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Dynatrace vs Oracle Enterprise Manager comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.8
Dynatrace boosts efficiency and cuts costs through automation, tool consolidation, enhanced monitoring, and improved application performance and stability.
Sentiment score
7.6
Oracle Enterprise Manager enhances proactive database management with comprehensive monitoring, reducing incidents and downtime, justifying its investment cost.
ROI is hard to specify; however, incidents like impending ransomware attacks highlight its value, though those are exceptional events.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.1
Dynatrace's support is friendly, knowledgeable, and responsive, though complex issues sometimes face extended resolution times.
Sentiment score
6.5
Oracle Enterprise Manager's customer service is mostly positive, but technical support experiences vary with occasional initial tier challenges.
They have a good reputation, and the support is commendable.
The technical support from Dynatrace is excellent.
For Dynatrace tech support, we have a dedicated team here, which is easily reachable.
When contacting My Oracle Support, I encounter first-line support initially, which is inadequate as I require more in-depth support.
I would rate Oracle Enterprise Manager's technical support at an eight.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Dynatrace is highly scalable, handling large-scale environments efficiently with minimal overhead, though scaling costs can be a concern.
Sentiment score
7.4
Oracle Enterprise Manager offers effective vertical and horizontal scaling, managing targets well with occasional challenges in larger configurations.
If it's an enterprise, increasing the number of instances doesn’t pose problems.
When trying to connect with non-Oracle products and applications, the connection process is not very straightforward.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Dynatrace is highly stable, with users praising its reliability, quick support for issues, and proactive development efforts.
Sentiment score
7.4
Oracle Enterprise Manager is praised for stability and performance, despite occasional upgrade and connectivity issues, scoring highly on reliability.
Generally, all are stable at ninety-nine point nine nine percent, but if the underlying infrastructure is not deployed correctly, stability may be problematic.
There have been no stability issues with Dynatrace.
We have not faced any challenges or difficulties with it.
 

Room For Improvement

Dynatrace users seek improved .NET support, customization, performance, security, integrations, support, pricing clarity, and interface simplification.
Users seek improvements in Oracle Enterprise Manager's usability, integration, scalability, performance, and AI integration to address current challenges.
The definition of enterprise is loosely used, however, from a holistic security perspective, including infrastructure, network, ports, software, applications, transactions, and databases, there are areas lacking, especially in network monitoring tools.
I'm specifically looking at AIOps and how we can monitor AIOps-related things, considering we have LLMs and all that stuff.
They have been the pioneers from inception, and they remain at the top of the Gartner chart.
Adding AI features for automated replies or helpdesk support would improve Oracle Enterprise Manager.
Setting up the Oracle Enterprise Manager is challenging as it requires setting up a separate server.
The areas where Oracle Enterprise Manager could improve include the dashboarding, which could be made more intuitive.
 

Setup Cost

Dynatrace offers advanced monitoring but can be costly due to a complex pricing model and potential scaling expenses.
Oracle Enterprise Manager can be costly, especially for small businesses, due to advanced feature fees and processor-based licensing.
Dynatrace is known to be costly, which delayed its integration into our system.
If I would ask you to rate price from 1 to 10, where 1 is cheap and 10 is expensive, how many points would you give to it?
I would rate the pricing of Oracle Enterprise Manager as very expensive, definitely deserving a 10 out of 10.
In terms of pricing, Oracle Enterprise Manager is on the premium side compared to other monitoring tools.
The licensing is based on the core.
 

Valuable Features

Dynatrace excels in transaction tracing, AI analysis, and comprehensive visibility, enhancing operational efficiency with real-time insights and easy deployment.
Oracle Enterprise Manager centralizes management, enhances monitoring, automates scaling, and improves IT productivity with customizable performance and alert features.
The integration with Power BI for generating detailed reports is a standout feature.
Dynatrace's AI-driven Davis engine absolutely helps identify performance issues by showing root cause analysis for us up to 200%; whatever is integrated, if it is visible, it can stitch and show.
Graduation features offered by Dynatrace provide a single view and can connect with many other monitoring systems.
The tool allows us to monitor 24/7, configure dashboards, and quickly check the status of databases that are in critical states.
It also has features like the AWR report, which helps analyze resource usage during specific times.
One of the most valuable features of Oracle Enterprise Manager has been the preventive reporting capability.
 

Categories and Ranking

Dynatrace
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
350
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (2nd), Log Management (5th), Mobile APM (2nd), Container Monitoring (2nd), AIOps (2nd)
Oracle Enterprise Manager
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
128
Ranking in other categories
Database Development and Management (2nd), Server Monitoring (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Systems Management solutions, they serve different purposes. Dynatrace is designed for Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability and holds a mindshare of 8.8%, down 12.2% compared to last year.
Oracle Enterprise Manager, on the other hand, focuses on Database Development and Management, holds 4.1% mindshare, down 7.2% since last year.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Dynatrace8.8%
Datadog7.2%
Sentry5.8%
Other78.2%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
Database Development and Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Oracle Enterprise Manager4.1%
SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer6.6%
Redgate SQL Toolbelt Essentials6.0%
Other83.3%
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

Anand_Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides a comprehensive view by integrating with other monitoring systems
There may be an issue since there are many tools like Splunk involved in network monitoring. From an IP perspective, Dynatrace is performing well. If they want to develop in network monitoring, they can, as it's part of their product line. It's not rocketry, so they can accomplish it. If I, as an SI, look at it from an enterprise perspective, considering the cost from the client, I prefer not to go with multiple systems, as they don't provide a complete 360-degree view. They need to improve on claims about being an enterprise system. The definition of enterprise is loosely used, however, from a holistic security perspective, including infrastructure, network, ports, software, applications, transactions, and databases, there are areas lacking, especially in network monitoring tools.
Charalabos Ioannidis - PeerSpot reviewer
A stable tool that provides users with a dashboard to give a view of all the implementations of Oracle products at a glance
When my company has to deal with complex customers along with the many products from Oracle, we use Oracle Enterprise Manager as a dashboard to get a view of all the implementations of Oracle products The fact that Oracle Enterprise Manager is an expensive solution is a matter of concern and…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
24%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business76
Midsize Enterprise50
Large Enterprise288
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business37
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise81
 

Questions from the Community

Any advice about APM solutions?
The key is to have a holistic view over the complete infrastructure, the ones you have listed are great for APM if you need to monitor applications end to end. I have tested them all and have not f...
What cloud monitoring software did you choose and why?
While the environment does matter in the selection of an APM tool, I prefer to use Dynatrace to manage the entire stack. Both production and Dev/Test. I find it to be quite superior to anything els...
Any advice about APM solutions?
There are many factors and we know little about your requirements (size of org, technology stack, management systems, the scope of implementation). Our goal was to consolidate APM and infra monitor...
What do you like most about Oracle Enterprise Manager?
What I like most about Oracle Enterprise Manager are its features, particularly the active session history. It provides insights into SQL, and I use it regularly to identify potential issues.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Enterprise Manager?
I would rate the pricing of Oracle Enterprise Manager as very expensive, definitely deserving a 10 out of 10.
What needs improvement with Oracle Enterprise Manager?
Regarding the current version, the main point for improvement for Oracle Enterprise Manager was previously related to bugs which created significant issues. Currently, it works better and has more ...
 

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Sample Customers

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