August Newsletter
News from the Scout team. Error Monitoring is in Beta. Chaskiq customer spotlight. Fun stuff we've scouted.
Scout Blog
Stuff we think matters
Rails APM Quickstart: Scout vs Sentry in 2025
A side-by-side look at Scout vs. Sentry application monitoring. Which tool is the best fit for your application?
Scout Gives Cookpad Actionable, Rails-Specific Performance Insights
For more than a decade, Cookpad, a global platform for recipe sharing and search, has relied on APM tools to monitor critical application performance metrics, like server response times and resource usage. When their previous APM tool became too expensive after price increases, they needed to find a new solution that could check all of their boxes. Scout offered Cookpad what they needed: transaction-level insights to pinpoint slow components, alerts for response time and throughput at the endpoint level, and predictable, developer-friendly pricing.
Key Early Considerations Before Big Architecture or Technology Decisions
In this final part, the Scout team continues our talk with Freedom Dumalo, former CTO at Flexcar and current CTO at Vestmark. We discuss some essential questions about architecture, touch on Rails, Turbo, and Stimulus, and the key considerations for those starting off before they lock in an architecture or tech decision.
Scout helps DynaBliss build medical practice management software
DynaBliss, building speciality medical practice platforms with Scout
Chaskiq Improves Performance 2x with Scout
The team was experiencing bottlenecks in their database, n+1 queries, and slow requests and was struggling to catch performance issues in their local testing environment, where traffic patterns didn’t reflect real-world usage. Chaskiq previously used New Relic, but the tool was unsuccessful in solving their challenges and providing the insights needed to enact positive changes.
Mid-Year Update 2025
Error Monitoring announcement, Ruby and Python agent updates.
ForAll Systems Saves Money and Improves Response Times 3X with Scout!
ForAll Systems Inc. is a Chicago-based educational technology company with more than 15 years of experience developing assessment software for K–12 school districts. Their team was dealing with N+1 queries and a significant amount of slow requests. In order to diagnose issues before implementing an APM tool, Forall Systems would examine log files or try to reproduce the problems in their testing environments.
The Architecture Loop: How Early Can We Decide Speed, Stack and Scale?
In 2025, many companies are reckoning with the true cost of microservices, especially as cloud bills grow and engineering teams face coordination fatigue.
IETF Decreased Mean Response Time by 90% with Scout APM!
With the assistance of Scout APM, IETF was able to identify architectural issues that had been a growing pain point for years. Read more about IETF's experience working with Scout APM.
The Architecture Loop: MVC and the Hidden Costs of Microservices
In 2025, many companies are reckoning with the true cost of microservices, especially as cloud bills grow and engineering teams face coordination fatigue. The move back to monoliths is gaining traction, particularly for startups and mid-sized businesses that need Faster product delivery, lower operational costs, and simpler infrastructure.
May 2025 Newsletter
News from the Scout team. Error Monitoring waitlist is accepting signups. Customer spotlight on Zagaran. News we've scouted lately.