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Application Security
Four thousand findings. A handful actually running — Dynatrace ranks vulnerabilities by whether the flawed code is actually loaded, reachable and exposed in production — using the agent already monitoring the application, with no second install.
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The Dynatrace platform family
This page covers Application Security — security from the runtime. The rest of the platform:
Quick facts
30-second orientation- Product
- Runtime application security
- Vulnerabilities
- $13/month per 8 GiB host
- Attack protection
- $13/month per 8 GiB host
- Posture
- $5/month per host
- The idea
- Rank CVEs by runtime exposure
- Agent
- The same OneAgent as monitoring
- Analyst
- No Gartner MQ placement
- Not
- A replacement for code or network scanners
- India
- SaaS on AWS Mumbai
- In India via
- TechBag — INR/GST, scoping and support
Understand runtime application security before you buy it
Most product pages skip this. We start here — so you buy a capability, not a buzzword.
What is Dynatrace Application Security?
Runtime application security — vulnerabilities ranked by real exposure, attacks blocked inside the app, posture checked against benchmarks.
A scanner backlog vs runtime exposure — the honest table
What consolidation actually replaces, dimension by dimension.
| Dimension | A scanner backlog | Application Security (Dynatrace) |
|---|---|---|
| The backlog | Every vulnerable library | The ones loaded and exposed |
| Where it looks | The repository | Production processes |
| A critical flaw lands | Search every repo, including dead code | See where it runs now |
| Agents | A second security agent | The monitoring agent, reused |
| Attacks | Blocked at the edge | Blocked inside the app |
| What it is NOT | — | Not a code or network scanner replacement |
The most useful test: take your scanner's findings and see how many are loaded and exposed. The gap is the case.
The five pieces of the platform
Vendors love diagrams; buyers need to know what they’re actually operating. Here’s the whole platform, demystified.
Runtime Vulnerability Analytics
Detects vulnerable libraries and runtimes in production and scores them by whether the code is loaded, reachable from the internet and near sensitive data.
Runtime Application Protection
Detects and blocks attacks such as injection inside the running application, with the code location attached, rather than at the network edge.
Security Posture Management
Checks Kubernetes and host configuration against security benchmarks, priced per host, so drift is visible beside performance data.
The shared agent
Security reuses the agent already monitoring the application. No second agent to deploy, and the topology tells you what each vulnerable component talks to.
One agent already watching the app now guards it — vulnerabilities ranked by runtime reachability, not by CVSS alone.
Six capabilities. Detect, prioritise, protect.
Dynatrace ranks vulnerabilities by what is actually running — exposure from the runtime, protection in the app, and the rest of the Dynatrace portfolio.
Vulnerable code in production
Finds known-vulnerable libraries and runtimes in the processes actually running, not just in a repository.
Kubernetes and host benchmarks
Configuration checked against security benchmarks at $5 a month per host, beside the performance data.
Loaded, reachable, exposed
A flawed library that never loads ranks below one exposed to the internet. That is the whole triage argument.
What the component talks to
The topology shows whether a vulnerable service can reach a database or sensitive data — risk, not just severity.
Block the attack in the app
Runtime application protection stops injection-class attacks inside the process, with the code location.
A named owner for each finding
Each vulnerable process maps to the service and team that owns it, so a finding lands with someone who can fix it.
Watch Dynatrace AppSec in action
Runtime risk scoring, the Log4Shell case, and a financial-services customer.
Vulnerability detection and automated risk assessment
Runtime scoring, explained.
Automating application security — the Log4Shell case
Finding what was actually loaded.
Raymond James strengthens application security
A financial-services example.
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Book a guided demo →Scanners find everything. The runtime knows what matters.
Here’s what genuinely sets it apart — and exactly where it stops.
It knows which vulnerabilities are actually running
A scanner reports every vulnerable library in a codebase. The runtime knows which ones are loaded, reachable from the internet and near sensitive data. That is the difference between a backlog of thousands and a list of the few that matter this week.
No second agent
Security reuses the OneAgent already monitoring the application. For a team that has fought agent sprawl, one fewer install on every host is a real operational saving, and the findings arrive with the service map attached.
The Log4Shell question, answered in minutes
When a critical library flaw lands, the urgent question is where it is running right now. A runtime view answers that from production, not from a repository search that also finds dead code.
Where it stops
It sees what runs where the agent runs. Code never deployed, infrastructure without the agent, and network-level exposure are other tools' jobs. Treat it as the prioritisation layer on top of scanners, not a replacement for them.
The numbers behind the platform
What your runtime-security rollout looks like
Check agent coverage
List the applications the agent already monitors. That is exactly what this product can see — no more.
Compare with your scanner backlog
Take the scanner's list and see which findings are loaded and exposed. The gap between the two is the argument.
Turn on protection in monitor mode
Watch what runtime protection would block before enforcing it, to avoid blocking legitimate traffic.
Route findings to owners
Map each vulnerable service to its team, then track time-to-fix on the exposed findings only.
The review scoreboard
Modelled on Gartner Peer Insights structure. *Counts and breakdowns are illustrative pending verified review collection.
Quick poll — what’s driving your evaluation?
Talk to an advisor“Our backlog went from thousands of findings to the handful that were actually loaded and exposed. That is what got security and engineering talking.”
“When the next critical library flaw hit, we knew in minutes which production services ran it.”
“It only sees where the agent runs. We kept our code scanner and use this to decide what to fix first.”
“Reusing the monitoring agent was the easy sell. Getting the security team to live in an observability UI took longer.”
Where everyone sits — the grids
Analyst firms bury this view behind paywalls, and G2 retired its Grid. So here’s TechBag’s synthesis of the application-security market — tap any vendor to see why it sits where it does.
TechBag Application-Security Grid
Execution strength vs product vision — the classic market map, minus the paywall.
Runtime exposure; reuses the agent.
Findings Depth × Runtime Context
The grid nobody publishes — depth of findings vs how much runtime context comes with them.
Findings arrive with the service map.
Positions are TechBag’s illustrative synthesis of public review-platform data and vendor documentation — not a reproduction of any analyst graphic. Verify before relying on it.
Dynatrace AppSec vs the application-security field
Against Snyk, Contrast Security and infrastructure scanners — on where each looks, how it prioritises, and what it blocks.
| Dimension | Dynatrace AppSec | Snyk | Contrast Security | Tenable / Qualys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where it looks | Production runtime | Code and dependencies | Instrumented runtime | Hosts and networks |
| Prioritisation | Exposure-based | Reachability analysis | Runtime-based | Risk scoring |
| Attack protection | In the app | None | In the app | None |
| Extra agent | No | No | Yes | Optional |
| Published pricing | Rate card | Tiered | Quote-only | Mixed |
| Gartner MQ | None claimed | Check the report | Check the report | Different category |
Which approach fits you?
Honest fit signals — because the fastest way to lose your trust is to pretend one product wins every scenario.
Choose Dynatrace AppSec if…
- ✓Dynatrace already monitors the applications you need to secure
- ✓The vulnerability backlog is too long to fix in order
- ✓You want in-app attack protection without another agent
Compare alternatives if…
- ✓You need to find flaws before code is deployed
- ✓Much of the estate runs without the Dynatrace agent
- ✓Network and host exposure is the main concern
Do not expect…
- ✓Coverage where the agent does not run
- ✓It to replace your code scanner or network scanner
- ✓A Gartner Magic Quadrant placement — there is none
Application Security is one of 20 vulnerability management products TechBag carries. The Vulnerability Management guide narrows them to a shortlist and shows the reasoning. →
What does an unranked backlog cost you?
Drag the sliders (open vulnerability findings; engineer-hour cost). Estimates model triage time spent on findings that are never loaded or exposed in production. Illustrative.
Loaded cost = salary + overheads per productive hour. Illustrative only — your TechBag quote models your actual environment and modules.
Three ways to consume it
Published: runtime vulnerability analytics and runtime application protection at $13/month per 8 GiB host each, security posture management at $5/month per host — drawn down from one annual subscription. TechBag maps agent coverage and host memory, then quotes in INR with GST.
Vulnerability analytics
Best for ranking the backlog
- $13/month per 8 GiB host
- Loaded, reachable, exposed
- Reuses the monitoring agent
+ Platform add-ons
Best for a broader rollout
- Scoped to your estate
- Add-on modules as needed
- Phased, right-sized deployment
+ Protection and posture
Best for blocking in the app
- $13/month per 8 GiB host for RASP
- $5/month per host for posture
- Monitor mode before enforcement
Buy it for less — TechBag pricing beats list
Whatever the list prices above, TechBag negotiates a significantly better deal — with GST-compliant INR invoicing and local support. Ask us for your discounted quote.
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The 8 questions to ask every vendor
Take this into your next vendor call — including ours.
Which applications run the Dynatrace agent? Security sees only those.
How much host memory is in scope? Vulnerability analytics is $13 per 8 GiB host-month.
Which code and network scanners stay? This ranks their findings; it does not replace them.
Will runtime protection run in monitor mode first, and who approves enforcement?
Does every service have a named owning team to receive findings?
Are Kubernetes benchmarks needed? Posture management is priced separately per host.
Is the Mumbai region and retention for security findings written into the contract?
Will the security team work in the Dynatrace UI, or should findings flow into existing tools?
Questions buyers ask
Ready to evaluate Dynatrace AppSec?
Compare your scanner backlog with what is actually running, or let a TechBag advisor map your agent coverage and run protection in monitor mode first.
Stats, ratings, review counts and pricing are illustrative and sourced from public materials; verify before purchase.