We performed a comparison between AppDynamics, Dynatrace, and IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"Error analysis in the troubleshooting sections go straight to the point."
"It's good for a larger scale deployment such as what my company is working on."
"I have found the main feature of the solution to be its ability to analyze an application's code to see where there are issues. Additionally, it is easy to use and configure."
"We set up alerts recently so we can fix any issues more quickly in production."
"The most valuable feature of AppDynamics is its ability to track the transactions between different applications."
"It provides everything into one view, so we can track information from one place to another."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the fact that it is very easy to use, making it easy to implement...It is a very stable solution."
"That visual representation’s been really good, also the overhead that AppDynamics creates is quite small. We've tried Dynatrace in the past. Some of the applications didn't work as well with Dynatrace."
"Dynatrace has an auto-baseline and uses AI to monitor the performance of each API. The response time is related to the baseline."
"The Dynatrace solution has an important role in optimizing application code and SQL queries for customer solutions."
"The technical support has always been responsive."
"It's very easy to reach the root cause of the problems in the applications, due do the analysis with Dynatrace. The timeframe to update and fix the applications has been reduced a lot compared to what we had before Dynatrace."
"The UEM feature, User Experience Management: Understanding how users are perceiving the application and then connecting that back into back-end systems to understand why things have gotten slow and then dealing with things."
"Dynatrace helps us to improve overall performance and allows us to detect the root cause of an outbreak on our systems."
"The User experience monitor is a real added value."
"It is nice to be able to deep dive and pull historical data."
"The solution is very stable. We never had any issues with stability."
"IBM's main value lies in its integration with its own technologies, which can be seen as a benefit in environments where IBM products are extensively used."
"It would help to maybe have a more graphical interface and more user-friendly graphics."
"Rolling out version upgrades is a difficult job at times."
"AppDynamics's agent management could be improved."
"The AppDynamics installation process needs to be more straightforward. Deploying the product is also tricky."
"Additional support for NextGen mobile platforms also needs to be high in the roadmap prioritizations"
"They need to improve the consolidation of agents for the agent's installation process."
"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."
"AppDynamics could benefit from greater integration with emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning."
"Definitely something to be improved is that OneAgent runs as a route, and not all applications want to run as route. Part of the problem is different technology companies will have various rules, regulations, and policies around what can run as a route."
"They need better infrastructure monitoring. New Relic is beating them for infrastructure monitoring."
"Due to the fact that you doing a lot, you have a problem with the learning curve. We're really looking for ways to make this product more accessible."
"I'd like to see native support, because we're launching native apps in multiple countries so we really want to have a really good feel for how those apps are going and how well they're performing, if there are issues."
"Some of the analytics that you get in, e.g., a waterfall analysis of a web page could be clearer. A lot of that is not directly attributable to Dynatrace. Sometimes a vendor will implement a tag or JavaScript plugin that's named something entirely different than what it does. This makes it difficult to track that from the waterfall list, figure out where exactly that component is, and dig more into what it's doing. Dynatrace could probably improve a bit on that waterfall layout to make it clearer as to what exactly is there. It does a wonderful job of telling you what loads and when, but it could be improved in terms of telling me what exactly it is loading."
"The only challenge is that it's an extensive tool that requires a significant amount of time to learn."
"We need more AI in the product to avoid manual analysis."
"Sometimes it is hard to find the right setting for what you want to change."
"The installation process is difficult, requiring continuous support and specialist expertise due to our limited knowledge of managing it effectively."
"The user interface was not good."
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