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AppDynamics

8.7 /10

What is AppDynamics?

AppDynamics APM automatically discovers, maps, and visualizes your critical customer journeys through each application service and infrastructure dependency. Teams have a single source of truth to focus on end-to-end performance in the context of the customer experience, instead of monitoring individual services.

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Awards & Recognition

AppDynamics won the following awards in the Application Performance Management - Enterprise category

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2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

4 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2023

6 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2022

AppDynamics Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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87 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love AppDynamics?

2% Negative

9% Neutral

89% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Transaction Request Performance

Code Performance Monitoring

Automated Diagnostics

Enterprise Cloud Platform Support

Application Request Tracing

Application Metric Reporting

Error Reporting

Synthetic Monitoring (RUM)

Scalability

Server Monitoring

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

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AppDynamics Reviews

Eric L.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Monitor Applications securely with AppDynamics

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates AppDynamics from other similar products?

For the entire mission-critical application environment, from the virtualized infrastructure that hosts them to the digital experience that end users have, Cisco AppDynamics is an excellent solution for application monitoring and performance.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

One of the things I love is their Assistance with a wide variety of foreign technologies, including databases, servers, applications, enterprise resource planning (ERP), and virtualization.

What do you dislike most about this product?

All form of monitoring should involve the use of agents. A little expensive. Learn the ins and outs slowly.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

There was virtually no functionality such as synthetic monitoring when it came to monitoring the environment of vital business applications. Since numerous applications were responsible for tracking, it was not easy to determine why some applications were underperforming.

Pros

Reliable
Efficient Service
Security Protects
Helps Innovate

Sanket M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2024

One of the best APM tool in the market

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates AppDynamics from other similar products?

- only product in the market for on prem support - Best visualisation of the deployment of your services - Highly customisable - Cost is low - Fleet management is included for high no of instalments

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

- Fleet management for installing high no of service agents in the infrastructure

What do you dislike most about this product?

scalability is not that high

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is one of the best product in the market right now.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Client's Interest First

Alaa B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Discover App Bottleneck like charm

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates AppDynamics from other similar products?

its easy of use also auto discovery for outside calls and requests and application flow map were very different from others i remember also the application performance baseline was great feature with alerting

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Flow Maps

What do you dislike most about this product?

maybe reconsider pricing

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

its unique tool to discover your application/DB or middleware bottlenecks its will discover production performance bottlenecks and anomalies better than any other APM tool

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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Awards & Recognition

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

AppDynamics Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love AppDynamics?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment Supports one or many deployment models - On-prem, cloud or hybrid hosting of the database system.

Transaction Request Performance Tracking the performance of all web and other transactions within your system.

Code Performance Monitoring Tracking application performance at the code-base level.

Automated Diagnostics Automated diagnostics providing prebuilt workflows for problem detection, correlation of application behavior and performance, and determination of cause.

Enterprise Cloud Platform Support Monitoring capabilities for cloud platforms such as Cloud Foundry, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Azure ServiceFabric.

Application Request Tracing Detail key attributes of application requests and transactions.

Application Metric Reporting Tracking of both custom and basic application framework metrics.

Error Reporting Tracking and automatic notification of alerts or errors within the system.

Synthetic Monitoring (RUM) Synthetic front-end monitoring simulates user interactions with online applications, including fully scripted transactions.

Scalability Scalability refers to the transaction size per second / time taken to put a transaction in the block and the time taken to reach a consensus.

Server Monitoring Monitor usage and performance of all application dependencies like databases, servers, containers, web services, caching, etc.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

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AppDynamics Reviews

Eric L.

Monitor Applications securely with AppDynamics

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sanket M.

One of the best APM tool in the market

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Alaa B.

Discover App Bottleneck like charm

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Transaction Request Performance

Code Performance Monitoring

Automated Diagnostics

Enterprise Cloud Platform Support

Application Request Tracing

Application Metric Reporting

Error Reporting

Synthetic Monitoring (RUM)

Scalability

Server Monitoring

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support