Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring and Observability
Vendors or products added in this year’s report may indicate a change in the market, change in evaluation criteria, or change of focus by the vendor.
Vendors or products dropped from one year to the next may indicate a change in the market, change in evaluation criteria, or change of focus by the vendor.
Since including 'observability' in the title and scope of this research in 2022, the fever pitch of observability has only been amplified. This year, nine respondents identified themselves as observability solutions, while 10 claimed 'both' (APM and observability). The context provided by the latter group was consistent but enlightening, with many vendors characterizing APM as a subset of observability. None of the participants this year claim to provide specifically APM solutions, suggesting that the market has reached an important point in the transition.
A: We review and adjust our inclusion criteria for Magic Quadrants as markets change. As a result of these adjustments, the mix of vendors in any Magic Quadrant may change over time. A vendor's appearance in a Magic Quadrant one year and not the next does not necessarily indicate that we have changed our opinion of that vendor. It may be a reflection of a change in the market and, therefore, changed evaluation criteria, or of a change of focus by that vendor.