Sasquatch
Dynatrace
Sasquatch vs Dynatrace
One product vs eight.
10 TB / mo logs + 50 hosts full-stack · annual list. Two invoices, two architectures, one obvious choice.
Sasquatch
Lossless edge compression · BYO cloud
$12,144
per year · list
Logsone rate, no scan tax
Queriesunlimited, in your bucket
Compute cost0 — no central indexer
vs
−84%
you keep
$62k / yr
−84%
Dynatrace
Davis AI · OneAgent · full-stack
$74,120
per year · list
Logs ingest$0.20/GiB
Query$0.0035/GiB-scanned
Full-stack$58/host/mo (8 GiB)
18×
Compression
~84%
Less bill
3 fees
On every log
$0
Query scan fee
The annual bill
Stack the meters.
Sasquatch
Bytes in · edge compress · your bucket
Dynatrace
Dynatrace list — published rates only
$12,144
Sasquatch per-byte
$74,120
Log ingest (10 TB × $0.20)
50 hosts full-stack
50 hosts app security
$12,144−84%$74,120
The product surface
One SKU. Five meters.
Sasquatch
One product. One rate.
Dynatrace
Every log billed 3× — ingest, retain, scan.
1
Bytes-in
Logs · Traces · Metrics
Full-stack host (8 GiB)
Infrastructure host
Log ingest (GiB)
Log retain (GiB-day)
Log query (GiB-scanned)
Application Security host
Metrics (100k datapoints)
Traces (GiB)
8separate meters
Where the bytes go
Compress at the edge — or after the bill?
Sasquatch
Pods → 18× compress → your bucket → unlimited query
Dynatrace
OneAgent → Dynatrace cloud → query-scan billed
Your K8s pods
OTLP gRPC / HTTP
Edge compress 18×
10 TB → 555 GB
Your S3 / GCS / Azure
your KMS key
LogQL · SPL · PromQL
TraceQL — pick yours
Your K8s pods
OneAgent auto-instrument
Dynatrace cloud
Grail data lakehouse
Davis AI + DPS
proprietary engine
DQL
$0.0035/GiB scanned
The compression
10 TB in. 555 GB out.
Sasquatch
Schema-aware Zstd · per-event · SHA-256 verified
Dynatrace
Grail columnar compression; ingest billed pre-compression.
18×95%
ratiosaved
10 TB → 555 GB
Lossless · SHA-256(decompress(compress(x))) == SHA-256(x)
~4×75%
ratiosaved
10 TB → ~2.5 TB
Format compression — bytes still billed pre-compression.
The meters
One meter. Five on every log.
Sasquatch
Bytes in at the edge — one rate
Dynatrace
5 separately metered axes
Bytes in at the edge
Logs · Traces · Metrics — one rate
0YOUR BYTES∞
Log ingest
$0.20/GiBLog retain
$0.0007/GiB-dayLog query
$0.0035/GiB-scannedFull-stack host
$58/host/moApp Security host
$13/host/moCapability matrix
Where each tool wins.
Last three rows: places the competitor out-ships us today.
Lossless guarantee | ||
BYO cloud storage + KMS | ||
Compression ratio (K8s) | 18× | ~4× |
Bytes-in pricing | ||
No host meter | ||
No event indexing tax | ||
High-cardinality metrics free | ||
Egress on compressed bytes | ||
Multi-language query | ||
Portable archive format | ||
Air-gap deploy | ||
Hot-path forwarder | n/a | |
AIOps / Watchdog-class | ||
700+ pre-built integrations | ||
Built-in CSPM / Cloud SIEM |
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We back-compute the equivalent Sasquatch + your-bucket spend — no query-scan fees, ever.
Sources · verified 2026-05Dynatrace pricingDynatrace Log AnalyticsDynatrace Full-StackAWS S3 StandardSasquatch benchmark