CubeAPM: The Leading New Relic Alternative in 2025

Here's what makes CubeAPM different

Everything You Need to Find, Trace, and Fix Problems - Fast

Instantly Detect
What Matters

Find and fix critical issues before your users notice:
- Intuitive Dashboards that highlight bottlenecks across your entire application stack
- Smart Latency Breakdown showing exactly which dependencies (databases, APIs, etc.) are slowing you down
- Errors Inbox that automatically groups and prioritizes exceptions by impact
- Real-time Alerting with rich context that helps you understand exactly what's wrong
Trace Every Request
End-to-End

Follow the complete journey of any request across your distributed services:
- See the full path through all microservices with timing for each step
- Inspect database queries, HTTP calls, and third-party integrations
- Identify exactly where errors originate with full stack traces
- Correlate traces with logs and metrics for complete context
Monitor Your Entire
Infrastructure Stack

One unified view for all your infrastructure components:
- Kubernetes clusters and containers
- Databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis)
- Message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Web servers and load balancers
- All AWS components including ECS, RDS, Redshift, Cloud services and virtual machines
Focus Only On The
Right Data

Intelligent sampling retains important events while discarding noise:
- Automatically adjust sampling rates based on traffic patterns
- Process gigabytes of telemetry data per minute on a single node
- Reduce storage costs by up to 90% while maintaining complete visibility

See who delivers

CubeAPM vs Datadog

Distributed Tracing

Full

Limited

Latency

Low

High

Datadog Agent Compatible

Yes

OpenTelemetry Compatible

Native Support

Limited Support

Prometheus Compatible

Native Support

Customer Support TAT

In Minutes[Slack/WhatsApp with Core devs]

In Days[Email]

Sampling

Smart Sampling*

Standard Probabilistic Sampling

Data Compliance

Data stored on your server

Data stored on Datadog server [outside india]

Data Retention

Unlimited
[at no Extra Cost]

Pay More for Longer Data Retention

Metrics

Yes

Logs

Yes

Errors Inbox

Yes

Infrastructure Monitoring

Yes

Browser Monitoring
(aka Real User Monitoring or RUM)

Yes

Synthetic Monitoring

Yes

Managed

Yes

Here's What You Get With CubeAPM

Support That Doesn’t Cost Extra

Why it matters:

With most tools, premium support comes with a premium price tag.

With CubeAPM

You get direct access to core engineers via Slack or WhatsApp for free - within minutes not days.

Result:

Faster MTTR and happier dev teams without paying for premium tiers.

Control Where Your Data Lives (And What You Pay For)

Why it matters:

Tools like Datadog charge you heavily per host — and that includes data transfer to their cloud.

With CubeAPM:

Your telemetry stays on your infra. No offsite transfer means no egress costs, and we charge significantly less per host.

Result:

Lower cost per host + no data transfer = massive savings at scale.

Smart Sampling That Cuts Storage Costs by 60-80%

Why it matters:

Most APMs store everything leading to bloated storage bills.

With CubeAPM:

Our Smart Sampling captures only what matters, drastically reducing data volume and cost.

Result:

Less data stored = huge savings on infra and ingestion costs.

Unlimited Data Retention. No Extra Charges

Why it matters:

Need to retain logs or traces for audits or postmortems? Legacy APMs charge more the longer you hold data.

With CubeAPM:

Keep everything you need, for as long as you want, without paying extra.

Result:

Flat, predictable pricing, no matter how long you retain data.

Migrate Within 1 Hour Without Any Hassle

Why it matters:

Most APMs make switching painful, with agent rework and long setup times.

With CubeAPM:

We’re OpenTelemetry-native. No code changes, no downtime.

Result:

Migrate in under an hour — with minimal effort and zero disruption.

Cost Breakdown That Speaks for Itself

Switch to CubeAPM and save 68% every month

[monthly cost]

Infrastructure Monitoring
(per host)

$7
Unlimited retention

$18
15 month retention

APM (per host)

$16
Unlimited retention

$42
15 days retention

Serverless Monitoring
(per million trace invocations)

$15

Error Tracking

Free
Unlimited retention

$36
50K errors

Synthetic Monitoring

Free
Unlimited retention

$7.2
10K runs

Data Transfer

$0.01/GB

$0.10/GB

FAQ

Still on the fence? Get your concerns answered now

Unlike Datadog’s pricing, which can be unpredictable and costly due to data transfer fees and tiered plans, CubeAPM offers transparent, usage-based pricing with no hidden costs, helping you better manage your monitoring budget.

CubeAPM delivers enterprise-grade APM capabilities, AI-powered insights, and flexible pricing—all while running on your infrastructure to ensure data privacy and cost efficiency that Datadog often lacks.

Many organizations seek alternatives because Datadog’s pricing complexity and external data processing can drive up costs and latency. CubeAPM eliminates these issues with smart sampling and on-premise data handling.

CubeAPM charges based on data ingested but significantly reduces infrastructure needs with Smart Sampling. Since CubeAPM runs directly on your servers, your total cost includes infrastructure expenses, typically around $0.02/GB—much lower than Datadog’s ~$0.10/GB data transfer fees.

Unlike Datadog’s random or full data ingestion approaches, CubeAPM uses intelligent sampling based on contextual insights—such as API latency patterns—to capture the most meaningful data, improving accuracy while lowering resource use.

You can start with our interactive CubeAPM Playground—no setup required. For a full experience on your infrastructure, follow our detailed docs or contact us to schedule a personalized demo.

#1 Datadog Alternative

Simplify your bill (& your stack) with CubeAPM

Zero cloud egress costs

Runs on your infrastructure

Data ingestion of 1GB/second

Fully-managed observability tool

2–4x faster APM at 60-80% lower cost

Log Monitoring

Infrastructure Monitoring

Real User Monitoring

Synthetic Monitoring

Error Monitoring

Log Monitoring

Infrastructure Monitoring

Real User Monitoring

Synthetic Monitoring

Error Monitoring

Everything You Need to Find, Trace, and Fix Problems - Fast

Instantly DetectWhat Matters

Trace Every RequestEnd-to-End

Monitor Your EntireInfrastructure Stack

Focus Only On TheRight Data

CubeAPM vs Datadog

Here's What You Get With CubeAPM

Support That Doesn’t Cost Extra

Why it matters:

With CubeAPM

Result:

Control Where Your Data Lives (And What You Pay For)

Why it matters:

With CubeAPM:

Result:

Smart Sampling That Cuts Storage Costs by 60-80%

Why it matters:

With CubeAPM:

Result:

Unlimited Data Retention. No Extra Charges

Why it matters:

With CubeAPM:

Result:

Migrate Within 1 Hour Without Any Hassle

Why it matters:

With CubeAPM:

Result:

Cost Breakdown That Speaks for Itself

800+ Integrations to Monitor Your Entire Stack With No Extra Costs

Industry Leaders Trust Us

One Dashboard. Total Visibility.

Say Goodbye to Datadog Overload.

FAQ

How does CubeAPM compare to Datadog’s pricing model?

What makes CubeAPM a strong Datadog alternative?

Why are companies looking for Datadog alternatives?

How does CubeAPM pricing work?

What is Smart Sampling?

What’s the easiest way to try CubeAPM?

Instantly Detect
What Matters

Trace Every Request
End-to-End

Monitor Your Entire
Infrastructure Stack

Focus Only On The
Right Data