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ManageEngine Applications Manager vs VMware Aria Operations comparison

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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...
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (46th), Cloud Monitoring Software (32nd)
VMware Aria Operations
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
376
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (2nd), Virtualization Management Tools (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Cloud Infrastructure and Tools solutions, they serve different purposes. ManageEngine Applications Manager is designed for Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability and holds a mindshare of 0.8%, up 0.6% compared to last year.
VMware Aria Operations, on the other hand, focuses on Virtualization Management Tools, holds 22.8% mindshare, down 32.3% since last year.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
ManageEngine Applications Manager0.8%
Dynatrace4.8%
Splunk AppDynamics4.6%
Other89.8%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
Virtualization Management Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VMware Aria Operations22.8%
IBM Turbonomic17.1%
SolarWinds Virtualization Manager9.0%
Other51.099999999999994%
Virtualization Management Tools
 

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…
AldoDomini - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Network Analyst at Net spa
Have faced limitations due to high costs but have maintained reliability over time
The primary issue is the pricing, which is very expensive for my company's budget. We cannot afford to pay such a large fee. We are not Microsoft or BMW; we are a small company. As a small company, I have no power to negotiate directly with VMware. Perhaps larger companies have more opportunity to contract directly with VMware, but I do not have that leverage. The only path I can follow is to change solutions. Net.spA is a company working in the field of waste management. We are not a technological company, so we do not have a large margin to justify purchasing and maintaining the VMware infrastructure at current costs.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The initial setup was straightforward, without complexity."
"We have a very good and long relationship with ManageEngine support guys, and they provide very good support for us."
"For a small organization, I think ManageEngine is pretty nice, I think it's enough."
"I am impressed with the tool's reporting feature which is simple."
"The features on the dashboard of ManageEngine Application Manager are much better than these other solutions, and I found that those solutions can be quite costly in comparison."
"We do not have pricing constraints as an organization, because we do have reservations about ManageEngine being functionally scalable."
"If cost is your consideration and you have a well-rounded system administrator, this is a good product to explore."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to be able to monitor Kubernetes."
"From the beginning, it has improved everything from a management perspective."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. It is very intuitive to install."
"It will definitely help them manage their infrastructure."
"The ability to look into our environment to see what is going on is the most valuable feature."
"Scalability is relatively simple. You just spin up a new appliance and you either add it to an existing vROps manager or you can create a new environment. You can forward statistics. If I have multiple data centers, I can spin up remote nodes and send our information back to our primary one."
"vROps allows us to quickly get an overview of what's going on in the environment, without even having to know too much."
"Ten blades at $20,000 a piece, that's a $200,000 savings."
"It's intuitive and user-friendly, especially with the new clients. It's really nice. It's really easy to use. The HTML 5 client is light years ahead of the old one. Everything runs faster, it loads a lot quicker, it's a lot cleaner, the UI is easier to navigate."
 

Cons

"They can improve the post-processing of the data."
"They can improve the post-processing of the data. AppDynamics has more powerful tools for post-processing or analytics. It has some limitations in more complex environments, but because we are free to use different solutions, we try to find what is best for the customers or the problem we are trying to solve."
"The information provided by ManageEngine is not deep-dive like IBM and CA provide."
"I would say that the implementation of ManageEngine Applications Manager is too detailed. You need some training to effectually use it."
"The main issue with ManageEngine is that it only functions as a record-keeping system, it has never had an IT framework in place."
"One area of improvement is the dashboard should be more readable and available."
"I assess the impact of real-user monitoring of this product on my application's performance as not good. I am not satisfied with monitoring."
"Even with the top-notch dashboard, it could be made stronger in order to have an additional plug-in for analytics."
"In newer versions, you see this information in megahertz and kilobytes, not percentage. I don't like this change so much."
"More data, at least in the VMware, for their Blast Extreme protocol that they use now."
"It would be nice if it could tell me more about my hardware, if there were any updates on the network that should be deployed, if some firmware needs to be deployed on the server, etc."
"It's user friendly, but a bit complex, so you need to spend time with it."
"I think they need to make the UI a little bit more simplistic. It can be a little overwhelming for people who have never used the tool before."
"One of the expectations would be to have third-party integrations, plug-ins like with Lumidor."
"We did not find this solution to be intuitive or user-friendly. It's complex and overwhelming."
"It is somewhat hard to manage the alerts."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"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."
"Its price is good."
"The solution is noted for its cost-effectiveness, a crucial consideration for potential users."
"Price-wise, it is a cheap tool...The solution's licensing model is subscription-based, in which yearly payments are to be made."
"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."
"The solution's licensing costs are yearly."
"Bundle it in with your license rather than buying it as a separate product. It saves a lot of money that way."
"We have definitely seen ROI by removing unnecessary servers and VMs. By having vROps as an assistant when it comes to monitoring and managing resources, it has helped us a lot with cost savings and managing expenses."
"If the VMs were trimmed, then we wouldn't have to buy as much software/hardware, and this means less licenses. While most of it is VMware licenses, which are relatively cheap, there are SQL licenses for Microsoft, and this is where we could start saving a lot of money."
"We would like to build custom dashboards in the standard license. Right now, this is available in the enterprise license, not the standard license."
"Pricing could always be cheaper, but it's acceptable."
"I would like to see a free offering. Cost is always a factor in any sort of line. Obviously, the value added is there and it's worth it."
"Our budgets are always tight. We would like to have more features at lower licensing levels for easier access to them."
"This is an enterprise-level product and everything is included in the VMware Suite license."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
13%
Construction Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Construction Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

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 Business66
Midsize Enterprise61
Large Enterprise281
 

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.
What's the difference between VMware vRA (automation) and vROps (operations)?
vROP is a virtualization management solution from VMWare. It is efficient and easy to manage. You can find anything you need from the software interface. It provides complete visibility over applic...
Is VMware Aria Operations a user friendly solution?
In terms of user-friendliness, VMware Aria Operations is one of the best solutions out there. It is not overly complex to set up and you can rely on the technical support to provide you with assis...
What is the most useful new feature of VMware Aria Operations?
For me, the alerts features are the most unique part of this product, no matter the current name it uses. When they introduced the new version of VMware Aria Operations, they also introduced more a...
 

Also Known As

Applications Manager
VMware vRealize Operations (vROps), vCenter Operations Manager (VCOPS)
 

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Sample Customers

Certis Europe, Financial Domain, SaaS Office Suite, On Demand TV, Parliament's IT Systems, Sastra Technologies, UniServity
Science Applications International Corporation, Tribune Media, Heartland Payment Systems, Telkom Indonesia, Columbia Sportswear, iGATE, CSS Corp, Angel Broking, Adira Finance, Hipskind, Beiersdorf Shared Services, Innovate Mas Indonesia, Adobe, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi , Join Experience S.A, Borusan Holdings, Department of Transport - Abu Dhabi
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