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ManageEngine Applications Manager vs Splunk AppDynamics comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 1, 2026

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

Categories and Ranking

ManageEngine Applications M...
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
46th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Monitoring Software (32nd)
Splunk AppDynamics
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
275
Ranking in other categories
IT Infrastructure Monitoring (4th), IT Operations Analytics (2nd), Mobile APM (1st), Container Monitoring (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of ManageEngine Applications Manager is 0.8%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk AppDynamics is 4.6%, up from 4.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk AppDynamics4.6%
ManageEngine Applications Manager0.8%
Other94.6%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

SN
Senior System Engineer at Qatar Petroleum
Managing application health has become simpler but new monitoring features still need faster delivery
I use application discovery and dependency mapping. It helps with managing application health What I like about ManageEngine Applications Manager is the ease of use and ease of deployment. I cannot remember anything specific for future updates of the product. The new features take a lot of time…
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

"We have a very good and long relationship with ManageEngine support guys, and they provide very good support for us."
"The feature that I have found most valuable in ManageEngine Applications Manager is its dashboard."
"Price is the big issue here in Pakistan and they offer a very good price."
"ITSM is a valuable feature, it complies with the requirements in Pakistan."
"Applications Manager helps businesses ensure their revenue-critical applications meet end user expectations."
"What I like about ManageEngine Applications Manager is the ease of use and ease of deployment."
"ManageEngine Applications Manager maintains the historical data and it's easy for us to analyze the trends and patterns and fix them accordingly."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to be able to monitor Kubernetes."
"The most valuable feature is the detailed statistics, like the consumer count, for the ActiveMQ server."
"We have analyzed so many of our APIs and web services; it showed how much data and how many times each and every API and web service is used, and if we can save on those costs and enhance the performance, that's priceless."
"The good part with AppDynamics is that you get all three layers, even though there still are some missing links."
"It provides great tools for monitoring and managing all the different environments of Dev, QA, and Prod with different needs but from a common interface."
"AppDynamics has a very broad range of supported technologies, and it's user-friendly. It looks nice, and it's easy to sell the solution to the stakeholders when we can visualize how the website is working. For example, where we have any problems through visual analytics."
"Using AppDynamics, we have been able to monitor what is happening using fantastic metrics that it provides."
"The solution saves time and cost."
"The metrics browser is very useful, and the deep dive feature is very useful for us."
 

Cons

"My suggestion for improving this feature is to also monitor the end-user experience for application clients and servers."
"One area of improvement is the dashboard should be more readable and available."
"The problem is that implementation requires a significant amount of mapping effort."
"The agent often crashes when there is too much load on the application side. If a sudden storm of data comes in, the agent crashes down most of the time."
"The main issue with ManageEngine is that it only functions as a record-keeping system, it has never had an IT framework in place."
"An area for improvement in ManageEngine Applications Manager is artificial intelligence. If AI is integrated into the solution, it'll be a piece of cake. Currently, it's all configured manually."
"At the moment, we are not finding this solution to be very stable. We've had a lot of calls with the vendor to sort things out."
"The information provided by ManageEngine is not deep-dive like IBM and CA provide."
"The challenge in the installation is that you have to configure a lot of things manually. The way you install and configure it is not straightforward."
"We currently lack distributed tracing, and we want to implement it going forward."
"AppDynamics Database Monitoring would be a better product if it could support new technology, such as cloud technology. Even Dynatrace lacks support for newer technologies."
"Customer support from Splunk AppDynamics is fair but requires enhancements in ticket resolution times."
"Full-stack network monitoring in terms of switches (third-party tool integration should be enabled) should be able to monitor jitter, retransmission, retransmission timeouts, delays, window size, or other network issues."
"AppDynamics is a solution that requires extra learning and could be more user-friendly. Additionally, automated reports would helpful similar to have they have in Google Analytics."
"Remove all Flash from the product."
"AppD is really cool and a unified solution for both APM and APM centric analytics side, but this process is a little bit manual."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The annual licensing depends on the number of monitors you have connected. Once you get to two hundred monitors you can see the price reflect."
"The solution is noted for its cost-effectiveness, a crucial consideration for potential users."
"It is a cost-effective solution."
"The cost of this solution is not too bad, although it could be cheaper considering what you're getting for the price."
"Its price is good."
"ManageEngine Applications Manager has reasonable pricing. It's more affordable than other solutions in the market. My company has an instance-based license for ManageEngine Applications Manager. You can purchase a yearly subscription or a perpetual license. The standard license covers most features, but you can still have some paid add-ons."
"Price-wise, it is a cheap tool...The solution's licensing model is subscription-based, in which yearly payments are to be made."
"The licensing costs for ManageEngine Applications Manager are around $1,200 per year. For additional monitors, you have to pay extra."
"This price of this product is expensive."
"We buy the platform's yearly subscription."
"AppDynamics is more expensive than competitors."
"The pricing is quite comparable to similar solutions in the market. All these solutions at the moment are cheap, but it is like paying for insurance; you pay insurance to avoid major damage."
"As compared to other applications, its price is moderate. Its price is neither very high nor very low."
"I was not involved with the procurement of AppDynamic, but I believe it's expensive."
"The product is a bit expensive compared to other tools."
"It does require licensing to be paid."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
13%
Construction Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise10
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business64
Midsize Enterprise37
Large Enterprise206
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ManageEngine Applications Manager?
I am satisfied with the licensing cost for ManageEngine Applications Manager.
What needs improvement with ManageEngine Applications Manager?
The new features take a lot of time to be implemented, and that could be improved about ManageEngine Applications Manager. If I were requesting a new feature that is not existing, making it availab...
What is your primary use case for ManageEngine Applications Manager?
I use application discovery and dependency mapping. It helps with managing application health.
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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Sample Customers

Certis Europe, Financial Domain, SaaS Office Suite, On Demand TV, Parliament's IT Systems, Sastra Technologies, UniServity
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