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Likelihood to Recommend
AppDynamics
As it pertains to monitoring database transactions, as our application relies heavily on SQL, AppDynamic's monitoring tool made an immediate impact on sorting which ones are slow. The business transactions that we can capture are limited in the sense that our application works where it can't be limited to 200, so we ended having to setup service endpoints to account for it.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employeesNagios Log Server
Nagios Log Server facilitates the ability to search all entries of logs in a quick and easy way. Beyond that, it has allowed us to configure alerts for notification when there are potential threats (may they be security threats or only application-side problems), and to filter the data for audits and compliance.
Systems Engineer
T-SystemsComputer Software, 10,001+ employees
Feature Rating Comparison
Application Performance Management
AppDynamics
8.6
Nagios Log Server
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Application monitoring
AppDynamics
8.8
Nagios Log Server
—
Database monitoring
AppDynamics
8.7
Nagios Log Server
—
Threshold alerts
AppDynamics
9.2
Nagios Log Server
—
Predictive capabilities
AppDynamics
7.8
Nagios Log Server
—
Application performance management console
AppDynamics
8.6
Nagios Log Server
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Collaboration tools
AppDynamics
8.4
Nagios Log Server
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Pros
AppDynamics
- Giving a network map of our application that shows where slowdowns are occurring and where network traffic is running into a bottleneck.
- We are able to gather node-specific information that shows the number of sessions a web server or even Redis session statistics.
- We use AppDynamics to give a holistic view of our application allowing us to quickly narrow in on problems.
Senior System Engineer
NetDocumentsComputer Software, 201-500 employees
Nagios Log Server
- Log auditing.
- Server monitoring.
Systems Engineer
T-SystemsComputer Software, 10,001+ employees
Cons
AppDynamics
- Price of the AppDynamics is high. But it has many valuable features. This makes it difficult for small businesses to enter.
- Functionality is overkill for most small to midsize businesses (SMBs). When stacking up product units, it can get pricey for enterprises as well.
- With fine granular configs and customizations available, it will also mean that it is very complicated and requires a certain amount of knowledge before we can make full use of all features in the product. Much careful thought and planning is required to get the most of it. Set-up will be longer. One recommendation is for features to be better documented.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employeesNagios Log Server
- A bit hard to install and configure.
- High price.
Systems Engineer
T-SystemsComputer Software, 10,001+ employees
Likelihood to Renew
AppDynamics
We are a reseller of appdynamics

Verified User
Account Manager in Sales
Computer Networking Company, 11-50 employeesNagios Log Server
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
AppDynamics
AppDynamics 8.1
Based on 8 answers
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.
IT Architecture Manager
Edenred MéxicoComputer Software, 501-1000 employees
Nagios Log Server
Nagios Log Server 9.0
Based on 2 answers
Nagios support is decent. Nothing bad to say about them, but nothing extraordinary too. We mostly asked them questions instead of actively asking them to change or fix things for us. The response time is OK, commonly you can get a response in the same day. You can also call, but they are available only during US office hours.
Systems Engineer
T-SystemsComputer Software, 10,001+ employees
Alternatives Considered
AppDynamics
New Relic is only SaaS and keys off of AppDex scoring (i.e. industry baselines) and not on my application's baselines. Where most of our stuff is custom apps, going off of industry wasn't valuable to us. It was also cost prohibitive

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Non-Profit Organization Management Company, 501-1000 employeesNagios Log Server
Windows Event Log doesn't have 10% of the capabilities of Nagios Log Server. No real-time alerts, no scheduling, no external plugins or APIs. Nothing. The only advantage is that it is a native Windows application.
Systems Engineer
T-SystemsComputer Software, 10,001+ employees
Return on Investment
AppDynamics
- AppDynamics isn't cheap, but it definitely helps to ensure our applications and APIs are up and running without issue. The alerting is usually good but occasionally mixed, for example sometimes flagging a single error as a critical issue since the API is usually completely error free.
- The cost saving in terms of trouble shooting and analyzing issues in production is fantastic - to know about issues before they are reported by customers enables you to be proactive in resolving them and ensuring maximum up time for our applications.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Airlines/Aviation Company, 5001-10,000 employeesNagios Log Server
- We could react in way less time to a lot of potential outages since we started using it.
Systems Engineer
T-SystemsComputer Software, 10,001+ employees
Pricing Details
AppDynamics
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
AppDynamics Editions & Modules
Edition
APM Pro | $3,3301 |
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APM Advanced | Contact sales team |
APM Peak | Contact sales team |
- per year
Additional Pricing Details
—Nagios Log Server
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Nagios Log Server Editions & Modules
Edition
1 Instance | $3,995 |
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3 Instances | $5,995 |
10 Instances | $14,995 |