Dynatrace vs. ScienceLogic
As of June 2019, Dynatrace is ranked 1st in Application Performance Management (APM) with 260 reviews vs ScienceLogic which is ranked 13th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 6 reviews. The top reviewer of Dynatrace writes "I am confident in the tool's scalability because it easily deals with .NET Applets". The top reviewer of ScienceLogic writes "The customer service is unparalleled. We always get the help we need, when we need it". Dynatrace is most compared with AppDynamics, Splunk and New Relic APM. ScienceLogic is most compared with SolarWinds NPM, Dynatrace and Moogsoft.
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It has helped us improve the performance of many of our applications. With the latest version, the AI engine highlights the root causes automatically. The major improvement was the ability to find errors immediately and predict future failures, or when resources reach the maximum capacity. The most valuable feature is the ability to perform synthetic checks for monitoring sites using click paths. Dynatrace helped us to get a better understanding of how our services are communicating with each other, as well as better problem detection before something really breaks The most valuable feature is the 360-degree view for monitoring, infrastructure, and application worlds. It can give a quick overview of the current health status, end to end, and can quickly point to the root cause if there an issue or problem in one of our applications. The most valuable features are the easy installation, single vision across different environments, reduction in alarms, and the root cause analysis. | Its ITSM and EMS combination is really amazing. There is no need to purchase two products, one for ITSM and a second for EMS/NMS. The flexibility to support most technologies. The way ScienceLogic gathers data from multiple sources is vital to our customers. As we work with new customers (often with different technology requirements), ScienceLogic is flexible enough to support our clients’ varying network needs. Science Logic provides distributed and all-in-one concept in monitoring, you can easily customize the features in this product. Power packs. One of the valuable features is rapid dashboards. Best feature of all is detailed monitoring of services, processes, ports and SSL certificates and or web content. |
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This solution could be improved with better compatibility with legacy applications. It would be nice if there were a way that it could be made simpler, given the complexity of the things that we're monitoring. This solution needs better support for security and monolithic batch processes. If the user interface were made more intuitive then it would really benefit the product. Sometimes it is hard to find the right setting for what you want to change. This solution needs improvement in terms of automation. We would like the AI to produce more scientific data with less configuration. The reporting is still too young and needs to be improved. | They should improve their support process and add chat. ScienceLogic should provide detailed documents to customer as the current documents are not sufficient. They should add CLI command modes and scripts for high performance. One important area we feel could be improved is the UI. It takes a lot of clicks to do very simple tasks. They should improve database issues in HA and Failover mode, and provide documentation for all users , even if they are not customers. Addressing duplicate IPs: There is the ability to edit the DB and fix this, but adding some logic to understand them would be a plus. I would like to see out-of-the-box standard dashboards for common services. |
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Our annual costs were about the same for both AppDynamics and Dynatrace. Pricing can be high, especially for Portuguese standards. But as one says, you get what you pay for. Setup cost is very low considering that it is an almost totally, automatic process. Licensing is very interesting, as you pay only for what is being monitored. A lot of things are given away for no additional cost. If you have a great IT consolidation, it will be pretty cheap. If you have a lot of servers, it will be heavier. I have not been able to observe more than 1% overhead, despite Dynatrace saying that it can be slightly higher in some situations. Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace is excellent. The pricing and licensing are very expensive. Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace was a pretty straightforward process. We had no hiccups. | It comes with the OS built in, so no need to purchase an OS license or DB license. Plan for adding more to it. Once you see EM7 in action, you will want to keep adding systems to monitor. Decide what you want to monitor and only monitor those items. Absorb other elements as you grow. Pricing between the two is quiet large therefore you can save some money if you don't require to collect all info on each device. |
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Overview | |
Dynatrace has redefined how you monitor today’s digital ecosystems. AI-powered, full stack and completely automated, it’s the only solution that provides answers, not just data, based on deep insight into every user, every transaction, across every application. More than 8,000 customers use Dynatrace to optimize customer experiences, innovate faster and modernize IT operations with absolute confidence. | ScienceLogic is the global leader in hybrid IT monitoring for the network of everything. Over 25,000 global service providers, enterprises, and government organizations rely on ScienceLogic to significantly enhance IT efficiency, optimize operations, and ensure business continuity. ScienceLogic is the first monitoring solution to provide a comprehensive view of all IT components through a single pane of glass, whether they reside in a public cloud environment or on-premises. With over 1,500 dynamic management apps and custom dashboarding capabilities, we deliver the scale, resiliency, and automation needed to simplify the constantly evolving task of managing IT resources, services, and applications. |
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Sample Customers | |
| Audi, Best Buy, LinkedIn, CISCO, Intuit, KRONOS, Scottrade, Wells Fargo, ULTA Beauty, Lenovo, Swarovsk, Nike, Whirlpool, American Express | Kellogg Company, Booz Allen, Cisco, Red Bull, Fidelus, Telstra, Comcast, CSC, Peak 10, HughesNet, Hosting, Datapipe, US Army, Equinix, Rite Aid, Carbonite, Sybase, Carpathia, AT&T, ePlus, Dimension Data, Virtustream, Boeing, Honeywell |
Top Industries | |
Financial Services Firm34% Insurance Company10% Healthcare Company8% Manufacturing Company8% Financial Services Firm24% Insurance Company13% Comms Service Provider9% Healthcare Company9% | Comms Service Provider26% Financial Services Firm17% Retailer15% Marketing Services Firm9% |
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Small Business12% Midsize Enterprise13% Large Enterprise74% Small Business4% Midsize Enterprise14% Large Enterprise82% | Small Business32% Midsize Enterprise29% Large Enterprise39% |
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