Whatap
Application performance monitoring (APM) tools
Monitoring software
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What is Whatap
Whatap is an application performance monitoring (APM) and infrastructure monitoring platform used to observe application latency, errors, and resource utilization across servers, containers, and cloud environments. It targets engineering and operations teams that need production monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting for web applications and microservices. The product typically combines agent-based data collection with dashboards for transactions, JVM/CLR metrics, and dependency views to support root-cause analysis.
Broad APM telemetry coverage
Whatap provides APM-style visibility into application transactions along with host and runtime metrics such as CPU, memory, and JVM/GC behavior. This supports common troubleshooting workflows like identifying slow endpoints, error spikes, and resource saturation. The combined view reduces the need to switch between separate application and infrastructure monitoring tools.
Agent-based production monitoring
The platform uses agents to collect runtime and system telemetry directly from monitored environments. Agent collection can capture detailed performance signals that are difficult to obtain from external checks alone. This approach is well-suited to diagnosing issues in production services where code-level and runtime context matters.
Operational dashboards and alerting
Whatap includes dashboards and alerting features designed for day-to-day operations monitoring. Teams can use these views to track service health, investigate anomalies, and respond to incidents. Centralized monitoring helps standardize how teams review performance and reliability signals.
Limited public technical transparency
Compared with some observability platforms, there is less widely available public documentation on supported integrations, data model details, and API depth. This can make it harder to validate fit for specialized environments before a hands-on evaluation. Buyers may need vendor-led demos or trials to confirm coverage for specific frameworks and cloud services.
Potential vendor lock-in
APM platforms often store telemetry in proprietary formats and couple collection agents to the vendor backend. Migrating historical data or standardizing on open telemetry pipelines may require additional work depending on deployment choices. Organizations with strict portability requirements should confirm export options and interoperability.
Feature depth varies by domain
While the product covers APM and infrastructure monitoring, depth in adjacent areas (for example, advanced log analytics, real user monitoring, or synthetic testing) may not match specialized tools. Teams may still need complementary products for end-user session replay, browser/mobile RUM, or automated test monitoring. A proof-of-concept is typically required to validate end-to-end observability needs.
Plan & Pricing
Pricing model: Usage-based / subscription per unit (per month, plus VAT)
Free tier/trial: See examples below — several permanent free offerings and 15-day free trials for paid components.
Example costs (from official Whatap pricing page):
- Application (APM): $20 per vCPU / CPU core per month. Trial: $0 (free for 15 days). Data retention: trial 15 days; paid 1 year (some data excluded).
- Server Monitoring: Free $0 (up to 5 units). Paid subscription: $10 per server host / VM per month. Trial/demo available.
- Kubernetes Monitoring: $1 per Container per month; $20 per App Container (App Container = container with WhaTap APM applied) per month. Trial: free for 15 days.
- Database Monitoring:
- Open-source DB (MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Cubrid, Altibase, Redis, MongoDB): $65 per server host / VM per month.
- Commercial DB (Oracle, MS-SQL, Tibero): $20 per vCPU / CPU core per month.
- Oracle Pro: $40 per vCPU / CPU core per month (higher-tier Oracle offering). Trial: $0 (up to 5 units) / 15-day free trial noted.
- Log Monitoring: $0.04 per 1 million logs unit (billing unit = 1M log units; 1 log unit = 1-day retention, 1 log event). Trial: $0 (15 days). Paid plan example: $0.04 per 1M logs unit (retention options up to 40 days shown).
- URL Monitoring: Free $0 (data stored 1 month, some exclusions). Permanent free.
- Browser Monitoring:
- Subscription: $1 per 1,000 sessions per month.
- Session Replay (add-on): $2.4 per 1,000 sessions per month.
- Trial: free for 15 days.
- Cloud Monitoring (dimensions): $1 per dimension per month. Note: 10 dimensions are provided for free when purchasing paid subscriptions to Server, Application, Database, and Kubernetes monitoring services.
Notes & important details (from official site):
- Billing units differ by product (vCPU/core, server host/VM, container, 1,000 sessions, 1M log units, per-dimension).
- Many products offer a 15-day free trial (explicitly stated).
- Some products have permanent free tiers (e.g., URL Monitoring $0; Server Monitoring free up to 5 units).
- Prices shown are monthly and noted as “based on 1 month, plus VAT.”
- Log pricing examples and retention-based calculations are provided on the official pricing page.
