IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager vs ITRS Geneos comparison

IBM and ITRS are both solutions in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category. IBM is ranked #58, while ITRS is ranked #33 with an average rating of 5.0. IBM holds a 0.4% mindshare in APM, compared to ITRS’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 50% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of ITRS users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2024

IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager and ITRS Geneos are both capable application monitoring solutions. User reviews indicate that ITRS Geneos holds an advantage in features and user satisfaction, whereas IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager excels in support.

What features are offered by IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager in comparison to ITRS Geneos?

IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager offers comprehensive monitoring capabilities, integration features, and strong support. ITRS Geneos features robust real-time monitoring, flexibility, and superior feature richness and adaptability.

What areas of improvement can be found in IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager in comparison to ITRS Geneos?

IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager requires enhancements in scalability, more intuitive configuration processes, and better deployment efficiency. ITRS Geneos needs improved documentation, streamlined updates, and simpler configurations.

How is the ease of deployment and customer service of IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager in comparison to ITRS Geneos?

IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager has a lengthy deployment process but offers robust support. ITRS Geneos boasts smoother deployments and efficient customer service but sometimes requires intervention due to complexities.

What setup costs and ROI can be seen with IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager in comparison to ITRS Geneos?

IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager users find the pricing justified due to extensive support and strong ROI. ITRS Geneos users consider the pricing high but warranted because of unmatched features and efficient ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager vs. ITRS Geneos Report (Updated: September 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Tivoli Composite Applic...

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

58th

Average Rating

6.6

Reviews Sentiment

4.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

ITRS Geneos

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

33rd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (68th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (47th)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ITRS Geneos is 1.2%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
ITRS Geneos	1.2%
IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager	0.4%
Other	98.4%

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

Featured Reviews

Christian Campos

Sales manager at Prodeo Innovation

Integrates well with IBM technologies, but it's outdated and lacks essential features

Implementing synthetic monitoring for our Internet banking site has been challenging. The installation process is difficult, requiring continuous support and specialist expertise due to our limited knowledge of managing it effectively. I have concerns about the complexity of the tool and the challenges in managing it effectively. The support provided is not satisfactory, and the specialists available lack sufficient training and expertise in using the tool.

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Sanket

Chief Manager at a marketing services firm with 501-1,000 employees

With the help of the solution, we can predict and prevent failures

Currently, the most valuable thing for an individual is a mobile device. Since that is where people are currently tracking everything, we have multiple applications or apps that are for various products. I would like ITRS Geneos to develop an app, where instead of going to specific login terminals or logging into laptops or desktops to check alerts, we can have visibility in the app itself. Using the ITRS Geneos app, we could see the error message during our travels or wherever we are. I would like to see the capacity of messages for forecasting increased. Since the NSE is the number one derivative stock exchange in the work for three consecutive years, the number of messages is important. We use the capacity planner in ITRS to forecast our data needs for the next two months. The planner is important because the volume of data we produce is becoming more and more volatile compared to when we first started using ITRS Geneos in 2014.

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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 solution is very stable. We never had any issues with stability."

"IBM's main value lies in its integration with its own technologies, which can be seen as a benefit in environments where IBM products are extensively used."

"The NetProbe carries over 100 samplers which are capable of monitoring hardware, OS, and the application layer."

"The clean and colorful UI and easy to use options like snooze and active times."

"Geneos automatically sends email notifications when any batch job fails, the database is down or the website is down. It is automatically monitoring everything and reduces manual effort."

"One of the most valuable features of ITRS Geneos is the active time feature that helps with the trading applications that I support."

"The ability to build integrations to tools that are not monitored out of the box is the most valuable feature."

"This solution has helped provide relief to existing Level 2 teams, allowing them to focus efforts on in-depth problem analysis."

"The solution is used across the entire investment banking division, covering environments such as electronic trading, algo-trading, fixed income, FX, etc. It monitors that environment and enables a bank to significantly reduce down time. Although hard to measure, since implementation, we have probably seen some increased stability because of it and we have definitely seen teams a lot more aware of their environment. Consequently, we can be more proactive in challenging and improving previously undetected weaknesses."

"The ability to logically normalize data gathered from multiple types of sources via pre-built plugins is extremely powerful. This functionality, coupled with the ability to import custom data via the Toolkit plugin allows Geneos to be leveraged to monitor every system in the enterprise."

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Cons

"The user interface was not good."

"The installation process is difficult, requiring continuous support and specialist expertise due to our limited knowledge of managing it effectively."

"There is a part of the rules for monitoring alerts. I want to understand more about how to choose the samples and the requirements for the rules. That is the part that I want to understand better and get better training for."

"Data visualization – real time and historical – is a weakness."

"A lightweight version which could host more than 100 gateways, as we can see slowness while loading all our gateways."

"Backward compatibility with deprecated features and in system documentation on what configuration areas are needed to be updated."

"The dashboard feature is full of bugs. Grouping items results in a distorted dashboard."

"There is one drawback to using lightweight data collection: we lack the feature of observability based on time series, such as historical model data. This makes it difficult to view data in ITRS. ITRS needs to improve this feature."

"Much of the reporting outside of the user interface is very basic and requires much customization to be useful."

"One area where there is room for improvement is the log file. I would like to be able to do a pre-run on the log files. When you are testing log files for regular expressions, it would be good to be able to do a quick check up front on that side of things before you release that into production."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate the pricing a nine to ten. It is very expensive."

"Based on feedback from colleagues and friends working in the financial sector, Geneos is relatively costly. Many companies have been switching from Geneos to Dynatrace, Sysdig, or other monitoring tools in the past two years because of the price."

"Pricing and licensing is based on the requirements."

"The pricing is fairly market-related. They have been very lenient because we have been working with them for so long. An example is that we're currently migrating some of our services to AWS, and they've given us a grace period for some of the things to help with the migration and not to grow additional costs while we are migrating, but it's still on par with the market."

"Its price is reasonable. It isn't too expensive, and it isn't too cheap, but it also depends on a company's volume and negotiation."

"The organization is not just purchasing a license for the product, but also managing services and professional services from ITRS. Another factor is if the implementation is going to be in production, non-production, or both."

"Given our spend and the amount of service we have in it, the pricing is quite reasonable."

"The product is priced quite high. There are pricing options for customers based on the size of the environment and plug-ins used by the monitoring system."

"Pricing is the touchy subject, even here. Upper management always wants us to find a cheaper solution. But we have so much integrated with ITRS... It's expensive, but it does its job very well. And you set it and go."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

32%

Government

11%

Healthcare Company

Non Profit

Financial Services Firm

72%

Computer Software Company

University

Construction Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	39

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ITRS Geneos?

The pricing is high. Licensing fees might be around 500$ per server monthly.

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What needs improvement with ITRS Geneos?

ITRS Geneos is a legacy system. It predicts or provides proactive measures once an issue is resolved. It doesn't offer any predictive capabilities or root cause analysis. They throw a lot of data i...

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What is your primary use case for ITRS Geneos?

ITRS offers multiple products, including upgrades for synthetic monitoring and a SaaS platform. Geneos is used for infrastructure monitoring, covering KPIs such as CPU, memory, processes, network l...

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Also Known As

Tivoli Composite Application Manager

Geneos

Overview

IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Application Diagnostics on z/OS manages real-time problem detection, analysis, and repair to help maintain the availability, performance and general health of on-demand composite applications. it can gain in-depth diagnostic information for specific application requests to identify the root cause of problems. This software provides a consistent way to manage composite applications throughout Java EE application environments. Set alerts to help detect and fix potentially troublesome situations before they affect users. It can resolve performance issues faster and reduce downtime costs.

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ITRS Geneos is a real-time monitoring tool designed for managing increasingly complex, hybrid and interconnected IT estates.

Built with financial services and trading organisations in mind, it collects a wide range of data relating to server performance, infrastructure, trading, connectivity and applications, and analyses it to provide relevant information and alerts in real time.

Geneos can give full stack visibility across highly dynamic environments and presents all the information through a single pane of glass and its configurable and customisable dashboards provide end-to-end visibility to both technical and business users.

For more information, please visit https://www.itrsgroup.com/products/geneos

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Sample Customers

Michelin Tire Corp

ITRS Geneos is used by over 170 financial institutions, including JPMorgan, HSBC, RBS, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs. Clients range from investment banks to exchanges and brokers.

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