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Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) vs. ObservePoint

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft App-V

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft App-V supports the virtualization of applications, making them available to end users without an installation.N/A

    ObservePoint

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AObservePoint is a web governance and automated auditing platform for digital analytics, privacy, accessibility, and marketing operations teams. It scans websites, landing pages, staging environments, and configured user journeys to identify analytics implementation errors, privacy risks, accessibility issues, broken links, and other website defects.

    $598

    per month

    Pricing
    Microsoft App-VObservePoint
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essentials
    $599
    per month up to 4,000 page scans /month
    Professional
    $2,400
    per month up to 20,000 page scans /month
    Enterprise
    Custom ($0.0325 - $0.11 / page)
    Starting at 20,000+ page scans /month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft App-VObservePoint
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Microsoft App-VObservePoint
    Application Virtualization
    Comparison of Application Virtualization features of Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) and ObservePoint
    Feature
    Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V)
    7.6
    3 Ratings
    1% below category average
    ObservePoint
    -
    Ratings
    Application support6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device support8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ease of deployment10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application packaging8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft App-VObservePoint
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft App-VObservePoint
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Using Microsoft Teams for small or large meetings is a great way to communicate and collaborate. Microsoft Application Virtualization is a terrific tool for presenting and sharing information, and its storage capacity is also excellent. Installing and centrally administering specialized apps to control who has access to it is one of the features I value most about this software. It also provides a separate UI for tracking the app's accesses. This program is not suitable for freelancers or clients that operate alone.
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    ObservePoint
    ObservePoint is a great tool for automating page testing and standardizing campaigns to observe accurate customer insights. You can identify customer mapping journey. They also help in data protection and insights which are very important and essential these days. They should work more on easy interface designs. Overall, it is the best.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Install Software based on AD group assignment
    • Safely and quickly uninstall from devices
    • Updating is a bit more difficult but manageable.
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    ObservePoint
    • The UI for ObservePoint is intuitive and robust. This makes training new engineers and using the product easy and productive.
    • All Audit exports are formatted as tab delimited text files making the data easy to analyze and manipulate in a Spreadsheet or database.
    • The list of tag vendors that are discoverable is comprehensive making it easy to interrogate most any tagging implementation.
    • Standard reporting within the UI is robust and easy to consume.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Unfortunately it will be replaced by MSIX
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    ObservePoint
    • Page details, although interesting, are not very useful as the data is too granular and not possible to integrate with other analytics data for insights.
    • Some of the custom tagging may be a little complicated, so sometimes we need an engineer or an ObservePoint tech to help us out.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    ObservePoint
    ObservePoint has a robust solution that is well supported and is continually innovating to meet new business and technology needs.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    ObservePoint
    It's easy to navigate and learn. The reporting and output are intuitive and robust features for finding and identifying actionable insight.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    ObservePoint
    I've only experienced one system availability issue in the 3 years we've been using it.
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    ObservePoint
    Sometimes it can get a bit slow when auditing particularly huge sites but recent upgrades in infrastructure have done a lot to mitigate this behavior.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    APP-V is no longer a supported technology and is on the way out, only on legacy support at this time. The changes in security emphasis in windows, as well as the changes in software development have meant that APP-V is no longer able to correctly package software. It has been superseded by the MSIX format and distribution via the Microsoft Store for Business.
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    ObservePoint
    Support is very strong indeed and has been consistent over the last 4 years. They are also friendly and tag nerds like me!
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    In-Person Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    ObservePoint
    Instructor was knowledgeable and delivered the content well.
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    Online Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    ObservePoint
    It's easy to find the information you need when you need it and it is easy to consume.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    ObservePoint
    Start with small audits until you have determined what you might want to filter out.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Teams is included in our current Office 365 product set; therefore, there is no additional fee to use the application. It saves our company money by not having to pay for Slack or another internal chat service. For us, Microsoft Teams has a better user experience and product features. Teams' usability is higher than Slack's since it has access to OneDrive, email, and OneNote applications. Screen sharing, chat, and file-sharing operate smoothly, and the performance appears great.
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    ObservePoint
    I have not used any other product other than ObservePoint for my requirements. there are a number of features for which it has proved helpful. Technology Governance ensures our data collection tools and processes are executing as planned, so our organization can make better decisions based on better data and so on
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    ObservePoint
    I have not reached an unreasonable product limitation as of yet.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Some applications may be slower
    • Interaction between several applications can be better
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    ObservePoint
    • ObservePoint has helped us quickly (within minutes) catch when a process or pathing on the website breaks, which allows us to fix it quickly. Whether technical/dev or analytics issues, without ObservePoint, they could have been undetected for weeks.
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