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CA Application Delivery Ana...

Average Rating

6.6

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Dynatrace

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

360

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (2nd), Log Management (5th), Mobile APM (2nd), Container Monitoring (2nd), AIOps (2nd), AI Observability (2nd)

Featured Reviews

reviewer1237194

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.

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Manish Indupuri

senior DevOps engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

AI-driven insights have reduced downtime and improved cross-team collaboration

We encountered some challenges while using Dynatrace. Although the initial setup was smooth, fine-tuning alert thresholds and custom metrics took some time. Another challenge was that Dynatrace charges based on host units, so we had to carefully plan our agent deployments. The licensing model is expensive. Additionally, the complexity of setup is an issue. While OneAgent and auto-discover services are powerful, the setup is more complex compared to other tools such as Prometheus and Grafana. These integrations are simple and basic, but Dynatrace setup requires more complexity based on the environment. For new users wanting to use Dynatrace, it is difficult. However, the AI-related solutions and metrics took us to the next level for identifying and fixing things. Dynatrace requires an agent for operation. OneAgent is powerful, but it is also resource-heavy. On lightweight nodes or older systems, the agent can slightly impact performance. If Dynatrace could implement a lightweight agent behavior, we could make things faster. Additionally, if Dynatrace could add a long-term retention policy so that we could store more data and find fine-grained details, that would help us. While Dynatrace managed edition supports on-premises deployment, the SaaS version depends on cloud connectivity. For highly regulated or air-gapped environments, setup and updates can be challenging. Although the initial setup is smooth, if someone wants to fine-tune it and fully understand the tool end-to-end, it could be tricky.

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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

"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."

"Once it is setup and seeing traffic, it is an impressive tool to show potential problems long before the general users are complaining."

"The pricing is relatively low compared to other solutions in this area, and I'd go so far as to say it's even significantly less than the competition."

"Technical support is excellent."

"We find the majority of the features very usable and valuable."

"Stability has been very nice, and Dynatrace runs on the Linux system."

"Switching over to Dynatrace reduces complexity, increases the speed to market, and reduces the amount of knowledge that is needed by applications consuming this data."

"You get a good insight into what is going on inside your code."

"Dynatrace provides a clear view to application code; it reviews code to decide where to place check points to collect information."

"From a core-product perspective, Dynatrace is doing everything that we ever asked for."

"Dynatrace is a powerful tool for full stack monitoring with APM capabilities and AI root cause problem analysis, helping our customers with their digital transformation and gaining insight into their infrastructure."

"Since we have been receiving alerts from Dynatrace, we go ahead and fix them without the user knowing about them."

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Cons

"My biggest complaint about ADA is that you have to rely on dedicated appliances."

"The user interface needs improvement."

"It is not the best product on the market, but it is better than the competition if you were comparing prices."

"Hard to setup right, hard to get the conversations right."

"My biggest complaint about ADA is that you have to rely on dedicated appliances."

"Upgrades can be quite complex."

"In the new Dynatrace solution, support for legacy applications is still not there."

"Session export for offline analysis, like it was in AppMon, would be also nice."

"Some technical architectures are based on an event mechanism operating via a publish/subscribe system. APM technology sometimes reaches its limits to go upstream."

"Sometimes we get incidences during the US morning when we are not at the office. If I can get the benefit of a solution which can alert us and solve itself, it is an automation thing where we do not want to wake up late at night and work on the application."

"Right now, we are struggling a bit with stability. We have outages, data loss, and have had to restart, but have not narrowed down exactly what the problem is yet."

"Ease of use could be improved because it can be hard to determine how you made it to the screen you are on and how to get back to it later."

"Dynatrace could be improved primarily with regards to pricing. These tools are expensive."

"It was not straightforward. Documentation is slightly in error as far as directory set ups and guidance."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"This is an expensive solution and there is a single price to pay for licensing, with no options."

"We have a three-year contract. We have 30 licenses for the full stack and 3 licenses for the DEM unit."

"Do a PoC and see if you like it."

"I have not been able to observe more than 1% overhead, despite Dynatrace saying that it can be slightly higher in some situations."

"There is time savings. People's times have been cut in half using this solution because we were previously doing a lot of that manual work. Now, it's a lot more automated, and the data is just there."

"Dynatrace is bit costly and not easily affordable."

"The price could be improved."

"Its license is a bit expensive. We renew it yearly."

"It is quite costly. Dynatrace was the most expensive, compared to the other products we looked at. But it was also a lot better. If you want value for your money, Dynatrace is the way to go."

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Any advice about APM solutions?

The key is to have a holistic view over the complete infrastructure, the ones you have listed are great for APM if you need to monitor applications end to end. I have tested them all and have not f...

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While the environment does matter in the selection of an APM tool, I prefer to use Dynatrace to manage the entire stack. Both production and Dev/Test. I find it to be quite superior to anything els...

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Also Known As

CA ADA, Application Delivery Analysis, NetQoS SuperAgent

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Overview

CA Application Delivery Analysis provides end-to-end response time monitoring at multiple component levels, giving Network Administrators the ability to quickly identify performance bottlenecks and to identify root cause in minutes as opposed to hours or days, resulting in up to 80% improvement in IT productivity and reduced Mean Time To Repair (MTTR).

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Dynatrace offers AI-driven root cause analysis, full-stack observability, and more. Its seamless integration and automated alerts enhance operational efficiency for application performance monitoring across diverse environments.

Dynatrace provides users with comprehensive tools for proactive monitoring, leveraging AI-powered insights to detect bottlenecks and monitor user behavior. It enhances system dependency visualization via Smartscape and offers deep transaction insights through PurePath. Session Replay captures real user experiences, while custom dashboards emphasize essential metrics. Integration capabilities and seamless deployment are key, though users face challenges with navigation, integration, and licensing. Enhancing third-party training tools and optimizing real-time AI diagnostics is desired, with demands for better database monitoring reports and simpler UI.

What are Dynatrace's key features?

AI-Driven Root Cause Analysis: Identifies issues with precision.
Full-Stack Observability: Monitors across all platforms.
Smartscape: Visualizes system dependencies.
PurePath: Provides transaction flow insights.
Session Replay: Captures user interactions.
Custom Dashboards: Focuses on essential metrics.
Automated Alerts: Minimizes downtime.

What benefits should users consider?

Operational Efficiency: Enhances performance management.
Seamless Deployment: Reduces manual intervention.
Integration Capabilities: Ensures smooth system coexistence.
User Experience Insights: Tracks behavior and reliability.

Dynatrace is implemented in industries like finance for monitoring infrastructure and user experience. In manufacturing, it helps ensure system reliability. Its AI-driven approach is crucial for cloud deployments, supporting performance optimization and proactive monitoring.

Sample Customers

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Audi, Best Buy, LinkedIn, CISCO, Intuit, KRONOS, Scottrade, Wells Fargo, ULTA Beauty, Lenovo, Swarovsk, Nike, Whirlpool, American Express

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