Alluvio AppResponse vs IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor comparison

Riverbed and IDERA are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Riverbed is ranked #56 with an average rating of 8.0, while IDERA is ranked #103. Riverbed holds a 0.5% mindshare in NMS, compared to IDERA’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Riverbed users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of IDERA users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

Alluvio AppResponse and IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor are competing products in network and infrastructure monitoring. Data comparisons suggest IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor holds an advantage due to its robust features and greater perceived value.

Features: Alluvio AppResponse offers network visibility, advanced packet capture, and detailed performance analysis. IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor provides infrastructure monitoring, server health checks, and capacity planning insights.

Room for Improvement: Alluvio AppResponse could expand its scope beyond network specifics and improve infrastructure integration. Additionally, enhancing scalability and reporting capabilities would be beneficial. IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor might streamline deployment processes, reduce complexity for smaller setups, and optimize resource consumption.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Alluvio AppResponse is known for its straightforward deployment and proactive customer service. IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor, despite a complex setup, offers extensive resources to aid customers through deployment.

Pricing and ROI: Alluvio AppResponse has an attractive setup cost and efficient ROI focused on network optimization. IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor requires higher initial investment but achieves significant long-term ROI through comprehensive oversight.

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Categories and Ranking

Alluvio AppResponse

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

56th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (49th)

IDERA Uptime Infrastructure...

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

103rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Infrastructure Monitoring (70th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Alluvio AppResponse is 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Alluvio AppResponse	0.5%
IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor	0.2%
Other	99.3%

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Ahmet Kilic

Network and Security Unit Manager at Bankalararası Kart Merkezi (BKM)

It's a total solution that gives you end-to-end visibility at all levels

I rate Alluvio AppResponse 10 out of 10. If you work for a financial company especially, you probably face problems on the application side. The problem is easy to identify, but you need to determine the root cause. You can solve issues easily via AppResponse because it shows you all the details of your transactions so you can see the real problem in the database, network, software, etc. For example, you can find the solution easily if you create the right dashboard on your site. If you can't find the problem, you can observe or investigate PCAP.

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Nafiu Garba

Special Assistant to the Governor ICT COO at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

It offers different licensing types that allow you to extend the services to clients; it lets you look into device performance and optimization and helps apply best practices

What I like best about IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is that it offers different licensing types. Hence, it allows my organization to extend the services to clients and not just use the solution within the organization. My organization can leverage IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor to learn more about how clients perform because the solution lets you monitor and optimize devices and apply best practices.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We really like the scalability capabilities."

"It provides us with complete visibility of every packet."

"It's a stable product. Riverbed has invested a significant amount of research and development into it, so it's a solid tool overall."

"You need a packet capture device to perform any type of network monitoring. It helps ensure that network overloads don't happen with alerts allowing for proactive decisions."

"When it comes to the ability to scale up the product, this is suitable for small medium and large environments,"

"AppResponse is a total solution that gives you end-to-end visibility into applications at all levels, from Layer 1 to Layer 7. We can trace all those sections: physical, IP, transport, presentation, application, etc. It gives us the full picture."

"Ability to see end to end user, application, server, and network response time and throughput data."

"I have found the AppResponse, which is a packet capture solution, very good. It gives you the ability to drill down back in time. You've got all the packets there. You can troubleshoot it later, not immediately. It's very interesting."

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"My organization can leverage IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor to learn more about how clients perform because the solution lets you monitor and optimize devices and apply best practices."

Cons

"The AI features should be addressed in respect of the analysis and intelligence that must be supported and delivered in the tool to predigest the large amounts of data."

"The pricing is on the higher side of things. If they could lower it, that would be ideal."

"The recent changes in corporate structure may have caused some decrease in support quality."

"Need to bring back the NetFlow module for AppResponse."

"If Alluvio AppResponse reduces its cost, it will be more beneficial for customers to monitor their application and network performance."

"Integration between NPM and APM solutions would improve efficiency. There is no agent on the server site related to AppResponse."

"The reporting models need improvement as most of the time, we have to customize the reports manually."

"Technical support needs to be more responsive."

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"What I want to improve in IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is the community aspect, where IDERA would provide customers with updates on functionalities, what comes next, what IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor upgrades would be released, etc. I also want the sustainability of IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor to improve."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is costly for small and medium businesses."

"The licensing model is expensive compared to its competitors, but the service it gives to your business, and the data quality, means that it's worth it."

"The price is a little bit high, especially because we have to pay an import tax."

"The solution is no more expensive than other products."

"I'm based in Nigeria, and the conversion rate affects the pricing for IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor, but globally, pricing is reasonable. I'm rating pricing for the solution seven on a scale of one to ten."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Performing Arts

12%

Energy/Utilities Company

Computer Software Company

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	10

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Riverbed SteelCentral AppResponse?

The most valuable feature of Alluvio AppResponse is the actual response time for measuring performance.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Riverbed SteelCentral AppResponse?

The pricing of Riverbed Alluvio AppResponse is really high. Very few customers buy Riverbed because many do not have the sufficient budget. Its pricing is comparatively higher than SolarWinds. Rive...

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What needs improvement with Riverbed SteelCentral AppResponse?

The reporting models need improvement as most of the time, we have to customize the reports manually. Additionally, a feature similar to SolarWinds AppStack, which provides a holistic view of the i...

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Also Known As

Riverbed AppResponse, OPNET SteelCentral AppResponse, ACE Live, OPNET, AppResponse Xpert

IDERA UIM, uptime software up.time

Overview

Alluvio AppResponse provides fast packet capture and storage that feeds intelligent network and application analysis with fast troubleshooting workflows to speed problem diagnosis and resolution. AppResponse delivers full stack application analysis—from packets to web pages - enabling you observe all network and application interactions as they cross the wire, whether they are encrypted or not. Using powerful, flexible network and application analytics and workflows, AppResponse speeds problem diagnosis and resolution, helping you get to answers fast

Riverbed

Uptime Infrastructure Monitor helps IT administrators to unify performance monitoring and optimization of IT infrastructure. Unlike its competition, it provides monitoring of a broad range of platforms and applications, ability to set service-level agreements, and support of both agent and agentless monitoring.

IDERA

Sample Customers

N11.com, OneMain Financial, China Bank, Halkbank, Kaust

TeleComputing; Manitoba Hydro; Blevins Inc.; City of Malmö

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