LiveAction LiveNX vs Splunk AppDynamics comparison

BlueCat and Splunk are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. BlueCat is ranked #49 with an average rating of 7.0, while Splunk is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.5. BlueCat holds a 0.4% mindshare in IM, compared to Splunk’s 3.4% mindshare. Additionally, 77% of BlueCat users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Splunk users who would recommend it.

LiveAction LiveNX

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 6, 2025

Splunk AppDynamics and LiveAction LiveNX are strong competitors in application and network performance monitoring. While AppDynamics shines in application performance, LiveNX demonstrates superior capabilities in network analysis.

Features: Splunk AppDynamics provides deep transaction visibility, including JVM memory monitoring, performance analytics, and transaction snapshots. It also offers operational dashboards and detailed metrics for comprehensive diagnostics. LiveAction LiveNX is focused on real-time traffic analysis and QoS modeling, offering robust network performance visualization.

Room for Improvement: Splunk AppDynamics could improve UI simplicity and better integrate with modern technologies like mobile and cloud services. Enhancements in real-time updates and support for asynchronous calls are necessary, along with a more transparent pricing model. LiveAction LiveNX should focus on improving scalability, multi-tenancy for larger enterprises, and quicker technical support responses.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Splunk AppDynamics offers versatile deployment across Cloud, Hybrid, and On-premises environments and generally favorable customer service. However, some report complexities during deployment. LiveAction LiveNX offers straightforward deployment primarily in On-premises and Private Cloud environments, praised for excellent customer service and responsiveness.

Pricing and ROI: Splunk AppDynamics is seen as a premium solution due to its extensive features, but its high initial costs and licensing fees are noted as drawbacks. LiveAction LiveNX is also expensive but allows unlimited user access per license, providing better value in large-scale node management depending on use cases.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

LiveAction LiveNX

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

49th

Average Rating

6.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (52nd)

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 March 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of LiveAction LiveNX is 0.4%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk AppDynamics is 3.4%, down from 4.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Mahesh Doshi

IT at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

Very good reporting and alerting abilities but inadequate enhancement support

Before choosing the solution, it is important to rank your requirements from high to low priority. The solution has a lot of features but at a high price. If you will only use 30% of the solution to meet your requirements, then it would be better for you to explore other products. Find the solution that best fulfills your requirements. The solution itself is great. If I could use it properly, then I would rate it a seven out of ten. Unfortunately, support is a factor when determining usability or cost effectiveness. We did not receive the needed support so had to stop using the solution. For that reason, my overall rating for the solution is a five out of ten.

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Muhammad Zeeshan Siddiqui

Head of Technology and Services at arwentech

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.

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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

"Its analytical capability is really good."

"The product has a very good graphical interface."

"We don't have any complaints about the software. According to my team, it's a very good tool that's very intuitive."

"The intention and the idea of the filter is great."

"All in all, LiveAction LiveNX has become an indispensable tool for maintaining and improving our network's reliability and performance, ultimately supporting our organization's goal of providing timely and dependable delivery services."

"We provide a tool for our customers to manage their reports. It's an extremely highly featured platform capable of producing a lot of data. We spent quite a long time working with customers and LiveAction to create template reports, and they're very good and configurable. You get a lot of data if you don't configure them."

"One of the valuable features is the ability to create CLI scripts on the fly to fix any issues. We were using it for QoS modeling to ensure that we were properly modeling QoS, and it basically said here is what you need to fix to get this QoS done, whether it is ACL or something else. It would either push or recommend. If you have the right credentials, you could also push. It is very good if you are a Cisco shop. It gives you reporting, latency, and bandwidth utilization for your applications, so you can do good capacity management planning. There are a lot of pieces that LiveNX can give you. It is a total NPM solution for SD-WAN."

"The alerting feature is very good because it allows you to set MOS alerts at various network junctures or data points."

"It's pretty stable."

"It reduces the time to resolve issues and requires less manpower."

"The ability to check parameters for microservice applications is most valuable. It is important for me. I can manually create new business transactions for applications and individually monitor business transactions. I can also use a lot of extensions. It has a lot of extensions to monitor other third-party applications, such as NoSQL applications, memory cache applications, Kafka applications, and Couchbase applications. It is very useful. We are also using the end-user monitoring site to follow all end-user activities. It is important for us to check the errors on the customer site."

"The proactive monitoring from AppDynamics definitely helps."

"AppDynamics provides us with detailed information about the performance of the underlying infrastructure, including servers, databases, and external services."

"Provides monitoring more around business processes versus just servers, applications, etc. E.g., with complex systems, where a business process passes across multiple applications, the business needs us to monitor the heath of the process, not just a segment of the application."

"We're a large organization, so we appreciate AppDynamics' wide coverage. It may not work in all areas, but it has broad coverage. We can use the same dataset for different use case aspects. That is the beauty of AppDynamics. You can coordinate APM, EUM, and infrastructure through one dataset."

"Despite dozens of deployments across hundreds of applications- we have yet to see a case where AD is negatively impacting application execution or functionality."

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Cons

"This is a horrible solution and I think everything needs to be improved."

"They need to create a more simplified UI."

"It is not as robust as other NPM solutions. For instance, there is a problem while labeling specific applications. It works well with well-known applications, but when you have to put in new applications that are not very known and set them up with names, ports, URLs, or some protocols, it is not as intuitive."

"The only downside to this software is the price."

"The tool crashes sometimes when we try to pull reports simultaneously."

"Sometimes the solution does not register devices properly and that is a bug."

"Improved documentation and more responsive customer support can help in addressing issues faster."

"The product is weak in multi-tenancy. We have to install multiple instances of LiveAction, whereas we would like to build it once for our customers."

"AppDynamics's agent management could be improved."

"In the next release, I would like to see the configuration of the data and more support for new applications. It should support new languages."

"The major concern lies with reports, specifically their configurability. It's like, if I want to combine multiple reports and generate them all at once, that's not possible. Even though there's a setup for generating 25 reports, I wanted to group them all and generate them in one go, which isn't currently feasible. I have to manually run each report and set the time for it."

"The solution's pricing could be improved and made more competitive."

"I would like to see some cosmetic enhancements."

"The day-to-day activities should be less complicated so that anyone can manage it."

"The dashboard can be better. Also, the automated reports could be improved."

"The initial setup could be easier."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We use the free version."

"The solution is fairly expensive compared to other products."

"It's very expensive."

"It is not a cheap tool, but you also save in manpower to setup because it is easy and fast. At the end of the day, I think the revenue is much better. BUT, they have an awful co-term mode of licensing."

"It could be cheaper. It's a little cost prohibitive. There are so many features that also show a lot of value, but it’s not always easy to justify the cost."

"There is a license needed to use the solution and it is expensive. The licensing model needs to improve."

"The pricing model for AppDynamics could be better. You have to subscribe to a yearly or a three-year licensing, which isn't very handy. The solution is one of the most expensive in the market today."

"AppDynamics Database Monitoring requires a license for database monitoring and other features, while Dynatrace provides monitoring and other features out of the box without additional costs. Sometimes this makes it more challenging to pitch AppDynamics Database Monitoring to customers, especially because you need to buy a separate license. As an implementer, I have yet to learn about the pricing for AppDynamics Database Monitoring. Pricing is taken care of by the sales team."

"AppDynamics Database Monitoring is expensive. I rate it a seven to eight out of ten."

"I believe there was probably an extra charge whenever I wanted to contact the support team."

"The price of AppDynamics could be reduced in my region."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about LiveAction LiveNX?

The product has a very good graphical interface.

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What needs improvement with LiveAction LiveNX?

The product is weak in multi-tenancy. We have to install multiple instances of LiveAction, whereas we would like to build it once for our customers. Most of these analytical packages have the same ...

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What is your primary use case for LiveAction LiveNX?

Primarily, we use the product for monitoring the standard utilization of circuits. The tool has the incredible ability to provide granular details about the traffic passing through an interface on ...

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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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APM tools for a Managed Service Provider - Dynatrace vs. AppDynamics vs. Aternity vs. Ruxit

Hi Avi! It's great to see your thorough approach to selecting an APM package for your MSP company. Considering your focus on SMBs and enterprises in Israel, Dynatrace seems like a solid choice with...

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What do you like most about AppDynamics?

The solution saves time and cost.

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Overview

LiveAction develops IT visibility solutions designed to simplify network management. Initially developed to aid the US Department of Defense in the operation of its networks, LiveNX (Network Experience) features an innovative visual display, real-time big data analytics and deep control of routers and switches for unparalleled network administration. LiveNX accelerates troubleshooting with its QoS control, application-aware, and WAN functionality developed through engineering partnerships with Cisco Systems.

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Splunk AppDynamics enhances application performance monitoring with advanced diagnostics and real-time insights, offering seamless end-to-end transaction tracking and infrastructure visibility.

AppDynamics provides critical tools for businesses to analyze application behavior and performance. Through innovative features like transaction snapshot analysis and adaptable dashboards, users can quickly identify and address issues, ensuring high levels of system uptime and efficiency. It is designed to support complex environments including Kubernetes and AWS, enhancing user experience by detecting performance issues early. Despite needing improvements in network monitoring and integration, it remains a robust option for tracking application health.

What are the key features of AppDynamics?

Real-time Performance Monitoring: Offers immediate insights into application behavior.
Business Transaction Tracking: Tracks transactions from start to finish for bottleneck identification.
JVM Memory Monitoring: Provides detailed JVM metrics and memory use information.
Deep-dive Diagnostics: Enables in-depth analysis of code and stack traces.
Adaptable Dashboards: Customizable views for better data interpretation.

How does AppDynamics benefit users?

Improved Incident Resolution: Faster problem detection and solution implementation.
Enhanced Application Performance: Real-time monitoring optimizes system operations.
Comprehensive Visibility: Provides a full view of application infrastructure.
Informed Decision Making: Detailed analytics guide performance improvements.
Customer Satisfaction: Enhances user experience through faster issue resolutions.

In industries like financial services and e-commerce, AppDynamics facilitates performance tracking across distributed systems, optimizing infrastructure to meet consumer demands. It excels in environments needing precise transaction monitoring and is pivotal in delivering high value and satisfaction.

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