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AppDynamics

Composite Score

8.6 /10

CX Score

8.9 /10

99 Reviews Write a Review

What is AppDynamics?

AppDynamics APM automatically discovers, maps, and visualizes your critical customer journeys through each application service and infrastructure dependency. Teams have a single source of truth to focus on end-to-end performance in the context of the customer experience, instead of monitoring individual services.

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Awards & Recognition

AppDynamics won the following awards in the Application Performance Management - Enterprise category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

5 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

4 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2023

6 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2022

AppDynamics Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love AppDynamics?

2% Negative

8% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Transaction Request Performance

Code Performance Monitoring

Automated Diagnostics

Application Metric Reporting

Application Request Tracing

Enterprise Cloud Platform Support

Server Monitoring

Error Reporting

Scalability

Synthetic Monitoring (RUM)

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

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AppDynamics Reviews

Shawn H.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Other
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2024

Cost effectiveness

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates AppDynamics from other similar products?

It provides comprehensive visibility from the user end and seamless integration with Cisco.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Business transaction centric monitoring

What do you dislike most about this product?

Complexity setup, configuration and pricing structure.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Allocate time for setup

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Sanskriti P.

Role: Operations
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Simple to recognize and dianose

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates AppDynamics from other similar products?

The ability of AppDynamics to offer a thorough understanding of application performance from the infrastructure layer to the end user experience ,sets it apart from other APM tools. Its sophisticated features which include automated anomaly detection , real time monitoring and deep drive analysis, make it an effective tool for application optimization and troubleshooting.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

AppDynamics user friendly dashboard and interface are my favorite features, it makes it simple to recognize and diagnose problems by offering clear and succinct visualization of application performance metrics. Furthermore the platforms saves a great deal of time and effort by automatically detecting and alerting users to performance anomalies.

What do you dislike most about this product?

AppDynamics complexity is one of its disadvantage , particularly business with Sizable and intricate IT environments , configuring and managing the platform can be difficult , especially for people who are unfamiliar with APM. Also the cost is high particularly for business that require a lot of monitoring .

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I advise assessing unique application performance monitoring requirements if thinking about using AppDynamics . Taking into account the technical know how of the team, the volume of data we must analyze and the complexity of application. Although AppDynamics is an effective tool, not all organization finds it suitable ,before making a choice its important to carefully consider the advantage and disadvantage..

Pros

Reliable
Unique Features
Efficient Service
Respectful

Angelina T.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Other
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Static application monitoring tool

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates AppDynamics from other similar products?

The strategic application set up and operational efficiency of this platform is top notch when compared to other products.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It offers reliable insights that enables my team to set stable structural designs. It monitors closely the performance of each application with timely feedback and automated downtimes alerts.

What do you dislike most about this product?

AppDynamics have enhanced health applications and improved productivity.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This is affordable tool that can positively improve decision-making and troubleshoot most inefficiencies in applications.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

AppDynamics Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love AppDynamics?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment Supports one or many deployment models - On-prem, cloud or hybrid hosting of the database system.

Transaction Request Performance Tracking the performance of all web and other transactions within your system.

Code Performance Monitoring Tracking application performance at the code-base level.

Automated Diagnostics Automated diagnostics providing prebuilt workflows for problem detection, correlation of application behavior and performance, and determination of cause.

Application Metric Reporting Tracking of both custom and basic application framework metrics.

Application Request Tracing Detail key attributes of application requests and transactions.

Enterprise Cloud Platform Support Monitoring capabilities for cloud platforms such as Cloud Foundry, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Azure ServiceFabric.

Server Monitoring Monitor usage and performance of all application dependencies like databases, servers, containers, web services, caching, etc.

Error Reporting Tracking and automatic notification of alerts or errors within the system.

Scalability Scalability refers to the transaction size per second / time taken to put a transaction in the block and the time taken to reach a consensus.

Synthetic Monitoring (RUM) Synthetic front-end monitoring simulates user interactions with online applications, including fully scripted transactions.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

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AppDynamics Reviews

Shawn H.

Cost effectiveness

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sanskriti P.

Simple to recognize and dianose

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Angelina T.

Static application monitoring tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Transaction Request Performance

Code Performance Monitoring

Automated Diagnostics

Application Metric Reporting

Application Request Tracing

Enterprise Cloud Platform Support

Server Monitoring

Error Reporting

Scalability

Synthetic Monitoring (RUM)

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization