AppDynamics vs. CA Application Delivery Analysis

AppDynamics is well suited to large IT organizations ie telcos where there is legacy combined with modern systems ie containerized environments and cloud deployments, mobile, web as well as onprem. AppDynamics can follow the transactions into all of these areas and provide a single view on the health of the systems.

Look no farther than this tool if you need an API testing solution that also includes service virtualization. This technology also forces you to move your testing lifecycle to earlier stages of development, which improves the overall SDLC.

Incentivized

• you can easily identify where there is a problem in the code at the time of error.
• With Network Visibility, you can see how much bandwidth your applications are using between nodes.
• You can easily detect SQL statements or stored procedures that consume most of the system resources and get statistical data.

Incentivized

• This is an excellent tool for implementing Service virtualization in your own and/or third-party web services. This ensures that our automation and performance test environments are always available and consistent.
• This application also aids in the setup and maintenance of test data, which is an important component of test automation.

Incentivized

• Synergy with Logic Monitor which we use for our infrastructure monitoring.
• a fair amount of continual configuration to prevent false positives
• There are a lot of technologies that App Dynamics covers and documentation is a bit of a weak spot in finding clear documentation, configuring dashboards, etc.

Incentivized

• This tool has a license fee and is not free. Many open-source tools provide free API testing solutions, therefore turning some of this tool's features open-source might be beneficial.
• The tool's load testing component is not integrated and instead relies on the free Blaze meter.

Incentivized

its working for us, we are familiar and comfortable with the tool and its proven valuable/indispensable in helping evaluate our code.

Incentivized

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

I have not engaged with similar application management platform in the organization. AppDynamics is the most efficient product that I have come across in monitoring performance of apps. It has transformed hidden analytics into actionable insights that have accelerated positive business growth. It has optimized the entire infrastructure and created conducive working environment that is secure and free from ransomware attacks. The running cost and deployment capacity is affordable to many business enterprise that are ready to transform business operations with advanced technology.

Incentivized

Along with the Parasoft SOA tool, it is unquestionably among the top leaders in API testing and virtualization. Many open-source API testing libraries are free, including Rest Assured, Karate, and even Postman and SOAP UI, which goes against CA.

Incentivized

• Platform map drilldown capabilities and code-level visibility helped us to find the root cause of problems faster
• Threshold alerts made proactive problem handling easier
• Data capture module helped us to link technical data with business data and support customers far more efficiently

Incentivized

• In our group, this instrument produced a high return on investment. We saw a considerable reduction in downtime in our test environments thanks to service virtualization.
• In addition, service virtualization reduces the expenses of interacting with third-party services, which is common in low-cost contexts.

Incentivized