Real User Monitoring pricing compared
Frontend / digital experience · 10 vendors · Pricing snapshot: June 2026
RUM is typically a per-session add-on. Datadog charges $1.50 per 1,000 browser sessions, with Session Replay adding ~$1.80 per 1,000. AppDynamics is much cheaper at $0.06 per 1,000 sessions. New Relic rolls browser/mobile data into its shared per-GB ingest meter rather than a session charge. Dynatrace and Splunk bill RUM per session via their consumption/add-on models, and Site24x7 meters RUM by pageviews. Better Stack includes session replay (5K/month free) in its suite. Session volume on a busy consumer site can dominate the RUM line, so check whether replays are billed on top of base sessions.
Source: Vendor pricing pages. Data as of June 2026.
RUM pricing by vendor
| Vendor | Rate | Unit | Billing | Free tier? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Datadog | RUM $1.50/1K sessions; Session Replay +$1.80/1K | per 1,000 sessions | Per host | Yes |
| New Relic | Counted in the shared ingest meter | per GB ingested | Per GB / usage | Yes |
| Grafana Cloud | Usage-based (counts toward signal meters) | per usage | Per GB / usage | Yes |
| Sentry | Free: 50 replays; quotas scale with plan | per replay / month | Per event / volume | No |
| Dynatrace | Per-session DPS units | per session | Per host | No |
| Splunk Observability Cloud | Per-session add-on | per session | Per host | No |
| Elastic Observability | Per-GB | per GB ingested + retained | Per GB / usage | No |
| Better Stack | 5K replays free; per-replay above | per replay | Per GB / usage | Yes |
| Site24x7 | Add-on (RUM pageviews) | per pageviews | Per monitor | Yes |
| Splunk AppDynamics | $0.06 per 1,000 sessions | per 1,000 sessions / month | Per vCPU | No |
Pricing snapshot: June 2026 - verify current pricing on the vendor's site before relying on these figures.
How rum is priced
RUM is priced per 1,000 sessions (Datadog, AppDynamics), per session via consumption units (Dynatrace, Splunk), per pageview (Site24x7) or folded into a per-GB ingest meter (New Relic). Session Replay is often a separate, higher per-1,000 charge.
Every vendor for rum
5K replays free; per-replay above
DatadogRUM $1.50/1K sessions; Session Replay +$1.80/1K
DynatracePer-session DPS units
Elastic ObservabilityPer-GB
Grafana CloudUsage-based (counts toward signal meters)
New RelicCounted in the shared ingest meter
SentryFree: 50 replays; quotas scale with plan
Site24x7Add-on (RUM pageviews)
Splunk AppDynamics$0.06 per 1,000 sessions
Splunk Observability CloudPer-session add-on
Frequently asked questions
Which observability vendor is cheapest for rum?
Most vendors in this category price by usage, so the cheapest depends on your volume. Several vendors are usage-based here (Better Stack, Datadog, Dynatrace, Elastic Observability, Grafana Cloud, New Relic, Sentry, Site24x7, Splunk AppDynamics, Splunk Observability Cloud), so the real winner depends on your data volume. Pricing snapshot: June 2026.
How is rum priced?
RUM is priced per 1,000 sessions (Datadog, AppDynamics), per session via consumption units (Dynatrace, Splunk), per pageview (Site24x7) or folded into a per-GB ingest meter (New Relic). Session Replay is often a separate, higher per-1,000 charge. Pricing snapshot: June 2026 - verify current pricing on the vendor's site before relying on these figures.
Which vendors offer rum?
We track 10 vendors for rum: Datadog, New Relic, Grafana Cloud, Sentry, Dynatrace, Splunk Observability Cloud, Elastic Observability, Better Stack, Site24x7, Splunk AppDynamics. Each has its own pricing page with rates, free-tier details and pros/cons.
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Last updated: 2026-06-21