# What Claude (Anthropic) with web search answered for application performance monitoring (agencies) on 2026-09-11

## In short

On 2026-09-11, Claude (Anthropic) with web search was asked "best application performance monitoring for agencies". It named 10 brands, in this order: Sentry, New Relic, Datadog, GitHub, Tideways, WordPress.

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Question | best application performance monitoring for agencies |
| Asked on | 2026-09-11 |
| Engine | Claude (Anthropic) with web search |
| Model | claude-opus-5 |
| Brands named | 10 |
| Sources cited | 13 |
| Audience | agencies |
| Coverage | Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included. |
| Last verified | 2026-09-11 |

Page: https://bikoosh.com/answers/s/application-performance-monitoring-agencies-2026-09-11
Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included.

## The answer, as recorded

Asked on 2026-09-11 through Claude (Anthropic) with web search (model claude-opus-5).

> For most agencies I'd pick **Sentry** as the default, add **New Relic** if you need deeper server-side monitoring cheaply, and choose **Datadog** only if you also run your clients' infrastructure. By situation:
> 
> 1. **Sentry**: best default for agencies that build and hand off apps. It combines error tracking with performance tracing, and the Team plan starts at about $26/month, which is easy to pass on to clients. You can put all clients in one organization with a project each, or give each client their own organization. Each organization has its own subscription, so billing per client stays clean. Since June 2025, one GitHub organization can connect to several Sentry organizations, which fixes an old problem for agencies that host client code under their own GitHub.
>  - https://www.index.dev/skill-vs-skill/sentry-vs-datadog-vs-new-relic
>  - https://github.com/getsentry/sentry/issues/47246
>  - https://sentry.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/27677039248027-Can-I-have-multiple-organizations-for-one-Sentry-subscription
> 
> 2. **New Relic**: best value for full APM across many small client apps. The free tier includes 100 GB of data a month. After that you pay about $0.30-$0.50 per GB, with no 

## Brands named, in the order the engine gave

| Position | Brand | How it was named |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sentry | mentioned |
| 2 | New Relic | mentioned |
| 3 | Datadog | mentioned |
| 4 | GitHub | mentioned |
| 5 | Tideways | recommended |
| 6 | WordPress | recommended |
| 7 | Scout APM | mentioned |
| 8 | AppSignal | mentioned |
| 9 | Ruby | mentioned |
| 10 | Dynatrace | mentioned |

## Sources the engine cited

- https://www.index.dev/skill-vs-skill/sentry-vs-datadog-vs-new-relic (other)
- https://github.com/getsentry/sentry/issues/47246 (community)
- https://sentry.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/27677039248027-Can-I-have-multiple-organizations-for-one-Sentry-subscription (vendor)
- https://monitoringcost.com/apm-pricing-comparison (other)
- https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/new-relic-partnerships/partner-integration-guide/partner-account-maintenance/partnership-accounts-users-subscriptions/ (vendor)
- https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/apm/agents/php-agent/features/multiple-accounts/ (vendor)
- https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/multi_organization/ (other)
- https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/org_settings/cross_org_visibility/ (other)
- https://www.spendhound.com/marketplace/datadog-pricing (other)
- https://blog.fortrabbit.com/apm-for-php (other)
- https://www.scoutapm.com/blog/php-monitoring-tool-roundup (vendor)
- https://www.scoutapm.com/competitor-comparisons/scout-vs-appsignal (vendor)
- https://www.guideflow.com/blog/application-performance-monitoring-tools (other)

The question page: https://bikoosh.com/answers/q/application-performance-monitoring/agencies

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