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Nutanix Prism vs Splunk AppDynamics comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.8
Nutanix Prism enhances management efficiency, reduces costs, and provides ROI through staff reduction and streamlined operations despite higher initial costs.
Sentiment score
5.7
AppDynamics boosts performance, reduces resource use, and enhances user satisfaction, resulting in cost savings and improved operations.
Using Nutanix Prism, a task that took a complete day can now be solved in hours.
Associate Systems Engineer at Dhanyaayai enterprise private limited
Initially, the CapEx was higher than VMware's, but considering the operational cost over time, it has been beneficial.
Head of Infrastructure Operations Security at Gulf Cable & Elec. Ind. Co.
You will get 60% ROI with Nutanix Prism on-premises.
Lead Solutions Architect at Team Computers
Overall, as a production gatekeeper, we achieve at least 50% efficiency immediately, with potential savings ranging from 60 to 70% as well, reinforcing why it is a popular tool in the banking industry.
Technology lead at Infosys
According to errors, exceptions, and code-level details related to their application performance on a daily basis, the application development team tries to help with Splunk AppDynamics to reduce errors and exceptions, which helps the end users get application availability and feel more confident.
Back office at Reliance Industries Ltd
To understand the magnitude of it, when the company asked to replace Splunk AppDynamics with another tool, I indicated that for the proposed tool, we would need five people to do the analysis that Splunk AppDynamics enables me to do.
Digital Performance Tester at Amdocs
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.8
Nutanix Prism support is praised for prompt, knowledgeable service, high reliability, and effective resolution of complex issues.
Sentiment score
7.0
AppDynamics's customer service is praised for promptness and expertise, though some note improvements needed in complex issue resolution.
Basic means standard business hours support, Production means 24/7, Mission Critical means faster SLA with technical account managers connectivity, and Ultimate means full white-glove support with a dedicated team.
Director at Eglobe infra solutions
Nutanix support is excellent, and their response time is extremely fast.
Head of Infrastructure Operations Security at Gulf Cable & Elec. Ind. Co.
If there is any hardware issue with HP or Dell, customers don't need to raise tickets with the hardware OEM. They can raise tickets on the Nutanix portal itself.
Lead Solutions Architect at Team Computers
AppDynamics is much more helpful.
Director of Technical Part at NOS SGPS
We got a contact, an account manager, to work directly with for technical support.
Performance Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
They help us resolve any issues raised by our team relating to operations, application instrumentation, or any other issues.
Back office at Reliance Industries Ltd
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Nutanix Prism is highly praised for its effortless scalability, supporting large environments with minimal downtime and straightforward expansion.
Sentiment score
7.2
AppDynamics is scalable, but some users face challenges with larger deployments due to performance issues and licensing constraints.
Nutanix Prism is completely scalable; you can add nodes and disks without using downtime, allowing for easy scaling.
Junior System Cloud Engineer at DeliverICT
You can scale it up and scale down your networking.
Associate Systems Engineer at Dhanyaayai enterprise private limited
We have reached maximum capacity in our tier, and extending capacity has not been cost-effective from Splunk's perspective.
Senior Principal, Enterprise Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
I would rate the scalability of Splunk AppDynamics as a nine out of ten.
Digital Performance Tester at Amdocs
I assess how Splunk AppDynamics scales with the growing needs of my organization as good, since we are growing and adding more servers.
Development Operations Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Nutanix Prism is highly reliable and stable, with quick bug resolutions, minor update challenges, and excellent user satisfaction.
Sentiment score
7.8
Users find Splunk AppDynamics generally stable with high performance ratings, though some report resource issues and occasional glitches.
The entire Nutanix solution is stable.
Head of Infrastructure Operations Security at Gulf Cable & Elec. Ind. Co.
I have not experienced any downtimes, crashes, or performance issues with Nutanix Prism.
Junior System Cloud Engineer at DeliverICT
It is necessary to conduct appropriate testing before deploying them in production to prevent potential outages.
Senior Principal, Enterprise Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
There are no issues or bugs with the 20.4 version; it is very stable with no functionality or operational issues.
Back office at Reliance Industries Ltd
Splunk AppDynamics is superior to any alternative, including Dynatrace.
Technology lead at Infosys
 

Room For Improvement

Nutanix Prism needs interface, pricing, and automation improvements, better third-party integration, enhanced analytics, migration ease, and licensing flexibility.
Splunk AppDynamics struggles with UI complexity, support delays, integration issues, high costs, and requires better AI and user-friendly reporting.
The presales and marketing team should inform clients about resource requirements, such as RAM used by CVM, to help manage expectations.
Head of Infrastructure Operations Security at Gulf Cable & Elec. Ind. Co.
Regarding Nutanix Prism's single pane overview, the limitation is that you cannot troubleshoot all errors from Prism Central; you sometimes need to log into the CLI to change settings such as the IP address of the CVM in the AHV.
Junior System Cloud Engineer at DeliverICT
Nutanix Prism needs to enhance its operational efficiency through API development.
Associate Systems Engineer at Dhanyaayai enterprise private limited
Splunk AppDynamics does not support the complete MELT framework, which includes metrics, events, logging, and tracing for the entire stack.
Senior Principal, Enterprise Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
AI could provide more insights for annual or half-yearly reports and forecast future changes in the asset landscape.
Senior Delivery Manager at GE Vernova
Functionality-wise, I would like to see more cognitive solutions in Splunk AppDynamics, ideally with a single agent that can implement policies and provide predictive insights regarding application performance degradation during peak times.
Technology Architect at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise buyers find Nutanix Prism's pricing variable, appreciating features but noting high costs and complex licensing compared to alternatives.
Splunk AppDynamics is costly with variable pricing influenced by complex licensing, offering value for enterprises despite challenges.
At first, the cost seemed heavy, but over time, its cost-effectiveness became evident.
Head of Infrastructure Operations Security at Gulf Cable & Elec. Ind. Co.
I hear that Nutanix Prism is more expensive than others, but as a technical person, I don't know the details about the pricing aspect.
Junior System Cloud Engineer at DeliverICT
We completed a three-year deal for Splunk and for AppDynamics, which costs millions of dollars.
Development Operations Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Overall, I consider Splunk AppDynamics an expensive product; it's very expensive.
Manager, System Scom at Handelsbanken
The resource team finds the best prices, ensuring that Splunk AppDynamics is an acceptable option for the end user.
Senior Delivery Manager at GE Vernova
 

Valuable Features

Nutanix Prism excels with unified management, intuitive interface, automation, and analytics, enhancing IT operations and infrastructure management.
Splunk AppDynamics offers real-time monitoring, end-to-end visibility, and proactive performance management, enhancing business resilience and reducing downtime.
Nutanix Prism is completely scalable; you can add nodes and disks without downtime, allowing for easy scaling.
Junior System Cloud Engineer at DeliverICT
One of the most useful features is the disaster recovery setup, which includes two clusters, one for our production server and another for our recovery site.
Head of Infrastructure Operations Security at Gulf Cable & Elec. Ind. Co.
Nutanix Prism is a unified management control plane, so it simplifies our operations on a daily basis with computing, storage, networking, and virtualization using a single platform.
Associate Systems Engineer at Dhanyaayai enterprise private limited
We have multiple tools, but end users prefer to use Splunk AppDynamics because their portal navigation is very simple and clear.
Back office at Reliance Industries Ltd
The real user monitoring and digital experience monitoring effectively track actual user experience with the applications, including page loading, interaction time for both desktop and mobile applications.
Regional Director at iSecureMind
This is the best feature because, although you can't monitor a whole application at once, Splunk AppDynamics gives you the option that if there is any failure—simple failure regarding anything set up as per our use cases—you will get an alert.
Technology lead at Infosys
 

Categories and Ranking

Nutanix Prism
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
Virtualization Management Tools (4th), Data Center Infrastructure Management (7th)
Splunk AppDynamics
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
267
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (3rd), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (6th), IT Operations Analytics (2nd), Mobile APM (1st), Container Monitoring (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

Nutanix Prism and Splunk AppDynamics aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Nutanix Prism is designed for Virtualization Management Tools and holds a mindshare of 9.1%, down 15.2% compared to last year.
Splunk AppDynamics, on the other hand, focuses on Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability, holds 3.8% mindshare, down 5.2% since last year.
Virtualization Management Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nutanix Prism9.1%
VMware Aria Operations25.2%
IBM Turbonomic13.5%
Other52.2%
Virtualization Management Tools
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk AppDynamics3.8%
Dynatrace6.0%
Datadog5.2%
Other85.0%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

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Associate Systems Engineer at Dhanyaayai enterprise private limited
Unified management has simplified daily operations and has reduced troubleshooting time
Nutanix Prism is a unified management control plane, so it simplifies our operations on a daily basis with computing, storage, networking, and virtualization using a single platform. We can manage our VMs by automating them, using one-click upgrades at different cluster levels, and monitoring our VMs. The best features are unified management, one-click upgrades, intelligent operation management, and built-in security with automated management. It simplifies day-to-day tasks. Built-in security in Nutanix Prism helps as it includes role-based access management, which is known as RBAC. By giving specific roles to specific users, we manage our security. There is also a cluster lockdown capability and an auditing feature. We use RBAC for managing all the workloads that are present on Nutanix Prism. Automated management simplifies everyday tasks and provides network load balance visibility.
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.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
24%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Financial Services Firm
24%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Government
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business26
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise28
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business57
Midsize Enterprise37
Large Enterprise200
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Nutanix Prism?
Nutanix Prism offers web scaling, which facilitates easy scaling.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Prism?
I hear that Nutanix Prism is more expensive than others, but as a technical person, I don't know the details about the pricing aspect.
What needs improvement with Nutanix Prism?
Regarding Nutanix Prism's single pane overview, the limitation is that you cannot troubleshoot all errors from Prism Central; you sometimes need to log into the CLI to change settings such as the I...
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?
I would rate the pricing an eight out of ten. The solution is highly expensive. Our company pays for the solution on a yearly basis, if we don't add new modules or features to the license, we need ...
 

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