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Dynatrace vs ServiceNow IT Operations Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Dynatrace
Ranking in AIOps
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
344
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (2nd), Log Management (4th), Mobile APM (1st), Container Monitoring (2nd)
ServiceNow IT Operations Ma...
Ranking in AIOps
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
Event Monitoring (1st), Cloud Management (8th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the AIOps category, the mindshare of Dynatrace is 26.2%, down from 27.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ServiceNow IT Operations Management is 7.2%, up from 5.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Sathis-Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
The single-agent format is easy to use and accurately captures issues
We are currently migrating from AppDynamics to the solution. AppDynamics is moving toward a fast model and has a few issues with vendor support. It also requires multiple agents for each function. For example, a Java-related APM requires the installation of another agent. The solution is a bit higher priced than AppDynamics but is more user friendly and only requires one agent, so our application teams prefer it.
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

"This tool has been essential for monitoring our systems, gathering all performance data, and helping to quickly resolve difficult problems affecting our customers ability to process their work through our systems."
"It is very stable. The improvements that they keep making just make the tool more useful.​"
"Our company gets quick response times and qualified responses from technical support, so that is good."
"It is useful for analytics, web performance, end-to-end coverage of a user experience, and database analytics. It is absolutely a monitoring tool that is worth having. The visibility that it provides is a unique feature of this product."
"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."
"We are using Dynatrace for prediction and staging for every step of our development cycle."
"Provides bespoke dashboards and reports which help our business to grow."
"PurePath does deep dive analysis, has dashboards, and provides real user experience monitoring. It has allowed us to do analysis which was never possible before."
"It includes a valuable feature called Discovery, that aids in application portfolio management, enabling visibility into IT infrastructure from top to bottom."
"The dashboard maintenance is very good, and the tool doesn't get stuck."
"The solution allows you to subscribe to the features you need and utilize CMDB, ITSM, and discovery on the same platform."
"Provides everything in one solution."
"It is flexible. You can tune it, more or less, as you want."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. A person just needs to join a team to access the network and that's all."
"It has been very useful for tracking. It has evolved a lot over time, and there is a single pane of glass where you can track and see everything."
"It's easy to set up."
 

Cons

"Enterprise Synthetic of DC RUM can be made more robust."
"Right now, for AppMon, the maximum handling load, the transaction per minute, is around 6,500. We had an issue on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, some kind of stability issue for users who could not log in. I want to see an increase in the load, at least to 7,000 or 8,000 transactions per second"
"The new Dynatrace solution lacks test-automation integration inside the CI pipeline. I hope that will arrive soon."
"I would like to see more features from the desktop client included in the web client."
"Every time I want to see the PurePath, I have to launch the client. It would be helpful if they introduced this in the browser application."
"The challenge with AppMon is, what if you don't have an AppMon agent on a host, but it talks to the database. It talks to it, but I don't have either a host agent or an AppMon agent on it. That has been a challenge, but I believe the Dynatrace agent, the OneAgent, will solve that, potentially."
"As the product is evolving quickly and product features are added on a monthly basis, a more transparent roadmap would be more than welcome."
"It needs container log monitoring."
"I advise others not to customize a lot while using the solution."
"If you are new to using the solution, you will find the setup complex."
"The tool can be improved by including more detailed information to assist new users."
"It should have better integrations with other solutions."
"The pattern part can be improved. Patterns are used in the Discovery feature. Although it is easy to create new patterns and modify the existing ones, it would be better if this solution can have more out-of-the-box patterns. In terms of new features, they can include artificial intelligence, something like machine learning."
"The product needs to add a workflow insight tool."
"The most complaints we have received from our clients are the solution's discovery aspect. I've heard a few concerns from the customers where we have to integrate with a third-party tool to make a full-fledged discovery along with ServiceNow. ServiceNow alone does not do the total capacity of the discovery. The discovery portion of ServiceNow IT Operations Management is not in-depth as what the customers are looking for. The information that it gathers from the assets is a little more limited than what other tools provide."
"Enhancing automation-related solutions, such as Wi-Fi, porting, machinery, and product automation would help to achieve better operational outcomes."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Dynatrace is bit costly and not easily affordable."
"I think the pricing is at a fair value for what it is."
"Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace is excellent."
"This is an expensive solution, but it is also worth the money."
"The pricing and licensing are very expensive."
"​A Dynatrace partner will always be willing to give you a trial. Go through the trial to see if there is a benefit for your company."
"I think that the price is reasonable."
"It's more expensive than other solutions, but worth it. We use full APM monitoring on our primary systems, but only resource monitoring on lesser systems. We shift licenses around our environment when a deeper dive into lesser systems is required."
"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."
"This solution offers good value but comes at a very high premium. Pricing could be reduced by 10 to 20%."
"The solution is costly compared to the products offered by its competitors."
"The cost of ServiceNow is much higher."
"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."
"It has different subscription models."
"It is moderately expensive. The pricing itself and the licensing options are depending on the model and the customization."
"The solution offers yearly licenses and a subscription model for add-on features."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
34%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
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

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...
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...
 

Also Known As

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ServiceNow ITOM
 

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Sample Customers

Audi, Best Buy, LinkedIn, CISCO, Intuit, KRONOS, Scottrade, Wells Fargo, ULTA Beauty, Lenovo, Swarovsk, Nike, Whirlpool, American Express
servicenow, TransAlta, NATS, Symantec
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