it_user560475 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Configuration Management Specialist at a logistics company with 1,001-5,000 employees
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Provides valuable metrics and integrates with other systems

What is most valuable?

The way APM works with the different applications, as well as the various analytics and metrics that it provides.

Right now we are not using it with any other products but we will soon be integrating AppDynamics with ServiceNow.

How has it helped my organization?

We just started using it so it is a little too early to tell but we have already seen how APM finds the issues with the different applications, which is very important for us. That has really improved a lot of business areas and business transactions for us.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It has been pretty stable for us so far.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We haven't gotten to the point yet where we have tested the scalability since we just started using it.

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Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We were using Nagios but we wanted more application analysis, which Nagios does not provide.

How was the initial setup?

The setup was not really straightforward. We were able to do it because we got help from AppDynamics. But it was definitely not straightforward.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend to my colleagues that they start using it as soon as possible for their applications.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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it_user112602 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer with 51-200 employees
Vendor
We looked into New Relic and Hyperic but chose AppDynamics for their metrics which provides us with a complete picture

Valuable Features

The fact that we can track all steps from a transaction and find the relation with the OS. With the metrics AppDynamics provides us with, we have a complete picture to draw conclusions.

Improvements to My Organization

We have already found memory leaks in some systems. And also some SQL calls to the DB that cause issues.

Room for Improvement

We miss more information for tweaks at the OS level and resource usage. Also making the integration with AppDynamics easier would be a good improvement.

Use of Solution

7 months

Deployment Issues

No, we didn't encounter any issues with deployment.

Stability Issues

Sometimes the dashboard and some screens flick and run with information.

Scalability Issues

No, at the moment we have in all systems and we are not finding any trouble or bottle-necking.

Customer Service and Technical Support

Customer Service: Their response times are really good and they're knowledge about the product.Technical Support: Excellent!

Initial Setup

No, we always look for the simplest ways. We run the implementation without any issues.

Implementation Team

We implemented in-house.

Pricing, Setup Cost and Licensing

What I can say is that we didn't have any surprises with regards to cost. Everything was clear from the beginning.

Other Solutions Considered

We looked into several different products but never integrated any of them. We mainly looked at Hyperic and New Relic.

Other Advice

Sizing of the product in term of the server to run it or architecture is the secret to success.
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it_user2652Project Manager at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees
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ok, nice to know about it !! Hope you have a good experience with Appdynamics and would also recommend it to others !!

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