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CA Unified Communications Monitor vs Splunk AppDynamics comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 6, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

CA Unified Communications M...
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
71st
Average Rating
6.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Unified Communications Monitoring (5th), Network Monitoring Software (102nd)
Splunk AppDynamics
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
245
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (3rd), IT Operations Analytics (2nd), Mobile APM (2nd), Container Monitoring (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of CA Unified Communications Monitor is 0.1%, down from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk AppDynamics is 3.3%, down from 4.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

itarchit489981 - PeerSpot reviewer
Good end-to-end voice quality monitoring and offers valuable features
The solution should have automatic baseline detection. On the per hour, per base, per week. That's usually the best. And on a per individual CI level. I know that they're working on it and when that's available then we will definitely implement it because it will reduce the effort we need to maintain all the products. Right now we have to set thresholds for every location, and it needs to be actually dynamic so if we have better thresholding, we'll have faster alarms across all our locations. We won't have to expend effort on it by resetting or checking them on a regular basis.
Muhammad Zeeshan Siddiqui - PeerSpot reviewer
Dynamic mapping enhances workflows that are user-friendly
One aspect that requires improvement is the agent. Without an agent, gathering sufficient information on applications is challenging. Additionally, the agent sometimes creates performance issues in production environments. If AppDynamics could develop a means to monitor without an agent, it could significantly improve application performance and reduce potential problems. Moving to an agentless solution, like what some competitors are doing, would be beneficial.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Good end-to-end monitoring"
"We use the solution to meet the needs of the customer."
"The most valuable feature of AppDynamics is its ability to track the transactions between different applications."
"This solution gives us quite good insights that we might otherwise overlook, or it might take a really long time to debug those issues."
"What I found valuable in AppDynamics Database Monitoring is good technical support. I also like that it's scalable and stable."
"AppDynamics' best feature is automation - for example, when I add a note, it can understand the data automatically."
"AppDynamics makes it much easier for us to detect problems or issues before they become problems. We have alerting on all of our business transactions."
"It allows us to configure health rules so that we can, based on our own experience, determine when an application is behaving incorrectly."
"Application Analytics' most valuable features are the real-user monitoring and the agents installed in the software stack on the application server."
"The most valuable feature of AppDynamics is that you can easily determine the load on the application."
 

Cons

"The solution should have automatic baseline detection."
"All the features and functions of the solution can be improved."
"Application Analytics' performance in pure and native cloud environments could be improved."
"The day-to-day activities should be less complicated so that anyone can manage it."
"The tool should provide information like the number of connections and processes utilized in real time."
"There are too many installers available for this solution."
"There could be some improvement in the constructions of the diagrams, it is too difficult currently."
"The overall performance of this solution could be improved. The hot-hot infrastructure features could also be improved."
"The scalability could be improved."
"Based on the user experience feedback that we have had, I think that the most important thing to improve is the availability of the SaaS, the cloud environment."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"We buy the platform's yearly subscription."
"The pricing for AppDynamics is expensive, but it is possible to negotiate special pricing through bids."
"The product’s licencing policy is competitive. However, properly identify and size your needs to get the best rate."
"There is a license needed to use the solution and it is expensive. The licensing model needs to improve."
"It would be better if there were more solutions incorporated into the base price. ​"
"The way it is structured in terms of price could be better. You pay for individual modules and that adds on to the cost, which detracts you from implementing those modules and slows you down."
"I believe there was probably an extra charge whenever I wanted to contact the support team."
"There is an annual cost to use this solution. The licensing model could be improved by making it more cost-effective."
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Top Industries

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Educational Organization
48%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
5%
 

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