Dynatrace Restructures Log Management Pricing: Retain Pricing Increased from $0.0007 to $0.02/GiB-day, Query Pricing Removed as Standalone Option
What happened
Between the Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025 captures of Dynatrace's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Kubernetes Platform Monitoring explicitly added to Full-Stack Monitoring package description; Log Management & Analytics pricing restructured: Retain pricing changed from $0.0007/GiB/day to $0.02/GiB-day with included queries (10 to 35 day retention), and Query pricing ($0.0035/GiB) removed as standalone option. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature added, package change) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 12, 2026) lists Infrastructure Monitoring at $29 per host/month, Full-Stack Monitoring at $58 per 8 GiB host/month, Kubernetes Platform Monitoring at $1.4 per pod/month, Code Monitoring at $3.6 per container/month and Log Analytics - Pay-per-Query at $3.5 per 1,000 GiB scanned + $0.7 per 1,000 GiB-day retained.
Dynatrace's previous recorded change was "Dynatrace Renames Kubernetes Monitoring to Kubernetes Platform Monitoring for Enhanced Clarity" (Q3 2024). Dynatrace has been tracked since 2023-12-08.
In the same window Elastic, Datadog and Grafana also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Kubernetes Platform Monitoring, Full-Stack Monitoring · FeatureAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterKubernetes Platform Monitoring explicitly
- Analytics · Packaging—$0.0007/GiB/day$0.02/GiB
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes Platform Monitoring, Full-Stack Monitoring | Feature | Not listed | Kubernetes Platform Monitoring explicitly | Added |
| Analytics | Packaging | $0.0007/GiB/day | $0.02/GiB | — |
Values as written on Dynatrace's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Dynatrace's pricing page (dynatrace.com) from Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where Kubernetes Platform Monitoring explicitly now appears.
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Dynatrace, the last 90 days
Full history- Jan 11, 2026packagingDynatrace Introduces Monthly Pricing Structure with New Foundation & Discovery Plans at $7/Month per Host for Enhanced Infrastructure Monitoring
- Q3 2025packagingDynatrace Expands Services Flexpoints Pricing with Daily Rates for Lead Consultant and Architect Services
- Q1 2025improvedDynatrace Expands Full-Stack Monitoring to Include Traditional Environments and New Trace Retention Policy
- Q4 2024improvedDynatrace Restructures Log Management Pricing: Retain Pricing Increased from $0.0007 to $0.02/GiB-day, Query Pricing Removed as Standalone Option · this change
- Q3 2024packagingDynatrace Renames Kubernetes Monitoring to Kubernetes Platform Monitoring for Enhanced Clarity
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- ElasticJan 11Elastic Introduces 99.95% Uptime SLA for Platinum and Enterprise Tiers in Comparison Table
- DatadogJan 11Datadog Introduces AWS Fargate Serverless Application Monitoring at $3 per Active Instance, Enhancing Serverless Performance Insights
- GrafanaJan 10Grafana Transforms Pro Plan to Pure Pay-As-You-Go Model Starting at $0, Renames All Plans
Questions about this change
Did Dynatrace raise prices in January 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature added, package change.
What changed on Dynatrace's pricing page between Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025?
Kubernetes Platform Monitoring, Full-Stack Monitoring feature: Not listed → Kubernetes Platform Monitoring explicitly, added; Analytics packaging: $0.0007/GiB/day → $0.02/GiB. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Dynatrace change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Dynatrace in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Dynatrace Renames Kubernetes Monitoring to Kubernetes Platform Monitoring for Enhanced Clarity" in Q3 2024; Dynatrace has been tracked since 2023-12-08.