Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management vs SolarWinds Pingdom comparison

Broadcom and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category. Broadcom is ranked #49 with an average rating of 7.0, while SolarWinds is ranked #57. Broadcom holds a 0.0% mindshare in APM, compared to SolarWinds’s 0.3% mindshare. Additionally, 50% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 75% of SolarWinds users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2024

SolarWinds Pingdom and Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management compete in website and application performance monitoring. Despite SolarWinds Pingdom's higher ratings for pricing and support, Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management is considered superior for its extensive features.

Features: SolarWinds Pingdom offers real-time website monitoring, uptime and performance checks, and user experience insights. Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management provides deep analytics, end-to-end transaction tracing, and robust integration capabilities.

Room for Improvement: SolarWinds Pingdom could improve its scalability, detailed reporting, and configuration flexibility. Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management needs enhancements in ease of configuration, reduction of false positives, and flexibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SolarWinds Pingdom is praised for its straightforward deployment but has mixed feedback on customer service responsiveness. Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management is noted for its complex initial setup but offers excellent customer support.

Pricing and ROI: SolarWinds Pingdom is appreciated for its cost-effectiveness and transparency. Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management, despite higher initial costs, is valued for its significant ROI derived from advanced feature usage.

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Categories and Ranking

Cross-Enterprise Applicatio...

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

49th

Average Rating

6.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SolarWinds Pingdom

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

57th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management is 0.0%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds Pingdom is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

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Mohammed Shahpoup

Senior Deputy Manager, ITSM Architect at ICT Misr

Offers a great reporting experience, with much customization and flexibility in extracting reports but it can be more user-friendly

My experience indicates that it needs enhancements in the UI. We are in 2024, and the GUI doesn't meet current expectations for user interfaces or Excel integration. Mainly, CA Service Desk has such a bad user interface. All features and systems, like servers, should have a modern graphical user interface, but CA Service Desk remains classic and still uses a desktop-based interface. It doesn't add features easily; if you need additional functionality, you have to go through many steps. Competitors like ServiceNow, Micro Focus SMAX, and ManageEngine all have better user interfaces. This is the main solution that needs improvement. I am very satisfied with the modeling systems, the grid, and the existing features, except for the graphical user interface.

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Jay Vekaria

Linux System Administrator at Ergode

High performance, quick setup, but lacking ease of use

Some of the functions could improve by making them easier. There is room for improvement when it comes to the graphs provided by the software. Additionally, there seems to be an issue with the ping status, as it sometimes indicates that a website is down even when it is functioning properly. It appears that there are certain aspects related to cache management or other backend functionalities that are unclear. The time range graph and overall user interface could be more user-friendly. For example, when selecting a custom graph for a specific time period, clicking on it should open the corresponding website in a new tab, but instead, it displays the current graph. This lack of consistency can be frustrating when trying to navigate the interface. Furthermore, the reports shared on a weekly basis arrive one week late, reducing their usefulness. Overall, some extra efforts are required to make the user experience smoother and more efficient.

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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 technical support and documentation are quite good."

"All solutions from Broadcom are very easy to install."

"Once you set the threshold on your environment, it feels very real-time"

"One notable feature of this software is its page speed setup, which is highly commendable. Additionally, the metrics it provides are also impressive."

"There are alerting mechanisms in place to let us know, for example, if a device is not responding to a ping test and is probably not going to work."

"The most valuable features are monitoring and reporting."

Cons

"The UI could be better. When I look at the dashboard, for example, the information looks cluttered and unorganized."

"They lack support and presence in Egypt."

"I would like to see better integration with other products."

"Pingdom is always improving everything in its product. So, they should work on the GUI."

"Some of the functions could improve by making them easier."

"Technical support could use some improvement."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate the pricing a three out of ten, with ten being expensive. So, it is rather cheap."

"While I wouldn't describe it as excessively expensive, if you require specific and reliable monitoring, SolarWinds can be a suitable option. The advantage is that SolarWinds offers a free version as well. If you don't heavily rely on its monitoring capabilities and are content with its basic features, the free version could suffice for your needs."

"This price of this solution is reasonable."

"The license was paid yearly and included technical support."

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Educational Organization

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Computer Software Company

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Financial Services Firm

10%

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management?

I would rate the pricing a three out of ten, with ten being expensive. So, it is rather cheap. On a yearly basis, we pay $400,000. It is fixed, but it differs from year to year because we can add m...

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Also Known As

CA Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management

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Overview

CA Cross-Enterprise APM provides 24/7 monitoring of business transactions for complex application environments by monitoring the real-time performance of mainframe subsystems and providing CA Application Performance Management with this data on a single pane of glass.

Broadcom

SolarWinds® Pingdom® is a powerful and affordable SaaS-based web app performance monitoring solution. It’s one product providing comprehensive web app performance and user experience monitoring consisting of four major capabilities:

1. Uptime monitoring for webpages and other critical components like APIs, CDNs, DNS, networks, email, and more.

2. Page speed performance monitoring and page rankings.

3. Synthetic transaction monitoring from the simplest to the most complex transactions.

4. Real user monitoring (RUM), enabling a deeper and wider understanding of the user’s digital experience, and web application availability and performance.

SolarWinds

Sample Customers

NIIT Technologies, Cetip Safeguards

Spotify, MailChimp, Slack, Twitter

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