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Akamai mPulse vs AppDynamics comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Akamai mPulse
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
57th
Average Rating
6.6
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
AppDynamics
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
156
Ranking in other categories
Mobile APM (3rd), Container Monitoring (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of Akamai mPulse is 0.4%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of AppDynamics is 5.4%, down from 6.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

Arivu Arumugam - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 18, 2022
Lacking in regard to observation of the entire platform but does dynamic injections from within
The primary use case of mPulse is for real-time user monitoring. Our use case was to observe the entire platform from the user all the way to the backend system and that's what it did. It's all in the discovery state. We explored a variety of different tools and the pros and cons of each within our…
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the solutions overall performance. It is very efficient and accurate for our usage."
"Enables dynamic injections from within the product which is great."
"This solution not only provides answers but also provides sensor data. This allows us to quickly resolve issues that developers may take a long time to solve."
"In AppDynamics, everywhere I go, there's some sort of grouping and aggregation function, or there's some sort of timeline that lets me zero in more quickly on the traces that I need. They go to more pains to aggregate and bubble the important ones to the top. That removes a lot of manual work."
"The initial setup is simple."
"I like that AppDynamics allows every organization to have what they want to see, like for my organization, we're able to customize the dashboard to show us details of what we want to see in our transactions."
"That visual representation’s been really good, also the overhead that AppDynamics creates is quite small. We've tried Dynatrace in the past. Some of the applications didn't work as well with Dynatrace."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the fact that it is very easy to use, making it easy to implement...It is a very stable solution."
"We're a large organization, so we appreciate AppDynamics' wide coverage. It may not work in all areas, but it has broad coverage. We can use the same dataset for different use case aspects. That is the beauty of AppDynamics. You can coordinate APM, EUM, and infrastructure through one dataset."
"The solution saves time and cost."
 

Cons

"The end-to-end distributor tracing connectivity isn't there."
"In the next release, I would like to see the possibility of sharing the metric from this solution with other solutions."
"AppDynamics' modules and hardware resources are very high."
"Regarding Search Guard functionality, there is room for improvement."
"The training on the dashboards that is provided could be a little bit better, as could the use cases. They should have some good examples out there. As it is right now, I had to scour YouTube to find some stuff."
"I think I would like to see a better way to deploy and upgrade the machine agents that we use. Currently, we have to use SCCM, and that might just be our environment with the customer."
"When you have high stress of visits I do not know if you are more stress because of the amount of visits or because you have to wait eternal 60 seconds to find out it things are going well or you already have mess."
"AppDynamics is dealing with a lot of products and technologies, so we need to have clear documentation."
"Additional support for NextGen mobile platforms also needs to be high in the roadmap prioritizations"
"There needs to be an option to capture all the sessions for all the users, not just samplings."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"There is no standard license instead, the license is adapted to the organization's requirements."
"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."
"There is a license needed to use the solution and it is expensive. The licensing model needs to improve."
"The tool is expensive."
"The solution is highly expensive"
"It is a more expensive APM among the competitors, which is fine because it also does a lot more on the auto-detection and the AI side... It is not a cheap product. None of them are. The price is fair, but I could use it on more projects if they had a lower price."
"As a technical person, and as an application development team, they all understand that this is the right tool for us. But when it comes to budget and financial matters, it takes days and weeks to convince upper management to buy this tool. So they should do something more on licensing costs."
"There is a license to use this solution. However, the clients pay for the licenses we are the service provider."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
17%
Retailer
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Educational Organization
47%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Akamai mPulse?
Enables dynamic injections from within the product which is great.
What needs improvement with Akamai mPulse?
The end-to-end distributor tracing needs some work because the connectivity from the user to the backend wasn't there. Akamai mPulse was not able to deliver on our requirements regarding observatio...
What is your primary use case for Akamai mPulse?
The primary use case of mPulse is for real-time user monitoring. Our use case was to observe the entire platform from the user all the way to the backend system and that's what it did. It's all in ...
Any advice about APM solutions?
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Comparisons

 

Also Known As

SOASTA mPulse
AppD, AppDynamics APM
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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