What's New in Scout: July 2026
Create GitHub or Linear issues directly from Scout, Node.js gets complete logs and error monitoring, and Anomaly Detection adds direction filtering to cut alert noise.
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Monitoring AI Applications in 2026: What You Actually Need
AI applications need two layers of monitoring: LLM observability for output quality and token costs, and traditional APM for the application code underneath. A practical guide to what tools cover which layer.
Your AI Coding Agent Is Flying Blind in Production
Your AI coding agent can read your codebase but not your production data. MCP changes that. Here is how to connect monitoring to your development workflow.
Best Monitoring Tools in 2026: 10 Tools Compared by Use Case and Pricing
An honest comparison of the 10 best application monitoring and observability tools in 2026. Covers Scout Monitoring, Datadog, New Relic, Grafana Cloud, Sentry, Elastic Observability, AppSignal, Honeybadger, Honeycomb, and Better Stack with pricing, setup time, and use case guidance.
Node.js Performance Monitoring: What to Track and How to Fix It
What to monitor in a production Node.js app, where the common performance problems hide, and how to find them with APM tooling.
Sentry vs Datadog for Error Monitoring: Which One Do You Actually Need?
Sentry is error-first. Datadog is infrastructure-first. An honest comparison for teams choosing between them for error monitoring, with notes on where Scout fits.
Unified Logs, Traces, and Errors: Why One Tool Beats Three
Three monitoring tools means three context switches per debugging session. One tool with linked errors, traces, and logs gets you to root cause faster.
What's New in Scout Monitoring: June 2026
Node.js is live, anomaly detection matured with new controls and API access, MCP server got historical insights and 30-day metrics, and Discord alerts are here.
Scout MCP Server: Example Prompts, Use Cases, and What's New
The Scout MCP server connects your AI assistant directly to your Scout Monitoring data. Here's how teams are using it, what prompts work well, and what shipped in June.
Scout Monitoring Now Supports Node.js: Express, NestJS, Prisma, and More
Scout Monitoring launches Node.js support with Express, NestJS, Prisma N+1 detection, and auto-instrumentation for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis.
Best APM for Small Teams Without Dedicated DevOps in 2026
An honest comparison of the best APM and monitoring tools for small teams (2-20 engineers) without dedicated DevOps or SRE. Covers Scout Monitoring, AppSignal, Honeybadger, Sentry, New Relic, and Datadog.
Best Error Monitoring for Node.js in 2026
Comparing the best error monitoring tools for Node.js in 2026. Covers Express and NestJS error handling with honest reviews of Scout Monitoring, Sentry, Bugsnag, Rollbar, and Datadog.