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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

AppDynamics
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
155
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (5th), Mobile APM (3rd), Container Monitoring (3rd)
ScienceLogic
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
42
Ranking in other categories
Event Monitoring (5th), Unified Communications Monitoring (1st), Network Monitoring Software (14th), Server Monitoring (7th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (12th), IT Operations Analytics (4th), Cloud Monitoring Software (11th), AIOps (5th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the market share of AppDynamics is 5.1% and it decreased by 19.3% compared to the previous year. The market share of ScienceLogic is 0.8% and it increased by 32.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
Unique Categories:
Mobile APM
26.4%
Container Monitoring
24.8%
Event Monitoring
7.0%
 

Featured Reviews

Venus Yaker Dalton - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 5, 2023
Very good real-time monitoring capabilities, deep problem diagnosis, and transaction mapping
As for areas of improvement, AppDynamics could benefit from greater integration with emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. This would allow the tool to automatically analyze and correlate application performance and behavior data to detect patterns and anomalies not evident to users. Additionally, the ability to track performance in multi-cloud environments would be valuable as many organizations are adopting hybrid cloud or multi-cloud strategies. In terms of additional features, it would be beneficial to include a capacity management module that allows operations teams to proactively plan and adjust capacity, avoiding performance issues related to lack of resources.
Farouk AYAD - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 15, 2022
High performance, beneficial AI and machine learning, but implementation could improve
We are using ScienceLogic for monitoring and orchestrating the remediation ScienceLogic has helped our company by monitoring. We have old tools we use and the functionality has been good. The most valuable features of ScienceLogic are AI and machine learning. ScienceLogic could improve the…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This is a stable product and we definitely plan to continue using it in the future."
"After a major incident, root cause analysis is conducted and, most of the time, we understand what caused the incident and how it can be prevented from happening again."
"We can make custom alerts in our system for specific issues like high CPU utilization or application downtime."
"We set up alerts recently so we can fix any issues more quickly in production."
"It helped to find quick solutions for specific business transactions."
"The most valuable features of AppDynamics is the scalability and monitoring."
"The real user monitoring helps us evaluate our customers' real experiences, which is valuable as an eCommerce company."
"The AppDyniamics technical support is good. We haven't had any problems with them. They answer very quickly."
"The best feature is the highly flexible graphs."
"Best feature of all is detailed monitoring of services, processes, ports and SSL certificates and or web content."
"It is very easy to configure because we are using an agent-less version. You can very quickly implement a collector for monitoring device servers."
"When it comes to features, the power pack is the most valuable."
"It has good monitoring capabilities across cloud environments, data centers, and hybrid environments."
"Science Logic provides distributed and all-in-one concept in monitoring, you can easily customize the features in this product."
"Dynamic Component Mapping is key and unique."
"The solution provides good infra-monitoring features."
 

Cons

"AppDynamics scaled well up to around 3,000 agents. The performance deteriorated after that, while Dynatrace could support more than 10,000 agents. We were surprised that AppDynamics' scalability is not so good."
"AppDynamics's agent management could be improved."
"There needs to be an option to capture all the sessions for all the users, not just samplings."
"The documentation and training material have room for improvement."
"This solution is expensive."
"If AppDynamics could do a one-agent function with their actual monitoring effectiveness, it will be the greatest tool."
"Sometimes, it is hard to navigate through and find if something is wrong or figure out where an error stemmed from."
"We have had downtime, which has been the result of config, application, or cord issues."
"ScienceLogic does not have application monitoring. We definitely need something integrated within ScienceLogic to monitor applications so that we don't have to rely on monitoring tools to monitor other applications. At least the ones that are market leaders, such as SAP, Oracle, and others."
"The product is not user-friendly."
"They should improve their support process and add chat."
"It doesn't have the complete application-level topology. It could have service topology and business service monitoring. I would like to see how business service monitoring will function with agent-based installation, and how flexible and business-oriented it is for service modeling and service infrastructure. I have a lot of experience in using business service monitoring, service topology, and service hierarchy functionalities in similar products from BMC and Micro Focus (OpenView), and I want to see how these functionalities will look like in ScienceLogic."
"They should improve database issues in HA and Failover mode, and provide documentation for all users , even if they are not customers."
"There are often bugs in new releases."
"ScienceLogic should provide detailed documents to customer as the current documents are not sufficient."
"From a performance perspective, it needs to improve a lot."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing model for AppDynamics could be better. You have to subscribe to a yearly or a three-year licensing, which isn't very handy. The solution is one of the most expensive in the market today."
"We do not have any issues with the price."
"You are required to purchase licenses whether you use it or not. It is not pay-as-you-use."
"There were no added costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."
"Yearly payments have to be made toward the licensing costs of the solution. The solution has no additional costs apart from the licensing costs."
"The product’s licencing policy is competitive. However, properly identify and size your needs to get the best rate."
"As compared to other applications, its price is moderate. Its price is neither very high nor very low."
"It could be cheaper. It's a little cost prohibitive. There are so many features that also show a lot of value, but it’s not always easy to justify the cost."
"The license of ScienceLogic is based on how many endpoints are used. The number of monitoring points you want to have."
"It comes with the OS built in, so no need to purchase an OS license or DB license."
"The solution is license-based. It's between $8 and $15, depending on what you need from the product."
"Its price could be lower, but for what you pay, you got a lot of value from its features and functionalities. Customers always want a discount or a cheaper solution."
"The pricing model for ScienceLogic could improve."
"Plan for adding more to it. Once you see EM7 in action, you will want to keep adding systems to monitor."
"I'm not the best person to discuss pricing, but what I do know is that it's a use-and-go structure. You use this much storage and pay this much for it. That's how it is. Every time, we continue to add a large amount of data to the environment."
"My company has an enterprise-level contract with ScienceLogic, so it is available to my organization at a good price."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
42%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Computer Software Company
18%
Government
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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...
APM tools for a Managed Service Provider - Dynatrace vs. AppDynamics vs. Aternity vs. Ruxit
Hi Avi! It's great to see your thorough approach to selecting an APM package for your MSP company. Considering your focus on SMBs and enterprises in Israel, Dynatrace seems like a solid choice with...
What do you like most about ScienceLogic?
The tool is quite easy to deploy, and it offers very good support.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ScienceLogic?
My company has an enterprise-level contract with ScienceLogic, so it is available to my organization at a good price.
What needs improvement with ScienceLogic?
The product's reporting functionalities have certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required. The tool is more or less good. The tool needs to improve its APM capabilities.
 

Comparisons

 

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AppD, AppDynamics APM
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Sample Customers

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