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Broadcom DX Application Performance Management vs CA Application Delivery Analysis [EOL] comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

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 (36th), Container Monitoring (9th)
CA Application Delivery Ana...
Average Rating
6.6
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
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Featured Reviews

EG
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.
reviewer1237194 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Solution Director, DevOps at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Good monitoring functionality, but technical support and integration with other products need to be improved
My biggest complaint about ADA is that you have to rely on dedicated appliances. For CA Spectrum, the integration of this product is something that needs to be improved. Even some of their point products to not integrate very well, and ADA is one of them. The user interface needs to be improved. Technical support needs to be improved.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Enables me to monitor multiple servers, applications, resources, and users"
"We use it to create dashboards and executive view dashboards, so our higher up managers can take a look and see where our application status stands."
"In terms of stability, it has been stable so far."
"The solution is stable, and I don't recall having any significant performance issues with it."
"Proactive snapshots of transactions and all details of a transaction are saved in case of an error."
"CA APM is very scalable and used in a clustered environment because it supports more than its technical capacity."
"Users no longer need to depend upon the console for a compatible Java version. Now, users can directly learn the version, perform all their actions, and see all of those performance-related issues."
"With the new feature CA Team Center is much easier to view the information of my user experience, with this unified vision, it was even practical for lay users to use the tool"
"The most valuable feature is the fault management monitoring."
"The pricing is relatively low compared to other solutions in this area. I'd go so far as to say it's even significantly less than the competition."
 

Cons

"The area of improvement is related to the areas of application onboarding and instrumentation, where the product has certain shortcomings."
"Technical support is slow to respond and also asks redundant questions."
"We need more capabilities to analyze the information that tools collects; for example, using artificial intelligence, or something like that."
"The main areas for improvement include making dashboards and interfaces easier to understand."
"The stability could be more reliable."
"Support could be much better."
"Dashboards need to be improved in order to make them self-explanatory."
"The support could be better. It is difficult to access the right person, and incidents sometimes need escalation."
"The user interface needs improvement."
"My biggest complaint about ADA is that you have to rely on dedicated appliances."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Setup costs are quite competitive relative to other solutions, and simpler."
"It is definitely expensive for what we get, but there isn't an alternate option at the moment."
"Negotiate a lot, but do not forget to buy the product because it is worth it."
"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."
"All discounts are case by case to accommodate the client's budgets."
"Broadcom is a better and cheaper option from the financial perspective. It also depends on the DLP plug."
"Althougth it is a bit expensive, it is really worth it"
"The licensing costs are expensive."
"This is an expensive solution and there is a single price to pay for licensing, with no options."
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Top Industries

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Marketing Services Firm
15%
Performing Arts
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
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Small Business26
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise124
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Questions from the Community

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, ...
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...
What is your primary use case for Broadcom DX Application Performance Management?
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

DX APM, CA APM, CA NetQoS Performance Center, Wily Introscope, CA Wily APM, CA App Experience Analytics, CA AXA
CA ADA, Application Delivery Analysis, NetQoS SuperAgent
 

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Sample Customers

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