TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Robot Monitor

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ARobot Monitor from Fortra (formerly HelpSystems) is presented as a comprehensive, in-depth monitoring solution available for Power Systems environments running IBM i alone or alongside VIOS, AIX, or Linux on Power.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
    Pricing
    Robot MonitorSplunk AppDynamics
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Robot MonitorSplunk AppDynamics
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Robot MonitorSplunk AppDynamics
    Considered Both Products
    Fortra
    No answer on this topic
    Cisco
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Would buy again
    61 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    57 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    61 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    46 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    53 Answers
    Features
    Robot MonitorSplunk AppDynamics
    Application Performance Management
    Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Fortra Robot Monitor and Splunk AppDynamics
    Feature
    Fortra Robot Monitor
    -
    Ratings
    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
    Best Alternatives
    Robot MonitorSplunk AppDynamics
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    Score5.5 out of 10
    SolarWinds AppOptics
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Foglight
    Score10 out of 10
    SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    Score6.9 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    Robot MonitorSplunk AppDynamics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.6
    (74 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Robot MonitorSplunk AppDynamics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Fortra
    Instantly drill down to show all the jobs consuming CPU, temporary storage, QTEMP, I/O, transactions, faulting rates, and other metrics, for faster problem resolution.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cisco
    Platforms for software as a service (SaaS) frequently cater to a large number of users with a variety of needs and usage patterns. Because AppDynamics offers multi-tenant monitoring capabilities to track performance across various customer environments, it is a good choice for SaaS platform monitoring. SaaS providers can maximize resource utilization, proactively detect and resolve performance issues, and provide a dependable and consistent user experience for their clients with AppDynamics.
    Read full review
    Pros
    Fortra
    • Auto reply to the MSGW.
    • Robot network GUI is place to monitor all the systems at one place.
    • Based the MSG ID/JOBS, the alerts are set up to notify the concerned person/team.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cons
    Fortra
    • It can have more customization
    • More SQL features can be added
    • Dashboard improvement
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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.
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    Fortra
    I found the Robot monitoring tool is more reliable for IBM i servers.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cisco
    its working for us, we are familiar and comfortable with the tool and its proven valuable/indispensable in helping evaluate our code.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Usability
    Fortra
    It is very easy to use and have lots of feature which makes our environment risk free.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cisco
    Actually, I would like to give it a score of 10 out of 10, but taking into account certain factors such as: the cost of the annual licence, the complexity of installation and configuration, the blurring of setting Splunk AppDynamics over the cloud and especially OpenShift since we use it as a container platform. So, 8 out of 10 looks perfect for it
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Support Rating
    Fortra
    Quiet active whenever there is any help required either on chat support or Contact.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Alternatives Considered
    Fortra
    It's a best tool/product in the market and easy to use. It serves our purpose and saves a lot time of the resource from the manual task. The main and most important is, its support team. One of the best support team I have ever seen. Their dedicated product engineer have a good knowledge over the product and helps immediately.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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.
    Read full review
    Return on Investment
    Fortra
    • Can monitor the systems in a central view.
    • It's easy to maintain with better security to the robo commands.
    • Cost effectiveness.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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.
    Read full review
    ScreenShots