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    Micro Focus AppPulse Suite (discontinued)

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AThe Micro Focus AppPulse Suite was an integrated solution of synthetic, real-user, and diagnostic monitoring for UX, that included Micro Focus AppPulse Active synthetic monitoring for SLA, Micro Focus AppPulse Mobile for real user mobile experience, Micro Focus AppPulse Web for web app availability monitoring, and Micro Focus AppPulse Trace for transaction and code-level performance issues. The suite of products have been discontinued and are no longer available.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
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    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
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    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    98%
    Would buy again
    61 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    57 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    61 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    46 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    53 Answers
    Features
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    Application Performance Management
    Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Micro Focus AppPulse Suite (discontinued) and Splunk AppDynamics
    Feature
    Micro Focus AppPulse Suite (discontinued)
    7.4
    1 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Splunk AppDynamics
    8.5
    74 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Application monitoring7.01 Ratings9.474 Ratings
    Database monitoring6.01 Ratings8.071 Ratings
    Threshold alerts8.01 Ratings8.872 Ratings
    Predictive capabilities8.01 Ratings7.771 Ratings
    Application performance management console7.01 Ratings8.971 Ratings
    Collaboration tools8.01 Ratings7.659 Ratings
    Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application dependency mapping and thresholding7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Virtualization monitoring8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Server availability and performance monitoring7.01 Ratings8.544 Ratings
    Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting8.01 Ratings8.842 Ratings
    IT Asset Discovery8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Micro Focus AppPulse Suite (discontinued)Splunk AppDynamics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (74 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.5
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Micro Focus AppPulse Suite (discontinued)Splunk AppDynamics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    From my point of view, when we are working with a medium package project, this Micro Focus AppPulse Suite is very useful and effective at finding problems in our activities and codes and isolating them. But when we are working on large-size projects or backend performances, it works slowly to detect issues.
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    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.
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    Pros
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    • Monitoring user web activities from the user's point of view.
    • Gives status details as clear dashboard formats.
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    • 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
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    • It's getting slow when we work with large projects.
    • At first it's hard to find some features.
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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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    Likelihood to Renew
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    Cisco
    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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    Usability
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    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
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    Support Rating
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    Overall the support is good. Most of the hard situations passed smoothly because of the support team.
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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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    Alternatives Considered
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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
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    • With effective dashboard, it describes everything easily.
    • Easy to setup and have some difficulties to handle.
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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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