AppDynamics Server Monitoring vs Opsview comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

AppDynamics Server Monitoring
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
20th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Opsview
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
28th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (30th), Server Monitoring (13th), Cloud Monitoring Software (24th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of AppDynamics Server Monitoring is 0.4%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Opsview is 0.6%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
Unique Categories:
No other categories found
Network Monitoring Software
0.6%
Server Monitoring
1.1%
 

Featured Reviews

Gyanesh Rahatekar - PeerSpot reviewer
May 26, 2023
A highly stable and scalable solution that provides real-time information on servers
We have a very limited use case related to server monitoring. There is no need to refer to further addition. Every piece of information related to server monitoring is very concrete and crystal clear. We do not get any requests in any division from the end user related to the product. I do not have any issues with the configuration. I would recommend the product because it provides real-time information. Other tools only provide information when there is a server issue. If the CPU reaches 80% while the threshold is set at 70%, they receive an alert. However, Appdynamics offers real-time monitoring and allows users to check their server utilization instantly. Other tools do not provide a consolidated UI to the end users. Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
TB
Sep 13, 2023
Responsive and easy to customize alerts for, while being priced similarly to its competition
Customized reporting can be improved. Opsview has a lot of canned reports, and though we were getting a lot of them, the reports we wanted to generate would say what the usage rate during their working day was. Many tools say, "You're at 50% utilization of the network for the week." But those reports are useless because they are looking at a 24-hour day. If you're 100% utilized during the day and zero at night, the week would show 50% utilization. We needed to see the reports to show what Opsview did very well and what the usage is for their business day from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, local standard time. Those reports were standard. However, it required another level of expertise when we wanted to look at creating custom reports that would go outside of those canned reports. We had it, but it just meant we had to put our thinking caps on. If the other teams, such as the server or the web team, wanted to do the same custom reports, their people would need to get trained on that because my team didn't have time to generate custom reports for other teams. The custom porting was very good, but it took an extra level of expertise that we needed to be trained on. An area of improvement would be to make the custom reports a little bit more intuitive and less scripting.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The product provides a nice end-user experience."
"Setting up the monitoring agents was straightforward."
"What I like most about AppDynamics Server Monitoring is that it's easy to manipulate and easy to implement. All solutions have the same features, but what sets AppDynamics Server Monitoring apart is that it's really quick to implement. AppDynamics Server Monitoring has a great interface. As a developer, it doesn't matter whether it's SolarWinds, Dynatrace, or any APM you're using, but it would matter to the customer. A product must be easy to manipulate or use, for example, AppDynamics Server Monitoring, for the customer, but for developers like my team, there's no pressure, even if a solution requires coding."
"We can view the server activities, including issues in the process, with a single click."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I don't see any problems in the solution...The solution's technical support was good."
"The solution offers great visibility that allows you to track where errors originated."
"The correlation feature available with AppDynamics Server Monitoring is absent in other competitive solutions"
"The event alerting feature or the trigger system is what I like most about AppDynamics Server Monitoring. Whenever an issue occurs, the tool automatically generates an even trigger that tells engineers in the company to take action, so it's an essential feature of AppDynamics Server Monitoring. Another valuable feature of the tool is end-to-end monitoring, which means if you need to debug, you can go transaction by transaction, where the issue lies, and how it's linked. For example, if it's a low-performance issue, you can look into it more through AppDynamics Server Monitoring in terms of which area takes too much time to execute. You can also see the SQL queries and the kind of query going on through the tool."
"We use this solution for internal monitoring our own cloud platform because we are a public cloud provider. We also use it for monitoring purposes on behalf of our clients."
"I am satisfied with the overall product since it works well…It is a stable solution."
"It's a good solution. It covers all aspects of monitoring purposes."
"The most valuable feature of Opsview is the ability to clone the services when you're monitoring something out of the test setup."
"What was very compelling about OpsView was that we could dial out the noise and have meaningful and actionable alerts."
 

Cons

"The configuration is tricky and requires a lot of tools."
"The solution has performance issues after we deploy the agent."
"There are certain limitations with the agents in the solution"
"Things are being done differently in the industry now, and many of these problems are being solved with cloud databases."
"The one thing that I find it difficult in using AppDynamics is, for any new user, it's not easy for him or her to configure the transactions in AppDynamics because the UI is pretty complex. The configuration is pretty complex for a new, fresh user. They can make the UI simpler, that'll be very helpful for anyone to configure their website in AppDynamics."
"In the next release, I would like to see the configuration of the data and more support for new applications. It should support new languages."
"AppDynamics Server Monitoring has room for improvement in terms of pricing. If the price could be cheaper, it would be great for both the customer and the integrator. What I'd like to see in the next release of AppDynamics Server Monitoring is a better dashboard for the customer. The dashboard should be more interactive."
"The solution could be more mobile friendly."
"Some of the graphics on Opsview could be improved."
"Maybe the graphical representation can be improved. It can be enhanced for better visualization. It could be a little better. And the graph center can be improved."
"Pricing and a few certain aspects in the solution needs to be improved."
"Customized reporting can be improved."
"In a future release, we would like to have Observ for AI. Any AI and intelligence it can add to the monitoring is obviously beneficial. We would also like to have automated callouts."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"My understanding is that the price of this solution is quite high, compared to other products."
"The licensing cost is fairly high"
"The pricing for AppDynamics Server Monitoring in Africa and the Middle East is too expensive, so it's very hard to sell it to customers. If there could be different pricing or package for the region, that would be great. My company pays for the license of AppDynamics Server Monitoring on a per-agent, per-server basis. It's $700 to $1000 per server, and it's paid annually. My company is on a subscription model for the solution. On a scale of one to five, where one is expensive and five is cheap, my rating for the price of AppDynamics Server Monitoring is a two."
"The tool is expensive."
"The solution has a high cost."
"AppDynamics Server Monitoring is a very expensive product, but if you negotiate well, you get value for money...My company used to make early payments toward the licensing costs of the solution, but now my company has opted for a different licensing model."
"The solution is priced similarly to other tools offering similar features."
"I would rate pricing a seven out of ten, where ten is the highest price."
"The solution is not cheap. I think that the pricing is a little bit on the high side."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
33%
Computer Software Company
18%
Media Company
6%
Government
5%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AppDynamics Server Monitoring?
The platform is reliable in identifying the core system issues.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AppDynamics Server Monitoring?
It's true; it's not an inexpensive solution. Dynatrace and AppDynamics are consistently on the pricier side. However, when comparing with other solutions like Datadog or New Relic, it becomes appar...
What needs improvement with AppDynamics Server Monitoring?
If we consider the implementation of alternative solutions, such as Dynatrace, there is a notable difference in the approach to agent-based service monitoring. For instance, Dynatrace employs a sin...
What do you like most about Opsview Monitor?
The most valuable feature of Opsview is the ability to clone the services when you're monitoring something out of the test setup.
What needs improvement with Opsview Monitor?
Some of the graphics on Opsview could be improved.
What is your primary use case for Opsview Monitor?
Opsview is used to monitor system availability, whether its service is running on disk usage, CPU usage, etc.
 

Also Known As

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Opsview Monitor, Opsview Enterprise
 

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Sample Customers

Sony, DirecTV, UBS, The Container Store, The Neta Porter Group, Nasdaq, Cisco, eHarmony, Hallmark, Overstock, Expedia
IBM, BT, Cisco, Sky, UPS, Capgemini, Visolit, Fujitsu Services UK, UKCloud, Massachusetts Insitute of Technology, Cornell University, Incomm
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