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AppDynamics Server Monitoring vs PRTG Network Monitor comparison

AppDynamics and Paessler GmbH are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. AppDynamics is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.3, while Paessler GmbH is ranked #6 with an average rating of 7.6. AppDynamics holds a 0.6% mindshare in IM, compared to Paessler GmbH’s 4.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of AppDynamics users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Paessler GmbH users who would recommend it.
AppDynamics Server Monitoring
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91% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 24, 2024

PRTG Network Monitor and AppDynamics Server Monitoring compete in the server and network monitoring category. PRTG excels for users prioritizing cost-effective, straightforward solutions with robust network sensor coverage. AppDynamics offers an advantage for enterprises needing extensive infrastructure monitoring and integration.

Features: PRTG Network Monitor offers rapid deployment, scalability, and affordability with automatic network device discovery, providing remote probes and a wide variety of sensors for network traffic monitoring. AppDynamics provides advanced transaction monitoring, dynamic baselining, and effective infrastructure insights, which are ideal for complex environments.

Room for Improvement: PRTG users desire improvements in map design flexibility, pricing options, sensor customization, and support for modern technologies like cloud services. AppDynamics could benefit from better integration with custom applications, enhanced analytics, and a clearer pricing structure.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: PRTG Network Monitor offers straightforward deployment across hybrid, on-premises, and cloud environments but faces customer support challenges due to time zone differences. AppDynamics provides similar deployment flexibility but is often critiqued for a complex setup process. PRTG's email-based support can be slow, whereas AppDynamics offers more interactive customer service options.

Pricing and ROI: PRTG presents a competitive pricing model with a range of sensors, making it accessible for small to mid-sized businesses, delivering rapid ROI through ease of deployment and operational savings. AppDynamics, while more expensive, offers substantial value by significantly reducing downtime through comprehensive monitoring capabilities. Pricing negotiations with AppDynamics can influence cost efficiency, with its robust feature set often justifying the higher cost.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

AppDynamics Server Monitoring
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
15th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
PRTG Network Monitor
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
101
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (5th), Cloud Monitoring Software (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of AppDynamics Server Monitoring is 0.6%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PRTG Network Monitor is 4.5%, down from 5.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Rahul -Jain - PeerSpot reviewer
User-friendly and provides good response time from the end-to-end server
We are not using the alerts as we have different mechanisms called resilience testing or kiosk testing. The DevOps team uses the alerts. During production, they will get alerts when they see the CPU utilization going beyond the 60% or 70% benchmark they have set. AppDynamics and Dynatrace are the only two tools that provide accurate or stable end-to-end response time. These two tools can show you everything that's going on from the back end. If we are doing performance testing or any testing, these two tools can provide us with every detail about what's happening in the back end from the server side that we can't see. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
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Tochukwu Uzomba - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficiently monitor networks across regions with seamless setup and robust feature set
PRTG Network Monitor is easy to set up. Within a few minutes, it is operational. It is an all-in-one monitoring solution without extra costs. For example, we set it up for an insurance company with branches across Africa. We are able to monitor from Lagos without installing anything in the branches, using the agentless feature. We just put in the IP address and the parameter, and we monitor from those ends. Additionally, all the sensors are very useful. Most people are interested in the bandwidth monitoring sensor to see what bandwidth the users are consuming. The pricing is affordable compared to SolarWinds.
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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

"What I like most about AppDynamics Server Monitoring is that it's easy to manipulate and easy to implement. All solutions have the same features, but what sets AppDynamics Server Monitoring apart is that it's really quick to implement. AppDynamics Server Monitoring has a great interface. As a developer, it doesn't matter whether it's SolarWinds, Dynatrace, or any APM you're using, but it would matter to the customer. A product must be easy to manipulate or use, for example, AppDynamics Server Monitoring, for the customer, but for developers like my team, there's no pressure, even if a solution requires coding."
"The solution offers great visibility that allows you to track where errors originated."
"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 event alerting feature or the trigger system is what I like most about AppDynamics Server Monitoring. Whenever an issue occurs, the tool automatically generates an even trigger that tells engineers in the company to take action, so it's an essential feature of AppDynamics Server Monitoring. Another valuable feature of the tool is end-to-end monitoring, which means if you need to debug, you can go transaction by transaction, where the issue lies, and how it's linked. For example, if it's a low-performance issue, you can look into it more through AppDynamics Server Monitoring in terms of which area takes too much time to execute. You can also see the SQL queries and the kind of query going on through the tool."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the response time from the end-to-end server."
"Setting up the monitoring agents was straightforward."
"The correlation feature available with AppDynamics Server Monitoring is absent in other competitive solutions"
"The product has the ability to drill down to the errors whenever we have issues."
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"It is nice to have one place where all the information is right there in front of us."
"We use the remote probes a lot for our branch offices. Instead of deploying the full instance of PRTG, we'll put a remote probe out there. This simplifies the whole deployment for us."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is being able to see things graphically."
"Ease of set-up – it is quick and easy to add a probe and start collecting data from a device."
"It is pretty simple to use, which is always a good thing. It's been very reliable in updating us if any issues crop up."
"What I've found most valuable is the custom sensor, which allows you to write scripts or code to monitor a specific metric in your environment."
"There was only one feature I liked about PRTG Network Monitor a lot, and that was bandwidth monitoring, though, in the newer versions of the tool, that feature is now a bit lacking. Pricing for PRTG Network Monitor is also not as expensive. It's a good tool, even for beginners."
"The product is simple and easy to implement."
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Cons

"The one thing that I find it difficult in using AppDynamics is, for any new user, it's not easy for him or her to configure the transactions in AppDynamics because the UI is pretty complex. The configuration is pretty complex for a new, fresh user. They can make the UI simpler, that'll be very helpful for anyone to configure their website in AppDynamics."
"An area for improvement in AppDynamics Server Monitoring is integration; in particular, it needs a better way to integrate with custom applications such as Siebel CRM. Right now, it's challenging to integrate AppDynamics Server Monitoring with Siebel CRM because it sometimes gives an error and cannot integrate properly."
"The product’s dashboard could be more easy to implement."
"The configuration is tricky and requires a lot of tools."
"The tool should provide information like the number of connections and processes utilized in real time."
"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 solution could be more mobile friendly."
"If we consider the implementation of alternative solutions, such as Dynatrace, there is a notable difference in the approach to agent-based service monitoring. For instance, Dynatrace employs a single-agent solution, which can pose security concerns. When installing Dynatrace, granting the agent ld pro payload rights is a requirement. In contrast, our solution ensures a more secure approach by not requiring root and administration access. While we currently utilize an agent-based solution, there may be a shift in the next one or two years, possibly with the adoption of Open Telemetry. It's anticipated that many APM vendors, including Dynatrace, may alter their structure or strategy for implementation. However, as of now, the trend is towards an increasing number of implementations daily."
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"PRTG Network Monitor needs to enhance network performance monitoring. Moving towards observability, similar to what Datadog offers, could be beneficial."
"I would like to see more updates available in this solution."
"Needs ability to monitor standard notification time (notify after X time)."
"I would like to see network mapping."
"Can be slow in the way it polls the different engines."
"Their penetration within the market could be much better. If their pricing was lower, even though it's reasonable now, it might help them achieve this."
"The Desktop app is good but it can be really sluggish at times, especially when you're editing different elements."
"A room for improvement in PRTG Network Monitor is its sensors. Its application technology sensor, such as the IAS, .NET, etc., needs some improvement because it doesn't work as expected. For example, the IAS sensor doesn't give immediate information, and the information you get from it isn't of good value. The web GUI of PRTG Network Monitor also needs improvement because errors keep popping up if it's not been updated to the latest version. What I'd like to see in the next release of the tool is end-to-end topology mapping for the business model, and that should be required. There has to be a technical map. Technical mapping and topological creation are missing in PRTG Network Monitor, so I would like to see those in the future."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing cost is fairly high"
"AppDynamics Server Monitoring is an expensive solution."
"The tool is expensive."
"AppDynamics Server Monitoring is an expensive solution."
"The pricing for AppDynamics is expensive, but it is possible to negotiate special pricing through bids."
"The solution has a high cost."
"AppDynamics Server Monitoring is a very expensive product, but if you negotiate well, you get value for money...My company used to make early payments toward the licensing costs of the solution, but now my company has opted for a different licensing model."
"The pricing for AppDynamics Server Monitoring in Africa and the Middle East is too expensive, so it's very hard to sell it to customers. If there could be different pricing or package for the region, that would be great. My company pays for the license of AppDynamics Server Monitoring on a per-agent, per-server basis. It's $700 to $1000 per server, and it's paid annually. My company is on a subscription model for the solution. On a scale of one to five, where one is expensive and five is cheap, my rating for the price of AppDynamics Server Monitoring is a two."
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"All monitoring system is close to the same pricing scheme."
"The price of PRTG Network Monitor is reasonable for the features that the solution provides. They charge you per monitoring, not per node, it is per port that you need for a device."
"It's an annual license that is based on the number of endpoints that we're tracking and using."
"I'm paying something like €1000 per year for the maintenance. I've got unlimited sensors."
"We bought a license for 4000 sensors."
"We are using the basic PRTG that we can download for free. For now, we only need to monitor less than 100 devices. For more than 100 devices, we would need to buy a license. PRTG is much cheaper than SolarWinds."
"Cost was a factor when selecting this solution, but it just did everything we wanted it to do."
"When you buy PRTG, everything comes in one bundle. Licensing is very easy."
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Comparison Review

it_user174738 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 31, 2015
Nagios vs. Zabbix vs. PRTG vs. Spiceworks vs. Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor
I have researched a quite a few network monitoring tools which can be used for various monitoring purposes of not only the servers, but the intermediate routers as well. There are majorly three types of these softwares. Ones which are completely open-source, you can do almost anything you want…
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
32%
Computer Software Company
22%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Government
5%
Educational Organization
54%
Computer Software Company
7%
Government
5%
Financial Services Firm
4%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AppDynamics Server Monitoring?
The platform is reliable in identifying the core system issues.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AppDynamics Server Monitoring?
AppDynamics Server Monitoring is an expensive solution. The solution costs 5,000 per user.
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What needs improvement with AppDynamics Server Monitoring?
The solution's pricing could be improved and made more competitive.
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What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?
PRTG network monitor is one of the best tool i have ever used for the monitoring. It have auto discovery option. it avoid the configuring the device in PRTG. It automatically discover the device an...
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What do you like most about PRTG Network Monitor?
The tool is integrated with our email for the alerts.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PRTG Network Monitor?
The prices are very high for PRTG Network Monitor. That's why I'm using the free100 sensor license.
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Overview

Application-centric server monitoring in context of your business transactions to proactively isolate and resolve application performance issues faster with actionable, correlated application-server metrics.

PRTG Network Monitor runs on a Windows machine within your network, collecting various statistics from the machines, software, and devices which you designate. PRTG comes with an easy-to-use web interface with point-and-click configuration. You can easily share data from it with non-technical colleagues and customers, including via live graphs and custom reports. This will let you plan for network expansion, see what applications are using most of your connection, and make sure that no one is hogging the entire network just to torrent videos.

To monitor a large IT environment, it's important to be able to scale PRTG up. Paessler PRTG Enterprise Monitor includes all the proven capabilities of PRTG Network Monitor, which are enhanced by exclusive ITOps Board for a service-oriented, central overview of multiple PRTG servers.

 

Sample Customers

Sony, DirecTV, UBS, The Container Store, The Neta Porter Group, Nasdaq, Cisco, eHarmony, Hallmark, Overstock, Expedia
Jameson Bank, Sidnix, RungeICT, MedicalAnimal, Truck-lite, GamingGrids, The Covell Group, Forsythn County Schools, NetMass, Musgrove Park Hospital, Lanes Health, Columbia Southern University, Vodafone, Intrust Bank
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