Dynatrace Reviews

We use it to see a clear view of the system overall and monitor applications effectively and proactively. We also use it on our core software.

It collects and analyses information with AI, which is useful.

Session recording is one of the innovative features, which could be very useful for developers and the marketing team.

Regarding features, it would be good if there would be some features regarding app security.

It is quite expensive for startups. 

Performance monitoring of business critical applications in production and pre-production environments.

Mean time to recover (MTTR) has reduced significantly during major outages due to specific data pinpointed by DT applications.

Smartscape display for ease of visibility, pinpointing a exact problem, and providing necessary details for fixing and even improving on.

Log analytics in the classic synthetic and RUM tools would be a great addition. Although, it is understandable that this is offered as a good reason for migrating to Dynatrace.

• Monitoring and problem diagnostics.
• Control of the whole application layer.
• Used for Java apps and full stacks.

It reduces time and provides detailed info, showing problem correlation, and a single point of diagnosis.

• IA correlation
• Global overview of all app layers, including web servers
• Database
• Intermediate elements
• Load balancer

• They should provide a guide to arrive at the solution for non-super experts.
• Improve upon the possible benefit, especially if the problem is solved.

We leverage on Dynatrace technology to trace and identify issues in the test environment before launching to production.

We were able to decrease the number of production defects ever since we started using Dynatrace in our test environment.

PurePath is the feature that I personally find important. With PurePath, I am able to find the root cause of the error or bug existing in our system.

A tutorial could be embedded in the system as it is hard for a beginner to start using Dynatrace straight away. It has a lot of cool features, however they are too complicated for a new user to start with.

We use Dynatrace to help deliver the complete end-to-end performance experience presenting results in both an IT and business context.

Dynatrace has helped our customers to rapidly resolve performance issues, and most importantly, to correlate the results with the real user experience. 

The product installs quickly and immediately. It begins to learn the architecture of the systems which need to be monitored. It then learns what “normal” looks like, so there really is no need for manual configuration.

Product pricing could be improved.

Product pricing can seem a little over complex, however this is minor and does not detract from the benefits of the solution.

Dynatrace is the market leader for good reason. The company sees the future of APM and starts to deliver the functionality way ahead of many others.

We chose to partner with Dynatrace, not just because it is the market leader, but because they demonstrate the values that we feel are important to our customers, such as: 

• A consultative approach
• Customer centric account management
• Ensuring that customers experience the benefits of the solutions.

The primary use case is for application performance and analytics. We use it to monitor our on-prem Windows and Linux apps as well as our AWS and Azure cloud instances.

• Faster MTTR
• A proactive Ops team

We used to rely on multiple operations tools to monitor and obtain bits and pieces. Now, we have it all in a single pane of glass.

• Artificial intelligence
• Log analytics
• Being able to identify and correlate issues, and avoid them occurring in the future.

It needs certain UI changes to make going back to certain Windows easier. Certain windows open up in a different category with different set values and throw you off if you are not used to it.

• Server monitoring
• Performance monitoring
• Logging
• Profiling
• Alert triggering
• Network monitoring
• Database monitoring

We setup triggers for certain critical events. When these events happen, alert notifications are sent to the support team to take immediate action.

The alert trigger. This frees up our IT team. Also, they will be the first one to notice any interruption in the services and take action to recover the services. 

I hope going forward it can provide more functionalities for application profiling. I also hope it can provide more logging view, collecting, and search functions.

My organization has leveraged Dynatrace for improving the quality of apps and streamlining in implementation.

Of the entire stack, DC RUM and DT SaaS are definitely the most asked for in our offering catalog.

Enterprise Synthetic of DC RUM can be made more robust.

Not much, but problem in stability of Enterprise Synthetic.

No.

Very good support.

No.

Yes, it is simple and straightforward.

Licensing is a bit complicated for Dynatrace, and pricing is dependent on how much your organization invests.

AppDynamics.

Before moving to production, go through the training on community sites/boards and try to build internal capabilities.