We performed a comparison between AppDynamics and Splunk APM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We're a large organization, so we appreciate AppDynamics' wide coverage. It may not work in all areas, but it has broad coverage. We can use the same dataset for different use case aspects. That is the beauty of AppDynamics. You can coordinate APM, EUM, and infrastructure through one dataset."
"The ability to check parameters for microservice applications is most valuable. It is important for me. I can manually create new business transactions for applications and individually monitor business transactions. I can also use a lot of extensions. It has a lot of extensions to monitor other third-party applications, such as NoSQL applications, memory cache applications, Kafka applications, and Couchbase applications. It is very useful. We are also using the end-user monitoring site to follow all end-user activities. It is important for us to check the errors on the customer site."
"It gives me the ability to trace logs between transactions, for example, a DB transaction or JVM transaction from one hub to the other. I can easily find out where the problem is or where the bottleneck of the issues lies."
"After a major incident, root cause analysis is conducted and, most of the time, we understand what caused the incident and how it can be prevented from happening again."
"I like how the AppDynamics dashboard portrays the information flows. When a task is executed, various flows between different applications and databases happen in the background. The dashboard is intuitive and helps visualize the connections, the directions of the flow, and the information related to these specific sessions."
"Before we moved the code to AppDynamics, we had to compare the agile process and also had to make sure that they're following the standards."
"We can make custom alerts in our system for specific issues like high CPU utilization or application downtime."
"After we implemented this solution, we can easily determine the root cause of issues."
"Splunk APM has helped us to standardize logging and monitoring procedures."
"The most valuable feature is dashboard creation."
"The solution's service map feature allows us to have a holistic overview and to see quickly where the issues are."
"I like the fact that Splunk APM makes it easy to connect to the application database and run queries against the data."
"The features are pretty much ready out of the box."
"Detectors are a powerful feature."
"The features are pretty much ready out of the box."
"It is a good tool. It allows you to set alerts for application and infrastructure monitoring, and it allows you to create dashboards."
"This solution is expensive."
"The initial setup could be easier."
"There could be some improvement in the constructions of the diagrams, it is too difficult currently."
"The integration with cloud services is still pending with AppDynamics. We would like the product to be serverless."
"The agent deployment could be simplified by, for example, adding a GUI."
"Installation and configuration can be very tough. An average user without specialized knowledge can't do this. You need to have DevOps and QA teams handle it. During installation, a lot of customers get stuck trying to track the database or the API part, and they have to contact customer support."
"The cloud licensing needs to be improved. It's quite pricey."
"As per my experience, the drill-down feature can be improved at the class level."
"The UI enhancements could be a way to improve the solution in the future."
"We currently lack log analysis capabilities in Splunk APM."
"I've been using the Splunk query language, and it can be a bit time-consuming to set up the queries I need."
"There are some predefined metrics.......we may want to create customized metrics."
"They can improve the flow system and the keyword language. It has predefined keywords, but they can be improved."
"The UI enhancements could be a way to improve the solution in the future."
"The cardinality is pretty low."
"The licensing model is expensive. We need to monitor the amount of data ingested because the cost is based on the data collected."
AppDynamics is ranked 5th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 155 reviews while Splunk APM is ranked 13th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 13 reviews. AppDynamics is rated 8.2, while Splunk APM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of AppDynamics writes "Very good real-time monitoring capabilities, deep problem diagnosis, and transaction mapping". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk APM writes "Provides great visibility, analysis, and data telemetry". AppDynamics is most compared with Dynatrace, Elastic Observability, Datadog, Splunk Enterprise Security and New Relic, whereas Splunk APM is most compared with Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence), Sentry, Monte Carlo, Elastic Observability and Observe. See our AppDynamics vs. Splunk APM report.
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