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Apica Synthetic

Overview

What is Apica Synthetic?

Apica WebPerformance is a synthetic monitoring platform. It features pre-release and scalability testing, and can integrate with other reporting and analysis programs.

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Apica Synthetic: Promised and Delivered!

Rating: 8 out of 10
October 22, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Apica Synthetic is our main tool to monitor applications and data threads. It's used all the time by our full-stack development department. We are very satisfied with the feat...
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BENAOUN Mahdi
Manager - Engineering
Software Developer
Primatec Engineering
Apica Synthetic2 years of experience

Monitoring with Apica Synthetic

Rating: 8 out of 10
September 8, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Apica Synthetic is being used by one of our clients for monitoring the infrastructure of their silver and bronze applications. We are monitoring Linux and Windows servers as w...
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Shivani Pandey
Engineer - Information Technology
Project Engineer
Wipro Limited
Apica Synthetic1 year of experience

Apica Synthetic for WebMonitoring

Rating: 8 out of 10
September 3, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
This product is used by our department. We have multiple URLs which are deployed for different customers. It is important for our organization that all these URLs will be avai...
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Sachin Kumar
Engineer - Information Technology
Senior SRC Engineer
Nuance India Pvt Ltd
Apica Synthetic3 years of experience

Apica Synthetic monitors SaaS POS and keeps us running at 7,000 locations every day

Rating: 10 out of 10
September 1, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
It is being used in our North American region to monitor many applications. My knowledge is specific to our POS implementations. We use it to monitor uptime and lag time for s...
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Michael McClanahan
Project Manager - Information Technology
Senior Manager Enterprise POS
Sodexo
Apica Synthetic7 years of experience

Great monitoring tool for operators

Rating: 10 out of 10
August 28, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Apica Synthetic across the whole organization; I use it to help monitor around 120 servers that support about 30 different websites. It helps a lot by giving me live da...
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James Dunn Jr.
Technician - Engineering
Senior Computer Operator
Sodexo
Apica Synthetic2 years of experience
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Pricing

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Apica Synthetic

Apica Synthetic

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What is Apica Synthetic?

Apica WebPerformance is a synthetic monitoring platform. It features pre-release and scalability testing, and can integrate with other reporting and analysis programs.

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Features

Application Performance Management

Application performance management software monitors software to ensure performance and availability

6.5
Avg 7.6
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Product Details

What is Apica Synthetic?

With the Apica platform, users can detect issues that affect user experience, including page load time and size, network instability, and third-party providers. Apica’s platform provides a controlled environment where the user can minimize variables and reduce false-positives. Apica Synthetic can be deployed as SaaS, hybrid, or on-premises. It features pre-release testing and scalability testing for websites, applications, APIs, and IoT devices.

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Apica Synthetic Technical Details

Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Apica WebPerformance is a synthetic monitoring platform. It features pre-release and scalability testing, and can integrate with other reporting and analysis programs.

OpenText SiteScope, Dynatrace, and AppDynamics are common alternatives for Apica Synthetic.

Reviewers rate Predictive capabilities highest, with a score of 8.5.

The most common users of Apica Synthetic are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Apica Synthetic--the custom check king!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
March 11, 2021
Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Retail Company, 10,001+ employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Apica Synthetic
4 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Apica Synthetic for many of our customers and it is very easy to set up and manage. We use Apica Synthetic for monitoring of both public and internal websites with simple URL checks and more advanced scenario checks. It is easy to see what has gone wrong with a check and also compare checks. We also use it to send out monthly SLA reports to the customers.
Pros
  • Modern and easy GUI
  • Very simple to set up and manage
  • Excellent support from Apica Synthetic
  • Apica Synthetic can help with complex checks and is very flexible.
Cons
  • Some improvement with user management could be done
  • Having more than two weeks of detailed check information
Likelihood to Recommend
All HTTP checks with Apica Synthetic make it the natural choice. When it comes to other types of checks, Apica Synthetic has a solution but there are also some other tools you can use instead.
Apica Synthetic Feature Ratings
Application Performance Management (7)
74.28571428571429%
7.4
Application monitoring
100%
10.0
Threshold alerts
80%
8.0
Predictive capabilities
90%
9.0
Application performance management console
90%
9.0
Collaboration tools
70%
7.0
Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications
90%
9.0
Virtualization monitoring
N/A
N/A
Return on Investment
  • Apica Synthetic is a tool that works and needs little maintenance
  • Easy SLA reports direct from Apica Synthetic
Alternatives Considered
Apica Synthetic is more flexible when making custom checks. The support from Apica Synthetic can help you with nearly every check you have to do.
Other Software Used

Good for simple synthetic checks. Needs some updates.

Rating: 5 out of 10
Incentivized
December 25, 2021
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Non-Profit Organization Management Company, 501-1000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Apica Synthetic
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We had a gap in our monitoring along the lines of synthetic-user monitoring. We needed consistent availability monitoring of our web applications.
Pros
  • It is an easy-to-use product and you can build out checks with Firefox Selenium IDE (no longer supported). A good measure of availability.
  • Set the standard for synthetic checks and several APMs have copied that.
Cons
  • It's very clunky. Infrastructure is large and very difficult to upgrade.
  • SaaS and On-premise versions are different. There is an LDAP integration but users can only be assigned to one group (i.e. department). If you are in 2 departments, you need 2 separate logins.
  • Update: they now offer federated logins
  • It filled a gap in monitoring for us, but we're looking to move on.
Likelihood to Recommend
It's a good starter solution, but it was difficult to maintain. Often, the vendor wanted to use us as a guinea pig for upgrades and then writing the upgrade document based on what they found/broke/etc with our environment. I prefer late adopter.
Apica Synthetic Feature Ratings
Application Performance Management (12)
30%
3.0
Application monitoring
60%
6.0
Database monitoring
40%
4.0
Threshold alerts
30%
3.0
Predictive capabilities
N/A
N/A
Application performance management console
40%
4.0
Collaboration tools
50%
5.0
Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications
20%
2.0
Application dependency mapping and thresholding
N/A
N/A
Virtualization monitoring
60%
6.0
Server availability and performance monitoring
60%
6.0
Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting
N/A
N/A
IT Asset Discovery
N/A
N/A
Return on Investment
  • Got visibility into availability other than relying on just canary pages.
  • Helps better understand geographic latency and browser-specific issues
Alternatives Considered
Seemed to work well, but we didn't want to do a long renewal. Other products are maturing and better integrated with our systems. It works for now, but we're looking to replace it.

Update: New Relic has caught up with Apica and seems to integrate better with the other aspects of APM.
Other Software Used

Great software, not a great for enterprise

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
December 14, 2021
Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Company, 501-1000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Apica Synthetic
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Apica Synthetic for networks, servers, and application monitoring for the performance and availability of networks, servers, and applications.
Pros
  • Automated network device discovery
  • Network monitoring
  • Alerts
  • Customizable reports
Cons
  • Reports are a bit clunky to build
  • Difficult to scale for enterprise-wide monitoring
Likelihood to Recommend
It allows us to know if our services and applications are up/down. It's great for specific and local end-point monitoring, not so great for enterprise monitoring. Its value lies in being able to simulate real user load against an application or service.
Apica Synthetic Feature Ratings
Application Performance Management (12)
65.83333333333333%
6.6
Application monitoring
70%
7.0
Database monitoring
70%
7.0
Threshold alerts
80%
8.0
Predictive capabilities
80%
8.0
Application performance management console
60%
6.0
Collaboration tools
30%
3.0
Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications
70%
7.0
Application dependency mapping and thresholding
60%
6.0
Virtualization monitoring
60%
6.0
Server availability and performance monitoring
70%
7.0
Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting
70%
7.0
IT Asset Discovery
70%
7.0
Return on Investment
  • The infrastructure availability can be seen in a single UI.
  • The ability to simulate high-traffic loads on applications is very valuable.
Alternatives Considered
We actually preferred IP HostMonitor over Apica Synthetic, as it was more stable and uses less real estate. IP HostMonitor does not support true load simulation, which we miss from the Apica Synthetic trials.
Other Software Used
Users and Roles
2
The ERP administrator and software engineer use Apica. Typically the major use case is for testing and simulation using multiple currencies, locations and load potential.
Support Headcount Required
2
The software engineer and head of IT support Apica normally, we also use an outside vendor for more complicated issues.
Business Processes Supported
  • We monitor DNS both on-prem and off-prem to verify route and performance info
  • We simulate, or mirror, points and clicks or API calls that customers use
  • Specifically we monitor the front-end UI& background transactions, as well vendor applications performance and availability
Innovative Uses
  • We have been able to test the availability of IT services such as help desk, DNS & hardware monitors
  • We are able collect performance metrics like response time, time to submit, etc. simulating a users location
Future Planned Uses
  • Monitoring and troubleshooting performance issues
  • Verify that all apps & pages are available and responding as expected worldwide
Likelihood to Renew
8
Apica has been a great value regarding simulations, metrics, performance monitoring and availability checks. The UI is not very intuitive, it can be difficult to navigate.

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Rating: 10 out of 10
August 26, 2021
PS
Prashant Saxena Rahul
SRE
Salesforce (Computer Software, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Apica Synthetic
8 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
This is configured on infrastructure where we receive synthetic alerts when something goes wrong in infrastructure environment
Pros
  • Synthetic alerts triggered
  • Helpful to rectifying the actual issue
  • After resolution of the issue, apica notifies green signal
Cons
  • It seems to fine at the moment.
  • We can work to enhance the graphical view to be more effective.
Likelihood to Recommend
On infrastructure related alters, it is helpful to catch the actual issue
Apica Synthetic Feature Ratings
Application Performance Management (12)
100%
10.0
Application monitoring
100%
10.0
Database monitoring
100%
10.0
Threshold alerts
100%
10.0
Predictive capabilities
100%
10.0
Application performance management console
100%
10.0
Collaboration tools
100%
10.0
Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications
100%
10.0
Application dependency mapping and thresholding
100%
10.0
Virtualization monitoring
100%
10.0
Server availability and performance monitoring
100%
10.0
Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting
100%
10.0
IT Asset Discovery
100%
10.0
Return on Investment
  • Only positive impact I get while monitoring through Apica.
  • No negative impact i have ever seen
Alternatives Considered
  • Apica Synthetic (WebPerformance)
App dynamics and ignite we used for monitoring perspective. We used these monitoring tools along with Apica dashboard monitoring.
Other Software Used
Users and Roles
60
I am working as a SRE.
Support Headcount Required
60
People who are technically sound to configure and monitor/troubleshoot Apica are required to support Apica Synthetic.
Business Processes Supported
  • Synthetic Apica alerting setup for newly configure database in the environment.
  • Change Apica location if existing location fails.
Innovative Uses
  • Alarm monitoring through Apica synthetic monitoring.
Future Planned Uses
  • For infrastructure monitoring and troubleshooting effectively.
Likelihood to Renew
10
On the basis of last and current using, i rated the Apica. Thanks!
Products Replaced
Not Sure
Key Differentiators
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Prior Experience with the Product
The User interface is very friendly and it's easy to troubleshoot the issue.
Evaluation Lessons Learned
I would say, Apica synthetic is very easy to troubleshoot the issue and for alerts configuration in the infrastructure.
Implementation Details / Implementation Partner
  • Third-party professional services
  • Don't know
Sorry i can't share the confidential information from my Organizational persoective.
Implementation Issues
  • NA
  • NA
  • NA
Implementation Rating
10
Easy for implementation in our Infrastructure, Easy for troubleshooting the issue and Easy to use as well.
Training Types Used
  • Online training
  • in-person training
In-Person Training
9
Online Training
9
Support Rating
10
Apica Synthetic is very effective while configuring the account setup for any of the database/UserID.
Premium Support
Yes my organization used it for the completion of their vision/Goal.
Exceptional Examples of Apica Synthetic Support
I didn't face any issues while using Apica so not sure
Usability
10
As per my experience while using it. Thanks!
Easy Tasks
  • Easy to configure database/Account in infrastructure using Apica.
  • Easy to troubleshoot the issue.
  • Easy to make changes when required.
Difficult Tasks
  • NA
  • NA
  • NA
Scalability
10
Reliability and Availability
10
Performance
10
Systems Integrated With
  • Database Configuration
  • User Account
I didn't face any difficulty. Thanks!
Future Integration Plans
  • Not yet.
Types of Integration
  • API (e.g. SOAP or REST)
  • AppExchange or similar marketplace
Ease of Integration
10
Integration Lessons Learned
I have no advice at all. Apica is perfect in its capaabilities.
Pre-Sale Experience
10
Post-Sale Experience
10
Key Negotiation Points
As an employee of the company, I don't have any right to negotiate with the vendor. Thanks
Dealing with Apica
Not yet. Thanks
Upgrade Benefits
  • Easy to understand and its use.
  • Easy to configure in any of the Org. infrastructure.
Anticipated Benefits from Future Upgrades
  • Everything as expected. Thanks!
Migrating Between Editions
No

Great product, steep learning curve

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
August 31, 2021
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Apica Synthetic
4 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use it as product monitoring. We use it to simulate how customers use our products, with both web scenarios and more advanced API calls and some other scenarios. That way we know exactly where to look if something is not working. We also do this so we get the useful SLA information.
Pros
  • Monitoring
  • SLA
  • Troubleshooting
  • Response times
Cons
  • GUI
  • Easier learning curve
Likelihood to Recommend
I do recommend it in a lot of cases; however, it's pretty hard to learn how to be an advanced user. If there are more simple alternatives for monitoring, troubleshooting, SLA reporting, I would recommend the user use something else. However, it's a powerful tool when given the right amount of time to learn it.
Apica Synthetic Feature Ratings
Application Performance Management (12)
28.333333333333336%
2.8
Application monitoring
90%
9.0
Database monitoring
N/A
N/A
Threshold alerts
100%
10.0
Predictive capabilities
60%
6.0
Application performance management console
N/A
N/A
Collaboration tools
30%
3.0
Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications
10%
1.0
Application dependency mapping and thresholding
10%
1.0
Virtualization monitoring
10%
1.0
Server availability and performance monitoring
10%
1.0
Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting
10%
1.0
IT Asset Discovery
10%
1.0
Return on Investment
  • Faster problem solving
  • Broad view of our products
  • SLA reporting
Alternatives Considered
Apica Synthetic is perfect for monitoring our products that customers use since we create scenarios and API calls that reflect how the customer uses our products. However, for server monitoring and monitoring internal products, both Zabbix and Prometheus have the upper hand. Apica Synthetic simply can't compete with those products in those areas.
Other Software Used
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