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    blackfire.io

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ABlackfire.io is designed to empower PHP developers to continuously verify and improve their app’s performance in development, testing, staging and production. It makes it possible to drill down to function/method call level to understand and fix performance bottlenecks. The vendor says its wide variety of automation options makes it a breeze to add it to a development and testing workflow. The Blackfire Player, an Open Source Web Crawling, Web Tester, and Web…N/A

    Splunk AppDynamics

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AAppDynamics is an APM and Mobile APM program, with application mapping and predictive capabilities. These capacities enable automated remediation and code-level diagnostics in real time. It can be deployed on-premise or as a SaaS.N/A
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    Free Trial
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Features
    blackfire.ioSplunk AppDynamics
    Application Performance Management
    Comparison of Application Performance Management features of blackfire.io and Splunk AppDynamics
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    Splunk AppDynamics
    8.5
    74 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Application monitoring00 Ratings9.474 Ratings
    Database monitoring00 Ratings8.071 Ratings
    Threshold alerts00 Ratings8.872 Ratings
    Predictive capabilities00 Ratings7.771 Ratings
    Application performance management console00 Ratings8.971 Ratings
    Collaboration tools00 Ratings7.659 Ratings
    Server availability and performance monitoring00 Ratings8.544 Ratings
    Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting00 Ratings8.842 Ratings
    User Ratings
    blackfire.ioSplunk AppDynamics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
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    8.6
    (74 ratings)
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    9.1
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    blackfire.ioSplunk AppDynamics
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    Blackfire
    Blackfire.io is super helpful in allowing proactive testing of applications before releasing on the production environment. Blackfire.io provides actionable insights to improve code proactively by integration with the development software. Also tracks the live production environment and is able to highlight any loading issues or unusual bounce rates. Blackfire.io also monitors HTTP requests and SQL queries which again help improve efficiency for developers and reduce development time.
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    Cisco
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    Pros
    Blackfire
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    Cisco
    • AppDynamics delves deeply into traceability and profiling at the code level. By identifying and refactoring any hidden performance hogs in our code, we can directly observe the performance improvements.
    • AppDynamics provides real-time dashboards and in-depth insights into each layer of the application stack, lifting the curtain on performance.
    • AppDynamics gives us the ability to proactively detect and resolve performance issues. We are able to keep things running smoothly for our users and stop outages.
    • We can monitor stability and performance prior to, during, and following releases with AppDynamics, which helps to minimize regression risks and facilitate smooth rollouts.
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    Cons
    Blackfire
    • They count same API endpoint AND same method (e.g. POST, OPTIONS, GET etc) as different profiles
    • Customer service needs a lot of improvement
    • The documentation can be a bit more detailed to remove any scope of doubts
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    Cisco
    • Improving the clarity and comprehensiveness of the documentation could benefit users. Clearer documentation ensures that users can make the most of all the functionalities
    • Leverages AI and machine learning for intelligent insights, aiding in issue identification and prediction.
    • Competitive, with AI-driven features becoming increasingly common in APM solutions.
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    its working for us, we are familiar and comfortable with the tool and its proven valuable/indispensable in helping evaluate our code.
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    Blackfire
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    Cisco
    AppDynamics has its own community site that includes forums and a knowledge base. On the forums, you can converse with other members of the community and ask technical questions as you have them. Though this forum isn’t filled with people there are active members for you to gain some valuable insights.
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    Blackfire
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    Cisco
    It is distinguished from these programs because the platform provides visualizations of application processes, showing the interplay between various parts and services. Understanding the architecture of complicated apps and finding their weak spots is greatly aided by this.
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    Return on Investment
    Blackfire
    • Reduce in bugs by 50%, more happy customers
    • 2x decrease in load time for the website
    • 100% performance validation before production release
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    Cisco
    • AppDynamics has played a pivotal role in optimizing our applications for a seamless user experience. The proactive monitoring and quick issue resolution have translated into improved user satisfaction and increased retention rates.
    • The initial cost and effort associated with implementing AppDynamics might be considered a negative impact, particularly for organizations with budget constraints. However, the long-term benefits have justified this initial investment.
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