AppDynamics vs. Data Center Real-User Monitoring (DCRUM), discontinued

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AppDynamics
Score 8.2 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
Data Center Real-User Monitoring (DCRUM), discontinued
Score 7.3 out of 10
N/A
Data Center Real-User Monitoring (DCRUM), also known as Dynatrace Network Application Monitoring (NAM), was an application monitoring solution focusing on user experience, with an emphasis on how the network – especially the WAN – influences user experience. It is a legacy product from Dynatrace, and is no longer sold or supported.N/A
Pricing
AppDynamicsData Center Real-User Monitoring (DCRUM), discontinued
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AppDynamicsData Center Real-User Monitoring (DCRUM), discontinued
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
AppDynamicsData Center Real-User Monitoring (DCRUM), discontinued
Top Pros
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Features
AppDynamicsData Center Real-User Monitoring (DCRUM), discontinued
Application Performance Management
Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
AppDynamics
8.4
59 Ratings
10% above category average
Data Center Real-User Monitoring (DCRUM), discontinued
7.2
3 Ratings
6% below category average
Application monitoring9.359 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Database monitoring7.758 Ratings6.03 Ratings
Threshold alerts9.058 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Predictive capabilities7.757 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Application performance management console8.857 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Collaboration tools7.947 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Server availability and performance monitoring8.430 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting8.729 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Application dependency mapping and thresholding00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Virtualization monitoring00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
IT Asset Discovery00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
AppDynamicsData Center Real-User Monitoring (DCRUM), discontinued
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(59 ratings)
7.0
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.1
(6 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AppDynamicsData Center Real-User Monitoring (DCRUM), discontinued
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Discontinued Products
Dynatrace Network Application Monitoring (NAM), formerly DCRUM, has improved greatly compared to when it was DCRUM; however, it still needs a lot of improvement in end-to-end flow capture with regards to network monitoring. Its alerting and integration capabilities are very good and easy to use. But it still needs a lot of tweaking in usability.
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Pros
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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Discontinued Products
  • Dynatrace DCRUM can monitor legacy application protocols that are still used in a lot of organizations worldwide who still trust in those technologies.
  • DCRUM monitors client-server architectures very well and can pinpoint issues along an infrastructure stack.
  • Dynatrace DCRUM can analyze a wide spectre of protocols: Corba, DNS, DB2, Exchange, TCP, HTTP, IBM MQ, Citrix, ICMP, Informix, Tuxedo, SMB, LDAP, MSRPC, MySQL, NetFlow, Net8, Oracle Forms, RMI, SAP GUI, SAP HANA, SAP RFC, SMB, SOAP, XML.
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Cons
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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Discontinued Products
  • Major upgrades process is sometimes unpredictable.
  • The use of SQL Server should be evaluated for something else.
  • Easier SSL key handling.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Discontinued Products
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Usability
Cisco
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
Best of breed.
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Support Rating
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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Discontinued Products
The only thing missing for a 10, would be if they texted or called you back.
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Alternatives Considered
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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Discontinued Products
Nagios can't trace real user transactions from a front-end tier through a backend-tier,;with Nagios you only can monitor server availability and hardware issues. Riverbed is commonly used to determine networking issues without considering real user transactions impact on an application stack.
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Return on Investment
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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Discontinued Products
  • Dynatrace Network Application Monitoring (NAM), formerly DCRUM, helped us get a lot of info on an ongoing issue.
  • It helped us figure out network bottlenecks in our environment.
  • It is a very costly tool and a lot of other cheaper tools give same kind of info.
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