Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Tools

Tools that trace requests, measure response times and pinpoint slow code, errors and dependencies in running applications — from full-stack APM suites to developer-focused tracing. Every tool below links to its vendor or project site.

23 Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Tools

01

Broadcom DX APM

Improve app performance and deliver flawless user experiences with unmatched insight and intelligence across complex hybrid environments.

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Splunk AppDynamics

Full-stack observability linked to business performance for hybrid and three-tier applications, now unified under the Splunk Observability portfolio. Cisco completed its acquisition of Splunk on 18 March 2024, for about $28 billion in equity value.

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SolarWinds Observability

Accelerates identification and root cause diagnosis of application performance issues across hybrid and cloud environments. Turn/River Capital completed its roughly $4.4 billion acquisition of SolarWinds in April 2025.

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Splunk APM

Troubleshoot performance issues faster with AI-driven APM built on the unified Splunk Observability Cloud platform. Cisco completed its acquisition of Splunk on 18 March 2024, for about $28 billion in equity value.

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05

ManageEngine ITOM

Deep visibility into the performance and user experience of business-critical applications and infrastructure components.

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06

Nexthink

Detects and diagnoses complex application and digital employee experience problems to maintain an expected level of service.

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Elastic APM

OpenTelemetry-native APM that auto-instruments applications, visualizes dependencies, and pinpoints root causes down to the code.

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08

IBM Instana

Real-time enterprise observability to manage the performance of complex applications and software across public clouds, private clouds, and mainframes.

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09

Google Cloud Observability

Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve application performance across Google Cloud environments with unified monitoring and logging.

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10

Pepperdata

Dynamic Kubernetes and big-data resource optimization that increases utilization by up to 80% and improves performance in real time.

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11

Stackify Retrace

Application performance management tool to help squash bugs and gain improved observability across the full application lifecycle.

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12

Lakeside SysTrack

Helps IT understand how apps are consuming resources at the endpoint and how they are supporting end-user digital experience.

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13

Site24x7 APM Insight

Code-level visibility across your entire stack with distributed tracing, AI-powered anomaly detection, and OpenTelemetry support.

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14

ITRS Opsview

Takes control of complex IT infrastructure with full, centralized visibility of hybrid environments and predictive analytics.

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15

Virtana Service Observability

Service-centric observability with AI-driven root cause analysis, impact analysis, and automation across hybrid IT environments.

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16

Alibaba Cloud ARMS

Application Real-Time Monitoring Service covering distributed applications, containers, browsers, mini-programs, and mobile apps.

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17

Apache SkyWalking

Open-source APM and observability platform for distributed systems — tracing, metrics and service topology for microservices and cloud-native architectures. Apache SkyWalking v11.0.0 was released on 28 August 2026, according to GitHub.

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Cisco Full-Stack Observability

Cisco's full-stack observability solutions, linking application performance with infrastructure and business context.

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19

AWS Observability

AWS observability services and use cases for monitoring applications and infrastructure running on AWS.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which APM tools are listed?

23 tools, including Splunk AppDynamics, Elastic APM, IBM Instana, Google Cloud Observability, Apache SkyWalking, Site24x7 APM Insight and Sumo Logic.

What does APM do?

Application performance monitoring traces requests, measures response times and pinpoints slow code, errors and dependencies in running applications.

How is APM different from observability?

APM focuses on application performance. Observability tools cover logs, metrics and traces across the wider system. See the Observability Tools page on this site.

Is this a ranking?

No. It is a curated directory; every tool links to its vendor or project site.