{"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": "2026-10-11T22:07:24Z", "permalink": "https://bikoosh.com/answers/s/application-performance-monitoring-agencies-2026-10-11", "question_page": "https://bikoosh.com/answers/q/application-performance-monitoring/agencies", "brands_named": [{"position": 1, "brand": "Sentry", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 2, "brand": "New Relic", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 3, "brand": "Datadog", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 4, "brand": "APM", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 5, "brand": "Better Stack", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 6, "brand": "Hyperping", "label": "compared"}, {"position": 7, "brand": "LogRocket", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 8, "brand": "DebugBear", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 9, "brand": "ManageWP", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 10, "brand": "WordPress", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 11, "brand": "Dynatrace", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 12, "brand": "IBM", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 13, "brand": "IBM Instana", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 14, "brand": "Uptimeify", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 15, "brand": "Notifier", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 16, "brand": "Rollbar", "label": "mentioned"}], "sources_cited": [{"url": "https://dupple.com/learn/best-application-monitoring-tools", "domain": "dupple.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://www.guance.com/learn/articles/datadog-vs-new-relic?lang=en", "domain": "guance.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://www.dotcom-monitor.com/blog/application-performance-monitoring-tools/", "domain": "dotcom-monitor.com", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://monitoringcost.com/apm-pricing-comparison", "domain": "monitoringcost.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://notifier.so/guides/best-uptime-monitoring-for-agencies/", "domain": "notifier.so", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://hyperping.com/use-cases/agencies", "domain": "hyperping.com", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://www.g2.com/products/new-relic-apm/reviews", "domain": "g2.com", "source_type": "review"}, {"url": "https://apogeewatcher.com/blog/core-web-vitals-monitoring-checklist-agencies", "domain": "apogeewatcher.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://rollbar.com/blog/best-apm-tools", "domain": "rollbar.com", "source_type": "vendor"}], "answer_text": "## My actual recommendations, in order\n\n**1. Sentry** - my default pick for a dev/web agency. Error tracking, tracing, and session replay in one, and crucially its org → project structure maps cleanly onto \"one project per client,\" with separate alert routing and dashboards per project. Starts free, Team is ~$26/mo, and it has SDKs for every stack you'll inherit from clients. Best-in-class error grouping, which matters when you're triaging 20 codebases you didn't write. ([pricing context](https://dupple.com/learn/best-application-monitoring-tools))\n\n**2. New Relic** - the better economics pick if you host many small client apps. It bills on data ingested (~$0.40/GB) plus user seats rather than per host, with a genuinely usable free tier (100GB/mo, 1 full user). Ten tiny client apps cost you almost nothing, where per-host tools charge ten times. Full platform users are $49/mo (Standard) / $349 (Pro), so keep the seat count small. ([buyer's guide](https://www.guance.com/learn/articles/datadog-vs-new-relic?lang=en))\n\n**3. Datadog** - what I'd use for your two or three biggest clients, not all of them. Deepest integration coverage (1,000+) and the one platform that covers APM, infra, l", "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"}}