Item: Splunk AppDynamics
Rating: 10
Author: Keshav Baisla

Overall Satisfaction with AppDynamics

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

AppDynamics plays a vital part of our strategy to ensure high application performance, reliability and positive user experience to generate revenue as much as we can. we use app dynamics primarily for APM (application performance management). it helps in business analytics to correspond application performance data with business outcomes, allow us to understand how application performance impacts our user experience and revenue. Also we are scaling our organization to grow, we think to expand use of app dynamics to include more applications and heavy integration with our monitoring tools.

Pros and Cons

Pros

The end-user monitoring captures real user interactions, providing insights into how users experience the application.
it supports mobile application performance monitoring and enables team to track app load times, crashes and user sessions on mobile devices
it offers robust support options including detailed documentation and professional services. it provides user experiences to highlight the responsiveness of the support team in resolving issues and enhance overall user satisfaction

Cons

we can improve its user interface; due to this, some user find it overwhelming for its complexity
Sometimes its real time data processing can lag during peak usage times.
Users sometimes need more comprehensive training, such as webinars and certification programs, etc.

Return on Investment

it improved application performance, reduced downtime and also enhanced user experience
it is very beneficial for scalability and growth, which directly provides positive impact on ROI
The only place where it can be improved is in ongoing maintenance and training, which needed lot of effort from the staff.

Usability

It offers comprehensive analytics which that can help find issues quickly. I really like its real time metrics that facilitate quick decision making. its ability to step up alerts based on specific entrance that helps team to respond proactively to potential issues. I personally also like its notification features which sent through various channels such as Email, SMS, ETC.

Alternatives Considered

Dynatrace

Our organization prefers AppDynamics for its focus on user experience and business metrics which is quite useful for aligning IT performance with organization goal. it is also known for its AI driven insights and monitoring capabilities making it very effective as compares to its rival. it also helps in generative more revenue due to its business centric metrics.

Key Insights

Do you think Splunk AppDynamics delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Splunk AppDynamics's feature set?

Yes

Did Splunk AppDynamics live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Splunk AppDynamics go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Splunk AppDynamics again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

In our scenario we can utilize AppDynamics to ensure that applications comply with performance standards and regulatory requirements. it helps us in audit and compliance check. we can also track performance across multiple services and identify latency issues ensure that the application runs smoothly and meets regulatory compliance. I personally rarely find it less appropriate but the only place I want it improving is when during the high traffic events during load testing to understand how the application performs under stress and identify potential failure points before the events.

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