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GroundWork Monitor vs Splunk AppDynamics comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 1, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

GroundWork Monitor
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
75th
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
22nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (100th), Cloud Monitoring Software (50th)
Splunk AppDynamics
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
3rd
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
274
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (3rd), Mobile APM (1st), Container Monitoring (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of GroundWork Monitor is 0.5%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk AppDynamics is 2.5%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk AppDynamics2.5%
GroundWork Monitor0.5%
Other97.0%
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

it_user186582 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr PC/Client Server Analyst II at a individual & family service with 10,001+ employees
It's easy to setup and the plugins are easy to write. When we need to, the threshold is easy to change.
It's easy to setup and the plugins are easy to write. When we need to, the threshold is easy to change It would be nice to have a centralized client-settings management. At the moment, the client settings have to be changed individually. I've used it since 2011. The deployment of the new server…
Shamim Alsharif - PeerSpot reviewer
Performance Test Engineer at TANIM CONSULTING, LLC
Real-time monitoring has improved our banking API performance and supports detailed business transaction analysis
The real-time monitoring is what we can see for anything that is needed in terms of CPU, memory, or the connections or the sessions related. It's real-time monitoring of performance of each of the components, which is what we need and use all the time. It's highly effective, I would say. Infrastructure visibility, transaction monitoring, to check the actual user experience in terms of the response time, MRT and all those things. We do the component monitoring like the API performance and the connections and all those things, but we also do the business process monitoring and business transaction monitoring.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's easy to setup and the plugins are easy to write."
"The biggest benefit we have found is that we are quickly able to identify the root cause, especially if it's in the database layer."
"If I compare AppDynamics Server Monitoring with JVM-based applications, it is a pretty good tool."
"This solution has helped us to reduce the number of incidents in our Production environment and improve the performance of applications."
"The solution offers great visibility that allows you to track where errors originated."
"Knowing which tables on the database were working the most was valuable."
"It helped to find quick solutions for specific business transactions."
"I've been really happy with it and everything we want it to do, it's done."
"The ability to check parameters for microservice applications is most valuable. It is important for me. I can manually create new business transactions for applications and individually monitor business transactions. I can also use a lot of extensions. It has a lot of extensions to monitor other third-party applications, such as NoSQL applications, memory cache applications, Kafka applications, and Couchbase applications. It is very useful. We are also using the end-user monitoring site to follow all end-user activities. It is important for us to check the errors on the customer site."
 

Cons

"Deploying an agent leaves much to be desired."
"I would like to see some more work done for custom extensions. I don't think that there is enough support in that aspect."
"The biggest complaint that we have at this point is the ability to exclude certain time frames from the dynamic baselining."
"The documentation and training material have room for improvement."
"As per my experience, the drill-down feature can be improved at the class level."
"Initially, we had stability issues but now it's fine."
"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."
"Rolling out version upgrades is a difficult job at times."
"Sometimes, while fetching details, Splunk AppDynamics provides answers within a minute, but it can occasionally take seven or eight minutes, which can be problematic when time is limited."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"We have two different licensing models for this solution. One of them is the agent based model, which requires payment per agent. The other is an infrastructure based model, where the price is based on the CPU core. For the infrastructure model wholesale level pricing applies. All of the up to date licensing prices for this product are available on the manufacturers website."
"The pricing of the solution is reasonable for what features you receive."
"This solution is not the cheapest but it works well. You will end up doing more work with a cheaper solution than if you just spent the extra money on a better solution like this one."
"AppDynamics Server Monitoring is an expensive solution."
"The pricing for AppDynamics is expensive, but it is possible to negotiate special pricing through bids."
"The tool is expensive."
"We have purchased a few licenses for AppDynamics Database Monitoring and the price is high."
"The pricing model for AppDynamics could be better. You have to subscribe to a yearly or a three-year licensing, which isn't very handy. The solution is one of the most expensive in the market today."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
28%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
23%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business64
Midsize Enterprise37
Large Enterprise205
 

Questions from the Community

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Any advice about APM solutions?
There are many factors and we know little about your requirements (size of org, technology stack, management systems, the scope of implementation). Our goal was to consolidate APM and infra monitor...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AppDynamics Database Monitoring?
The price is not cheap, however, considering the benefits and the price ratio, I would rate it nine out of ten.
What needs improvement with AppDynamics Database Monitoring?
Based on my experience, some databases like Couchbase, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB require a little bit of enhancement as they are newer and not as widely used as other databases. The limitations are o...
 

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