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AppDynamics Server Monitoring vs ServiceNow IT Operations Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

AppDynamics Server Monitoring
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
16th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ServiceNow IT Operations Ma...
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
8th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
Event Monitoring (1st), Cloud Management (8th), AIOps (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, 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 ServiceNow IT Operations Management is 2.6%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
 

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.
Archana Menon - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to use and has great orchestration and automation capabilities
The solution's initial setup is straightforward. Complexity always comes when the company requirements are added. There is a reason why ServiceNow is a market leader. If they would also bring in the complex nature like their peers, force companies to stick to out-of-the-box all the time, and bring in product customizations or product revisions, which would force other users not to use customization, then it would not stay like that. ServiceNow should not go the same route as other vendors and restrict their products from being scaled up or scaled down.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution offers great visibility that allows you to track where errors originated."
"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 product provides a nice end-user experience."
"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 alert mechanism in AppDynamics enhances server management tasks by using agents installed on each server."
"Setting up the monitoring agents was straightforward."
"This solution gives us quite good insights that we might otherwise overlook, or it might take a really long time to debug those issues."
"The platform is reliable in identifying the core system issues."
"I like the solution due to the fact that it's scalable."
"I am impressed with the tool's ability to track information in an easy way."
"It is easy to use and simple to learn."
"ServiceNow IT Operations Management is a stable product."
"The most valuable feature of ServiceNow IT Operations Management is the user interface."
"The solution is very capable and user friendly."
"The solution is easy to use and has great orchestration and automation capabilities."
"It is a stable solution. I have not experienced any system outages during my time using the solution."
 

Cons

"The solution could be more mobile friendly."
"I could not find a user-friendly interface for querying, and analytics sometimes gives the wrong results...I feel that analytics could have been better in searching and running the analytical queries."
"The solution’s setup is a bit complex."
"The solution has performance issues after we deploy the agent."
"The product’s dashboard could be more easy to implement."
"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 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."
"Things are being done differently in the industry now, and many of these problems are being solved with cloud databases."
"The licensing model of the product is a bit rigid, and it can be a bit difficult to downscale if your needs change while also being expensive."
"ServiceNow could be more prescriptive on how customers can leverage some of the benefits."
"Service Mapping is a time-consuming process. The time and effort versus the benefits are very difficult to articulate to customers."
"There is room for improvement in the stability of ServiceNow."
"The service discovery tool should include HR automations that automatically remove an employee who is leaving."
"The time for deployment of ServiceNow IT Operations Management depends on many factors. It's a SaaS application, it should not take too long, but if you want to define the tool based on your processes, then it would take some time. It fully depends on the company's complexity. There are out-of-the-box product flows and if you want to use them, you can from day one. However, if you want to customize it and change it to your company's practices, then it will take more time. The setup could be faster."
"We are facing difficulties with service mapping of CIs from the end users, and are seeking help from third-party vendors."
"An area for improvement for ServiceNow IT Operations Management is making service mapping and discovery easier for non-IP devices."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing cost is fairly high"
"AppDynamics Server Monitoring is an expensive solution."
"AppDynamics Server Monitoring is an expensive solution."
"The tool is expensive."
"My understanding is that the price of this solution is quite high, compared to other products."
"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."
"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 solution has a high cost."
"ServiceNow IT Operations Management is a costly solution. I'd rate the price at ten, on a scale from one to ten with one being the lowest and ten being the highest price. Some clients do have a problem with the price, but most find that the solution is worth the cost."
"The pricing is high and may be excluding the small to medium-sized enterprise businesses."
"My customers pay for the ServiceNow IT Operations Management license annually. I'd rate the pricing based on value. ServiceNow IT Operations Management is a premium product as it has better features than competitors."
"The cost of ServiceNow is much higher."
"The solution is costly compared to the products offered by its competitors."
"This solution offers good value but comes at a very high premium. Pricing could be reduced by 10 to 20%."
"I would rate the product's pricing a five out of ten since there are vendors who are cheaper."
"While not entirely sure, I believe the solution costs at least a million dollars annually."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
31%
Computer Software Company
21%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Government
5%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Energy/Utilities Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
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.
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.
What needs improvement with AppDynamics Server Monitoring?
The solution's pricing could be improved and made more competitive.
What do you like most about ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
From my perspective as an asset manager, the most valuable feature of the solution is the configuration management portion, where I can actively add something to the database.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
I can rate the pricing at six out of ten, as the pricing is reasonable.
What needs improvement with ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
We are facing difficulties with service mapping of CIs from the end users, and are seeking help from third-party vendors. It would be helpful to have more knowledge articles or FAQs for some regula...
 

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ServiceNow ITOM
 

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Sample Customers

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