AppDynamics Server Monitoring Reviews

Our company uses the solution to track abnormalities and check connections for critical applications.

We had the solution on-premises but recently moved it to the SaaS platform. 

The solution offers great visibility that allows you to track where errors originated. 

The solution's features could be more mobile friendly.

I have been using the solution for four years. 

The solution is stable. 

The solution is very scalable. 

I have used technical support and rate it an eight out of ten. 

Positive

The setup was easy. 

It is difficult to quantify the amount of time needed for setup because ours depended on the development team's plans. 

We implemented the solution in-house. 

Although the solution is expensive, the ROI makes it more cost effective. 

The solution has a high cost. 

I recommend the solution because it is good for observability and drilling down to find the cause of issues. 

I rate the solution an eight out of ten. My rating would go up if the solution were more mobile friendly and cost effective. 

We use the on-premise deployment model of this solution. 

Our primary use case of this solution is for monitoring our critical applications. The automated data dynamics enables us to monitor the performance of an application and unknowns.

A way that it has improved my organization is from its notifications. We can get notified on our mobile app. We get notified spontaneously for mission-critical applications. It notifies us that the incident is going to happen in the near future, it's a predictive notification. The notifications have been on target for us and have improved my organization. 

The auto-discovery of the logs is the most valuable feature. It requires minimal configuration, we just need to set up on once and it automatically detects through the code. 

The solution should be coupled with its own analytic elastic search analytic model. It should push that data to other data models so the organization does not have to spend separately or to spend more on the analytics part. If a bank or any organization has its own dashboarding solution it should be able to push the data to that dashboarding solution. This is not available right now.

In the next release, I would like to see the configuration of the data and more support for new applications. It should support new languages.

I have been using AppDynamics for two years.

It's a fairly stable product and I would say that they are longer lived than new applications that have been on boarded. 

Our entire command center is using this solution which is around 15 to 20 users.

Their technical support isn't great. The geographical distance and the response time it takes to respond to emails from the technical team is very slow. 

For the setup, you need a good understanding of the solution and how it works so I would say it's not that simple. It's not that complex either but if you have the right people in place, it should have a medium level of complexity. For banks, it can be a little more complex because it needs to comply with a lot of security guidelines. If you're not in a banking environment, it should be more straightforward.

The setup took us around two to three weeks. 

We consulted directly with AppDynamics for the implementation. The experience was good but the geographical distance was always an issue because we don't have local support available in the area. Otherwise, when the people were on the floor it was okay but when the people were not on the floor then definitely there were some problems there. 

We have definitely seen an ROI. If you have a critical application that needs to be monitored you will see your indirect ROI within two to three years and you'll have the happy customers, not usual complaints.

You don't have to pay. You only pay for the implementation partners if you choose to get help. 

I would say be cautious on the licensing model. You should understand your exact needs. If your needs are in line with what this solution offers then I would genuinely recommend going for this solution, otherwise, if not, it might be too costly. 

I think from the product perspective it's fine but on the implementation descriptions there are a lot of issues. It's challenging without support. If someone is looking into it they need to look for any local organization partners in their area.

I would rate it a seven out of ten.

We use AppDynmaics Server Monitoring to monitor and gain insight into what is happening in our infrastructure.

This solution gives us quite good insights that we might otherwise overlook, or it might take a really long time to debug those issues. In our environment, we don't have visibility across multiple systems. They are all independently managed by different teams and it takes a very long time to contact each team, then get details about each different layer of the architecture. With AppDynamics, we have application transaction monitoring and database monitoring, which are quite good features.

The user interface is quite good and it is easy to navigate.

The insights and metrics that the system provides are very useful.

I would like the ability to choose from some pre-defined dashboards and reports because as it is now, you have to define them separately for each implementation.

The configuration of user monitoring is a bit complex and should be made easier.

In our virtualized environment, we have visibility only up to the database. It would be helpful if we had more visibility beyond this point.

We have been using this product for almost six months.

This solution is quite stable.

In terms of scalability, it is quite easy to expand.

We have more than 150 servers that we are monitoring right now. There are three teams including development, operations, and implementation, and between them, we have more than 100 people using it.

The technical support is quite good.

This is the first enterprise-level tool that we have implemented for this purpose. Prior to AppDynamics, different departments and different teams were using other products for monitoring.

The initial set up is quite easy. It requires the deployment of a monitoring agent and it can be done in a couple of minutes.

My understanding is that the price of this solution is quite high, compared to other products. As such, pricing may be a concern for smaller organizations.

This is a good product and one that I definitely recommend.

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

We use the product to monitor servers and CPUs and the amount of storage through VPN connection for 55 branches of our customers distributed across countries.

The platform is reliable in identifying the core system issues. It is easy to use with a simple GUI and has efficient CPU monitoring features.

The product’s dashboard could be more easy to implement.

We have been using AppDynamics Server Monitoring for six months.

It is a stable product.

We have six AppDynamics Server Monitoring users across different countries. It is a scalable product.

I encountered system issues regarding integration between AppDynamics Server Monitoring and cloud for the initial setup. It took us 48 hours to complete. It is easy to maintain as it is a software-as-a-service tool.

The project manager from the company we purchased, AppDynamics Server Monitoring, helps our team implement the product.

The product generates a return on investment for us. It was the right decision taken at the right time to implement it.

I advise others to work with AppDynamics Server Monitoring. I rate it an eight out of ten.