{"question": "best application performance monitoring for agencies", "category": "application-performance-monitoring", "category_name": "application performance monitoring", "audience": "agencies", "audience_name": "agencies", "engine": "Claude (Anthropic) with web search", "model": "claude-opus-5", "asked_at": "2026-09-29T23:35:38Z", "permalink": "https://bikoosh.com/answers/s/application-performance-monitoring-agencies-2026-09-29", "question_page": "https://bikoosh.com/answers/q/application-performance-monitoring/agencies", "brands_named": [{"position": 1, "brand": "Sentry", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 2, "brand": "SigNoz", "label": "compared"}, {"position": 3, "brand": "New Relic", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 4, "brand": "Datadog", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 5, "brand": "Better Stack", "label": "compared"}, {"position": 6, "brand": "Grafana Cloud", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 7, "brand": "OpenTelemetry", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 8, "brand": "Dotcom-Monitor", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 9, "brand": "Monitor", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 10, "brand": "Dynatrace", "label": "mentioned"}], "sources_cited": [{"url": "https://www.index.dev/skill-vs-skill/sentry-vs-datadog-vs-new-relic", "domain": "index.dev", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://signoz.io/comparisons/datadog-vs-sentry/", "domain": "signoz.io", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://newrelic.com/blog/apm/application-performance-monitoring-tools", "domain": "newrelic.com", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://signoz.io/comparisons/newrelic-vs-sentry/", "domain": "signoz.io", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://betterstack.com/community/comparisons/datadog-vs-newrelic/", "domain": "betterstack.com", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://www.dotcom-monitor.com/blog/application-performance-monitoring-tools/", "domain": "dotcom-monitor.com", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://coralogix.com/guides/application-performance-monitoring-tools/", "domain": "coralogix.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://www.manageengine.com/it-operations-management/application-observability/apm-tools-comparison.html", "domain": "manageengine.com", "source_type": "vendor"}], "answer_text": "## For most agencies: Sentry first\n\n**1. Sentry** - The default pick for a dev/web agency. Error tracking + tracing + session replay, organized as separate *projects* under one org, so each client's data stays cleanly separated and you can see at a glance which client site is broken. Pricing is event-based (~$26/mo team tier and up), not per-host, which matters enormously when you're running 30 small client apps instead of one big one - host-based tools would bankrupt you on that shape of work. Weakness: it's app-layer only, not infrastructure. ([index.dev comparison](https://www.index.dev/skill-vs-skill/sentry-vs-datadog-vs-new-relic), [SigNoz](https://signoz.io/comparisons/datadog-vs-sentry/))\n\n**2. New Relic** - Best when clients need full-stack (app + infra + logs + browser) and you want one tool to cover all of it. The 100 GB/month perpetual free tier plus $0.30-0.50/GB after is genuinely useful for an agency: you can onboard small clients at effectively zero cost and only pay as a client's traffic justifies it. User-based seat pricing is the thing to watch if your whole team needs access. ([New Relic](https://newrelic.com/blog/apm/application-performance-monitoring-tools), [S", "answer_truncated": true, "measurement": "One answer from one engine on one date. Not a ranking and not a claim about the world; brands the engine did not name are not recorded.", "limitation": "Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included.", "alerts": {"name": "Answer Watch Pro", "price_usd": 79, "period": "month", "gets": "daily change alerts for up to 5 brands in what one AI answer engine says, history, CSV export. Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included", "url": "https://bikoosh.com/answers"}}