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title: "AppDynamics vs Dynatrace: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, AppDynamics or Dynatrace? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Application dependency monitoring set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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publisher: "Brandwave"
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# AppDynamics vs Dynatrace: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, AppDynamics or Dynatrace? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Application dependency monitoring set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: AppDynamics and Dynatrace
- **Competitive set**: Application dependency monitoring
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **AppDynamics Share of Search**: 1.9%
- **Dynatrace Share of Search**: 21.6%

## Which is more popular in search, AppDynamics or Dynatrace?

- In August 2026, Dynatrace had more branded searches than AppDynamics among application dependency monitoring worldwide. Dynatrace was estimated to have 92.1K branded searches compared to AppDynamics’ 8.1K, and held a 21.6% Share of Search versus AppDynamics’ 1.9%.
- Dynatrace was ahead of AppDynamics in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, AppDynamics’ estimated Share of Search among application dependency monitoring worldwide moved from 3.5% to 1.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 18.1K to 8.1K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Dynatrace’s estimated Share of Search among application dependency monitoring worldwide moved from 21.5% to 21.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 112K to 92.1K.

## How did search popularity change for application dependency monitoring worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Instana overtook AppDynamics to rank 4th among application dependency monitoring worldwide, at 2.3%.
- AppDynamics’ estimated Share of Search among application dependency monitoring worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 2.8% to 1.9% in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Dynatrace worldwide fell 18% over 11 measured months, from 112K to 92.1K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | AppDynamics estimated searches | AppDynamics Share of Search | AppDynamics rank | Dynatrace estimated searches | Dynatrace Share of Search | Dynatrace rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 18.1K | 3.5% | 5 | 112K | 21.5% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 12.1K | 2.6% | 4 | 92.5K | 20.1% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 12.1K | 3.2% | 4 | 75.7K | 19.8% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 12.1K | 2.7% | 4 | 92.8K | 20.8% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 9.9K | 2.3% | 4 | 92.7K | 21.5% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 12.1K | 2.7% | 4 | 112K | 24.7% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 9.9K | 2.3% | 4 | 92.7K | 21.5% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 12.1K | 2.8% | 4 | 92.4K | 21.5% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 9.9K | 2.2% | 4 | 92.3K | 20.6% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 8.1K | 1.9% | 4 | 92.3K | 21.6% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 8.1K | 1.9% | 5 | 92.1K | 21.6% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using AppDynamics’ and Dynatrace’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **AppDynamics**: Measured on the search term “appdynamics”.
- **Dynatrace**: Measured on the search terms “apm dynatrace”, “dynatrace”, “dynatrace app”, “dynatrace com”, “dynatrace monitoring”, “dynatrace observability”, “dynatrace software”, “monitoring dynatrace” and “observability dynatrace”, summed into one figure.

- [AppDynamics profile](/demand/global-en/brands/appdynamics)
- [Dynatrace profile](/demand/global-en/brands/dynatrace)
- [All application dependency monitoring worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/application-dependency-monitoring): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, AppDynamics or Dynatrace?

In August 2026, Dynatrace had more branded searches than AppDynamics among application dependency monitoring worldwide. Dynatrace was estimated to have 92.1K branded searches compared to AppDynamics’ 8.1K, and held a 21.6% Share of Search versus AppDynamics’ 1.9%.

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