Compare Dynatrace vs. ScienceLogic
Dynatrace is ranked 1st in Application Performance Management (APM) with 94 reviews while ScienceLogic is ranked 29th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 1 review. Dynatrace is rated 8.8, while ScienceLogic is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Dynatrace writes "Helped identify latency issues and code bugs, but negatively affected application performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ScienceLogic writes "A combined tool of ITSM and EMS. Company needs better support including documentation and chat". Dynatrace is most compared with Splunk, AppDynamics and New Relic APM, whereas ScienceLogic is most compared with Splunk, SolarWinds NPM and Dynatrace.
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With the Agentless monitoring and ability to create custom plugins, we've been able to transform the tool not just into a great APM solution but a really good enterprise monitoring solution too. Dynatrace helped us with root cause analysis of poor performing components of our applications. The product allows us to build preferred/customized business transactions to track complex transactions. UEM (User Experience Monitoring) agents track user experience on webRequests. The advantage is that Dynatrace correlates the measures on the devices with those on the backend servers, giving us an end-to-end view of the transaction, from the user's phone deep into the backend servers. 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 | 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. |
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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. |
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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. | Information Not Available |
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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 Company7% Software R&D Company31% Comms Service Provider14% Financial Services Firm10% Government6% | Software R&D Company38% Comms Service Provider14% Retailer8% Financial Services Firm7% |
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Small Business12% Midsize Enterprise13% Large Enterprise75% Small Business6% Midsize Enterprise9% Large Enterprise85% | Small Business31% Midsize Enterprise28% Large Enterprise41% |
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