This is really a unique solution. If you want to monitor both the application and database sides, there is no other solution like this in the market. Most products offer only database solutions, yet AppDynamics combines both APM and independent database monitoring.
I know about two products. AppDynamics Transaction Analytics was already a part of AppDynamics solution when my company bought it with an enterprise-level licensing, so it provides some business analytics dashboards. The other product I use is not related to analytics, so I didn't use it much. In terms of optimizing our company's data operations, the tool provides insights on whether there are any challenges in databases or if there is something related to queries, which is helpful. One can monitor the performance and see if there are any delays that occur in the databases when we are dealing with the queries, and it helps to find out what the issues are. I don't know what the features of the tool are for performance analysis, but when any application generates codes to extract particular information from a database, it sometimes gets stuck on some queries. At the query level, monitoring and providing more insights are beneficial. A scenario where the real-time monitoring aspect of AppDynamics was crucial for our team was when we were adding a new application and testing it with our production environment or in the UAT; the tool was helpful because we could fine-tune the application and optimize it. If there are certain issues, we can easily identify such issues with the tool, especially when adding a new application since the product helps a lot. Speaking about how the alerting system in AppDynamics helps in preventing potential database issues, I can say that from my observation, if there is some problem at a certain point in time, we get alerts, but I am not sure if prevention to help us identify issues is available or not in the tool. It would be good if we can identify the issues before it affects our company. There are some slow performance areas that need to be identified. My company often takes care of the maintenance of the tool. One engineer can maintain the tool. I recommend the tool to others. I rate the tool a nine out of ten.
In one of the scenarios, a retail company encountered transaction failure issues. The problem was not with the card or payment system but the database operations. By utilizing AppDynamics, the team traced end-to-end transactions and identified a database latency problem. Monitoring the entire end-to-end system allows us to pinpoint performance issues in the database. Tracking the user journey helped us identify the issues between the middleware and the database. The topology view feature helps in effective monitoring. However, this feature was developed six years ago and still needs to be updated. The application needs broader improvements and reshaping for this particular area. Database scaling or migration projects play a supportive role throughout the development, monitoring, and troubleshooting phases. During development, it integrates seamlessly with the SDLC. It detects and resolves performance issues, ensuring database availability and minimizing downtime. I rate it an eight out of ten.
Learn what your peers think about AppDynamics Database Monitoring. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: November 2024.
Tester at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 20
2023-09-13T09:37:08Z
Sep 13, 2023
In my experience, it's easy to use. There's nothing complex to learn or fear. You can quickly adapt to it without the need for extensive training. That's my advice. Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.
The application layer in AppDynamics performs fairly well. However, network monitoring is not at an advanced level. It is mediocre. People wanting to use the solution must not use it only for database monitoring. It should be used for end-to-end application performance monitoring. If someone has requirements involving applications, observability, and AIOps, they must consider the product. If they need only database monitoring, several other tools are available in the market that are lower in cost and offer a lot of capabilities. When it comes to end-to-end monitoring, network monitoring also plays a crucial role. It is an area of improvement for AppDynamics. Network monitoring could be better. AppDynamics has acquired a product called ThousandEyes. How well the product grows in the network monitoring space is yet to be seen. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
AppDynamics Database Monitoring does not require any maintenance. I highly recommend others to use AppDynamics Database Monitoring. AppDynamics Database Monitoring's end-user experience is very good. The solution's tool navigation is very simple and clear-cut. Also, the error and exception detail AppDynamics Database Monitoring shared are crystal clear. Overall, I rate AppDynamics Database Monitoring a ten out of ten.
I give AppDynamics Database Monitoring a ten out of ten. We require five people to maintain the solution. AppDynamics Database Monitoring only requires users to have a basic understanding of databases.
I'm working in an APM implementation company delivering APM solutions from Dynatrace, AppDynamics, New Relic, etc. I'm mainly working with AppDynamics and Dynatrace tools, and my company has an APM tool still under development. I'm working with AppDynamics Database Monitoring. My company has a mix of customers on AppDynamics Database Monitoring, small, medium, and large enterprises. Compared to AppDynamics Database Monitoring, I'd go for Dynatrace because it has out-of-the-box features that don't require a separate license. Dynatrace also has a better interface and dashboard than AppDynamics Database Monitoring. I'd advise anyone who wants to implement AppDynamics Database Monitoring to follow the documentation. It's a straightforward product to use. My rating for AppDynamics Database Monitoring is seven out of ten. My company is a partner of AppDynamics Database Monitoring.
Technical Analyst at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2022-07-19T12:51:38Z
Jul 19, 2022
I recommend choosing Dynatrace over AppDynamics Database Monitoring as it's easier to use. I would rate AppDynamics Database Monitoring seven out of ten.
AppDynamics is a good tool that offers excellent out-of-the-box dashboards and application topology. Even for their competitors, their current technology is unrivaled in these two areas. I would rate AppDynamics Database Monitoring an eight out of ten.
Senior Performance Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2020-12-10T20:05:00Z
Dec 10, 2020
It is easy to use and not difficult to configure. I would definitely recommend the solution, I have been working with it for the last five to six years. It's a really good product. I rate AppDynamics Database Monitoring a seven out of ten.
Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2020-09-27T04:10:00Z
Sep 27, 2020
I would recommend this solution to other companies. On a scale from one to ten, I would give AppDynamics Database Monitoring a rating of eight. To be honest, it's a fantastic product.
Consultant APM et Performance with 10,001+ employees
Consultant
2020-02-26T05:55:00Z
Feb 26, 2020
For me, the first recommendation I would have to other organizations considering implementation would be to have a person or people who have good skills on database monitoring. How AppDynamics works is basically just monitoring the metrics that already exist in the databases. These metrics are really technical metrics, so a company has to have some people that are really specialized in reading them. They need to have a good database administrator or database analyst in place. I would rate the solution seven out of ten.
Director of Application Performance Monitoring As A Service (MAPS & MSPM) with 11-50 employees
Reseller
2020-02-20T06:38:03Z
Feb 20, 2020
As advice to people considering the solution, I would tell them to scope it out really well and to do a lot of research on their intended application and their business use cases. There may be another, better solution available for their needs. On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate this product as a seven. I would rate them at a seven because they definitely have a better product than several other products on the market, they have good functionality, and I think they are fairly affordable. The reason I would not rate them higher is because there are other products on the market that are obviously better solutions that exist right now.
The solution we are using is SaaS-based. The controller is deployed on the cloud, and we have integrated different Linux environments with it. There are a couple of Java agents as well as machine engines and a DB agent that we utilize. I don't have too much interaction with the teams that handle the solution, so I don't know if I have any advice to give other companies in relation to implementation. I don't have too much exposure when it comes to database monitoring and am not overly familiar with the application itself. I'd rate it at least a six out of ten based on my experience with the solution so far. I only use limited features for Oracle database monitoring.
We currently use the on-premises deployment model but we are in the process of moving over to the cloud. The solution is a good tool. I'd advise others to use the cloud deployment model so that you don't need to worry so much about having enough infrastructure if you you want to scale. I'd rate it eight out of ten.
Senior IT Administrator at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
2019-08-22T05:49:00Z
Aug 22, 2019
We use the private cloud deployment model. I would advise new users to not install AppDynamics for their database only. Just the database portion isn't dynamic enough without other portions of the AppDynamics suite. I would rate all database applications nine out of ten, but I would rate just the database monitoring four out of ten.
Technical Team Lead at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2019-07-31T05:52:00Z
Jul 31, 2019
We used an on-premises version of the solution. I would rate the solution a seven out of ten. Technical support hasn't been too impressive so we ended up having to resolve our own issues. There are also a few challenges that we've had from a performance perspective when we upgraded from one version to the next. That said, I would still recommend the solution.
Head of IT Operations at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2019-07-29T10:11:00Z
Jul 29, 2019
We collect user experience feedback from many countries, all over the world. We have already recommended this product to some of our partners, and they have implemented it based on our advice. This is a good product, but we still have issues with the cloud and stability. I would rate this solution a seven out of ten, due to stability issues and no feedback from EMEA AppDynamics.
Business Transformation Consultant at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Consultant
2019-07-28T07:35:00Z
Jul 28, 2019
I recommend the solution strongly for those with medium-sized businesses. It's not for enterprise solutions or enterprise businesses. It's a great solution for the non-enterprise client. I would rate this solution eight out of ten.
More than half of application performance bottlenecks originate in the database, but most application teams have little or no visibility into database performance. With AppDynamics' database performance management product, you get 100% visibility into application performance, from the browser to the database.
Key Benefits
Visualize end-to-end application performance, from the browser to the database
Get alerts when database thresholds are violated
Monitor key performance metrics like...
This is really a unique solution. If you want to monitor both the application and database sides, there is no other solution like this in the market. Most products offer only database solutions, yet AppDynamics combines both APM and independent database monitoring.
Overall, I would rate it an eight out of ten.
I know about two products. AppDynamics Transaction Analytics was already a part of AppDynamics solution when my company bought it with an enterprise-level licensing, so it provides some business analytics dashboards. The other product I use is not related to analytics, so I didn't use it much. In terms of optimizing our company's data operations, the tool provides insights on whether there are any challenges in databases or if there is something related to queries, which is helpful. One can monitor the performance and see if there are any delays that occur in the databases when we are dealing with the queries, and it helps to find out what the issues are. I don't know what the features of the tool are for performance analysis, but when any application generates codes to extract particular information from a database, it sometimes gets stuck on some queries. At the query level, monitoring and providing more insights are beneficial. A scenario where the real-time monitoring aspect of AppDynamics was crucial for our team was when we were adding a new application and testing it with our production environment or in the UAT; the tool was helpful because we could fine-tune the application and optimize it. If there are certain issues, we can easily identify such issues with the tool, especially when adding a new application since the product helps a lot. Speaking about how the alerting system in AppDynamics helps in preventing potential database issues, I can say that from my observation, if there is some problem at a certain point in time, we get alerts, but I am not sure if prevention to help us identify issues is available or not in the tool. It would be good if we can identify the issues before it affects our company. There are some slow performance areas that need to be identified. My company often takes care of the maintenance of the tool. One engineer can maintain the tool. I recommend the tool to others. I rate the tool a nine out of ten.
In one of the scenarios, a retail company encountered transaction failure issues. The problem was not with the card or payment system but the database operations. By utilizing AppDynamics, the team traced end-to-end transactions and identified a database latency problem. Monitoring the entire end-to-end system allows us to pinpoint performance issues in the database. Tracking the user journey helped us identify the issues between the middleware and the database. The topology view feature helps in effective monitoring. However, this feature was developed six years ago and still needs to be updated. The application needs broader improvements and reshaping for this particular area. Database scaling or migration projects play a supportive role throughout the development, monitoring, and troubleshooting phases. During development, it integrates seamlessly with the SDLC. It detects and resolves performance issues, ensuring database availability and minimizing downtime. I rate it an eight out of ten.
We’re planning to replace the solution. It is a good tool. Overall, I rate the solution a six out of ten.
I rate AppDynamics Database Monitoring a nine out of ten.
In my experience, it's easy to use. There's nothing complex to learn or fear. You can quickly adapt to it without the need for extensive training. That's my advice. Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.
The application layer in AppDynamics performs fairly well. However, network monitoring is not at an advanced level. It is mediocre. People wanting to use the solution must not use it only for database monitoring. It should be used for end-to-end application performance monitoring. If someone has requirements involving applications, observability, and AIOps, they must consider the product. If they need only database monitoring, several other tools are available in the market that are lower in cost and offer a lot of capabilities. When it comes to end-to-end monitoring, network monitoring also plays a crucial role. It is an area of improvement for AppDynamics. Network monitoring could be better. AppDynamics has acquired a product called ThousandEyes. How well the product grows in the network monitoring space is yet to be seen. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
AppDynamics Database Monitoring does not require any maintenance. I highly recommend others to use AppDynamics Database Monitoring. AppDynamics Database Monitoring's end-user experience is very good. The solution's tool navigation is very simple and clear-cut. Also, the error and exception detail AppDynamics Database Monitoring shared are crystal clear. Overall, I rate AppDynamics Database Monitoring a ten out of ten.
I give AppDynamics Database Monitoring a ten out of ten. We require five people to maintain the solution. AppDynamics Database Monitoring only requires users to have a basic understanding of databases.
I'm working in an APM implementation company delivering APM solutions from Dynatrace, AppDynamics, New Relic, etc. I'm mainly working with AppDynamics and Dynatrace tools, and my company has an APM tool still under development. I'm working with AppDynamics Database Monitoring. My company has a mix of customers on AppDynamics Database Monitoring, small, medium, and large enterprises. Compared to AppDynamics Database Monitoring, I'd go for Dynatrace because it has out-of-the-box features that don't require a separate license. Dynatrace also has a better interface and dashboard than AppDynamics Database Monitoring. I'd advise anyone who wants to implement AppDynamics Database Monitoring to follow the documentation. It's a straightforward product to use. My rating for AppDynamics Database Monitoring is seven out of ten. My company is a partner of AppDynamics Database Monitoring.
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
I recommend choosing Dynatrace over AppDynamics Database Monitoring as it's easier to use. I would rate AppDynamics Database Monitoring seven out of ten.
AppDynamics is a good tool that offers excellent out-of-the-box dashboards and application topology. Even for their competitors, their current technology is unrivaled in these two areas. I would rate AppDynamics Database Monitoring an eight out of ten.
I would rate it a nine out of ten.
I would recommend this solution to others. I rate AppDynamics Database Monitoring an eight out of ten.
It is easy to use and not difficult to configure. I would definitely recommend the solution, I have been working with it for the last five to six years. It's a really good product. I rate AppDynamics Database Monitoring a seven out of ten.
I would recommend this solution to other companies. On a scale from one to ten, I would give AppDynamics Database Monitoring a rating of eight. To be honest, it's a fantastic product.
For me, the first recommendation I would have to other organizations considering implementation would be to have a person or people who have good skills on database monitoring. How AppDynamics works is basically just monitoring the metrics that already exist in the databases. These metrics are really technical metrics, so a company has to have some people that are really specialized in reading them. They need to have a good database administrator or database analyst in place. I would rate the solution seven out of ten.
As advice to people considering the solution, I would tell them to scope it out really well and to do a lot of research on their intended application and their business use cases. There may be another, better solution available for their needs. On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate this product as a seven. I would rate them at a seven because they definitely have a better product than several other products on the market, they have good functionality, and I think they are fairly affordable. The reason I would not rate them higher is because there are other products on the market that are obviously better solutions that exist right now.
The solution we are using is SaaS-based. The controller is deployed on the cloud, and we have integrated different Linux environments with it. There are a couple of Java agents as well as machine engines and a DB agent that we utilize. I don't have too much interaction with the teams that handle the solution, so I don't know if I have any advice to give other companies in relation to implementation. I don't have too much exposure when it comes to database monitoring and am not overly familiar with the application itself. I'd rate it at least a six out of ten based on my experience with the solution so far. I only use limited features for Oracle database monitoring.
We currently use the on-premises deployment model but we are in the process of moving over to the cloud. The solution is a good tool. I'd advise others to use the cloud deployment model so that you don't need to worry so much about having enough infrastructure if you you want to scale. I'd rate it eight out of ten.
We use the private cloud deployment model. I would advise new users to not install AppDynamics for their database only. Just the database portion isn't dynamic enough without other portions of the AppDynamics suite. I would rate all database applications nine out of ten, but I would rate just the database monitoring four out of ten.
We used an on-premises version of the solution. I would rate the solution a seven out of ten. Technical support hasn't been too impressive so we ended up having to resolve our own issues. There are also a few challenges that we've had from a performance perspective when we upgraded from one version to the next. That said, I would still recommend the solution.
We collect user experience feedback from many countries, all over the world. We have already recommended this product to some of our partners, and they have implemented it based on our advice. This is a good product, but we still have issues with the cloud and stability. I would rate this solution a seven out of ten, due to stability issues and no feedback from EMEA AppDynamics.
I recommend the solution strongly for those with medium-sized businesses. It's not for enterprise solutions or enterprise businesses. It's a great solution for the non-enterprise client. I would rate this solution eight out of ten.