Try our new research platform with insights from 80,000+ expert users

Germain vs IBM Application Performance Management comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Germain
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
80th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Application Performance...
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
54th
Average Rating
6.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of Germain is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Application Performance Management is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
IBM Application Performance Management0.6%
Germain0.4%
Other99.0%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

JM
Principal Application Architect at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
Provides an accurate view into the user experience for Siebel Open UI and Java
Because Germain APM is capable of collecting and parsing data points from many areas (O/S, database, application logs, browser clicks, network devices, etc.) one can quickly overwhelm their Germain infrastructure. This is not so much an area of improvement for the product but more for clients to keep in mind so that they size their Germain infrastructure properly.
Daniel Tamiru - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Database & System Administration at Awash International Bank
A multi-functional solution but has poor stability and performance-related issues
We are using version 4 of IBM Application Performance Management, and it is deployed on-premises. We use it for internet banking and mainly for application performance on-site. For example, if we face performance-related issues in one of our software or managed services, we use this solution to…
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability solutions are best for your needs.
879,259 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
No data available
Financial Services Firm
20%
Retailer
15%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
 

Also Known As

No data available
IBM APM
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

American Airlines, eBay, Pepsi, Nestle, Tata Sky, Siemens, Allan Gray, Tele2, Tinkoff Bank, etc
Mibtree, EatDrinkDeals.com, IT Performance Advisor
Find out what your peers are saying about Datadog, Dynatrace, Splunk and others in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability. Updated: November 2025.
879,259 professionals have used our research since 2012.