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Dynatrace vs HeadSpin comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 13, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Dynatrace
Ranking in Mobile APM
1st
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
344
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (2nd), Log Management (4th), Container Monitoring (2nd), AIOps (2nd)
HeadSpin
Ranking in Mobile APM
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Functional Testing Tools (19th), Mobile App Testing Tools (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Mobile APM category, the mindshare of Dynatrace is 41.5%, down from 43.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HeadSpin is 0.3%, down from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mobile APM
 

Featured Reviews

Manish Ved - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 20, 2023
Solution has a useful AI engine, but the reports could be a bit better
We are typically about a version or two behind. We are on the managed solution. Our model of deployment is on-premises. I would say there are a couple of thousand users of this solution in our company. We are also planning on increasing the usage as our apps migrate to the cloud. I would advise other people looking into solutions, to do their homework beforehand and not assume that by deploying all the tools everything will automatically work, so there's still a lot of configuration involved. I would rate this solution as a whole an eight, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.
Saorabh Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 13, 2022
It fulfills everything from automation to manual performance
We use HeadSpin for automated, manual, and performance testing of our apps. Presently, we have 70 users, including QA, developers, product managers, and the operations team HeadSpin allowed us to manage remote work during Covid, enable continuous automation execution, and facilitate collaboration…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It scales well. We are going to be able to use it for everything we need. ​"
"It seems to be very stable. We have not had any outages attributed to the product."
"It severely reduces the time spent doing performance test cycles."
"The web dashboards are quite useful, good looking, and easy to use."
"Being able to get down to the individual code level to see where transactions are taking time. It has helped troubleshoot issues immensely and other tools can't provide this."
"It gives us visibility into the product and what we are doing operationally."
"For cloud, AI has been pretty useful so far when it comes to IT's ability to scale."
"We spend less time investing in problems. We can spend more time on developing new projects."
"The most valuable feature of HeadSpin it's the integration with other solutions. It is great. I can search for an element or do a quick debugging on the application right on HeadSpin. It's very useful."
"The technical support is really helpful because we can set up direct calls with them if we want to. We can use Zoom or Google Meet to interact with them directly, and if there is an issue in our system, they will help us by reproducing the issue in their machines and trying to figure out a solution. The support is really smooth, and we like that they're very supportive."
"The most valuable feature is that this is the first connected intelligence all-in-one platform."
"It has an interesting feature called AV box testing. A lot of companies that are in the OTT segment don't really understand what their streaming is like. They can't test for streaming quality. There are restrictions where you cannot simulate live streaming. For example, on Netflix, you can't simulate how a movie is being streamed on a remote device. That's why HeadSpin has got this AV box testing feature. It is a patented feature. They send an AV box to your location, and you can test live streaming, which is something that no other company does."
"The most valuable features of the product are the performance parameters it gives us."
"The initial setup of HeadSpin was very easy and user-friendly. It was easy to configure and write a script."
 

Cons

"​Our environment is very complicated anyway, so the initial setup was a bit of a struggle, but only because we have so many applications and JVMs that we have been working on for long time."
"The products or company go through a rebrand/renaming about once a year, which creates some confusion with our customers."
"The reporting could be better."
"AppMon is lacking the AI that can be found in Dynatrace Managed."
"Dynatrace has APIs, but they are unfriendly APIs. If they were friendly like Splunk or Sumo Logic had, we might integrate that same data on a single webpage, then start showing these internally."
"It needs .NET core support to the level of Java."
"Some of the APIs and integrations are a bit tougher than others to integrate."
"They should include more mission learning into the product and provide additional performance metrics for application learning."
"Support and pricing could be improved."
"If you want to do some testing or check the devices manually or check the application in a particular device manually, it is really laggy. That's a disappointment because sometimes we would like to do manual testing when our local devices are not available."
"Sometimes, devices go offline and some features are not functioning on some devices, specifically on iOS."
"HeadSpin needs to improve the hardware. With the mobile, the battery life reduces and must be continuously charged."
"HeadSpin could improve on the user interface because it is very poor. The checks that are done on the iOS devices are very difficult, but for Android, it runs great. For all iOS devices, the user interface and how it interacts with the device are very poor."
"They should automate their onboarding. A lot of things are still manual. They can create a video assistant or something like that to completely automate the entire process."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the solution is expensive."
"Licensing is a bit complicated for Dynatrace, and pricing is dependent on how much your organization invests."
"​I would recommend doing a PoC."
"Dynatrace is very good and it's provided a lot of information, it plays a positive role in making your application up to date in the market. If you want to monitor some applications only, it would be cheaper if you did cloud monitoring, but the price benefit depends on the use case."
"It's understandable to do a smaller scale initial evaluation. However, as you identify the product value, don't hesitant in your scope and scale to maximize the initial investment and your opportunity to do a bulk investment of the product."
"Just go with Dynatrace. Just start with Dynatrace. Do not go into AppMon. Start with Dynatrace, because AppMon is going to give you so much extra stuff that 99% of your user base will not need it, including yourself."
"The cost is somewhat high."
"We purchased a subscription for one year and it is an expensive solution for a large enterprise like ours."
"It's not cheap, but there are a few different packages and different prices for enterprises with different product versions."
"I believe the licensing cost is cheap because it's a total solution, hardware, license and software."
"We have a yearly license for 16 devices."
"It has a yearly license. There is no other option. It is expensive. There are a lot of other cheaper players in the market, but it is like a Mercedes. You pay an extra premium for it, but you get the benefits. I would love to see them come up with project-based costing. Companies that are low on funds or new-age can do with pricing that is easily digestible. They can give them a pricing model for three months. They can provide a startup package."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
33%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
22%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Computer Software Company
14%
Legal Firm
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

Any advice about APM solutions?
The key is to have a holistic view over the complete infrastructure, the ones you have listed are great for APM if you need to monitor applications end to end. I have tested them all and have not f...
What cloud monitoring software did you choose and why?
While the environment does matter in the selection of an APM tool, I prefer to use Dynatrace to manage the entire stack. Both production and Dev/Test. I find it to be quite superior to anything els...
Any advice about APM solutions?
There are many factors and we know little about your requirements (size of org, technology stack, management systems, the scope of implementation). Our goal was to consolidate APM and infra monitor...
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Sample Customers

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