Stackify APM
Bug tracking software
Application performance monitoring (APM) tools
Log monitoring software
Server monitoring software
DevOps software
Monitoring software
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What is Stackify APM
Stackify APM is an application performance monitoring platform focused on helping software teams monitor application health, troubleshoot errors, and analyze logs and performance metrics. It is used primarily by development and DevOps teams to identify slow transactions, exceptions, and infrastructure-related issues across supported application stacks. The product combines APM tracing, centralized logging, error monitoring, and server metrics in a single workflow oriented toward code-level diagnostics and release troubleshooting.
Unified APM and log analysis
The product brings together transaction tracing, exception monitoring, and log search in one interface. This reduces context switching when moving from a performance symptom to related logs and errors. For teams that want a single tool for application-level and log-level troubleshooting, the integrated workflow can simplify incident triage.
Code-level error visibility
Stackify APM emphasizes capturing exceptions and associating them with application context such as endpoints, transactions, and stack traces. This supports developer-centric debugging without relying solely on infrastructure metrics. It is particularly useful when diagnosing regressions introduced by deployments or configuration changes.
Server and application metrics together
In addition to application traces, the platform includes host/server monitoring signals that help correlate application behavior with resource constraints. This supports common investigations such as CPU/memory pressure contributing to latency or error spikes. Having both layers in one place can speed up root-cause analysis for mixed app-and-host issues.
Less suited for bug workflows
While it captures errors and exceptions, it is not a full bug tracking system with backlog management, sprint planning, and end-to-end issue lifecycle controls. Teams typically still need a dedicated work management tool for prioritization, assignment, and release planning. As a result, it fits best as an observability tool that feeds defects into a separate tracker.
APM depth varies by stack
APM capabilities depend on language/runtime support and the maturity of available agents and integrations. Some environments may have less complete tracing, profiling, or framework-level instrumentation than others. Organizations with heterogeneous stacks may need to validate coverage before standardizing.
May require tuning for noise
Centralized logging and error capture can generate high event volume, especially in high-traffic systems. Teams often need to configure sampling, filtering, and alert thresholds to avoid noisy alerts and excessive data retention. This adds operational overhead during initial rollout and ongoing maintenance.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (Retrace Annual) | $80 / month (billed annually)* | Included Host Hours: 1500; Included Data: 5 GB; Additional Host Hours: $0.055 / host hour; Additional Data: $0.89 / GB; Unlimited users & metrics; Application Monitoring, Error & Log Monitoring, Server & Resource Monitoring; 7-day trace retention; Scale hosts up/down; Prioritised customer support. |
| Tier 2 (Retrace Annual) | $249 / month (billed annually)* | Included Host Hours: 5000; Included Data: 50 GB; Additional Host Hours: $0.050 / host hour; Additional Data: $0.89 / GB; Unlimited users & metrics; Application Monitoring, Error & Log Monitoring, Server & Resource Monitoring; 7-day trace retention; Scale hosts up/down; Prioritised customer support. |
| Enterprise (Retrace) | Custom pricing (Contact Sales) | Custom host hours & data allotments; Custom error & log retention; Named account manager & customer success manager; Priority/enterprise support. |
*Annual plans include a 20% discount. Pricing page also notes log retention add-on pricing (15-day default; 30/60/90-day options at +10%/+30%/+50%) and that a 14-day free trial is available (no credit card required).
