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APM Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
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Integration within the CI/CD pipeline helps us detect application faults upfront
Pros and Cons
  • "UEM (RUM)​: User Experience Management (real user monitoring) puts you in "user's seat" and gives you insight into how they experience the application. Often, this gives a totally different view than just watching the backend calls."
  • "24/7, all transactions: The fact that every transaction is captured gives us the possibility of acting on every exception. But it also ​shows us what happens when everything works well, so we can compare it with the moment something goes wrong."
  • "Integration within the CI/CD pipeline helps avoid problems in production by detecting application faults upfront."
  • "UEM (User Experience Management) works great for web clients and Android and IOS apps, but for other rich clients it's a lot more challenging."
  • "The new Dynatrace solution lacks test-automation integration inside the CI pipeline. I hope that will arrive soon."

What is our primary use case?

We use it as an Application Performance Monitoring solution for customer applications we support. For other customers, we implement it on their applications, onsite or in the cloud.

Most important use cases for us:

  • Trouble-shooting when something goes wrong - slowness, unavailability of any kind, errors.
  • Integration within the CI/CD pipeline helps avoid problems in production by detecting application faults upfront.
  • Dashboards for business and management display user satisfaction based on real measures like Visually Complete.

How has it helped my organization?

For our own organization, we manage to support a large application with a lot of users with only a few people (DevOps team). The insights we get via Dynatrace make sure that we can act quickly on incidents, or often even prevent them from happening at all. This way, we avoid "war-room" scenarios and focus on the things that matter.

What is most valuable?

UEM (RUM): User Experience Management (real user monitoring) puts you in the "user's seat" and gives you insight into how they experience the application. Often, this gives a totally different view than just watching the backend calls.

24/7, all transactions: The fact that every transaction is captured gives us the possibility of acting on every exception. But it also shows us what happens when everything works well, so we can compare it with the moment something goes wrong.

What needs improvement?

UEM/RUM works great for web clients and Android and IOS apps, but for other rich clients it's a lot more challenging.

The new Dynatrace solution lacks test-automation integration inside the CI pipeline. I hope that will arrive soon.

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For how long have I used the solution?

Three to five years.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Next to being a customer as well, Realdolmen is also Dynatrace partner.
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Architect Software Test Engineer at MAS Global Consulting
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It has reduced the impact to critical operation systems, with no down-time after using it for PRD.

Valuable Features:

All the capabilities to create dashboards and business transactions has eliminated the gap between the technical stuff and business correlation.

Improvements to My Organization:

Reduced the impact to critical operation systems. Identified any major impact before getting into production. No down-time after using Dynatrace as APM for PRD.

Room for Improvement:

Solid PRD deployments.

Use of Solution:

For about 2 years.

Deployment Issues:

No issues.

Stability Issues:

No issues so far.

Scalability Issues:

Working with an infrastructure team that has given me VM and is not dedicated has delayed the performance of the tool.

Getting better, still working to tune to their eyes.

Customer Service:

Excellent, a correct answer every time. Prompt support.

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it_user248511 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
It was straightforward to implement for Java and .net.

What is most valuable?

PurePath is the innovation which makes Dynatrace unique.

How has it helped my organization?

We used to work on two kinds of projects: banking and insurance. The second had a lot of performance issues, then came Dynatrace which has solved the problems, and our clients felt the difference.

What needs improvement?

They could facilitate the installation of the agent on server applications for other languages, such as C++.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used it for two years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

We had some issues. Our environment is divides into three parts:

  1. Presentation with .Net
  2. Business with Java
  3. Intermediate with C++

Until now, we don't have correlation between the three parts, because we haven't succeeded in monitoring the intermediate part.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issues encountered with stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues encountered with scalability.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

Customer service is good.

Technical Support:

Technical Support is very good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used a different solution and switched because Dynatrace was easy to implement.

How was the initial setup?

It was straightforward while implementing Java and .net, but complex in the case of C++.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented it through a vendor team, and their level of expertise was good.

What was our ROI?

Executing performance testing and supervising the application response with Dynatrace, then collaborate with developers to solve issues.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We also looked at Wily Introscope.

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Owner with 51-200 employees
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Top 20
Analysis engine improves the process of measurements so the end user is not bothered with the time consuming PurePaths calculations.

Valuable Features:

  • The easy upgrade; the manual is so clear and understandable, it is like a walk in the park
  • Web based dashboards to provide role dependent performance metrics
  • Analysis engine improves the process of measurements so the end user is not bothered with the time consuming PurePaths calculations. The transaction flow doesn't have to wait anymore to be displayed instantly
  • Angular measurements can be tracked and traced from the front-end to better measure its latency
  • Easy deployment of mobile apps track and tracing by showing graphical run books of what to do

Improvements to My Organization:

Not yet.

Room for Improvement:

Presenting the virtualisation technology. dynaTrace can be feed by VMware metrics, via de Vimservice or via the Vhost, it can pick up performance metrics like disk usage etc. In my opinion I like to get a visualisation of all the relations between the virtualisation layer and its SAN storage. It is really spaghetti, something the Ruxit tools helps to make it transparent. Why is this a benefit? Because VM's can move from one physical machine to another, automatically. This can disrupt end user experience/availability. It can also helps a lot to understand the relation between the end user and the misty back end components like virtualisation and storage, to close the gap between the usual understanding of applications, web servers, databases and virtualisation.

Also the Tibco diagnosing should be improved. Most of the Tibco monitoring tooling fall behind on the matter of track and tracing individual messages on the ESB bus (Tibco Spotfire  can do the trick, but is not chain aware) . You can't see the latency of individual messages on the bus in relation to resource consumption on the ESB bus.

The sequence diagram should be improved from the SOA point of view. Please show the latency of each individual Tibco service and map it on the Sequence Diagram, in real-time.

Use of Solution:

1 week

Deployment Issues:

No, it is like a walk in the park.

Stability Issues:

No.

Scalability Issues:

No.

Implementation Team:

dynaTrace supported us by sending a well-skilled consultant to do the upgrade. After the upgrade this consultant answered all kinds of questions.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: I recently signed a partnership with dynaTrace, but it doesn't influence to talk about my opinions of this software. I have an open partnership with the dynaTrace vendor and they respond very well on my feedback.
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Randall HindsProgram Manager - Enterprise Command Center at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User

"Analysis engine improves the process of measurements so the end user is not bothered with the time consuming PurePaths calculations."
Fair statement. PurePaths as leveraged from the local/fat client are not needed by many audiences, especially on the business side. If the Analysis engine results can be presented in Web UI, it would save even more time for end users.

it_user657 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager of Operations at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Vendor
Lots of possibilities

Valuable Features:

-Flexibility -Dynamic reporting capabilities -Very good support -The product is still growing - adding new capabilities/functions -Best of breed

Room for Improvement:

-Pricing -License model

Other Advice:

Been running the product suite for 6 years and feel the product is still in front of the other competitors for the purpose we are using it.
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it_user4293 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user4293Network Engineer at a tech company with 10,001+ employees
Real User

two queries -

1 > Is it giving real or emulated browser measurements?
2> Is it able to capture out of browser pop-up windows without need to do extra scripting work?

Thanks

Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
MSP
Top 20
Highlights are AI and OneAgent features
Pros and Cons
  • "A feature that's one of the highlights of Dynatrace is the AI. The second most valuable feature is OneAgent. Between infrastructures, applications, operating systems, you can deploy with just a single agent and can practically install and forget about it."
  • "Dynatrace could be improved by having a fully functional applications and infrastructure monitoring feature. Their existing stack, which is SNMP-based, does not have full infrastructure monitoring, whereas if we compare it with other solutions like New Relic or Datadog, they have moved into infrastructure monitoring. The second improvement I would suggest is in regards to the cost. So far, Dynatrace is the most expensive APM that we sell, even compared to New Relic. I think they can improve a little bit in terms of the license pricing."

What is our primary use case?

The primary use case of Dynatrace is root cause analysis. Dynatrace is used for finding issues if an application is having trouble. 

I'm an integrator, so we have deployed it for customers both on-premise as well as on the cloud. 

What is most valuable?

A feature that's one of the highlights of Dynatrace is the AI. The second most valuable feature is OneAgent. Between infrastructures, applications, operating systems, you can deploy with just a single agent and can practically install and forget about it. 

What needs improvement?

Dynatrace could be improved by having a fully functional applications and infrastructure monitoring feature. Their existing stack, which is SNMP-based, does not have full infrastructure monitoring, whereas if we compare it with other solutions like New Relic or Datadog, they have moved into infrastructure monitoring. 

The second improvement I would suggest is in regards to the cost. So far, Dynatrace is the most expensive APM that we sell, even compared to New Relic. I think they can improve a little bit in terms of the license pricing. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been running Dynatrace for three years now. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This solution is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This solution is scalable. 

How are customer service and support?

The tech support is great. Besides calls, they also have an online presence where we can chat directly to them. If I'm not mistaken, this may be for premier customers, since their support is layered. 

For the other support mechanism, which is for regular customers, they can submit questions into a portal. I think the response time is between four to six hours. They could improve the response time because the premier customers have a fifteen-minute to one-hour response time. 

How was the initial setup?

Dynatrace is quite easy to install. For an SaaS deployment, the customer can practically use it within the same day. If it's on-premise, I think it takes around three days, depending on the complexity. 

We have five customers using Dynatrace and the team size for deployment depends on the complexity. We have one customer with a big project, which was big in scope as well, so we can have as many as six to seven people for deployment. It ranges, so if a customer has a hundred servers—in terms of the time and resources required for the deployment, from start to finish—I think it could be done within a month by two people. It depends on the complexity. 

What about the implementation team?

We implement this solution for customers. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Dynatrace is the most expensive APM that we sell, compared to competitors' products. The license pricing could be improved. My customers pay for licensing yearly. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate Dynatrace a nine out of ten. I would definitely recommend Dynatrace, especially if the customer has a big budget. An enterprise company should purchase Dynatrace, even when compared to other APM solutions like New Relic. 

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reviewer1342590 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Scales well and automates all our end-to-end monitoring processes
Pros and Cons
  • "Dynatrace is heavily automated which is a big advantage. You don't have to configure a lot, it installs and it runs straight away. There's direct return on investment and you can focus on more interesting stuff than always have to configure and change the configurations. Issues or problems in detection is also fully automated, which is great."
  • "I think they're working on even more integration from external third party input, but that is ongoing. So the faster it's there the better. Clock monitoring is one of these areas where improvements can be made."

What is our primary use case?

Our major use case for Dynatrace is end-to-end performance monitoring and other types of monitoring for business transactions, commerce transactions, websites, and so on. We have about five to twenty users, though their usage depends on a few different factors. Some users make intense use of Dynatrace while others use it on a less frequent basis.

I use the managed version of Dynatrace, which means that it is deployed like a cloud solution but our data is stored on-premises.

How has it helped my organization?

Dynatrace monitoring is highly automated, enabling us to focus on more interesting things than having to maintain and configure everything all the time. 

What is most valuable?

Dynatrace is heavily automated which is a big advantage. You don't have to configure a lot, it installs and it runs straight away. There's direct return on investment and you can focus on more interesting stuff than always have to configure and change the configurations. Issues or problems in detection is also fully automated, which is great.

What needs improvement?

I think they're working on even more integration from external third-party input, but that is ongoing. So the faster it's there the better. Clock monitoring is one of these areas where improvements can be made.

Another thing is that, although the cost for Dynatrace has great return on investment, it could be cheaper. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Dynatrace for almost two years now.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I think it's a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Dynatrace is very scalable. With our recent experience in terms of scaling, I believe the limit goes up to 100,000 agents in total that can be deployed. 

How are customer service and technical support?

Support is great. You can go by email and things, but also by chat. There's a chat functionality inside of the product, where you can open tickets for support problems and things like that.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Today, for me, Dynatrace is a winner over IBM ITCAM. For ITCAM, within IBM, I don't believe that they make a lot of investments anymore in that area as they're focusing on other areas. They're going with Cloud Paks now. Cloud Paks for this and Cloud Paks for that. So the Tivoli brand within IBM is in a censored mode, I would call it. It was a really good product years ago, but today it's not up to date anymore.

How was the initial setup?

Setup is super easy. The SaaS version is, of course, the easiest to deploy. You don't have to do anything except install the agents. And that's quite simple, you just go to a webpage, you download and you click and it automatically connects. And it does everything for you.

If you go for the managed version, then you have to first see about hardware, by doing your homework for hardware requirements and things like that. But even then, it's quite straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

You can easily implement Dynatrace by yourself. For us, it took about half a day to a day to do the whole installation and set it all up.

What was our ROI?

Because Dynatrace is so heavily automated, there is very little that you have to do to install and maintain it. With this fact, there's a lot of return on investment because we can now focus on more interesting activities rather than having to constantly change configurations.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

There is a license cost, which is obviously more expensive than an open-source solution, but for the return on investment from what you get from it, it's a great investment. Of course, it could always be cheaper.

What other advice do I have?

I will continue using Dynatrace and I can confidently recommend it to others.

I would rate Dynatrace a nine out of ten.

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it_user1362276 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineer at Clearsale
Real User
A perfect solution for monitoring and identifying root causes with excellent support, stability, and scalability
Pros and Cons
  • "Its monitoring and key purpose capabilities are the most valuable. It provides the root cause of problems and helps peers join the war room."
  • "Dashboards and monitoring capabilities can be improved for monitoring applications in Azure. In Azure, it would be cool to be able to monitor network consumption as well as flow communication."

What is our primary use case?

We use it to discover the root cause of any problem. We are using the latest version.

What is most valuable?

Its monitoring and key purpose capabilities are the most valuable. It provides the root cause of problems and helps peers join the war room.

What needs improvement?

Dashboards and monitoring capabilities can be improved for monitoring applications in Azure. In Azure, it would be cool to be able to monitor network consumption as well as flow communication.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for three months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It has excellent stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It has excellent scalability. We have more than 2,000 users.

How are customer service and technical support?

Their technical support is excellent.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We also use other solutions, such as Datadog, Zabbix. Dynatrace is better than other solutions. It is a very powerful technology and has better integration.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was very easy for us. The installation and configuration of the application and the dashboard took around 31 hours. 

What about the implementation team?

We implemented it on our own. We have five people for its maintenance.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We have a three-year contract. We have 30 licenses for the full stack and 3 licenses for the DEM unit.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution to others. We plan to keep using it. 

I would rate Dynatrace a ten out of ten. It is perfect.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
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