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OpenText Real User Monitoring vs Splunk AppDynamics comparison

OpenText and Splunk are both solutions in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category. OpenText is ranked #44 with an average rating of 7.7, while Splunk is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.5. OpenText holds a 0.1% mindshare in APM, compared to Splunk’s 5.0% mindshare. Additionally, 58% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Splunk users who would recommend it.
OpenText Real User Monitoring
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58% willing to recommend
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91% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 6, 2025

OpenText Real User Monitoring and Splunk AppDynamics compete in performance monitoring and analytics. Despite OpenText’s pricing and support advantages, Splunk AppDynamics leads with its advanced features, offering broader performance insights.

Features: OpenText Real User Monitoring emphasizes real-time monitoring with strong integration capabilities, in-depth transaction analysis, and scalability. Splunk AppDynamics focuses on robust application performance management with dynamic instrumentation, end-to-end visibility across environments, and a comprehensive feature set offering detailed performance perspectives.

Room for Improvement: OpenText Real User Monitoring could enhance its advanced analytics capabilities, expand dynamic instrumentation, and improve cross-visibility among environments. Splunk AppDynamics could simplify deployment, offer more competitive pricing options, and enhance user training resources for easier adoption.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: OpenText Real User Monitoring supports swift deployment and focuses on customer satisfaction with prompt service support. Splunk AppDynamics, while having a more sophisticated deployment process, benefits from a comprehensive support framework that efficiently resolves complex issues, albeit requiring more initial effort.

Pricing and ROI: OpenText Real User Monitoring typically involves a lower setup cost, providing significant ROI ideal for budget-conscious organizations. Splunk AppDynamics, with a higher setup cost, delivers compelling ROI through comprehensive performance insights, making it a valuable investment for enterprises prioritizing analytics capabilities.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText Real User Monitoring
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
44th
Average Rating
6.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk AppDynamics
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
244
Ranking in other categories
IT Infrastructure Monitoring (4th), IT Operations Analytics (2nd), Mobile APM (2nd), Container Monitoring (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of OpenText Real User Monitoring is 0.1%, down from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk AppDynamics is 5.0%, down from 6.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Aphiwat Leetavorn. - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers back-end monitoring, so it can analyze user experience but when customers change the software or version, this tool is quite sensitive
Real User Monitoring tools help proactively identify problems before they become critical by monitoring thresholds. There is a threshold and an SOA threshold. For example, it starts to go yellow, and if it becomes red, the system will crash. When it starts to become yellow (Threshold Approaching), we have to resolve it. This is the same case where we'll know what happened before it's too late. So we can make an early decision to prevent it, maybe by kicking some users off the system before it crashes.
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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.
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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

"Very easy to implement."
"With the solution, you can easily access any issues in your infrastructure."
"The most useful feature of this solution is tracking. When the application's traffic has been monitored it is taken from that particular application and analyzed. It is then given a live session of that particular user. For example, if you are using your bank application to do some kind of transaction, everything that you do can be tracked by that application."
"The technical support is good at resolving issues."
"It is a good product."
"The reporting feature is good for us."
"It offers near-real-time analytics, which is helpful."
"The most valuable feature is application performance monitoring."
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"The solution helps us with performance testing by enabling us to monitor applications."
"The most valuable features of AppDynamics is the scalability and monitoring."
"AppDynamics Database Monitoring's most valuable feature is the ability of the out-of-the-box to update the information, provide various metrics, and possibly include custom metrics."
"The platform is reliable in identifying the core system issues."
"Whenever the application crashes from user behavior, we can easily simulate the error. We are happy with this feature and find it to be valuable."
"What I like best about AppDynamics is that it's functional, particularly in APM in Java and .NET."
"Setting up the monitoring agents was straightforward."
"AppDynamics is scalable. They can monitor billions of transactions because they're not monitoring all transactions. They're monitoring samples. So, they can offer good monitoring for the huge sites."
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Cons

"Real User Monitor needs to cover more protocols to provide more in-depth information. It could also be better at monitoring voice-related traffic. There is currently no visibility in that channel."
"Customer support needs to improve by bringing in more people who are knowledgeable about the tool, as there are very few left."
"When we want to monitor our encrypted traffic, this product doesn't work because our cipher is not supported."
"This technology is considered to be older."
"The diagnostics perspective, particularly in terms of the root cause analysis of failures, should be improved."
"The solution's technical support presents a lot of issues with too many delays."
"Everybody is moving away from traffic and installing agents on the application to do the job, but Micro Focus is using traditional ways to collect the traffic. They should change their architecture completely."
"Some issues with login errors."
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"There are many KPIs that are not available in AppDynamics."
"Maybe some more CPU power or something like that could be an area to improve."
"In the current version of AppDynamics, there is a correlated section, where we can see all servers’ performance along with application performance, but network performance is missing."
"The solution should add some monitoring similar to Oracle monitoring tools for databases. It has a lot of features to monitor SQL queries, and make some recommendation to resolve it. AppDynamics is just monitoring for delays and doesn't provide any recommendations for that. It's a deficiency."
"The setup, implementation and use are clumsy and need to be refined."
"The product requires high maintenance."
"Improvements can be made in the area of AI integration."
"The solution is available at an inflated cost"
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Compared to other tools, OpenText Real User Monitoring is an expensive solution."
"Not expensive."
"The price is approximately €30,000 ($35,500 USD) for the enterprise edition."
"If I compare with other vendors, other vendors are more expensive"
"For those who appreciate the value and had issues with the visibility of the performance of their applications, then the pricing is good. For somebody who does not need it, it can be pricey, but overall, it is worth the money which it costs."
"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."
"We are looking forward to purchasing the solution on the AWS Marketplace."
"AppDynamics is really pricey as it requires licenses for every feature."
"AppDynamics Database Monitoring is expensive. I rate it a seven to eight out of ten."
"AppDynamics does not usually do monthly payments. They do it on an annual basis, at the very least."
"One of the main downsides to the solution is its cost."
"There is a license for the solution and we paid approximately $2,000. There is also an additional cost above the standard license which cost us approximately $3,000."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
28%
Manufacturing Company
18%
Energy/Utilities Company
8%
Government
8%
Educational Organization
48%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Micro Focus Real User Monitor?
The diagnostics perspective, particularly in terms of the root cause analysis of failures, should be improved. There needs to be more development in this area, as the support and the number of peop...
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What is your primary use case for Micro Focus Real User Monitor?
The use case is about user-level monitoring and the availability of a service for a user. It's about whether the service is available, its performance, and the type of errors a user is receiving, f...
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What advice do you have for others considering Micro Focus Real User Monitor?
I rate the solution as nine. It is a good product. Everyone should have it as it is essential today, but choose the vendor accordingly. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.
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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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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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Also Known As

Micro Focus Real User Monitor, Micro Focus RUM, HPE RUM, MF RUM
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Overview

Real User Monitoring (RUM) an End user monitoring that gives you visibility into user behavior for fast, targeted problem resolution. It monitors the performance and availability of business-critical application services for all users at all locations all the time. It automatically discovers underlying infrastructure and classifies user actions - giving you instant visibility into session and whole service health over web, cloud, and mobile user experience. It allows you to trace user experience across tiers, capture live sessions, see where customers clicked, measure response times, and see pages that caused problems. And you can easily capture and replay user sessions to create test scripts that reflect real user behavior. All this data gives you new ability to analyze which application transactions your users are performing and what application response they are experiencing. RUM currently supports over 20 application protocols and applications such as SAP, Citrix, and native mobile application monitoring on Android.

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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.

Splunk
 

Sample Customers

Avea, Maccabi Healthcare Services, TEB
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