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Chef SaaS vs Dynatrace (Private Offer Only) comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Chef SaaS
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
59th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
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Dynatrace (Private Offer Only)
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
508th
Average Rating
7.2
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
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Featured Reviews

Aaron Prashanth - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at Siemens Industry
Consistent releases have improved collaboration while configuration procedures still need simplification
What stands out for me in Chef SaaS is that the procedure is straightforward and the release goes smoothly because we can create different versions according to our own requirements. Chef SaaS helps with collaboration between our development and operations team. A benefit I can see is that configuring is easier because developers commit new code and new versions, and using Chef SaaS, we can create different cookbooks. Cookbooks contain different recipes, and different cookbooks represent different versions. Using these versions, we can consolidate and create a new package that will help us with the release. Since this is a product-based company and our product is wind turbines, every time we have a product release or patch release, Chef SaaS helps us tremendously. We release different patch cycles such as LTS patch cycles, Windows patches, or any kind of patch feature and built features. To maintain the cycle, the process is quite smooth.
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Team Lead and General Manager at MOCOMSYS
Full-stack monitoring has improved root cause analysis but pricing and usability still need work
There are several disadvantages with Dynatrace (Private Offer Only). First, the development team prefers to have an X-View, but Dynatrace (Private Offer Only), DataDog, and New Relic did not provide an X-View of the transaction. Second, some DataDog users complained about Dynatrace (Private Offer Only) requiring more clicks to figure out problems. DataDog attempts to display major issues on one screen without forcing users to click more. Dynatrace (Private Offer Only) is more geared toward true engineers, forcing users to click more options or buttons. Third, pricing is a significant issue, particularly in Korea. When I was operating as a distributor, Korea did not have a country manager or country director for an extended period. Although there was an engineer and an account executive, there was no country manager equivalent to DataDog or New Relic. When DataDog provided strategic pricing, Dynatrace (Private Offer Only) was unable to offer comparable options. Additionally, Dynatrace (Private Offer Only) continues to force customers to pay more at renewal. While New Relic and DataDog also have price increases during renewal, they typically waive these increases. However, Dynatrace (Private Offer Only) consistently requests customers to accept the uplifting. This pricing approach is the major reason why we lost customers in Korea.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Chef SaaS has positively impacted my organization by saving more time; we do not need to control Chef control node and we can apply the required changes for VMs quickly, which is a big advantage for our organization."
"Chef SaaS is stable and we have never faced any issues with it, as it is quite reliable and, since it is mature and established, it is capable enough to manage large infrastructures."
"Scalability is genuinely exceptional, as a customer who initially used only 20 or 30 hosts eventually expanded to more than 500 hosts, and the expansion was easier than with other local solutions or with DataDog and New Relic."
"Dynatrace (Private Offer Only) is the greatest of all time APM tool; everything you can get is very easy to understand, and it has its own customer care support where I can reach out and get tutorials."
"Dynatrace (Private Offer Only) has aided in optimizing application performance across our environments, significantly improving the fact that we have given access to the DevOps team to optimize code, review where errors are, and understand the experience that users are having when accessing our mobile application, which has helped the team optimize how the application loads, rectify errors, and subsequently deliver a seamless experience for our customers."
"Dynatrace saves both time and money."
 

Cons

"An area of improvement is that if you compare Chef SaaS to Ansible, Ansible is much faster and the process is easier and faster, but Chef SaaS is more complicated."
"Additionally, Dynatrace (Private Offer Only) continues to force customers to pay more at renewal."
"Dynatrace (Private Offer Only) is a little costlier compared to New Relic and AppDynamics. It might want to consider reducing its cost, pricing model, or come up with different pricing models to capture untapped markets globally."
"I could identify a disadvantage of Dynatrace regarding costing, as it is very expensive."
"One thing I would improve in Dynatrace (Private Offer Only) is definitely the licensing model, as it is expensive."
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Top Industries

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Construction Company
45%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Media Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Chef SaaS?
An area of improvement is that if you compare Chef SaaS to Ansible, Ansible is much faster and the process is easier and faster, but Chef SaaS is more complicated. It has different kinds of file se...
What is your primary use case for Chef SaaS?
My main use case for Chef SaaS is cloud infrastructure management. I use Chef SaaS for cloud VMs patch updates, service installation, and security state checks.
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