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  • "The pricing and licensing are very reasonable. At the end of the day, you are using their technology/software and getting X amount of checks for a very decent value. As for discounts, they try to meet your budgets as much as they can. For example, if you need 100 checks and you have X amount of budget for it, then they will try and get down to that price. Costing-wise, it is a reasonably cost product. They will always try and come down to your price if you need them to come down to it by knocking off certain areas."
  • "Apica is pretty cost-effective if you buy both solutions together: Synthetic and LoadTest. If you are going for one solution, the cost is on par with any tool in the market."
  • "The level of alerting accuracy has saved us time and money in operational costs. Overall, it has automated a lot of the manual efforts which have been more complex with some of our other scripting tools or monitors. So, it brings things together by doing things faster and saves us money."
  • "License management is another area that Apica could do better. We have already had these conversations with our account teams. This is something that they are looking at largely improving in upcoming releases. I believe that this is already on their roadmap."
  • "The pricing is very reasonable, but it is not cheap."
  • "Another main difference between Apica and the other products was the cost. We really thought that the balance in Apica between the features and costs was the best among all the products on which we did a PoC."

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    Questions from the Community
    What do you like most about Apica Synthetic?
    Top Answer: 
    We see the benefit almost every day. It allows us to be alerted whenever there is a store that is not responding properly around the world. We do have a network operation center (NOC) who receives… more »
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Apica Synthetic?
    Top Answer: 
    The pricing is very reasonable, but it is not cheap.
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    What needs improvement with Apica Synthetic?
    Top Answer: 
    When we started using Apica Synthetic, we lacked a very important feature that was readily available in the following months. The alerting is usually very good - it allows if any websites or web pages… more »
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    7th
    out of 89 in Application Performance Management (APM)
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    2,096
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    8.6
    26th
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    Rating
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    Also Known As
    Wavefront, Wavefront by VMware, VMware Tanzu Observability
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    Apica Systems
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    Overview

    Apica Synthetic is a powerful monitoring tool built for enterprises seeking predictive insights into the performance and uptime of websites, applications, APIs and IoT. By simulating user journeys from locations across the globe, IT and DevOps teams are able to proactively monitor applications around the clock, identifying performance and availability issues before they affect internal or external end-users.

    VMware Tanzu Observability provides metrics-driven analytics at massive scale, so you can get the most out of your cloud-native apps.

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    Sample Customers
    Linux Foundation, Sodexo
    Box, Intuit, Workday, Groupon, British Gas, SpaceApe, Marketo, DoordDash, Lyft
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm57%
    Hospitality Company14%
    Comms Service Provider14%
    Insurance Company14%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company35%
    Comms Service Provider14%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Insurance Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company28%
    Comms Service Provider20%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Government6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business11%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise78%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business70%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise23%
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    Apica Synthetic is ranked 7th in Application Performance Management (APM) with 9 reviews while VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront is ranked 26th in Application Performance Management (APM). Apica Synthetic is rated 8.6, while VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Apica Synthetic writes "Monitors every single touch point that can fail inside a user's journey". On the other hand, Apica Synthetic is most compared with AppDynamics, Instana Dynamic APM, Dynatrace, Micro Focus Voltage SiteScope and New Relic APM, whereas VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront is most compared with Datadog, Dynatrace, Splunk, Nutanix Karbon and AppDynamics.

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