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Scout APM
What it is
Scout APM is a cloud application performance monitoring and observability platform from Zimuth, Inc. It brings traces, metrics, logs, error tracking, and alerting into one place for engineering teams investigating performance problems. Scout lists API and web platforms, with agents for Ruby, Python, PHP, Elixir, and Node.js. It identifies slow database queries and N+1 patterns, then provides query analysis. Its anomaly detection learns normal behavior for each endpoint and alerts when that behavior changes without configured thresholds. An MCP server, CLI, and API let AI coding agents access production errors, traces, and performance data. Integrations include Slack, PagerDuty, Splunk On-Call, Opsgenie, Discord, Zapier, webhooks, Rollbar, Sentry, Honeybadger, Bugsnag, and GitHub. The free plan includes 300K monthly transactions, 1 GB of log data, 5,000 errors, one anomaly-monitored endpoint, and unlimited users and apps. Paid plans start at $19/mo, with a 14-day trial. Every plan includes human support.
For and against
For
- Combines traces, metrics, logs, errors, and alerts
- Detects slow queries and N+1 patterns
- Anomaly alerts need no thresholds
- Free plan includes unlimited users and apps
- Every plan includes human support
Against
- Plan limits stop recording new transactions when exceeded
- Enterprise pricing is custom
The verdict
Scout APM combines several application-monitoring data types with query analysis and endpoint anomaly detection. Its free tier and broad integrations provide a starting point, while larger deployments need to consider transaction and storage limits.
Who it suits
Scout suits engineering teams monitoring applications built with its listed language agents. It also fits teams wanting anomaly alerts, query analysis, and integrations with their incident or error tools.
Plans and prices
More Anomaly Detection
10 additional endpoints monitored
Read 9 Oct 2026 · scoutapm.com
Startup
600K transactions · 5k errors · 1 GB logs · 10 endpoints monitored for anomalies
Read 9 Oct 2026 · scoutapm.com
More Errors
50,000 additional errors
Read 9 Oct 2026 · scoutapm.com
Small
1.2M transactions · 5k errors · 1 GB logs · 10 endpoints monitored for anomalies
Read 9 Oct 2026 · scoutapm.com
More Logs
30 GB additional log storage
Read 9 Oct 2026 · scoutapm.com
Production Ready
1.2M monthly transactions · 50,000 errors · 30 GB log storage with 14-day retention · 20 endpoints monitored for anomalies
Read 9 Oct 2026 · scoutapm.com
Medium
3M transactions · 5k errors · 1 GB logs · 10 endpoints monitored for anomalies
Read 9 Oct 2026 · scoutapm.com
Large
9M transactions · 5k errors · 1 GB logs · 10 endpoints monitored for anomalies
Read 9 Oct 2026 · scoutapm.com
Enterprise
Custom transaction volume · custom log storage and retention · SSO · security and compliance audit
Read 9 Oct 2026 · scoutapm.com
On the record
- AI tooling
- Scout says its MCP server, CLI, and API let AI coding agents access production errors, traces, and performance data.scoutapm.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Anomaly detection
- Scout learns each endpoint's normal patterns and alerts when performance behavior changes, without requiring thresholds to be configured.scoutapm.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Company
- Scout Monitoring is the product of Zimuth, Inc.scoutapm.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- HIPAA
- Scout says Enterprise can be used in HIPAA-compliant environments with appropriate data handling agreements and security measures, and that a BAA is available.scoutapm.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Listed integrations include Slack, PagerDuty, Splunk On-Call, Opsgenie, Discord, Zapier, webhooks, Rollbar, Sentry, Honeybadger, Bugsnag, and GitHub.scoutapm.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The site lists Ruby, Python, PHP, Elixir, and Node.js agents.scoutapm.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Monitoring data
- Scout combines traces, metrics, logs, error tracking, and alerting in one platform.scoutapm.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Plan limits
- When a plan's monthly transaction limit is exceeded, Scout continues monitoring but stops recording new transactions in the dashboard.scoutapm.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Scout provides application performance monitoring and observability tools to help engineering teams identify and fix performance problems.scoutapm.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Query analysis
- Scout detects slow database queries and N+1 patterns and provides query analysis.scoutapm.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Security
- Scout states that it is SOC 2 Type II certified, conducts annual third-party penetration testing, and encrypts data at rest and in transit.scoutapm.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- Every plan includes human support; paid plans get priority response times and Enterprise includes dedicated premier support.scoutapm.com · read 9 Oct 2026
