AppPulse Suite [EOL] vs New Relic comparison

OpenText and New Relic 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 94% of New Relic users who would recommend it.

AppPulse Suite [EOL]

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Categories and Ranking

AppPulse Suite [EOL]

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

New Relic

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

172

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (4th), Network Monitoring Software (8th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (9th), IT Operations Analytics (3rd), Mobile APM (3rd), Cloud Monitoring Software (5th), AIOps (4th)

Featured Reviews

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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BasilJiji

System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Real-time alerts have reduced server outage impact and support fast incident response

In the dashboard, if they could show a little more metrics regarding the application and related things, that would be how New Relic could be improved. Currently, there are things showing from the server level and application level, but it can be improved. That is what I felt. Regarding user interface, I do not feel much concern, but for some kind of issues when we are trying to get support from the New Relic team, their SLA seems to be long. They are taking seven to ten working days for resolving some kind of scenario or issue. That is a bit difficult for us. If they could improve the customer support by reducing their SLA within three to five days, if they could remediate everything, that will be so much helpful. When it comes to the customer support part, I felt they need to be a little more improved on that part. The support overall is good, but they can improve. That is the reason I have given it eight out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"AppPulse Active allows us to very quickly produce synthetic monitoring for our applications."

"The application is easy to use, as it is friendly and graphic."

"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 provides a lot of customer insight, understanding the customer's needs, understanding the customer's issues, and it gives me a more proactive approach to solving a customer problem before it happens."

"The speed that you can get AppPulse out there was the brightest spot of this whole process."

"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."

"With Google Analytics, you choose what performance metrics you want to have reported, but with AppPulse Mobile, you have a global vision of what is really happening inside your app."

"Customer are able to develop more quickly versions in which users can see the application to correct and monetize it."

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"New Relic's dashboard is nice, and it's reliable. It's also compatible with many services, especially Java and the Python ecosystem."

"One of the most outstanding features of any APM tool is the anomaly detection part."

"The synthetic alert is the most valuable feature in New Relic APM. I also like the time travel feature and find traceability useful in the solution. New Relic APM also has good response times."

"The VPN is one of the solution's most valuable features for us."

"New features are added often."

"The most valuable feature of New Relic is its ease of use."

"The best features in New Relic include its numerous API integrations and a good source of support."

"As New Relic is already integrated with Drupal, we can get our projects done with best practice and with the best value that we believe in."

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Cons

"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."

"The ability to get CI information from AppPulse into OMi."

"I would love if AppPulse delivered more details about my users, for example, age and sex. It could split up the users into categories based on how frequently they use my product."

"The regulations should be better customized for the kind of data that we cannot send to the SALs environment."

"It needs compatibility for Windows Mobile, because I think AppPulse doesn't have Windows Mobile."

"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."

"I think they can improve the feature that identifies the operating systems, the brand of the devices, the response time, geolocalization."

"The solution does not provide input on how the page performs in a big group. It just says that the page performance is bad, but it does not say what can be done to improve it. If they could provide some insight or guidance on how to make improvements, that would be a big help."

"I haven't come across any features that are lacking."

"The deployment process could be improved."

"New Relic can be improved, particularly by enhancing the UI, which is currently a bit off."

"I think that there have been some questionable product enhancements. Over a year ago, New Relic rolled out a new navigation that really disrupted our workflow."

"We would like a dashboard feature to be created for this product. This would allow us to monitor both the front and back-end of our UIs performance, and then report on it."

"New Relic can get pricey for larger organizations."

"There are certain features that are not supported in New Relic, such as CATSEARCH, which allows you to do a full-text search."

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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."

"New Relic is either free with low retention and minimal functionalities, or expensive with full options and retention."

"The price depends on how many agents you want."

"This is an expensive product."

"The pricing is okay comparatively their competitors. The only concern was whether it should be purchased on demand or bring your own license, and which way passes some savings onto the end customers."

"We spend somewhere around $5,000 to $6,000 per month with an annual recommitment of maybe $60,000. These are just ballpark figures."

"The monthly cost os $1000 per server per month, but it could be even more. We pay about $250 for the server, and then New Relic wants over $1000 to give us statistics on those servers."

"The new licensing model is great, as we pay for what we use (in computational units). However, the pricing is expensive compared to other tools."

"The product is neither cheap nor expensive, and I believe that it is a competitively-priced tool."

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Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	6

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Small Business	65
Midsize Enterprise	50
Large Enterprise	76

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The product's initial setup phase was very easy.

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When considering how New Relic can be improved, the only thing that could be a bit confusing is that there are many things in New Relic, and sometimes I need to know where to find some visualizatio...

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Also Known As

Micro Focus AppPulse Suite, HPE AppPulse Mobile, AppPulse Mobile, AppPulse

New Relic Browser, New Relic Applied Intelligence, New Relic Insights, New Relic Synthetics, New Relic Servers, New Relic APM

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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New Relic offers real-time application monitoring and insight into performance bottlenecks. Its customizable dashboards and APM integration provide efficient operational support, while server performance alerts ensure quick issue detection.

New Relic provides comprehensive monitoring of application performance, tracking bottlenecks across databases and front-end components. Users employ it for server and infrastructure monitoring, as well as analyzing key metrics such as CPU and memory usage. The solution's ability to integrate with tools like PagerDuty enhances incident management capabilities. However, users have expressed a need for improvements in query language simplicity, more detailed historical insights, and better mobile app monitoring support.

What are New Relic's most important features?

Real-Time Monitoring: Provides instant visibility into application performance.
Detailed Transaction Tracing: Identifies specific transaction issues quickly.
Error Rate Tracking: Monitors and reports on error occurrences efficiently.
Customizable Dashboards: Tailors dashboard views for specific needs.
APM Integration: Seamlessly integrates with application performance management tools.

What benefits and ROI should be considered?

Operational Efficiency: Quick issue detection reduces downtime.
Improved Debugging: Enhanced error analysis supports rapid problem resolution.
Comprehensive Monitoring: Offers a holistic view of application performance and user behavior.
Incident Management: Integration with incident tools helps streamline responses.
Efficient Alerts: Rapid alert systems ensure timely notifications of issues.

In industries like e-commerce and financial services, New Relic supports application performance monitoring to enhance user experience and system reliability. Organizations leverage its insights for optimizing performance, particularly in server operations and infrastructure management. Its ability to monitor API failures through synthetic monitoring is crucial for maintaining high service levels.

New Relic

Sample Customers

SpeechTrans, Gulliver Group

World Fuel Services, Verizon, FootLocker, McDonald's, Trainline, Mondia Media, Confused, Costa Coffee, Ryanair, Marks & Spencer, William Hill, Delivery Hero, Skyscanner, BASF, DAZN, Veygo, Virtuo, movingimage, talabat, Australia Post, Tokopedia, Seven Network, Virgin Australia, Zomato, BigBasket, Mercado Libre, Lending Club

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