Stackify

stackify.com
Observability & Monitoring
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Application Performance Monitoring Tools For Developers - APM for All!

How to Replace Stackify

Overview

Stackify is a full lifecycle application performance monitoring (APM) platform that provides code-level monitoring and observability for better application performance. It combines APM capabilities with integrated logging, error tracking, and transaction tracing to help developers pinpoint and fix production issues quickly. The platform offers both production monitoring through Retrace and development-time profiling through Prefix.

Features

22 features across 11 categories

Data Management(2)

Customizable Log RetentionPremium

Flexible log retention periods from 7 to 90 days based on plan

Trace RetentionPremium

Configurable trace data retention with 7-day default and custom retention options available

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Deployment(1)

Deployment TrackingPremium

Track deployments and their impact on application performance

Also in: Kubernetes Dashboard, Hugging Face, Bitwarden

Error Management(2)

Error TrackingPremium

Find application performance problems and errors before they hit production with integrated error tracking

Hidden Exception DetectionPremium

Identify hidden exceptions in your code during development

Also in: Raygun, UiPath, Nuxt

Integration(1)

OpenTelemetry IngestionPremium

Ingest data using OpenTelemetry standard (Preview feature)

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Licensing(1)

Retrace Lite Licensing

Value-based pricing option that allows configuration of Production and Non-Production environments with reduced pricing for non-production

Logging(3)

Centralized LoggingPremium

View, search and organize application and server logs from a single place across all applications

Custom Log ViewerPremium

Quickly find and resolve hidden errors, slow queries, web requests with customizable log viewer and search functionality

Structured LoggingPremium

Support for structured logging including objects, log tags and searchable properties

Monitoring(5)

Application Performance MonitoringPremium

Core APM capabilities to monitor application performance and identify bottlenecks

Cross-Application CorrelationPremium

Correlate data and traces across multiple applications for unified visibility

Dependency DashboardsPremium

Visual dashboards showing application dependencies and their performance

Real User MonitoringPremium

Track and monitor real user interactions and experience

Server & Resource MonitoringPremium

Monitor server and system resource performance

Optimization(1)

Smart SuggestionsAIPremium

Maximize code-level performance with AI-driven smart suggestions for optimization

Performance(1)

Async Code Performance SupportPremium

Ensure async code performance with support for modern async development patterns for .NET and Java

Profiling(2)

Real-time Code ProfilingPremium

Prefix offers real-time code-level profiling to identify slow SQL queries, hidden exceptions and performance issues

SQL Query IdentificationPremium

Identify slow SQL queries during development with Prefix

Tracing(3)

Distributed TracingPremium

Understand requests across distributed systems with distributed tracing capabilities

External HTTP Call TrackingPremium

Optimize web service, SOAP and REST API performance with external HTTP call tracking

Full Transaction TracingPremium

Get a full picture of what your code is doing with comprehensive transaction traces and lightweight profiling

Pricing

Consumption Pricing

From $9.99/mo
  • Pay-as-you-go consumption-based pricing

Retrace Tier 1

$80/mo (Billed Annually)
  • 1500 Host Hours
  • 5GB Data
  • Unlimited Users
  • Unlimited Metrics
  • Application Monitoring
  • Error & Log Monitoring
  • Server & Resource Monitoring
  • 7 Day Trace Retention

Retrace Tier 2

Popular
$249/mo (Billed Annually)
  • 5000 Host Hours
  • 50GB Data
  • Unlimited Users
  • Unlimited Metrics
  • Application Monitoring
  • Error & Log Monitoring
  • Server & Resource Monitoring
  • Custom Error & Log Retention
  • Scale Hosts Up and Down
  • Prioritised Customer Support
  • Named Account Manager
  • Named Customer Success Manager

Retrace Enterprise

Custom
  • Custom Host Hours
  • Custom Data Allotment
  • Unlimited Users
  • Unlimited Metrics
  • Application Monitoring
  • Error & Log Monitoring
  • Server & Resource Monitoring
  • Custom Error & Log Retention
  • Scale Hosts Up and Down
  • Prioritised Customer Support
  • Named Account Manager
  • Named Customer Success Manager

Prefix Community Edition

Free Forever
  • On Your Workstation
  • Performance Insights
  • Query Details View
  • Hidden Exceptions
  • Log Viewer
  • Summary Insights

Prefix Premium Edition

$20/mo
  • On Your Workstation
  • Performance Insights
  • OpenTelemetry Ingestion (Preview)
  • Query Details View
  • Hidden Exceptions
  • Log Viewer
  • Summary Insights
  • Distributed Tracing
  • Dependency Dashboards
  • Smart Suggestions

Cost Calculator

Keep Paying Stackify

Monthly$9.99/mo
Yearly$120/yr
5-Year Total$599

Build It Yourself

Est. Build Time~2 hrs
Hosting$20/mo
DifficultyVery Easy

Total Cost Comparison

1 Year
SaaS
$120
DIY
$240
3 Years
SaaS
$360
DIY
$720
5 Years
SaaS
$599
DIY
$1.2k

DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 22 features at very easy complexity.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a Stackify alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 22 features.

Buy Stackify

Better Value
Monthly cost$99.9/mo
3-year total$3,596.4
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$12,000
Maintenance$180/mo
3-year total$18,480
Dev time~1 months

Buying Stackify saves ~$14,883.6 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 22 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

10 known integrations

.NETAWSAzureJavaKubernetesNLogNode.jsPHPPythonRuby