Apica vs. NetStorm

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Apica
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Apica is an observability cost optimization provider helping IT teams gain complete control over their telemetry data economics. Apica Ascent processes all observability data types including metrics, logs, traces, and events while optimizing observability costs.N/A
NetStorm
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Cavisson’s NetStorm is a performance testing and capacity analysis appliance. It is a load generator that provides an accurate estimation of Client Perceived Response Time (CPRT) enabling IT companies to guarantee Service Level Agreements (SLA). Its technology handles load variables, user realism, application realism and network realism. The vendor says NetStorm is a proven solution providing root cause of the issues early in the application life cycle. Additionally, the vendor says what makes…N/A
Pricing
ApicaNetStorm
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ApicaNetStorm
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsTo get started with NetStorm, email us at sales@cavisson.com
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Community Pulse
ApicaNetStorm
Considered Both Products
Apica
Chose Apica
Apica Synthetic is more efficient than other competitors; our main priority is gain in the effort, time, and customer satisfaction, which Apica Synthetic definitely guarantees. Real-time alerts are just perfect which is exactly what we need, I can't say the same about other …
Chose Apica
We were using different monitoring tools for different requirements (e.g.,Nagios and CheckMK for infrastructure issues) and we were in need of a tool for service and API monitoring for which we were using ThousandEye. But alerts were 60-70% valid irrespective of conditions like …
Chose Apica
We actually preferred IP HostMonitor over Apica Synthetic, as it was more stable and uses less real estate. IP HostMonitor does not support true load simulation, which we miss from the Apica Synthetic trials.
Chose Apica
I have used Microfocus Loadrunner (formerly HP Vugen/BSM), Dynatrace Synthetic, and Gomez. Apica Synthetic has a good price point for its functionality. Dynatrace and Microfocus are expensive. Dynatrace and Gomez are easier to use than Apica Synthetic.
Chose Apica
Apica Synthetic is perfect for monitoring our products that customers use since we create scenarios and API calls that reflect how the customer uses our products. However, for server monitoring and monitoring internal products, both Zabbix and Prometheus have the upper hand. …
Chose Apica
I have never used other products that would stack up to what Apica Synthetic does for our company; other software that we use might help with giving different information but would not come close to the mix of monitoring and data we get from Apica Synthetic. The closest product …
Chose Apica
Apica Synthetic is more flexible when making custom checks. The support from Apica Synthetic can help you with nearly every check you have to do.
Chose Apica
Seemed to work well, but we didn't want to do a long renewal. Other products are maturing and better integrated with our systems. It works for now, but we're looking to replace it.

Update: New Relic has caught up with Apica and seems to integrate better with the other aspects of …
NetStorm
Chose NetStorm
We have not really used any other products like this.
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User Ratings
ApicaNetStorm
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
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Likelihood to Renew
8.0
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Usability
9.1
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Availability
9.1
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Performance
9.1
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Support Rating
9.1
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In-Person Training
8.2
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Online Training
8.2
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Implementation Rating
9.1
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Ease of integration
9.1
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Product Scalability
9.1
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Vendor post-sale
9.1
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User Testimonials
ApicaNetStorm
Likelihood to Recommend
As I use this for only my area, it is very well suited to what I need it to do. Apica Synthetic monitors two different web applications in a time interval that is easily customizable for uptime and latency. These are critical indicators for a cloud-based point-of-sale system. We need solid uptime and limited latency across the enterprise.
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[NetStorm] is well suited for an enterprise use, we are smaller business and it is not as suitable but we still use it.
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Pros
  • Auto alerts trigger if any issue is identified
  • Graphical representation of the health of applications
  • Good product support from the team
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Cons
  • It's very clunky. Infrastructure is large and very difficult to upgrade.
  • SaaS and On-premise versions are different. There is an LDAP integration but users can only be assigned to one group (i.e. department). If you are in 2 departments, you need 2 separate logins.
  • Update: they now offer federated logins
  • It filled a gap in monitoring for us, but we're looking to move on.
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Likelihood to Renew
We trust the results that Apica Synthetic has achieved. Real-time alerting is critical to our clients and with limited resources, we can't handle many false positives; Apica Synthetic is the only solution that provides both of those features.
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Usability
As per my experience while using it. Thanks!
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Support Rating
Apica Synthetic is very effective while configuring the account setup for any of the database/UserID.
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Implementation Rating
Easy for implementation in our Infrastructure, Easy for troubleshooting the issue and Easy to use as well.
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Alternatives Considered
Apica Synthetic is more efficient than other competitors; our main priority is gain in the effort, time, and customer satisfaction, which Apica Synthetic definitely guarantees. Real-time alerts are just perfect which is exactly what we need, I can't say the same about other tools that may be less expensive but also less efficient.
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We have not really used any other products like this.
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Return on Investment
  • My department is not charged for Apica Synthetic so no ROI, but from a customer service perspective, we can react to an outage and repair it faster than our customers can report the outage.
  • Our vendor's own monitoring tools are not as accurate nor as timely as ours. They rely on us telling them, from Apica Synthetic, that they have an issue.
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  • Helps with performance
  • Easy load testing
  • Saves time and money
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