AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring vs Elastic Observability comparison

AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring vs. Elastic Observability

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Categories and Ranking

AppDynamics Browser Real-Us...

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

37th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Elastic Observability

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

7th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Infrastructure Monitoring (7th), Log Management (12th), Container Monitoring (4th), Cloud Monitoring Software (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring is 0.2%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Elastic Observability is 6.4%, up from 5.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

Featured Reviews

Nuno Rosa

Principal Consultant at Infosys

End-to-end visibility, feature-rich, but the support could be improved

As AppDynamics partners, we are fully aware of the roadmap, but I would like them to enhance their SAP monitoring. One of the features that I would like to see is centralized agent management in the platform console. While I am not expecting it in the next release, I would want more centralized management of the agent in the platform and better support.

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Adelina Craciun

Product Owner at Swisscom

Customization enables tailored monitoring and alerting across departments

The possibility to customize it has been quite useful. Whatever the other departments want to dream up, we implement. Whatever they want to monitor, the granularity of it, the changes in the threshold, and the anomalies that they want reported all require some development. So far, every single request has been fulfilled.

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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 end-user monitoring."

"We can see the customer's path from their computer to the backend systems."

"We used AppDynamics to identify gaps and bottlenecks in the software."

"It is a stable solution that helps address user issues well."

"It provides a lot of data, so it helps businesses identify their user base."

"The most valuable feature is that we can see how our end-users are interacting with our application across regions."

"The most valuable feature is the one that enables you to have visibility into the end-users journey."

"The best feature of AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring is that it lets you find errors in synthetic jobs ahead of the users. The solution shows you all front-end metrics. You can also see JavaScript errors and jQuery errors through AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring. You can also do a correlation between the front end and the backend, or from the user to the navigator, to the backend through the solution."

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"All the features that we use, such as monitoring, dashboarding, reporting, the possibility of alerting, and the way we index the data, are important."

"I have built a mini business intelligence system based on Elastic Observability."

"The tool's most valuable feature is centralized logging. Elastic Common Search helps us to search for the logs across the organization."

"Good design and easy to use once implemented."

"It is scalable and supports multitenancy, which is beneficial for MSPs."

"Elastic provides built-in features for queries and report generation. It's a very good tool for monitoring integration capabilities."

"The most valuable feature of Elastic Observability is the text search."

"Machine learning is the most valuable feature of this solution."

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Cons

"I would like to see support for mobile testing and mobile monitoring."

"What could be improved in AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring is for the synthetic jobs or synthetic agents, in particular, you can't do a lot of tests with just one agent. You have to install a lot of agents if you want to do more tests, so this is an area for improvement in the solution. Another area for improvement in AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring is that you're only able to see basic metrics in the absence of server or database visibility. For the SaaS version of AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring, my team just downloaded then installed the extension in an application in Azure to see the application on the controller, so if this can be done in the on-premise version of the solution as well, without needing to install the agent on the machine, then it would make AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring better. Currently, the .NET agent consumes the CPU or memory and clients usually raise this issue with my team, so it would be good if the on-premises version doesn't require agent installation on the machine. Another functionality I'd like to see in the next release of AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring is for it to receive updates from the file config without needing to reset IIS because right now when you do a modification in IIS, you have to restart IIS. When you add a service to the agent config, you have to restart IIS. For the product server, it's not possible to reset IIS after you make changes to the config file, so if this could be improved, then it would make AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring a better solution."

"AppD is really cool and a unified solution for both APM and APM centric Analytics side. We can show almost all business data within the APM context from the end-user perspetive. But this process is a little bit manual. If they catch and map business journeys based on customer interaction on the browser automatically, it should be really fine."

"We would like to be able to easily use this solution to monitor our Java script based browsers, which are currently blocked by the security settings."

"The pricing falls within the mid-range category."

"If you have a single URL and all the operations are coming in as part of the header, you will not be able to segregate them for different actions."

"I would like to have customizable dashboards to use when I am monitoring certain applications."

"They do not have robust documentation."

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"Improving code insight related to infrastructure and network, particularly focusing on aspects such as firewalls, switches, routers, and testing would be beneficial."

"The auto-discovery isn't nearly as good. That's a big portion of it. When you drop the agent onto the JVM and you're trying to figure things out, having to go through and manually do all that is cumbersome."

"There could be more low-code features included in the product."

"There is room for improvement regarding its APM capabilities."

"In the future, Elastic APM needs a portfolio iTool. They can provide an easy way to develop the custom UI for Kibana."

"Simplifying the parsing of logs and manual efforts would also be beneficial."

"When opening tickets, we cannot use our team mailbox."

"Elastic Observability needs to improve the retrieval of logs and metrics from all the instances."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing needs to come down."

"AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring does have licensing cost associated with it."

"We have two different licensing models for this solution. One of them is the agent based model, which requires payment per agent. The other is an infrastructure based model, where the price is based on the CPU core. For the infrastructure model wholesale level pricing applies. All of the up to date licensing prices for this product are available on the manufacturers website."

"AppDynamics is more expensive than competitors."

"AppDynamics does not usually do monthly payments. They do it on an annual basis, at the very least."

"This price of this product is expensive."

"The product is not that cheap."

"The price of Elastic Observability is expensive."

"Elastic Observability is cheaper than other similar solutions, such as Dynatrace. Its license calculation is based on various factors like data volume and physical infrastructure, particularly related to RAM capacity."

"The product’s pricing needs improvement."

"We have been using the open-source version."

"Elastic Observability's pricing could be better for small-scale users."

"Pricing is one of those situations where the more you use it, the more you pay."

"Since we are a huge company, Elastic Observability is an affordable solution for us."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

31%

Computer Software Company

22%

Government

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

Government

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Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring?

One noteworthy feature is user journey analysis, which enables tracking user interactions and conversion paths on a website.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring?

The pricing falls within the mid-range category. I would rate it between three to five because considering the features provided, it offers value for money. If utilized effectively, the investment ...

What needs improvement with AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring?

In user monitoring, AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring should provide a better user experience. It needs to offer an end-to-end experience, including the internet layer and third-party elemen...

What do you like most about Elastic Observability?

Elastic Observability significantly improves incident response time by providing quick access to logs and data across various sources. For instance, searching for specific keywords in logs spanning...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Elastic Observability?

Elastic Observability is cost-efficient and provides all features in the enterprise license without asset-based licensing. However, sizing and licensing information could be clearer.

What needs improvement with Elastic Observability?

Elastic Observability could improve asset discovery as the current requirement to push the agent is not ideal. Simplifying the parsing of logs and manual efforts would also be beneficial.

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Overview

How do real users experience your browser-based applications? Using browser real-user monitoring follow their journey and optimize their experience with powerful end-to-end performance management that rapidly identifies application issues and relevant business transactions, and dramatically reduces MTTR.

Elastic Observability is primarily used for monitoring login events, application performance, and infrastructure, supporting significant data volumes through features like log aggregation, centralized logging, and system metric analysis.

Elastic Observability employs Elastic APM for performance and latency analysis, significantly aiding business KPIs and technical stability. It is popular among users for system and server monitoring, capacity planning, cyber security, and managing data pipelines. With the integration of Kibana, it offers robust visualization, reporting, and incident response capabilities through rapid log searches while supporting machine learning and hybrid cloud environments.

What are Elastic Observability's key features?

Economic licensing: Offers cost-effective plans.
Extensive metrics tracking: Helps in comprehensive system monitoring.
Comprehensive logging: Centralizes log data efficiently.
Performance Monitoring: Provides robust APM capabilities.
Integration: Seamlessly integrates with other solutions.
Kibana visualization: Facilitates data visualization and reporting.
Machine learning support: Enables advanced data analysis.
Flexible deployment: Supports various deployment environments.
Rapid log searches: Enhances quick incident response.
Accessibility: Offers extensive online documentation and connector support.

What benefits or ROI should users look for in Elastic Observability reviews?

Stability: Look for consistent performance and reliability.
Compliance: Effective monitoring aids in regulation adherence.
System Security: Enhanced system monitoring and alert management.
Cost-Effectiveness: Evaluate the economic pricing models.
Scalability: Adequate scalability options for growing needs.

Companies in technology, finance, healthcare, and other industries implement Elastic Observability for tailored monitoring solutions. They find its integration with existing systems useful for maintaining operation efficiency and security, particularly valuing the visualization capabilities through Kibana to monitor KPIs and improve incident response times.

Sample Customers

Sony, DirecTV, UBS, The Container Store, The Neta Porter Group, Nasdaq, Cisco, eHarmony, Hallmark, Overstock, Expedia

PSCU, Entel, VITAS, Mimecast, Barrett Steel, Butterfield Bank

AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring vs. Elastic Observability