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Broadcom DX Application Performance Management vs Catchpoint comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.1
Broadcom DX APM boosts ROI with effective application management, reducing incidents and costs, while enhancing performance and reporting capabilities.
Sentiment score
7.1
Catchpoint delivers significant ROI with fewer outages, enhanced user experience, real-time insights, cost-effectiveness, and 24/7 support.
Performance management solutions like Broadcom DX Application Performance Management are important for cost reduction and performance reviews.
Director of Technical Part at NOS SGPS
Real-time monitoring of networks, websites, and apps gives insightful information which helps to make data-driven decisions.
Senior Network Engineer at AT&T
There have been fewer outages, and it is very easy to identify the issue of performance bottleneck through root cause analysis and insights.
Web Developer at AT&T
We have seen a return on investment as we have fewer outages.
Senior Security Engineer at AT&T
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
Broadcom DX's customer service and technical support are praised for professionalism, expertise, but face criticism for occasional delays.
Sentiment score
7.8
Catchpoint's 24/7 proactive customer support is highly rated for responsiveness, reliability, and professional assistance, ensuring high user satisfaction.
It is difficult to access the right person, and incidents sometimes need escalation.
Regional Director at ATOS
In the early years, we needed support often, but due to accumulated experience with Broadcom DX Application Performance Management, we haven't needed to escalate any issues recently.
Director of Technical Part at NOS SGPS
Catchpoint customer support is very helpful and proactive.
Web Developer at AT&T
The customer support is always very friendly and responsive and always available twenty-four hours per day, seven days a week.
Senior Security Engineer at AT&T
Customer support is available 24/7 and very proactive and responsive.
Senior Network Engineer at AT&T
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.8
Broadcom DX Application Performance Management is scalable, but complex configuration and cost concerns arise with extensive metrics and scalability options.
Sentiment score
7.3
Catchpoint's scalability is praised for adapting to growth, excelling in SaaS environments, though on-premises setups face challenges.
The solution does not offer much flexibility in scalability.
Director of Technical Part at NOS SGPS
Catchpoint's scalability is great as it grows with my organization's needs and can handle those needs very well.
Web Developer at AT&T
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.9
Broadcom DX APM is stable with minimal issues, though specific configurations and platforms may present challenges, often resolved by updates.
Sentiment score
8.6
Catchpoint is praised for its stability, reliability, and consistent performance, earning high satisfaction and trust from users.
Catchpoint is stable as I have not experienced any lagging.
Senior Network Engineer at AT&T
 

Room For Improvement

Broadcom DX Application Performance Management requires improvements in cost, integration, support, automation, cloud, dashboards, and monitoring capabilities.
Catchpoint struggles with complex setups, UI issues, and lacks automation, needing better integration, flexibility, and cost efficiency.
It is also difficult to access the right person in support, and sometimes incidents need to be escalated, taking several contacts to resolve.
Regional Director at ATOS
Improving the feature set to match competitors like Cisco and Dynatrace would be beneficial.
Director of Technical Part at NOS SGPS
If we could receive similar data for the China market as we do for North America and Asia Pacific, this would be helpful.
Technical Consultant Project Lead at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
I would also add that the script recorder needs some work due to an update by Google, deprecating the use of the current solution.
Senior Network Engineer at AT&T
Dashboard customization and UX should be improved.
Web Developer at AT&T
 

Setup Cost

Broadcom DX APM is cost-effective initially, but renewals and agent-based licensing can increase expenses in large setups.
Catchpoint's pricing is high but cost-effective for large enterprises, offering competitive features and volume discounts, challenging smaller budgets.
The challenge arises during annual renewals, as the price increase can be significant, around twenty percent or more, which customers find difficult to understand.
Director of Technical Part at NOS SGPS
The pricing is in the middle range.
Regional Director at ATOS
The cost is very effective and relatively competitive.
Senior Security Engineer at AT&T
Catchpoint's price is very cost-effective, but I don't know if it might be out of budget for a smaller organization working on a tight budget.
Senior Network Engineer at AT&T
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that the cost was very cost-effective and affordable.
Web Developer at AT&T
 

Valuable Features

Broadcom DX APM provides real-time insights, proactive issue detection, transaction tracing, and customizable dashboards for enhanced performance management.
Catchpoint improves performance and reduces downtime with synthetic monitoring, root cause analysis, and user-friendly reporting tools.
The most valuable feature of Broadcom DX Application Performance Management is the dashboard, which captures all the traces and generates alerts for performance monitoring.
Director of Technical Part at NOS SGPS
We have very good dashboards that are very useful for getting all the parameters of the application.
Regional Director at ATOS
With the help of Catchpoint, we are able to address issues before our customers. Our triage time has reduced. We are able to reduce outages and unwanted user incidents.
Senior Network Engineer at AT&T
It has been a great investment and has helped us in reducing the MTTR, mean time to resolve, allowing for easier identification of issues in real time and reduced noise of alerts.
Human Resources Manager at AT&T
Synthetic monitoring and root cause analysis have helped my team by allowing root cause monitoring to help us understand where the threat is coming from, enabling us to catch the threat before it impacts our users.
Web Developer at AT&T
 

Categories and Ranking

Broadcom DX Application Per...
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
35th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
162
Ranking in other categories
Container Monitoring (8th)
Catchpoint
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
40th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (57th), Cloud Monitoring Software (31st), Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of Broadcom DX Application Performance Management is 0.8%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Catchpoint is 0.8%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Broadcom DX Application Performance Management0.8%
Catchpoint0.8%
Other98.4%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

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.
Henry Mike - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at AT&T
Monitoring has delivered proactive issue detection and improves user experience across our apps
The best features Catchpoint offers are Catchpoint Synthetics, Catchpoint API test, Catchpoint Dashboard, and Catchpoint UI. I would like to add that Catchpoint UI is very user-friendly and with a basic introduction, anyone can just get started. When we talk about Catchpoint Dashboard, this is our one-stop shop for all our monitors. It has multiple widgets that display various application performance metrics. We use this feature immensely and it is of great value to our business. When it comes to Catchpoint Synthetics, it enables us to create our synthetic monitoring using Catchpoint. Creating the Synthetics monitors is easy and requires basic knowledge of Selenium and JavaScript. It also allows us to run the test from external, which is the backbone, and internal enterprise nodes. Additionally, Catchpoint provides detailed insights of each request that is involved in the application flow, which helps us in addressing the issue at the request level. With the help of Catchpoint, we are able to address issues before our customers. Our triage time has reduced. We are able to reduce outages and unwanted user incidents. We are able to get to the root cause of the issue efficiently post-implementing Catchpoint monitoring.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Marketing Services Firm
13%
Performing Arts
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Retailer
11%
Construction Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business26
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise124
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise12
 

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...
What do you like most about Catchpoint?
Catchpoint is very flexible and also provides logs for troubleshooting purposes. It helps us fix issues within the SLAs signed with the end users. The tool is easy to learn.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Catchpoint?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that the cost was very cost-effective and affordable.
What needs improvement with Catchpoint?
Catchpoint can be improved as it has a complex setup and configuration, and dashboard customization and UX should be improved.
 

Also Known As

DX APM, CA APM, CA NetQoS Performance Center, Wily Introscope, CA Wily APM, CA App Experience Analytics, CA AXA
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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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