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AppPulse Suite [EOL] vs New Relic comparison

 

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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
New Relic
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
173
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (4th), Network Monitoring Software (9th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (9th), IT Operations Analytics (3rd), Mobile APM (3rd), Cloud Monitoring Software (5th), AIOps (4th)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user567780 - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
BasilJiji - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"It identifies transactions and flows of the operations that our customers use with our mobile application."
"AppPulse Active allows us to very quickly produce synthetic monitoring for our applications."
"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."
"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."
"Customer are able to develop more quickly versions in which users can see the application to correct and monetize it."
"The speed that you can get AppPulse out there was the brightest spot of this whole process."
"The application is easy to use, as it is friendly and graphic."
"The most valuable feature is the New Relic APM module to deep-dive into the application, to get bottlenecks to the surface, and to improve application performance. Also, the New Relic Insights module creates a real-time dashboard on application performance to create awareness for the DevOps team."
"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."
"New Relic has positively impacted my organization by helping with our observability goals."
"The most valuable feature of New Relic is its ease of use."
"The initial setup is straightforward. It is easy to track and easy to follow."
"You don't have to go through a list of 500 servers."
"It has prevented failures from occurring in our production environment."
"The best features in New Relic include its numerous API integrations and a good source of support."
 

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 regulations should be better customized for the kind of data that we cannot send to the SALs environment."
"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."
"I think they can improve the feature that identifies the operating systems, the brand of the devices, the response time, geolocalization."
"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 ability to get CI information from AppPulse into OMi."
"It needs compatibility for Windows Mobile, because I think AppPulse doesn't have Windows Mobile."
"The one that sticks out in my mind is some flexibility to do recurring downtime."
"The solution could improve by having more network monitoring features, such as for all the infrastructure."
"I chose a rating of 8 out of 10 because the UI requires me to dig in and find the needed traces, and it can be more user-friendly."
"New Relic APM can improve the information when we dig deeper to check a problem. There should be more detailed information provided."
"The customization of the start and end time is kind of cool."
"I think New Relic can be more simple to use because for beginners it can be more difficult to use, so I think New Relic can improve in that aspect."
"I would like to be able to invest less time in IT and ad hocs. We should be concentrating on other issues."
"The solution only supports the cloud platform and not on-premises."
"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."
 

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."
"We feel it's a little bit pricey."
"There is a picture which goes to your browser and it monitors requests from other users. However, it's impossible to use now because the price is very high. The feature is very nice, but I tried it during the trial period, and the current price makes it impossible to use."
"We spend somewhere around $5,000 to $6,000 per month with an annual recommitment of maybe $60,000. These are just ballpark figures."
"If I remember it correctly, the pricing was based on the core, and the monthly subscription used to cost us $1,500 or $2,000. We had pre-prod and production services. Costing was different for pre-prod and production. For pre-prod, it was 40% less than the production service cost. It was a combined package."
"We're paying for the New Relic APM license annually."
"The price of New Relic could improve. It is expensive."
"Because of budget, we are not using the mobile app part of this tool."
"The solution is cheap, but prices can go up when users grow."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Retailer
5%
 

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 Business66
Midsize Enterprise50
Large Enterprise76
 

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There are many factors and we know little about your requirements (size of org, technology stack, management systems, the scope of implementation). Our goal was to consolidate APM and infra monitor...
What do you like most about New Relic Insights?
The product's initial setup phase was very easy.
What needs improvement with New Relic Insights?
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...
 

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
 

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