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AppDynamics

Composite Score

7.7 /10

CX Score

8.1 /10

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What is AppDynamics?

AppDynamics APM automatically discovers, maps, and visualizes your critical customer journeys through each application service and infrastructure dependency. Teams have a single source of truth to focus on end-to-end performance in the context of the customer experience, instead of monitoring individual services.

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Awards & Recognition

AppDynamics won the following awards in the AIOps category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

Service Experience
Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 2025

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

7 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Service Experience
Conflict Resolution

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

6 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2023

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Service Experience
Conflict Resolution

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022

5 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2022

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Service Experience
Product Impact
Conflict Resolution

2022

AppDynamics Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

86 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love AppDynamics?

2% Negative

3% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Client Friendly Policies
Fair
Altruistic
Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 81

Security Operations Automation

Operational Task Automation

Event & Alert Management Automation

Analyze Activity Data

Analyze Discovery Data

Change Control Automation

Problem Management Automation

Incident Management Automation

Data Visualization

Machine Learning

Performance & Capacity Management Automation

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

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Application Performance Management - Enterprise

Score 8.5

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AppDynamics Reviews

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2021

Missing critical AIOps functionality.

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

Pros

Altruistic
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy

Cons

Less Generous
Charges for Enhancements

akshay b.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: Initial Implementation

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2021

Appdynamics is a great apm tool upgrading everyday

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates AppDynamics from other similar products?

Great features compared to apm tools in market

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Baselineling and dynamic alerting

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing as of now

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Great product to use for real time monitoring

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Deepa G.

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: Vendor Selection and Purchasing

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2021

Fantastic product..

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates AppDynamics from other similar products?

Simpler and easier. Widest scope..

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Alerting, Analytics, and Website Health..

What do you dislike most about this product?

Controller Functional Errors & Bugs...

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Organized Documentation Microservices monitoring capability.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy
Unique Features

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

AppDynamics Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love AppDynamics?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Security Operations Automation Automate security operations e.g. threat and vulnerability management, compliance management, security incident and event management.

Operational Task Automation Execute operational tasks in response to commands, requests, incidents or alerts with minimal or no human supervision.

Event & Alert Management Automation Automate event & alert management tasks e.g. manage alert thresholds, notify operator of a possible SLA breach.

Analyze Activity Data Analyze activity data e.g. event logs, tickets, network packets.

Analyze Discovery Data Analyze data on the design of components in the IT environment e.g. dependencies, endpoints, licenses, asset data, workflows, and configuration data.

Change Control Automation Algorithms automate change control tasks e.g. track/assess technical changes, suggest risk/impact of changes, detect unauthorized changes, manage change windows

Problem Management Automation Automate problem management tasks e.g. identify related incidents, create problem tickets, suggest root cause.

Incident Management Automation Automate tasks such as incident tracking, assessment, prioritization, impact suggestion, prediction of potential incidents, and self resolution.

Data Visualization Visualize customer data in configurable dashboards or reports, and easily share these visualizations with decision makers.

Machine Learning Generate insights using machine learning algorithms e.g. event prediction, anomaly detection, sentiment analysis.

Performance & Capacity Management Automation Algorithms automate performance & capacity management tasks e.g. identify workloads nearing capacity limits, identify bottlenecks and possible remediation.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

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Application Performance Management - Enterprise

AppDynamics Reviews

Missing critical AIOps functionality.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

akshay b.

Appdynamics is a great apm tool upgrading everyday

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Deepa G.

Fantastic product..

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Security Operations Automation

Operational Task Automation

Event & Alert Management Automation

Analyze Activity Data

Analyze Discovery Data

Change Control Automation

Problem Management Automation

Incident Management Automation

Data Visualization

Machine Learning

Performance & Capacity Management Automation

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training