AppNeta by Broadcom vs Liquidware Stratusphere UX comparison

AppNeta by Broadcom vs. Liquidware Stratusphere UX

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

AppNeta by Broadcom

Ranking in Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)

7th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (34th), Cloud Monitoring Software (28th), DX NetOps (3rd)

Liquidware Stratusphere UX

Ranking in Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)

8th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) category, the mindshare of AppNeta by Broadcom is 3.6%, down from 3.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Liquidware Stratusphere UX is 3.3%, down from 4.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)

Featured Reviews

Cliff Chapman

Architect at Linkstatus Ltd

Excellent support, easy configuration, and a reliable tool to know what the problem is and where the problem is

They should try and make diagnostics run a bit quicker. When the problem occurs on a network, AppNeta runs automatic diagnostics on the end-to-end path. The path it was testing only to the destination, it now runs the same test to all of the devices and all the intermediate devices. Depending on the number of intermediate devices, it can take several minutes to run. If we're trying to find or diagnose a problem that only lasts two or three minutes, it may be that the diagnostics is still running by the time the problem is cleared. The only thing, which I have also mentioned to AppNeta in the past, is that there should be much faster and much more lightweight diagnostics, which can be completed within 30 seconds or one minute, rather than in 5 to 10 minutes. Currently, when we have short-duration problems, we use a different tool, but we only use that different tool for short-duration problems. With AppNeta, as long as the problem exists for more than a few minutes, such as within 10 to 15 minutes, we can normally tell where the problem is. However, most of the problems that we deal with are intermittent. They're very rarely a permanent condition that needs to be addressed. That makes it more difficult to troubleshoot. We would look to see at least two or three events and hope they show the same results to raise our confidence that we've actually found the problem, rather than just a problem.

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Manjit Chakravarty

Solutions Architect at Capgemini India

Good performance monitoring, stable, and scalable

The main challenge for this solution is its lack of availability for training and in-depth troubleshooting steps. I have worked as an operations engineer, implementation engineer, and architect in India. However, the solution is not readily available to every customer. For example, if a company purchases a license and implements the solution, the BAU operation team may be unfamiliar with the product. The solution provides some free training and videos on its website, but it could improve its training and support for customers who purchase a license. Additionally, I have found it difficult to get support for production-related issues. The solution could improve its response time for these issues.

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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

"Delivery and experience are valuable. The usage in terms of the traffic application captures and other similar things is also valuable."

"The main feature that we use is what they call Delivery, which is the testing of network paths end-to-end."

"The solution's technical support is very good."

"A lot of times one of the AppNeta transactions showed that there is an issue, whereas everything seemed to be working properly. Once we dug into it, we realized that it really was highlighting a problem that otherwise we would not have seen."

"The product helps us understand networks and user experience. It helps us to understand the issues."

"We get complete, hop-by-hop visibility into the internet and we can know how much latency is taking place from one hop to another. That way, we know whether a particular hop belongs to the ISP, or that it is something owned by our own client's office, or is something to do with the SaaS network."

"This solution helps prove that, if we move to cloud, we'll still be as effective as we are on-premises."

"There are a lot of customization options, such as creating your own tables and more. You have the option to make whatever you like and see whatever you want."

"Performance monitoring is a valuable feature."

"I like Stratusphere's login metrics. It lets you drill down to exactly what you want to see."

Cons

"Having to deal with configuring the end devices using a USB stick is a bit cumbersome. It would be nice if there was a better way of handling that."

"Instead of integrating with other people, they should expand their interior capabilities."

"I think some of the product's documentation has shortcomings and needs improvement."

"I would like to see some advanced dashboard features. It could also be integrated with third-party tools. For example, an integration with a reporting solution would be helpful. Out-of-the-box, there are few dashboards or reports. What it does have is useful, but there should be additional dashboards."

"Cloud monitoring could be better. That's one of the biggest pain points for me. I have shared this feedback with them multiple times, but they're limited to some extent. That's one area where I've seen a problem."

"They should try and make diagnostics run a bit quicker. When the problem occurs on a network, AppNeta runs automatic diagnostics on the end-to-end path. The path it was testing only to the destination, it now runs the same test to all of the devices and all the intermediate devices. Depending on the number of intermediate devices, it can take several minutes to run. If we're trying to find or diagnose a problem that only lasts two or three minutes, it may be that the diagnostics is still running by the time the problem is cleared. The only thing, which I have also mentioned to AppNeta in the past, is that there should be much faster and much more lightweight diagnostics, which can be completed within 30 seconds or one minute, rather than in 5 to 10 minutes."

"AppNeta by Broadcom needs to add more features to its dashboards. It also needs to work on providing out-of-the-box reports."

"The main challenge for this solution is its lack of availability for training and in-depth troubleshooting steps."

"The time taken by the solution for the data to load should be improved. It was pretty high in some instances. The latency for some stuff to load up was pretty high."

"The dashboard is pretty lackluster compared to its competitors. They need to look at the competition and adopt some of those features. Liquidware could make the dashboarding more user-friendly and integrate scripting into the product."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's worth the money."

"Broadcom software is always a little expensive because they provide quality."

"AppNeta by Broadcom is not expensive."

"We typically don't get involved in the commercial side, but the list price is probably something like $3,000 for a small probe. However, that gives all of the features that the probe can do, whether or not you use them. In the old days, up until two or three years ago, each of the separate features was a separately licensable module so that you could add things that you wanted, and you didn't have to add things that you didn't want. They've changed all that now, and everything the probe can do is a part of the base license."

"I inherited this from a different version, and I haven't yet gone through a renewal because we had purchased three years upfront. So, to me, that still remains to be seen. Once it comes up for renewal, we'll see what happens. Especially because now it is Broadcom, it is going to change anyway."

"I find the solution's price to be fairly good."

"The small probe is probably around $3,000 and the very large probe that they make for massive data centers might be $50,000 or $60,000. It's a subscription model, so the payment is per year."

"The license is based on the number of users. I don't know the current prices, but it's around four euros per user monthly. My customers consider it expensive."

"The price varies depending on our model type and the number of users or devices."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

42%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Real Estate/Law Firm

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Healthcare Company

11%

Educational Organization

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Questions from the Community

What open source tool can one use to measure bandwidth from one's upstream service provider?

One I am looking closely at is AppNeta. They have an appliance that can digest the flow and do a better job than Netflow. The other one we are using is ExtraHop. This has both a Datacenter Hig...

What do you like most about AppNeta?

The product helps us understand networks and user experience. It helps us to understand the issues.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AppNeta?

AppNeta by Broadcom is not expensive.

What do you like most about Liquidware Stratusphere UX?

There are a lot of customization options, such as creating your own tables and more. You have the option to make whatever you like and see whatever you want.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Liquidware Stratusphere UX?

The solution is not too expensive compared to other alternatives.

What needs improvement with Liquidware Stratusphere UX?

The time taken by the solution for the data to load should be improved. It was pretty high in some instances. The latency for some stuff to load up was pretty high.

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Overview

AppNeta is the leader in proactive end-user performance monitoring solutions built for the distributed digital enterprise. With AppNeta, IT and Network Ops teams can assure continuous and exceptional delivery of business-critical applications. AppNeta’s SaaS-based solutions give IT teams essential application and network performance data, allowing them to constantly monitor user experience across any application, network, data center or cloud.

For more information, visit www.appneta.com.

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Liquidware Stratusphere UX is a user experience monitoring and diagnostics solution that is designed to give users the tools they need to optimize and control the way they experience their digital workspaces. This solution is an industry leader because it contains many powerful tools that are designed to give administrators the maximum amount of insight into the inner workings of and control over the workspaces that they are charged with overseeing.

Liquidware Stratusphere UX Benefits

Some of the benefits that come from using Liquidware Stratusphere UX include:

Access to detailed data any time. Liquidware Stratusphere UX enables users to access critical metrics and data at all times. It is constantly scanning connected systems and culling data from them. This data is always available at the user’s fingertips.

Insight into trends and actual user experiences. Liquidware Stratusphere UX’s data collection capabilities focus on collecting data that helps administrators gain an understanding of trends that relate to user behavior. These insights make it possible for administrators to understand where some of the pain points in their digital workspaces may be. Once they have these insights, they can take the steps necessary to remediate without having to burn time and other resources by engaging in trial-and-error testing.

Digital workplace experience monitoring tools. Liquidware Stratusphere UX provides administrators with the ability to monitor their digital workspaces on all levels, keeping aware of everything all at once so that no issues catch them by surprise.

Maximum flexibility. Liquidware Stratusphere UX supports a number of platform options. Users can deploy physical devices, virtual machines, or a hybrid option.
Share data and collaborate on workspace optimization. Administrators and their teams can collaborate on maintaining peak performance in their networks even if they are not in the same place. Data from Liquidware Stratusphere UX can easily be exported and shared as reports with colleagues who may be working remotely.

Liquidware Stratusphere UX Features

When users choose to employ the Liquidware Stratusphere UX solution, they gain access to many different capabilities. These features include:

SpotCheck capability. Liquidware Stratusphere UX is designed with tools that enable users to drill down into the infrastructure employed. It gives administrators the ability to find issues they already know about as well as those that are only just beginning to develop. This feature analyzes the entirety of the digital architecture, providing administrators with a complete picture.

Machine Boot and Login Breakdown tools. Administrators can utilize these tools to keep track of these two critical functions. If there is any lag when users are attempting to start up their devices or log in, this tool will find it. Users can then diagnose the root cause of the problem and quickly take steps to remedy the issue.

Process optimization features. Liquidware Stratusphere UX employs a number of features that enable users to ensure that their digital workspaces run at peak efficiency. One such feature enables administrators to de-prioritize applications that users are not really using. This means that digital resources are being directed toward areas of true need instead of to applications that are not relevant to what the user is doing at the time.

Liquidware

Sample Customers

Ebay, Citrix, National Instruments, Marriott, AT&T, Bon-Ton, McDonald's, Netflix, PayPal, Uber, QAD

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AppNeta by Broadcom vs. Liquidware Stratusphere UX