Adds Grail Data Lakehouse to Observability Platform". DevOps.com. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
- ^ "Dynatrace expands analytics functionality with Grail". Techzine Europe. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
- ^ "Accelerating Enterprise Application Migration to AWS Using Dynatrace". Amazon Web Services. 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ "Dynatrace taps hypermodal AI for faster application observability". VentureBeat. 2023-07-25. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ Zwets, Berry (2026-01-28). "Dynatrace Intelligence brings Autonomous Operations one step closer". Techzine Global. Retrieved 2026-01-28.
- ^ "Dynatrace SaaS and Managed | amasol.de". amasol.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ "Report: 85% of SREs say that automation is 'imperative' for innovation". VentureBeat. 2022-04-05. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ "Dynatrace hands observability-as-code reins to DevOps". SearchITOperations. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ "Observability updates target DevOps pipelines". SearchITOperations. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ "Dynatrace Engineering - Open Source". www.dynatrace.com. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
- ^ Carey, Scott (2022-05-19). "OpenFeature feature flag project applies for CNCF sandbox project status". InfoWorld. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ Marvin, Rob (26 June 2015). "What the Dynatrace/Keynote merger means for APM". Software Development Times. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ Dodge, Martin. "MIDS Maps the Internet World". Mappa Mundi Magazine. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ "Dynatrace Acquires Qumram, Adding New Dimension to Digital Experience and Expanding R&D". www.businesswire.com. 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ "Dynatrace acquires SpectX, accelerating the convergence of observability and security". www.businesswire.com. 2021-09-14. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ "Dynatrace acquiring Israeli startup Rookout for $50-60 million". www.calcalistech.com. 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
- ^ "Dynatrace to Acquire Runecast to Enhance Cloud-Native Security and Compliance". finance.yahoo.com. 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ "Dynatrace Acquires Metis: Revolutionizing Database Observability with AI". devops.com. 2025-03-06. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
- ^ "Dynatrace acquires DevCycle to strengthen feature delivery for modern cloud and AI-native workloads". www.dynatrace.com. 2026-01-13. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
- ^ "Dynatrace To Acquire Bindplane To Deepen Control Over Telemetry Data". 24 April 2026.
External links
- Official website
- Business data for Dynatrace, Inc.:
