We performed a comparison between Dynatrace and SolarWinds AppOptics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The Recorder for setting up a synthetic monitor is a really great tool for non-technical staff to be able to set up a monitor."
"The most valuable feature is the fact that you can drill down to the code level and get a breadth of information."
"Finally, we have 100% visibility on website performance, including third-party sources."
"The graphical interface is helpful, as it illustrates things well for anyone who wants to know about the information it provides."
"Our main use is to monitor our applications for any issues that might arise and use the data to assure that our performance trending is headed in the right direction."
"Performance has improved substantially since we started using it."
"Provides more visibility into applications."
"The ability for Dynatrace to identify the root cause of problems in a timely manner through its powerful AI capability and dependency mapping is a real value add for the service that we offer."
"The sum solution, NTA, and DPA."
"The product has a great dashboard."
"The reporting of the solution is very good."
"I have found the most valuable feature is application performance management."
"Technical support is always live and they're supportive."
"Some of the most valuable features of SolarWinds are the topology discovery and network performance analysis."
"I would suggest to have more rich client features on Appmon as soon as possible."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The configuration of this solution is quite complex."
"It was difficult to initially use the solution, how to use it and where to navigate."
"The dashboarding in Dynatrace is not very good. We have used other monitoring tools like AppDynamics. We are also using AppDynamics for some of our products. If I compare Dynatrace with those monitoring tools, the dashboarding is not as good. If I have to create a dashboard it takes me time, the experience is not that good."
"I am unable to use Synthetic to automate user login."
"Its needs to focus more on open source areas, like Apache umbrella products and availability motioning areas."
"Dynatrace could be improved by having a fully functional applications and infrastructure monitoring feature. Their existing stack, which is SNMP-based, does not have full infrastructure monitoring, whereas if we compare it with other solutions like New Relic or Datadog, they have moved into infrastructure monitoring. The second improvement I would suggest is in regards to the cost. So far, Dynatrace is the most expensive APM that we sell, even compared to New Relic. I think they can improve a little bit in terms of the license pricing."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"In terms of the technology, I think they need to put some more advanced troubleshooting into SolarWinds, in terms of AI capabilities. That's the next generation, especially in the cases of APIs which have already adopted AI capabilities into their products."
"The integration with Unix services should be a bit more straightforward."
"The implementation needs improvement. It needs to get modernized with the newer cloud scenario in both public and private deployment models."
"I would like to see more integration with other tools that are available on the market."
"AppOptics would benefit from having a much more centralized view."
Dynatrace is ranked 2nd in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 341 reviews while SolarWinds AppOptics is ranked 44th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 9 reviews. Dynatrace is rated 8.8, while SolarWinds AppOptics is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Dynatrace writes "AI identifies all the components of a response-time issue or failure, hugely benefiting our triage efforts". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds AppOptics writes "Unique features allow consolidating and combing metrics into a single dashboard, but don't monitor mobile solutions". Dynatrace is most compared with Datadog, New Relic, AppDynamics, Splunk Enterprise Security and Azure Monitor, whereas SolarWinds AppOptics is most compared with SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor, Zabbix, Datadog, New Relic and Splunk Enterprise Security. See our Dynatrace vs. SolarWinds AppOptics report.
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