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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 17, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Evolven
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
18th
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk AppDynamics
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
253
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (3rd), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (6th), Mobile APM (1st), Container Monitoring (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the IT Operations Analytics category, the mindshare of Evolven is 0.5%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk AppDynamics is 18.6%, down from 20.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Operations Analytics Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Splunk AppDynamics18.6%
Evolven0.5%
Other80.9%
IT Operations Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

MF
Provides visualization of risk levels. However, alerting needs improvement.
Our primary use case is operational analytics. It gives insights into a changing landscape, which was not possible before. It facilitates infrastructure readiness and consistency. Provides visualization of risk levels. Alerting needs improvement. Less than one year.
Gyanesh Rahatekar - PeerSpot reviewer
Application performance management and error resolution improved with data-driven insights
Dynatrace has multiple functions compared to Splunk AppDynamics, so Splunk AppDynamics should add those functions, which are not available as of now. Dynatrace has a universal agent that collects all information related to their CI, and if one CI has multiple languages, then there is no need to instrument multiple agents. However, Splunk AppDynamics requires multiple agents; if I have one server with multiple applications in different languages, then I need to instrument different agents for each application. Splunk AppDynamics should work with Dynatrace with one single universal agent that works with all application languages, eliminating the need for multiple implementations.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It facilitates infrastructure readiness and consistency."
"It provides visualization of risk levels."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the response time from the end-to-end server."
"I find troubleshooting is quicker because we can drill down into the end points and see which endpoints are getting critical. Visibility-wise, the micro details are easy to find."
"The monitoring is similar to Dynatrace."
"In 2014 and 2015, AppDynamics was one of the best products on the market."
"It's pretty stable."
"Users can configure business sections in their environment, and it's possible for customers to configure different sources for the name of the class, the name of the method, or the name of the web service, which is very interesting."
"The platform is reliable in identifying the core system issues."
"This solution not only provides answers but also provides sensor data. This allows us to quickly resolve issues that developers may take a long time to solve."
 

Cons

"Alerting needs improvement."
"The solution must improve security and setup."
"I could not find a user-friendly interface for querying, and analytics sometimes gives the wrong results...I feel that analytics could have been better in searching and running the analytical queries."
"I would like to be able to monitor both cloud an on-prem infrastructures, displayed in one dashboard."
"The documentation and training material have room for improvement."
"The one thing that I find it difficult in using AppDynamics is, for any new user, it's not easy for him or her to configure the transactions in AppDynamics because the UI is pretty complex. The configuration is pretty complex for a new, fresh user. They can make the UI simpler, that'll be very helpful for anyone to configure their website in AppDynamics."
"The scalability could be improved."
"AppDynamics Database Monitoring would be improved with more support for microservices architecture."
"The solution could be more mobile friendly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"AppDynamics is really pricey as it requires licenses for every feature."
"AppDynamics is more expensive than competitors."
"As a technical person, and as an application development team, they all understand that this is the right tool for us. But when it comes to budget and financial matters, it takes days and weeks to convince upper management to buy this tool. So they should do something more on licensing costs."
"I give the price a five out of ten."
"It's a very expensive product. Each of the licenses after this month for one server is around $9,000 or $10,000."
"The licensing scheme is very complex. They need to make it easier."
"The product’s licencing policy is competitive. However, properly identify and size your needs to get the best rate."
"The pricing needs to come down."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
28%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
5%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business55
Midsize Enterprise36
Large Enterprise188
 

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I would rate the pricing an eight out of ten. The solution is highly expensive. Our company pays for the solution on a yearly basis, if we don't add new modules or features to the license, we need ...
 

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