Why Scout Monitoring

Most APMs tell you something is wrong. Scout tells you why.

Scout traces every slow request to the exact query, method call, or external service causing it. Not just a dashboard showing something is off. The specific line of code, the backtrace, and what to do about it. So your engineers can fix the problem and get back to building.

Scout also connects directly to your AI assistant. Send a slow trace, an error, or an N+1 query straight to Claude or Cursor and let your AI help you fix it, with real production context already attached.

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From symptom to cause in seconds

Scout connects slow requests directly to the exact query, method call, or external service causing the slowdown. No log hunting, no guessing. Just the answer and where in the code to fix it.

N+1 and memory bloat, caught automatically

Scout surfaces N+1 queries and memory bloat ranked by actual impact, without any instrumentation effort from your team. Our customers regularly see 2-3x performance improvements from fixes Scout surfaces.

Performance data inside your AI workflow

The Scout MCP server and Scout CLI bring real production data directly into Claude, Cursor, and other AI coding tools. Ask about slow endpoints, get trace context, and file a GitHub issue without leaving your editor.

What's causing the slowdown on /api/orders?

Scout The /api/orders endpoint has 47 N+1 queries averaging 2.3s. The bottleneck is Order.items loading without eager loading. Add .includes(:items) to fix it.

Create a GitHub issue for this.

Scout Created: "N+1 on /api/orders — add eager loading for Order.items" #1847

Code-level context, not just metrics

View backtraces in language-specific syntax alongside SQL queries, timing breakdowns, and GitHub links showing who wrote the code and when it was deployed.

Request Tracing

End-to-end visibility into every request, from controller to database query, with timing breakdowns for each layer.

Query Analysis

SQL-level insight with automatic detection of slow queries and N+1 patterns, ranked by impact.

Error Monitoring

Errors tracked alongside traces and logs so you always have full context when something breaks.

Log Management

Unified logs with performance context and powerful filtering. No separate log platform required.

App Metrics

Real-time response times, throughput, and resource usage across all endpoints and background jobs.

Alerting

Threshold-based alerts via Slack, PagerDuty, email, and more. Plus SmartMonitoring for anomaly detection with no configuration.

We made our requests 70% faster by identifying common bottlenecks in all requests thanks to Scout's detailed breakdowns. Every other day, we say, "Let's go to Scout!" Their dashboard is refined. They are as obsessed about the quality of their product as we are.

Graham Quigley Founder, DynaBliss. Scout customer since 2020.

Integration took less than 30 minutes to deploy to production and within a few hours Scout identified a few specific areas where I was able to see massive performance gains with a few minor tweaks. It's essential for any team that wants to maintain reliable performance in their application.

Jake Dluhy CTO, Swooped

Scout is an integral part of our everyday life. We have been using it for 8 years. It's hard to imagine how to track changes and debug problems in software without Scout. Web requests, background jobs, external services, database details. All in one place.

Slava Epifanov CTO, Okdesk

What made Scout the clear fit was the focus on backend APM: deep SQL-level visibility, N+1 query detection, and request performance tracing in a way the other tools weren't built to provide. Datadog felt like overkill for a bootstrapped team. Scout hit the sweet spot: real APM depth without the enterprise complexity or price tag.

AcuBliss Engineering Team Practice management SaaS, San Francisco Bay Area

Scout has been a game-changer for our RoR development process. Installation and integration are a breeze, and the user-friendly interface provides just the right insights for issue diagnosis. Scout has allowed our engineers to quickly identify and resolve bottlenecks, saving precious time and resources.

Tarun Makhija Director of Engineering, Boostr

ScoutAPM proved to be indispensable in identifying and troubleshooting several crucial performance issues that would have remained unnoticed without its capabilities. It has been pivotal in enhancing the stability and efficiency of the Genius Scan backend, resulting in an enhanced user experience for millions of users.

Bruno Virlet Co-Founder, Grizzly Labs

Support from people who know the product

When production is on fire, you need a fast answer. Not a chatbot or an escalation queue. Scout's support is handled directly by people who understand the product and work with customers every day. No outsourced support, no endless tiers.

Up and running in minutes

Installation is a gem, a pip package, or a composer require away. Scout's lightweight agent adds minimal overhead (typically under 1%) and starts delivering actionable data immediately. No complex configuration, no dedicated observability engineer required.

Our dream for every developer

We want to get you up the stack.

Every hour your engineers spend chasing down a slow query or reproducing a performance regression is an hour not spent building something meaningful. We built Scout to take that work off their plate. Not just to save time, but to change what kind of work your team does. Less reactive. More creative. That is what we are going for, and we want it for every team that trusts us with their application.