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How atompulse compares.
atompulse next to Datadog, Splunk, Elastic, Grafana Cloud, New Relic, Hydrolix and Akamai TrafficPeak: where each one runs, which logs it covers, and how its AI answers.
| atompulse | Datadog | Splunk | Elastic | Grafana Cloud | New Relic | Hydrolix | Akamai TrafficPeak | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs in your own cloud | Yes. Your VPC on AWS, Google Cloud or Azure, or on-premises | BYOC Logs: logs in your storage, with Datadog's SaaS on top | Splunk Enterprise is self-managed; Observability Cloud is SaaS | Self-managed anywhere; Hosted and Serverless on AWS, Google Cloud and Azure | SaaS; Bring Your Own Cloud on Enterprise | SaaS | BYOC in your VPC on Kubernetes, or Hydrolix Cloud | Managed on Akamai Cloud, with a dedicated VPC option |
| Logs covered | CDN, application, infrastructure, security and cloud logs | Logs, metrics, traces and security signals | Logs, metrics, traces and SIEM | Logs, metrics, traces, APM and security | Metrics, logs, traces and profiles | Logs, metrics and traces, with 800+ integrations | High-volume logs: CDN, bots, security, media | Akamai CDN, security, DNS and SIEM logs |
| Ready-made dashboards | For every kind of log: CDN, application, infrastructure, security and cloud. CDN alone ships 6 dashboards and 111 panels | Out-of-the-box dashboards; one preset for Akamai CDN logs | 30+ pre-configured dashboards in IT Service Intelligence | Out-of-the-box and custom dashboards | Prebuilt Kubernetes, application, frontend and database views | Dashboards across 800+ integrations | CDN and Bot Insights dashboards, with Grafana bundled | Managed Grafana dashboards for Akamai logs |
| AI that investigates | Log Analyst plans the queries and answers with the number first | Bits Investigation, an always-on SRE agent | AI SRE: detects, troubleshoots and plans remediation | nightshift AI SRE | Investigations, run by hand or triggered by alerts | New Relic AI: questions in everyday language | A bot-insights skill for your own agents | MCP access for the AI tools you already use |
| How answers are backed | Every number is checked against the query result it came from | Promises “transparent, verifiable investigations” | Probable root cause with a remediation plan | Promises “evidence-backed root cause” | A structured report of hypotheses and leads | Explains what query results mean | Promises an “evidence-first rule” for the skill | Depends on the AI you connect |
| Try it | Live demo, no sign-up | 14-day free trial | Free edition up to 15 hosts | Free trial | Free tier | Free tier with 100 GB a month | Free trial | Sales form |
Competitor details come from each vendor's own website, read on 28 October 2026. Products change; if something here is out of date, tell us and we'll fix it. All trademarks belong to their owners.
Why teams pick atompulse.
The short version of the table above.
- Every log, with dashboards from day one
- CDN, application, infrastructure, security and cloud logs, each with ready-made dashboards.
- AI that shows its work
- Every number is checked against the query it came from. If the logs can't prove something, atompulse says so.
- Your cloud, not ours
- Runs inside your VPC on AWS, Google Cloud or Azure, or on-premises.
- Try it now
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