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Broadcom DX Application Performance Management vs Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor 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...
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
29th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
162
Ranking in other categories
Container Monitoring (7th)
Solarwinds Web Performance ...
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
35th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
3.9
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of Broadcom DX Application Performance Management is 1.3%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor is 0.3%, up from 0.1% 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 Management1.3%
Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor0.3%
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.
Yaser_Altwailey - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at General Authority OF ZAKAT & TAX
Reliable monitoring has supported synthetic transactions and improved visibility for government operations
We do not have any issues with Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor, and we do not have any complaints about the performance. Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor is overall good regarding synthetic transaction monitoring and data virtualization. I would rate Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor a 10 out of 10 based on our experience.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Product performance is awesome; it's covering all aspects of the application with good database metrics and internal application metrics, providing tons and tons of data."
"The insight it gives into the applications that it's actually applied to, and the flexibility to do many things with those metrics, and also feed your own metrics from external sources."
"Application triage is the most valuable feature; it gives precise insights about problems and leads to the root cause very quickly."
"We are able to spot issues much quicker with the use of the out-of-the-box metrics given to us by CA. But we also develop that further with the use of the EPA Agent and expand what we can give and show the business by creating our own scripts. This has allowed us to develop our own self-monitoring and before anybody else sees the issue we are on hand to solve that as quickly as possible."
"I have no specific advice except that it is a wise choice."
"After we started using APM in our environment, we managed to reduce the creation of these rooms by 90%."
"Crash analytics goes down to the level of code you need to check."
"Introscope was our first modern APM tool, and the application deep dive capability gave us visibility into behaviours of requests from within the app engine and code."
"Everything is functioning well, the interface is intuitive and understandable, easy to read, to access utilization files and reports."
 

Cons

"Applicare should open diagnostic features for PHP, Rails, and .Net-based applications."
"Stability could actually be helped because it is a wrapper or an agent on our system. If we are having a bad day in production or if other resources are being utilized, then we will get gaps in our monitoring system."
"Issues with the workstation interface which could be more productive."
"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."
"Mainly, what we are seeing are problems with our ability to manage all the agents across the board."
"The reports are a key part of APM in my vision because it is through them that we manage to generate the evidence to direct the development team and operational support to address. However, we can not extract the information of the tool through reports."
"User Experience is a BIG one. Integration of all of APM components into one swift deployment."
"Its profiling. The uniqueness instead of me looking at sampling data, I need to know the m-1 event that actually triggered my scenario where that m event caused a catastrophic event, like a ripple effect; I need to know that m-1. What triggered my major event means I need to understand the event that triggered it and before the cause of that event itself."
"Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor needs to improve maintenance and support."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing and licensing are not issues."
"All discounts are case by case to accommodate the client's budgets."
"I'm unable to give information on Broadcom DX Application Performance Management licensing costs, but all Application Performance Management products have expensive pricing. This means that it's not only Broadcom that's expensive, and it would be an advantage if the cost would be a little bit cheaper."
"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."
"Setup costs are quite competitive relative to other solutions, and simpler."
"Althougth it is a bit expensive, it is really worth it"
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Marketing Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Performing Arts
9%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business27
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...
What needs improvement with Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor?
Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor needs to improve maintenance and support. There is room for improvement regarding response time.
What is your primary use case for Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor?
I have been a customer of Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor. We operate in the government sector. We have integrated Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor with our Cisco products. We are using Solarw...
What advice do you have for others considering Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor?
We do not have any issues with Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor, and we do not have any complaints about the performance. Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor is overall good regarding synthetic tr...
 

Also Known As

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

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Sample Customers

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