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InfoVista 5View NetFlow vs Splunk AppDynamics comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on May 11, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

InfoVista 5View NetFlow
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
77th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk AppDynamics
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
249
Ranking in other categories
IT Infrastructure Monitoring (5th), IT Operations Analytics (2nd), Mobile APM (1st), Container Monitoring (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of InfoVista 5View NetFlow is 0.1%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk AppDynamics is 4.6%, down from 5.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

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Great for service discovery and load balancing and enables us to monitor the traffic flow
We use InfoVista 5View NetFlow on a private cloud. This product has improved the way our organization functions through the better discovery of services. We check the IP address for Office 365 and other cloud applications used in business operations. We use InfoVista 5View NetFlow to understand the cost of the problems on our network links. We monitor the traffic flow and check which application is causing a lot of traffic. Instead of buying more bandwidth, we target the pocket with very high traffic. We move these applications so that the traffic is served through another partner. From Milan to Rome, we use various utilities for network load balancing for applications requiring excessive traffic. We monitor the traffic with InfoVista 5View NetFlow before going to the business and checking the on-site location for problems or issues.
Gyanesh Rahatekar - PeerSpot reviewer
Application performance management and error resolution improved with data-driven insights
Dynatrace has multiple functions compared to Splunk AppDynamics, so Splunk AppDynamics should add those functions, which are not available as of now. Dynatrace has a universal agent that collects all information related to their CI, and if one CI has multiple languages, then there is no need to instrument multiple agents. However, Splunk AppDynamics requires multiple agents; if I have one server with multiple applications in different languages, then I need to instrument different agents for each application. Splunk AppDynamics should work with Dynatrace with one single universal agent that works with all application languages, eliminating the need for multiple implementations.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"InfoVista 5View NetFlow allows us to control the application layer and manage API connections, i.e. Facebook logins or whatever other third-party API services we require."
"What I found valuable in AppDynamics Database Monitoring is good technical support. I also like that it's scalable and stable."
"We switched to AppDynamics for its capabilities."
"Has helped us to increase customer acquisitions and reduce revenue leakage."
"The most valuable features of AppDynamics Database Monitoring are you can configure the performance and see in real-time what is exactly happening with the applications. Additionally, the dashboards are good."
"The solution helps us provide a better user experience to our customers."
"The good thing with AppDynamics Databases is that it will give you a pretty good overview of the data, all the database-like tables, long-running queries, jobs running on the databases, and the queries that are taking more time. So, it's at a deeper level with all the database functionalities, and you will get that information. So, it's a pretty good tool in that sense."
"AppDynamics Database Monitoring's dashboarding is its best feature."
"The platform is reliable in identifying the core system issues."
 

Cons

"A little bit better documentation on the details is needed because this subject is not easy sometimes to understand, which limits the capability of the software."
"Additional support for NextGen mobile platforms also needs to be high in the roadmap prioritizations"
"The networking monitor function could be better, we are not getting many details from it."
"One area for improvement is the MST model. It would be more helpful if it could be offered as a managed service provider model with more multi-tenancy and features."
"The application end of AppDynamics Database Monitoring needs to improve by checking which applications consume licenses."
"AppDynamics Database Monitoring could improve the price of the solution, it is costly."
"I would like to have customizable dashboards to use when I am monitoring certain applications."
"The GUI can be overwhelming at first to a novice Dev or Ops support person, and the possible root causes of an issue do not bubble up to the first screen you see."
"Stability-wise, we experienced some performance issues when upgrading from 4.4 to 4.5."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing for AppDynamics Server Monitoring in Africa and the Middle East is too expensive, so it's very hard to sell it to customers. If there could be different pricing or package for the region, that would be great. My company pays for the license of AppDynamics Server Monitoring on a per-agent, per-server basis. It's $700 to $1000 per server, and it's paid annually. My company is on a subscription model for the solution. On a scale of one to five, where one is expensive and five is cheap, my rating for the price of AppDynamics Server Monitoring is a two."
"AppDynamics offers a yearly basis license."
"It's a very expensive product. Each of the licenses after this month for one server is around $9,000 or $10,000."
"It does require licensing to be paid."
"You are required to purchase licenses whether you use it or not. It is not pay-as-you-use."
"In terms of pricing, I feel that when you compare the benefits that we get to the price that we paid, it is reasonable."
"There is a license needed to use the solution and it is expensive. The licensing model needs to improve."
"AppDynamics is an expensive solution."
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Educational Organization
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Computer Software Company
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Manufacturing Company
7%
 

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