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PROS

Splunk AppDynamics provides detailed root cause analysis, helping teams quickly identify and resolve performance issues.
The transaction snapshot feature is highly valued for its ability to pinpoint where applications break, saving time and improving availability.
Splunk AppDynamics enhances collaboration across teams by allowing easy sharing of data through URLs.
Real-user monitoring and analytics, particularly Business iQ, offer valuable insights into user behavior and application performance.
The AI-powered anomaly detection helps diagnose performance issues effectively, ensuring better application management.

CONS

Splunk AppDynamics needs more support for various agent types in the mainframe environment.
Pricing and licensing for Splunk AppDynamics are perceived as too expensive and complex.
AppDynamics SaaS Environment faces frequent downtimes with insufficient feedback from AppDynamics.
There is a need for better integration with emerging technologies like AI and machine learning.
User experience concerns exist with complex initial setups and lack of user-friendly documentation.
 

Splunk AppDynamics Pros review quotes

SR
Vice President - Operations & Client Support at Scicom Infrastructure Services
Sep 9, 2024
Despite dozens of deployments across hundreds of applications- we have yet to see a case where AD is negatively impacting application execution or functionality.
it_user76911 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Account Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Aug 31, 2016
After we implemented this solution, we can easily determine the root cause of issues.
it_user509022 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Performance Engineer Consultant with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 8, 2016
End-user monitoring (web and mobile)
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it_user516924 - PeerSpot reviewer
Production Operations Systems Admininistrator III at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 21, 2017
Applications: This provides us insight into how our applications are performing within our environments and affords us the ability to identify opportunities and make changes to code / environment to effect positive performance lift.
it_user521979 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead | Manager,Software Engineering at a aerospace/defense firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 6, 2016
I think the performance and interface are the most important features.
it_user522015 - PeerSpot reviewer
DBA at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Feb 26, 2017
Before we moved the code to AppDynamics, we had to compare the agile process and also had to make sure that they're following the standards.
it_user560355 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer III at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Dec 1, 2016
The transaction snapshots let you find out where the application broke; it pinpoints where in the call stack, and then how long it took to resolve.
it_user560487 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Enterprise Network Planner at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 9, 2016
It's made it easier to collaborate across teams; be able to have the same data immediately in front of you just by sharing a URL.
it_user560493 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Information Systems at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Dec 15, 2016
It reduces the time to resolve issues and requires less manpower.
it_user560490 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Platform Manager at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 7, 2016
The flow map is very valuable to us. Before we installed APM, we had no idea how our application looked.
 

Splunk AppDynamics Cons review quotes

SR
Vice President - Operations & Client Support at Scicom Infrastructure Services
Sep 9, 2024
Additional support for NextGen mobile platforms also needs to be high in the roadmap prioritizations
it_user76911 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Account Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Aug 31, 2016
In the current version of AppDynamics, there is a correlated section, where we can see all servers’ performance along with application performance, but network performance is missing.
it_user509022 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Performance Engineer Consultant with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 8, 2016
SQL statement monitoring
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it_user516924 - PeerSpot reviewer
Production Operations Systems Admininistrator III at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 21, 2017
I’d like to see better out-of-the-box visual reporting so that we can roll this up to management.
it_user521979 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead | Manager,Software Engineering at a aerospace/defense firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 6, 2016
Maybe some more CPU power or something like that could be an area to improve.
it_user522015 - PeerSpot reviewer
DBA at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Feb 26, 2017
It would help to maybe have a more graphical interface and more user-friendly graphics.
it_user560355 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer III at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Dec 1, 2016
We would love to see support for more types of agents in the mainframe world.
it_user560487 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Enterprise Network Planner at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 9, 2016
It could be a little more flexible in configuration on the back end.
it_user560493 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Information Systems at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Dec 15, 2016
The network diagnostics that they are adding will be really useful. They could add more detail into what is going on in the network.
it_user560490 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Platform Manager at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 7, 2016
I would like to see more of a unified platform. They're very, very new on the server side, machine agents. I want them to be more mature in this area.