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DX SaaS vs SysTrack comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

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4.0
SysTrack's customer service is mixed, with responsive support and some unresolved complex issues due to varied expertise and language barriers.
 

Room For Improvement

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4.5
SysTrack's complex design, limited features, and inflexible licensing hinder usability; expanded user training is advisable for improvement.
 

Scalability Issues

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8.8
SysTrack is highly scalable, supporting thousands of devices and users, with customizable data collection and consistent high ratings.
 

Setup Cost

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SysTrack pricing is competitive at $25 per device annually, aligning with market offerings despite lacking package options.
 

Stability Issues

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7.9
SysTrack's stability is rated highly but mixed, with smooth upgrades for some and data discrepancies for others.
 

Valuable Features

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8.5
SysTrack excels in performance monitoring, insightful analysis, and efficiency, enhanced by telemetry data and AI for VDI environments.
 

Categories and Ranking

DX SaaS
Ranking in Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
10th
Average Rating
6.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (55th)
SysTrack
Ranking in Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
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Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) category, the mindshare of DX SaaS is 0.5%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SysTrack is 24.9%, up from 24.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

JM
It's highly customizable but lacks many features of available in competing solutions
DX SaaS is a latecomer to the APM market. Some things that are straightforward in Dynatrace are complicated in DX. For example, upgrading the agents is a seamless process in Dynatrace, but it's a pain in DX SaaS. You should be able to upgrade in the Application Command Center. However, it is not working correctly. They upgrade the product every 15 to 30 days, and the process isn't seamless. It's like implementing the solution all over again. We monitor around 1,000-plus applications and have more than 100,000 agents, so we require a smooth upgrade process. It's nearly impossible to stay updated on the latest version. Upgrading the Dynatrace agent is smoother. You don't need to worry about it. If the agent is on the Dynatrace server, you only need to push it. After that, you will be notified to reboot the APM or CLM. That's it. It took us three years to deploy the agent on 1,000-plus applications across 40,000-plus servers. Now, they are saying they are ending support for 7.0.49, and we need to upgrade. The path to upgrading isn't straightforward. The first process is manual, and we can push it to different servers so it is visible. What's our configuration? Who is going to do the configuration? It's not typical or practical. I don't understand how product teams don't see that. That feature is not there. We hope they add this feature to the new product called DX Platform, which consists of net apps. All those network monitoring tools will be combined into DX Platform. All the monitoring functionality is moved to DX Platform. You can't see a trend of your metrics grouped according to the last month, six months, one year, etc. The resolution is not there. I want granular visibility into data captured in the last 15 seconds. Those are essential features. I am not saying that DX lacks solid features, but they need to consider it. Some core functionality of the product is missing. We have around 50-plus requests to add previously available features in the on-premise version. That is one reason application teams are reluctant to go to DX SaaS. We are struggling to make them understand and trying to find alternatives for the existing features. We've had many discussions with the product team, telling them we need this functionality. However, they tell us it's not on their product roadmap. They are gradually adding other features, but we need our requirements to be a priority. You cannot say you will try to add those requested features that aren't on your product roadmap. There is always a catch in the product. We use around 10 tenants in production and six in the test run. First of all, there is nothing in the pane. If we are trying to see the data from an application, how do we know which tenant and application are reporting? There was a feature called Enterprise Team Center, but that functionality has been removed. All the applications are connected to the manager, which is connected to ETC. If you go to ETC, you can find the server and see your data, but that functionality was not there. Every product should have a management feature, but that is missing, and they are saying that it is not there in the roadmap. It is a basic requirement. You need to understand that. That is not there, manager, and they are saying that is not there in the roadmap as well. They have created a new tenant page temporarily. It is not there currently. It is not a required thing. There is a feature called Domain, but that concept is gone. We've struggled a lot, and what they provided in the initial migration stage is no longer working. We were delayed for two months because we didn't give them the correct input. They don't know their product. We tell them there is a problem, and they say they're fixing it. Are we their Guinea pig? You cannot treat your customers like this.
Pawel Grabowski - PeerSpot reviewer
Is easy to deploy but is not user-friendly and provides false data
When I started working with it, it appeared to be a good tool, but after all these years, I have concluded that it does not have the best design. It does collect a lot of metrics, but those metrics are not genuine or precise. When you compare the metrics collected by another software to those collected by SysTrack, the latter do not reflect the actual state of the devices. That is, what SysTrack is providing you is false data. This is one of the reasons why we will be decommissioning SysTrack. We're piloting a new solution right now. SysTrack is a reactive tool. There's very little in terms of the proactive area of investigations. You can tell afterwards the reason why an issue occurred, but there isn't anything you can do to prevent that issue from happening again. The interface needs to be improved because it looks ancient. If you have been working in IT for a long time, over 20 years, you might remember products from the start of your career that look almost identical to the way SysTrack looks now. The user interface is not user-friendly. When you first see the solution, it overwhelms you with everything. It's not easy to use, and it's not that intuitive. In terms of data collection, all the metrics are combined into packages or groups, which you can disable or enable, but you can't do it on an individual basis. For instance, if you want to collect just the space usage on a hard drive, you have to collect every single metric that is related to the hard drive including all the IOPS or all the conditions of the hard drive. It's not very flexible in that aspect, even though at first glance it appears as though it has huge capabilities to do so. There is one aspect that allows you to create your own data sets and start collecting them, but those are totally independent of the built-in data sets. So, if you want to enhance some metrics, then you actually have to double the data that you collect because you essentially want to have some metric collected in a different way or have it in a different dataset. It forces you to double the data collection. However, I've been told that this may be withdrawn from the solution as it develops the ability to create custom data sets. You can create your own custom dashboards, but they're static. In comparison, other solutions, including simple ones, allow you to play with the dashboard and apply filters. SysTrack dashboards are very static and not easy to customize. You have to be an advanced user to customize your dashboard, but you can't apply all the filters and focuses on the fly. You have to redevelop the dashboard every single time. There are some filtering capabilities and search capabilities, but they're very basic. I've been told they're going to abandon this in future releases as well. Documentation-wise, this product is not good. There is some documentation, but you don't have the documentation release dates, and the screenshots may even come from an earlier version. Some documents such those on scalability are missing. The few documents that are available are chaotic and not up to date, even to the point where some, especially in the requirements sections, contradict each other.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
18%
Real Estate/Law Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Legal Firm
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about DX SaaS?
Actionable insight is the most valuable feature.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for DX SaaS?
Our monthly cost for DX SaaS is approximately $5 per user, which I considered affordable.
What needs improvement with DX SaaS?
I would like to see AI integrated into DX SaaS so that it can identify and fix issues autonomously.
What do you like most about SysTrack?
I am impressed with the huge amount of information that you can get from the infrastructure.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SysTrack?
It is somewhat expensive. I would rate the pricing a one out of ten, with one being very expensive and ten being very cheap.
What needs improvement with SysTrack?
One thing from a layman's standpoint, the report should be very clear. Another thing is proactively identifying the problem. SysTrack collects telemetry data and identifies potential issues. Howeve...
 

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CA DXI, CA Digital Experience Insights
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HONDA, TATA, General Mills, Ford, Kellogg's, Air Canada
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