AlertSite vs. Splunk AppDynamics

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AlertSite
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
AlertSite, from SmartBear Software, is a website monitoring and application performance management application offering real time alerting with root-cause analytics and robust reporting.N/A
Splunk AppDynamics
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
AppDynamics 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
AlertSiteSplunk AppDynamics
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AlertSiteSplunk AppDynamics
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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AlertSiteSplunk AppDynamics
Features
AlertSiteSplunk AppDynamics
Application Performance Management
Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
AlertSite
7.6
4 Ratings
0% below category average
Splunk AppDynamics
8.5
74 Ratings
11% above category average
Application monitoring8.04 Ratings9.474 Ratings
Database monitoring6.53 Ratings7.971 Ratings
Threshold alerts8.04 Ratings8.972 Ratings
Predictive capabilities7.03 Ratings7.871 Ratings
Application performance management console7.54 Ratings9.071 Ratings
Collaboration tools6.02 Ratings7.559 Ratings
Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Application dependency mapping and thresholding7.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Virtualization monitoring8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Server availability and performance monitoring8.54 Ratings8.544 Ratings
Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting8.03 Ratings8.942 Ratings
IT Asset Discovery7.53 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
AlertSiteSplunk AppDynamics
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(4 ratings)
8.7
(74 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
3.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(1 ratings)
8.5
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
2.0
(1 ratings)
8.1
(6 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AlertSiteSplunk AppDynamics
Likelihood to Recommend
SmartBear
AlertSite is used in our organization to monitor our website and web applications in real-time to collect the super important metrics reflecting web page load time but from the user end (E2E) and that approaches helps us to understand what our website is experiencing in real-time.
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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
SmartBear
  • The Deja-Click Recorder is an excellent tool.
  • Good UI that translates to large NOC screens well.
  • Easy Alerting and Reporting.
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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
SmartBear
  • Tool is complicated for Alert creation
  • AlertSite GUI need improvement. As compared to Datadog, it needs improvement in GUI
  • While using AlertSite, many times we faced false alerting, they need to take a look at it to improve performance.
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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
SmartBear
Reviewing other cost saving options
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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
SmartBear
Pretty good product only issue was cost
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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
SmartBear
I've been unable to contact support after several attempts.
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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
SmartBear
We moved all of our services to Site24x7 after several years with AlertSite. We looked at Uptrends and Pingdom to name a few whilst evaluating options. Pingdom lacks functionality and Uptrends we found to have quite a steep learning curve. AlertSites platform and in particular the Deja-Click recorder is a standout tool against the other platforms. Sadly the upscaling costs of multi-location transactions can quickly add up.
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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
SmartBear
  • A negative thing is Monitoring locations would have issues and cause false-positive alerts and due to that monitoring team's repetitive work has increased.
  • A positive thing that I have noticed so far is the fact that the AlertSite customers support team is trying to build relationships and go the extra mile to make sure we can overcome any occurring issues and they are quick to respond and provide sufficient guidance for implementing efficiently, and fix products issues.
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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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