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Alluvio Aternity vs Dynatrace comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2024

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
1.0
Alluvio Aternity enhances visibility and reduces debugging time, offering cost savings, though returns vary with usage and scale.
Sentiment score
6.9
Organizations benefit from Dynatrace through reduced downtime, cost savings, and increased efficiency by streamlining processes and enhancing innovation.
Using Dynatrace directly improved application uptime and reduced customer impacting incidents.
senior DevOps engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
ROI is hard to specify; however, incidents like impending ransomware attacks highlight its value, though those are exceptional events.
Enterprise Architect at DXC Technology
Save money by identifying problems, thereby reducing monetary losses on their application side.
Technical Manager, Consulting at PT. Mitra Integrasi Informatika
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
9.0
Alluvio Aternity's customer service and technical support are praised for responsiveness, skill, professionalism, and seamless transition from Riverbed.
Sentiment score
7.1
Dynatrace's customer service is friendly and knowledgeable, providing quick resolutions, though some users face slow response times.
Riverbed's support is good in terms of response time and knowledge.
Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
I would rate the technical support from Riverbed as nine out of ten.
Technical Lead at M.TECH Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.
They have a good reputation, and the support is commendable.
Enterprise Architect at DXC Technology
The technical support from Dynatrace is excellent.
System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Whenever we faced any issues, we could get timely resolution from their support.
senior DevOps engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.5
Alluvio Aternity efficiently scales to 100,000 endpoints, offering seamless growth with high user satisfaction and minimal maintenance challenges.
Sentiment score
7.3
Dynatrace is praised for its scalability and efficiency in handling large deployments with minimal overhead and proactive monitoring.
Alluvio Aternity and Nexthink are both scalable solutions that work well with large organizations of over 100,000 users globally.
Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
If it's an enterprise, increasing the number of instances doesn’t pose problems.
Enterprise Architect at DXC Technology
It is a powerful tool and helped us to reduce customer downtime and increase work efficiency.
senior DevOps engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
The scalability of Dynatrace is very significant, especially considering the current improvements in their features.
Technical Manager, Consulting at PT. Mitra Integrasi Informatika
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.6
Alluvio Aternity offers stable performance with minimal downtimes, swift issue resolution, and high reliability enhanced by robust cloud infrastructure.
Sentiment score
7.6
Dynatrace is highly stable with minimal issues, praised for consistent performance, high availability, and effective problem resolution.
Stability is not the deciding factor; it is more about how a tool fits the use case and integrates at an enterprise level.
Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Generally, all are stable at ninety-nine point nine nine percent, but if the underlying infrastructure is not deployed correctly, stability may be problematic.
Enterprise Architect at DXC Technology
There have been no stability issues with Dynatrace.
System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Dynatrace is a SaaS product with frequent agent management updates.
Principal Consultant at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Alluvio Aternity requires simpler interfaces, improved custom reporting, flexible licensing, better integrations, and enhanced data visualization features.
Dynatrace users seek simplified pricing, enhanced UI, better integrations, improved documentation, customizable features, and comprehensive tutorials.
The integration of AI agents could enhance these tools further, replacing traditional agents and plugins.
Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Riverbed can make Alluvio Aternity better by having the same Aternity agent help in security, such as antivirus or EDR, which would be useful, allowing customers to avoid having multiple agents installed on their endpoint machines.
Technical Lead at M.TECH Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.
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.
Enterprise Architect at DXC Technology
I'm specifically looking at AIOps and how we can monitor AIOps-related things, considering we have LLMs and all that stuff.
Performance Architect at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
They have been the pioneers from inception, and they remain at the top of the Gartner chart.
Technical Associate at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Alluvio Aternity offers valuable analytics but can be costly; negotiation, setup and training influence overall investment significantly.
Dynatrace's pricing is high but worthwhile for its features; costs vary by usage, with negotiable discounts available.
Riverbed is costly in the Indian market
Technical Lead at M.TECH Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.
Dynatrace is known to be costly, which delayed its integration into our system.
System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
If setting up in a large scale environment, it is overwhelming because it is expensive.
senior DevOps engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
The cost can be controlled from our side, and it is very transparent with Dynatrace regarding DPS and licensing.
Technical Manager, Consulting at PT. Mitra Integrasi Informatika
 

Valuable Features

Alluvio Aternity provides detailed monitoring and analysis, allowing IT teams to optimize performance and user experience effectively.
Dynatrace provides AI-driven monitoring, anomaly detection, and efficient diagnostics to enhance IT efficiency and boost business productivity.
Alluvio Aternity provides predictive analysis and trend analysis for IT teams to evaluate the performance of hardware and applications.
Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
The reporting part of Alluvio Aternity is good; it is granular, user-friendly, and easy to use.
Technical Lead at M.TECH Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.
The integration with Power BI for generating detailed reports is a standout feature.
System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
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.
Technical Associate at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Dynatrace links compute with services and services with code and other components.
Principal Consultant at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Alluvio Aternity
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
33rd
Ranking in Mobile APM
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) (7th)
Dynatrace
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
2nd
Ranking in Mobile APM
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
356
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (6th), Container Monitoring (1st), AIOps (2nd), AI Observability (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of Alluvio Aternity is 0.5%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dynatrace is 6.6%, down from 11.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Dynatrace6.6%
Alluvio Aternity0.5%
Other92.9%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Q&A Highlights

Oct 12, 2023
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2668014 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Predictive analysis has improved IT performance evaluation and problem management
I am a senior program manager and consultant who has worked with numerous companies. I downloaded the report for personal knowledge and was comparing tech solutions, like Aternity and Alluvio Aternity. My work involves consulting organizations and enhancing my knowledge on product technology…
Manish Indupuri - PeerSpot reviewer
senior DevOps engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
AI-driven insights have reduced downtime and improved cross-team collaboration
We encountered some challenges while using Dynatrace. Although the initial setup was smooth, fine-tuning alert thresholds and custom metrics took some time. Another challenge was that Dynatrace charges based on host units, so we had to carefully plan our agent deployments. The licensing model is expensive. Additionally, the complexity of setup is an issue. While OneAgent and auto-discover services are powerful, the setup is more complex compared to other tools such as Prometheus and Grafana. These integrations are simple and basic, but Dynatrace setup requires more complexity based on the environment. For new users wanting to use Dynatrace, it is difficult. However, the AI-related solutions and metrics took us to the next level for identifying and fixing things. Dynatrace requires an agent for operation. OneAgent is powerful, but it is also resource-heavy. On lightweight nodes or older systems, the agent can slightly impact performance. If Dynatrace could implement a lightweight agent behavior, we could make things faster. Additionally, if Dynatrace could add a long-term retention policy so that we could store more data and find fine-grained details, that would help us. While Dynatrace managed edition supports on-premises deployment, the SaaS version depends on cloud connectivity. For highly regulated or air-gapped environments, setup and updates can be challenging. Although the initial setup is smooth, if someone wants to fine-tune it and fully understand the tool end-to-end, it could be tricky.
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Answers from the Community

Oct 12, 2023
Oct 12, 2023
We did a trial of the Dynatrace vs AppDynamics vs New Relic Real User Monitoring tools and based on this we selected New Relic, mainly because of their powerful Insights tool that easily allows you to create your own dashboards / alert using a variant of SQL. Since we acquired the RUM tool (Browser) we have trialled their APM tool which we are currently appraising vs our existing CA APM tool (...
2 out of 72 answers
it_user276735 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Consultant at dynaTrace Software at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
Jun 29, 2016
I would be happy to provide assistance. Both Ruxit and Dynatrace AppMon are Dynatrace solutions. If you could provide a list of requirements for your solution I would be happy to provide more information Ken Silber | Senior Sales Engineer | APM Certified Associate kenneth.silber@dynatrace.com | M: +347 620 8208 _______________________________________________________________ Dynatrace.com | LinkedIn | Twitter
it_user374523 - PeerSpot reviewer
Account Executive at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Jun 29, 2016
Yes, I can help. They should be looking at AppNeta. -Mike
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise32
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business78
Midsize Enterprise50
Large Enterprise297
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Aternity?
Riverbed is costly in the Indian market; I would rate the pricing for Alluvio Aternity as a higher price.
What needs improvement with Aternity?
In my opinion, Riverbed can make Alluvio Aternity better by having the same Aternity agent help in security, such as antivirus or EDR, which would be useful, allowing customers to avoid having mult...
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...
 

Also Known As

Aternity, Workforce APM, Aternity Frontline, Riverbed SteelCenter Aternity
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

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