Alluvio AppResponse vs InfoVista VistaInsight comparison

Riverbed and Infovista are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Riverbed is ranked #54 with an average rating of 8.0, while Infovista is ranked #87. Riverbed holds a 0.7% mindshare in NMS, compared to Infovista’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Riverbed users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Infovista users who would recommend it.

Alluvio AppResponse

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

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InfoVista VistaInsight and Alluvio AppResponse compete in the network performance management space. InfoVista has an advantage in pricing and support, while Alluvio is preferred for its robust feature set.

Features: InfoVista VistaInsight provides comprehensive network monitoring, flexible integrations, and extensive scalability options. Alluvio AppResponse offers real-time traffic analysis, in-depth application performance metrics, and end-user experience monitoring.

Room for Improvement: InfoVista could enhance its real-time analysis capabilities and provide more in-depth performance metrics. Additional user experience insights would add value. Alluvio may improve by simplifying its setup process, offering more flexible deployment options, and enhancing scalability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: InfoVista VistaInsight offers diverse deployment models adaptable to various environments with dedicated support. Alluvio AppResponse includes comprehensive guidance and proactive customer service despite a more complex setup process.

Pricing and ROI: InfoVista VistaInsight offers competitive pricing with straightforward structures, leading to strong ROI through operational improvements. Alluvio AppResponse demands a higher initial investment but offers significant ROI with its diagnostic capabilities, enhancing long-term performance.

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Categories and Ranking

Alluvio AppResponse

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

54th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (46th)

InfoVista VistaInsight

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

87th

Average Rating

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Alluvio AppResponse is 0.7%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of InfoVista VistaInsight is 0.4%, 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	0.7%
InfoVista VistaInsight	0.4%
Other	98.9%

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Satyam Kumar

Senior Technical Engineer at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

Identifies and analyzes performance issues quickly using in-built AI and ML

With Alluvio AppResponse, there is an in-built analytical analysis with AI and ML, which identifies and provides data such as the number of TCP retransmits, web access time, total connection time out, total connections established, and server-side errors. The RTCC response time composition chart is crucial because it helps pinpoint the issue's origin, whether from the server, network, or application side. It's a superb product when compared to SolarWinds SAM, which is agent-based, while Alluvio AppResponse captures all traffic from the core switch.

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Youssef El Hayek

OSS Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

A powerful service that is very stable and scalable

It's a very powerful service, you have to use your training and understand how to work it. After that, it's very easy to collect and to use. It may be hard to use for the administrators. It's like a Ferrari, if you're a very good driver you'll go to 300 but you have to know how to drive it. If you have a Ferrari but you don't know how to use it, it's not going to be good. Also, it's very important to understand what the customer needs to decide on what kind of products you are going to use, and what product and what solution to implement. I would rate the solution nine out of 10.

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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

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

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

"We really like the scalability capabilities."

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

"Riverbed's product is a superb product."

"With some APM solutions, it can take a long time to check a periodic report, but you can get all the necessary details quickly with AppResponse."

"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."

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

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"My experience with technical support has been perfect."

Cons

"The initial setup is straightforward, but you have to know a little about the product. It's not for everybody to just plug and play. If you know how the solution is implemented then it is straightforward."

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

"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."

"They need to better integrate with products and solutions from different vendors."

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

"Alluvio AppResponse should improve its ability to expand across multiple operating systems."

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

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"The presentation of the features can be improved. It can be more user-friendly for the visual part of the portal and to allow the customer to be able to use."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"It is costly for small and medium businesses."

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

"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 license is expensive."

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Questions from the Community

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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What is your primary use case for Riverbed SteelCentral AppResponse?

We are the partner of Riverbed. Once any customer buys the Riverbed product, we deploy and configure it to meet their use cases. Alluvio AppResponse can identify if a page or an application is slow...

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Also Known As

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

VistaInsight

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

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InfoVista VistaInsight is a pre-built service assurance solution that provides the benefits of off-the-shelf software, while enabling rapid configuration and tailoring to meet the unique needs of communications service providers (CSPs) and sophisticated large enterprises. Built upon InfoVista's scale-as-you-grow, distributed collection and reporting, organizations are empowered to monitor the performance of their data center infrastructure, network layers and domains, and physical and virtual components. VistaInsight delivers usage and forecasting to engineering, enables service exception alerts for operations, and manages and demonstrates SLAs for both internal stakeholders and end customers all through a web-based portal.

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