--- title: "AppDynamics vs Grafana: Which is searched more?" description: "Is AppDynamics or Grafana more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Observability platforms 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/appdynamics-vs-grafana" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # AppDynamics vs Grafana: Which is searched more? Is AppDynamics or Grafana more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Observability platforms 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 Grafana - **Competitive set**: Observability platforms - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **AppDynamics Share of Search**: 0.83% - **Grafana Share of Search**: 34% ## Is AppDynamics or Grafana more popular in search? - In September 2026, Grafana had more branded searches than AppDynamics among observability platforms worldwide. Grafana had about 331,000 branded searches, while AppDynamics had 8,100. Grafana made up 34% of all observability platform searches we track, and AppDynamics accounted for 0.83%. - Grafana was ahead of AppDynamics in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, AppDynamics’ share of searches among observability platforms worldwide moved from 1.6% to 0.83%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 18.1K to 8.1K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Grafana’s share of searches among observability platforms worldwide moved from 29.1% to 34%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 338K to 331K. ## Top observability platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Grafana appeared in all five answers. AppDynamics was mentioned in two out of five: not in any of the three ChatGPT answers, but in both Google AI Overviews. Grafana was listed before AppDynamics in four out of five answers. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Datadog | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Grafana | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Dynatrace | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | New Relic | 4th | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Honeycomb | 5th | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Splunk | 6th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | AppDynamics | 7th | 0 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | SigNoz | 8th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Elastic | 9th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about observability platforms - Asked ChatGPT "Which observability platform should I use?": 1. Datadog, 2. Grafana, 3. New Relic, 4. Honeycomb, 5. SigNoz - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best observability platforms?": 1. Datadog, 2. Grafana, 3. Dynatrace, 4. New Relic, 5. Honeycomb, 6. Splunk, 7. SigNoz, 8. Elastic - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best observability platform for large production systems?": 1. Datadog, 2. Grafana, 3. Dynatrace, 4. New Relic, 5. Honeycomb - Searched Google, AI Overview "observability platforms": 1. Datadog, 2. Dynatrace, 3. Grafana, 4. Splunk, 5. AppDynamics, 6. New Relic - Searched Google, AI Overview "application monitoring tools": 1. Datadog, 2. New Relic, 3. Dynatrace, 4. AppDynamics, 5. Grafana, 6. Elastic Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 21, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for observability platforms worldwide in September 2026? - Estimated monthly branded searches for AppDynamics worldwide fell 55.2% over 12 measured months, from 18.1K to 8.1K in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | AppDynamics estimated searches | AppDynamics Share of Search | AppDynamics rank | Grafana estimated searches | Grafana Share of Search | Grafana rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 18.1K | 1.6% | 7 | 338K | 29.1% | 1 | | Nov 2025 | 12.1K | 1.1% | 8 | 335K | 31.2% | 1 | | Dec 2025 | 12.1K | 1.2% | 8 | 331K | 33.4% | 1 | | Jan 2026 | 12.1K | 1.1% | 8 | 335K | 31.6% | 1 | | Feb 2026 | 9.9K | 0.94% | 8 | 338K | 32.2% | 1 | | Mar 2026 | 12.1K | 1% | 8 | 408K | 35.4% | 1 | | Apr 2026 | 9.9K | 0.95% | 8 | 341K | 32.8% | 1 | | May 2026 | 12.1K | 1.2% | 8 | 337K | 33.6% | 1 | | Jun 2026 | 9.9K | 0.97% | 8 | 334K | 32.6% | 1 | | Jul 2026 | 8.1K | 0.82% | 8 | 334K | 33.9% | 1 | | Aug 2026 | 8.1K | 0.83% | 8 | 335K | 34.1% | 1 | | Sep 2026 | 8.1K | 0.83% | 8 | 331K | 34% | 1 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using AppDynamics’ and Grafana’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”. - **Grafana**: Measured on the search terms “apm grafana”, “grafana”, “grafana apm”, “grafana app”, “grafana cloud”, “grafana loki”, “grafana monitoring”, “grafana observability”, “grafana software” and “observability grafana”, summed into one figure. - [AppDynamics profile](/demand/global-en/brands/appdynamics) - [Grafana profile](/demand/global-en/brands/grafana) - [All observability platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/observability-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 9 brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is AppDynamics or Grafana more popular in search? In September 2026, Grafana had more branded searches than AppDynamics among observability platforms worldwide. Grafana had about 331,000 branded searches, while AppDynamics had 8,100. Grafana made up 34% of all observability platform searches we track, and AppDynamics accounted for 0.83%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "AppDynamics vs Grafana: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/appdynamics-vs-grafana This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/appdynamics-vs-grafana. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.