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AppDynamics

Composite Score

8.5 /10

CX Score

8.8 /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 Application Performance Management - Enterprise category

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2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

5 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

4 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2023

6 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2022

AppDynamics Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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87 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+92 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?

4% Negative

6% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy
Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Transaction Request Performance

Automated Diagnostics

Code Performance Monitoring

Application Metric Reporting

Application Request Tracing

Server Monitoring

Error Reporting

Synthetic Monitoring (RUM)

Enterprise Cloud Platform Support

Scalability

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

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AppDynamics Reviews

Alaa B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Discover App Bottleneck like charm

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates AppDynamics from other similar products?

its easy of use also auto discovery for outside calls and requests and application flow map were very different from others i remember also the application performance baseline was great feature with alerting

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Flow Maps

What do you dislike most about this product?

maybe reconsider pricing

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

its unique tool to discover your application/DB or middleware bottlenecks its will discover production performance bottlenecks and anomalies better than any other APM tool

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Amit K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Great APM product

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates AppDynamics from other similar products?

Since it was one of the earliest APM product in the market, quality, maturity and no of features were reasonably high as compare to the other alternatives when I used the product esp. showing the graph of entire system like backend application severs, database, caching, search systems and where exactly is the bottleneck was awesome

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

transaction tracing and in that drill down option

What do you dislike most about this product?

Not much only thing was UX could have been bit better in some features

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

there are now many players in APM which provides other capabilities like logging, monitoring, SIEM etc so if you don't want have multiple vendors its worth checking these platforms

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service
Saves Time

Mitul P.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2025

Brilliant Application Performance Monitoring Tool.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates AppDynamics from other similar products?

It offers comprehensive visibility into application performance. It sends alerts when applications issues are detected. Ability to identify the root-cause of application performance issues.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease to monitor health and performance of applications. Ability to detect and resolve application performance issues. Ability to carry out root-cause analysis.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I haven't encountered any challenges when working with this tool.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go for it as it facilitates real-time application performance monitoring.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

AppDynamics Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 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

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment Supports one or many deployment models - On-prem, cloud or hybrid hosting of the database system.

Transaction Request Performance Tracking the performance of all web and other transactions within your system.

Automated Diagnostics Automated diagnostics providing prebuilt workflows for problem detection, correlation of application behavior and performance, and determination of cause.

Code Performance Monitoring Tracking application performance at the code-base level.

Application Metric Reporting Tracking of both custom and basic application framework metrics.

Application Request Tracing Detail key attributes of application requests and transactions.

Server Monitoring Monitor usage and performance of all application dependencies like databases, servers, containers, web services, caching, etc.

Error Reporting Tracking and automatic notification of alerts or errors within the system.

Synthetic Monitoring (RUM) Synthetic front-end monitoring simulates user interactions with online applications, including fully scripted transactions.

Enterprise Cloud Platform Support Monitoring capabilities for cloud platforms such as Cloud Foundry, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Azure ServiceFabric.

Scalability Scalability refers to the transaction size per second / time taken to put a transaction in the block and the time taken to reach a consensus.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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AppDynamics Reviews

Alaa B.

Discover App Bottleneck like charm

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Amit K.

Great APM product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Mitul P.

Brilliant Application Performance Monitoring Tool.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Transaction Request Performance

Automated Diagnostics

Code Performance Monitoring

Application Metric Reporting

Application Request Tracing

Server Monitoring

Error Reporting

Synthetic Monitoring (RUM)

Enterprise Cloud Platform Support

Scalability

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

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Ease of Customization