We performed a comparison between AppDynamics and Avantra 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."It is easy to gain visibility into complex environments with AppDynamics. It has the ability to combine operation information of the environment and business information with strong business IQ support."
"In 2014 and 2015, AppDynamics was one of the best products on the market."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the fact that it is very easy to use, making it easy to implement...It is a very stable solution."
"It provides everything into one view, so we can track information from one place to another."
"The best feature of AppDynamics is the analytics, which gives us the business insights of the application."
"From the performance management side, I like everything from business transaction work to tracking. On the database side, we can get a lot of insights from the database. On the server monitoring side, it helped us a lot to find out some of the issues on the VM side because VMs were creating a little trouble for us."
"We set up alerts recently so we can fix any issues more quickly in production."
"The most valuable features of AppDynamics is the scalability and monitoring."
"You can customize alerts based on need."
"It's very easy to manage and use."
"The most valuable feature of Avantra is automation. The reduction of manual work and having them automated is one of the top reasons why I would use it."
"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."
"One area for improvement is the MST model. It would be more helpful if it could be offered as a managed service provider model with more multi-tenancy and features."
"There needs to be an option to capture all the sessions for all the users, not just samplings."
"The training on the dashboards that is provided could be a little bit better, as could the use cases. They should have some good examples out there. As it is right now, I had to scour YouTube to find some stuff."
"There could log management features included in the product."
"Their support should be improved. Clusters and monitoring can also be improved."
"Regarding Search Guard functionality, there is room for improvement."
"The machine-learning is lacking and should be improved."
"We are currently exploring automation options for various areas, and Avantra should consider implementing automation for change request management, an area they have not yet ventured into. While Avantra is currently excelling in monitoring and system refreshes, there is scope for improvement in automating change request management. In addition to primarily focusing on SAP, Avantra currently performs kernel patches which are core SAP patches. However, exploring more into OS patching could be another potential area for Avantra to expand its automation capabilities."
"The dashboard needs to improve."
AppDynamics is ranked 5th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 155 reviews while Avantra is ranked 39th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 5 reviews. AppDynamics is rated 8.2, while Avantra is rated 8.6. 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 Avantra writes "User-friendly, simple to set up and easy to configure". AppDynamics is most compared with Dynatrace, Elastic Observability, Datadog, Splunk Enterprise Security and New Relic, whereas Avantra is most compared with Datadog, Dynatrace and OpsRamp. See our AppDynamics vs. Avantra report.
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