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AppPulse Suite [EOL] vs Broadcom DX Application Performance Management comparison

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OpenText and Broadcom are both solutions in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category. Additionally, 94% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.
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    Categories and Ranking

    AppPulse Suite [EOL]
    Average Rating
    8.4
    Number of Reviews
    15
    Ranking in other categories
    No ranking in other categories
    Broadcom DX Application Per...
    Average Rating
    8.0
    Reviews Sentiment
    7.3
    Number of Reviews
    162
    Ranking in other categories
    Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (28th), Container Monitoring (7th)
     

    Featured Reviews

    it_user567780 - PeerSpot reviewer
    it_user567780
    Infrastructure Team Lead at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
    Helps me be proactive in solving a customer's problem before it even happens
    This is a new solution by HP. It's less than two years, we're among the first to implement the solution, so I'm sure that there is a lot of room for enhancement and continuous improvement in the future. They have added a new feature, which was not part of the solution, which is they support what they call hybrid apps; before, it was only supporting native. That is something they work with your R & D, whereby they support this feature in the parent version of AppPulse.
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    Eduardo Gallardo
    Director of Technical Part at NOS SGPS
    Dashboards facilitate prompt alerts but discovery feature needs enhancement
    I would recommend Broadcom DX Application Performance Management if a customer doesn't have any existing performance solution. However, ten years ago, the solution was better, and now there are many competitive options. My overall rating would be between six and seven. The product rating I would give is 6.5 out of 10.
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    Pros

    "It identifies transactions and flows of the operations that our customers use with our mobile application."
    "The FunDex is a valuable feature for our organization."
    "The speed that you can get AppPulse out there was the brightest spot of this whole process."
    "This product has many valuable features, and it is very important for us to identify the response time, identify the different operating systems, the brand of the smart phones, and where customers are using them - not only in Mexico, but in different parts of the world."
    "AppPulse Active allows us to very quickly produce synthetic monitoring for our applications, for some applications we've never been able to monitor before, some older legacy applications."
    "The thing that I like about AppPulse is that it's easy application to install and an easy application to use to provide information for our customers."
    "It increased the customer satisfaction for the usage of my smart apps, and it reduces the number of crashes, proactively, so I know before the issue happens."
    "We can collect data about the user experience and see how the user is behaving with the app, or check the behavior of the app itself."
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    "Gives us the ability to know how our application is performing in real-time."
    "Some of the things that are starting to be interesting is being able to pull in and merge the infrastructure and application data."
    "The time it takes to track problems in applications is the most valuable return that we have from this solution."
    "This solution gives feedback exactly the way that we need it with data specific to tasks, timelines, and analyses."
    "It's a very stable product."
    "Measurement of response time"
    "Scalability is, I think, one of the strongest points of CA APM."
    "It is the very best solution and will surely enhance anyone’s application performance and resource utilization."
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    Cons

    "I think the product was premature."
    "In the next release, I would like to see heat-map tracking."
    "There are some cases where the product cannot perform an analysis initially, and this may be a stability issue."
    "It could be better if you had any of the reports that the customers asked from us, for example, punctually. Unfortunately, the reporter is not that practical."
    "The one that sticks out in my mind is some flexibility to do recurring downtime."
    "We are using AppPulse, but not as extensively as we expected, due to the limitations and the regulations that we have to meet."
    "There are some things I look forward to – alerts, service level management calculations, API so I can get the data from somewhere else rather than just the website, customizable time frame so I can adjust the date and time."
    "Currently, the information for management teams and technical teams are in the same view, but it would be useful if we could separate these views."
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    "Reporting capabilities require improvements."
    "The documentation could better. It doesn't provide good descriptions of what some data are doing, and there's no good place to see what all the data might mean."
    "From my perspective, as I had the opportunity to evaluate CA APM compared to other vendors, one of the improvements we highlighted which would be necessary to improve the targeting interface is to make it more user-friendly and current."
    "Application performance in terms of transactions is a bit slow and could be quicker."
    "The scalability is very poor; when you expand your application, you have to do it manually on the deployment."
    "The documentation on customizing instrumentation of methods and classes (derivative files) could be improved, as well as some of the documentation interfacing into other APM products (ADA, CEM, ABA)."
    "The APM SQL feature doesn't perform like we would like it to, and we actually have some open cases that are working through that."
    "The upcoming changes for the deployment process of the agent will help a lot, in that others have gotten to that point first.​"
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    Pricing and Cost Advice

    "It was a no-brainer from a cost perspective compared to the other tools that we buy as an IT organization."
    "The licensing costs are expensive."
    "Dynatrace is the most expensive of these tools followed by AppDynamics which is "medium-expensive." CA APM is a bit lower in price than either Dynatrace or AppDynanics... In my opinion, if you can afford it, go for AppDynamics instead of CA APM."
    "Depends on the size of the product you need."
    "Althougth it is a bit expensive, it is really worth it"
    "The license for Broadcom DX Application Performance Management is annual. The licensing model could improve because there is not any limit to deploying the agent, there should be some limits on it."
    "The pricing structure should be based on memory or CPU usage rather than the number of agents, as it makes the solution more expensive for us."
    "On pricing, CA is very competitive. I think that's going to help in the long run."
    "Broadcom is a better and cheaper option from the financial perspective. It also depends on the DLP plug."
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    Top Industries

    By visitors reading reviews
    Construction Company
    17%
    Financial Services Firm
    16%
    Manufacturing Company
    14%
    Outsourcing Company
    8%
    Outsourcing Company
    18%
    Financial Services Firm
    10%
    Construction Company
    10%
    Manufacturing Company
    8%
     

    Company Size

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    Large Enterprise
    Midsize Enterprise
    Small Business
    By reviewers
    Company SizeCount
    Small Business7
    Midsize Enterprise3
    Large Enterprise6
    By reviewers
    Company SizeCount
    Small Business27
    Midsize Enterprise24
    Large Enterprise122
     

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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Broadcom DX Application Performance Management?
    The initial pricing is reasonable and competitive compared to other solutions. The challenge arises during annual renewals, as the price increase can be significant, around twenty percent or more, ...
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    What needs improvement with Broadcom DX Application Performance Management?
    The first area for improvement is the discovery feature, which should be enhanced to collect comprehensive information from applications and services. This includes using agents or scripts to gathe...
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    Our primary use case involves having a large dashboard with significant information for alerts, alarms, and metrics to summarize the state of critical businesses and applications. When an issue ari...
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    Also Known As

    Micro Focus AppPulse Suite, HPE AppPulse Mobile, AppPulse Mobile, AppPulse
    DX APM, CA APM, CA NetQoS Performance Center, Wily Introscope, CA Wily APM, CA App Experience Analytics, CA AXA
     

    Overview

    Micro Focus AppPulse Mobile is the first self-service SaaS solution that tracks the real user experience of your mobile apps constantly monitoring performance, stability and resource usage. The tool provides FunDex – a mobile app quality score that provides a top-level view of problems that negatively impact the user experience with recommendations to explore and fix the root cause of each issue.

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    Broadcom DX Application Performance Management offers proactive alerting, transaction tracing, and root cause analysis. It enhances end-user experience management through efficient dashboards and customizable reporting, extending monitoring over Java and .NET applications.

    Broadcom DX Application Performance Management delivers comprehensive monitoring and performance insights across cloud and Java applications. It proactively addresses issues with tools like Introscope for rapid error identification and Customer Experience Manager for end-user management. The software's dashboards consolidate performance data in real-time, helping organizations enhance debugging and incident management. Its low overhead and integration with service tools make it well-suited for production environments. However, it faces potential improvements in areas such as UI updates, agent management, automation, and seamless integration with new technologies.

    What are the standout features?
    • Proactive Alerting: Identifies issues before they impact users.
    • Deep-Dive Transaction Tracing: Offers comprehensive tracking of transactions for detailed analysis.
    • Root Cause Analysis: Expedites problem-solving by pinpointing issues quickly.
    • Introscope: Facilitates rapid error detection and resolution.
    • Customer Experience Manager: Enhances management of user experiences effectively.
    • Real-Time Insights: Provides immediate views of performance data through interactive dashboards.
    • Customizable Reporting: Offers tailored report options for specific business needs.
    • Java and .NET Monitoring: Supports a range of applications, enhancing troubleshooting efficiency.
    What benefits and ROI should users look for?
    • Issue Resolution Speed: Quick problem identification reduces downtime.
    • Performance Optimization: Enhances application efficiency, reducing costs.
    • Cost Reduction: Improves resource use and operational costs.
    • Dashboard Efficiency: Real-time, consolidated data offers transparency.

    Organizations in logistics, banking, and e-commerce implement Broadcom DX Application Performance Management to monitor performance across crucial environments. Their usage involves enhancing performance, debugging, and proactive incident management for cloud and Java apps, with management dashboards supporting greater transparency in crash analytics and server health checks, ultimately improving user experience.

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    Sample Customers

    SpeechTrans, Gulliver Group
    Lexmark, Intermountain Healthcare, National Australia Bank, BBVA Compass Bank, Innovapost, Dansk Supermarked Group, U.S. Cellular, Orange, Cetip
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