How to Build Your Own Dynatrace
Replace Dynatrace with a custom build. Observability built for the age of AI
Build Difficulty: 5/5
Build a working replacement in a weekend with AI tools
Estimated Timeline
Based on 60 features at Weekend Project difficulty, expect about One weekend with AI-assisted development.
Recommended Tech Stack
Full-stack React framework with API routes and server components
PostgreSQL database, auth, and real-time subscriptions
Utility-first styling for rapid UI development
Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 60 features
User Experience(11 features)
Monitor business-critical workflows by simulating user visits with web-based recorder and scripted transactions
Deliver flawless digital experiences with real-user and synthetic monitoring and session replays
Global public locations for synthetic monitoring
Check availability and performance of internal and external resources—websites or API endpoints
Mobile application monitoring and crash analysis
+6 more in this category
Infrastructure Monitoring(9 features)
Custom metrics for extensibility of infrastructure monitoring
Monitoring of filesystem including disk usage
Basic infrastructure monitoring and IT inventory with host health indicators and topology detection
Comprehensive observability for apps, microservices, and infrastructure with APM and automated root cause analysis
Host and process topology detection
+4 more in this category
Security(8 features)
Discover, prioritize, and shield from known and unknown vulnerabilities in real-time
Evidence creation for auditing purposes
Compliance standards including CIS, NIST, DORA, HIPAA and more
Protection against top relevant OWASP security risks
Protect against and block exploitation attempts of applications at runtime
+3 more in this category
Analytics(7 features)
Budget predictable log analytics with included queries and flexible retention
Make better business decisions in real-time with customizable analytics
Advanced analytics using Dynatrace Query Language with on-read parsing, aggregation, and reporting
Drive intelligent and intuitive analytics from log data, from troubleshooting to business processes
Correlation of logs in context of hosts, cloud services, databases, and network
+2 more in this category
Data Management(6 features)
Flexible data retention from 1 day to 10 years
Advanced data transformation capabilities for log analytics
Data lakehouse designed for observability, unifying logs, metrics, traces, and events into a real-time, topology-aware model
Conversion of log data to time series for analysis
Automatic enrichment of topology data for better context
+1 more in this category
AI(5 features)
Best-in-class observability for Generative AI applications, LLMs, and agents
Predictive anomaly detection powered by AI
Automatic detection of root causes for application issues
AI-powered root cause analysis and anomaly detection
Fuses deterministic insights with agentic action to deliver reliable outcomes with autonomous prevention, remediation, and optimization at scale
Application Monitoring(4 features)
APM, distributed tracing, and profiling for cloud-native and enterprise stacks
Troubleshoot and debug code live in production instantly with live code troubleshooting and non-breaking breakpoints
Profile code performance at granular level
Trace transactions across distributed systems and microservices
Integration(4 features)
Integration with JetBrains IDEs for code monitoring
Integration and automation capabilities for innovation and growth
Support for OpenTelemetry metrics and traces
Integration with Visual Studio Code for code monitoring
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DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 60 features at very easy complexity.