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Blackfire

Blackfire APM

Composite Score

7.5 /10

CX Score

7.9 /10

15 Reviews Write a Review

What is Blackfire APM?

Blackfire empowers all developers and IT/Ops to continuously verify and improve their app’s performance, throughout its lifecycle, by getting the right information at the right moment.

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Blackfire APM Ratings

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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.

86 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

94 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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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.

+93 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 Blackfire APM?

6% Negative

1% Neutral

93% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Acts with Integrity
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product

Feature Ratings

Average 79

Transaction Request Performance

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Dependency Tracking

Synthetic Monitoring (RUM)

Enterprise Cloud Platform Support

Scalability

Server Monitoring

Code Performance Monitoring

Non-Commodity Operating Systems

Application Discovery

Application Request Tracing

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 78

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Blackfire APM Reviews

Rizwan A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Food and Beverage
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Optimising Performance with Precision and Power

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Blackfire APM from other similar products?

Blackfire provides continuous profiling, helping developers identify performance bottlenecks in real time. It includes performance testing features to verify code behavior and performance across different environments

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I love Blackfire APM's integrated monitoring and profiling capabilities. This combination provides a comprehensive view of performance issues and real-time actionable insights. It goes beyond typical metrics to offer detailed, actionable reports with expert recommendations for optimization.

What do you dislike most about this product?

If I had to nitpick, I'd say Blackfire APM could benefit from a more intuitive user interface. While it's packed with features, it might feel a bit overwhelming for newcomers.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Determine if your primary focus is on performance profiling and optimization. Make the most of its integration with CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and regression prevention. Ensure your team is familiar with the interface and capabilities to fully leverage its potential.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Debojyoti m.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Best for Performance testing with Robust API

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Blackfire APM from other similar products?

Blackfire APM offers a comprehensive solution for PHP performance monitoring and optimization, with a focus on deep integration, advanced profiling capabilities, continuous monitoring, collaboration features, scalability, and ease of integration. These factors collectively differentiate it from other similar products in the market.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

the continuous performance monitoring feature is often appreciated by users as it enables them to track performance trends over time and detect any performance regressions early on. This proactive approach to performance monitoring helps ensure that PHP applications remain optimized and performant even as they evolve over time.

What do you dislike most about this product?

while Blackfire APM offers valuable features for optimizing PHP application performance, users may encounter challenges related to cost, learning curve, language support, integration, and resource consumption. These factors should be considered when evaluating the suitability of Blackfire APM for specific projects or teams.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

To enhance various aspects like response time, throughput, and resource utilization, it is crucial to prioritize optimization efforts. Blackfire guarantees that performance optimization becomes an essential component of your development process. By consistently profiling and optimizing your code during the entire development lifecycle, you can effectively tackle performance concerns and avoid any negative impact on your users during production.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Bughtha Prakash R.

Role: Operations
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: Vendor Management and Renewal

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Blackfire APM - Great tool for development team.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Blackfire APM from other similar products?

It provides great support regarding how code behaves and help developers to understand how they can change their coding to get what customer wants.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favourite aspect was ease of tool usage which helps developers to understand how they can evaluate their coding and change their code with respect to customer requirements.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing to dislike.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would suggest others to definitely go for this tool as they provide great support to developers team.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Blackfire APM Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

94 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Blackfire APM?

Pros

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

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

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

Dependency Tracking Tracking the performance of all application dependencies.

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

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

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.

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

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

Non-Commodity Operating Systems Non-Commodity Operating Systems capabilities such as AIX, z/OS, Solaris, IBM i, and z/Linux.

Application Discovery Automated discovery of web servers, application servers, and micro-services, application frameworks, and platforms.

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

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

Blackfire APM Reviews

Rizwan A.

Optimising Performance with Precision and Power

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Debojyoti m.

Best for Performance testing with Robust API

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Bughtha Prakash R.

Blackfire APM - Great tool for development team.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Transaction Request Performance

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Dependency Tracking

Synthetic Monitoring (RUM)

Enterprise Cloud Platform Support

Scalability

Server Monitoring

Code Performance Monitoring

Non-Commodity Operating Systems

Application Discovery

Application Request Tracing

Vendor Capability Ratings

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation