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# AppDynamics

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> AppDynamics Application Intelligence platform empowers today’s software-defined businesses with the ability to proactively manage and optimize complex software environments in real time. It’s more than monitoring—it’s true Application Intelligence with cloud or on-premise deployment flexibility.
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> Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 41 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Key benefits of AppDynamics

AppDynamics delivers the application intelligence you need to deliver the application performance your users demand by:&#10;&#10;Collecting data&#10;&#10;- Instrumentation: Watch every line of code&#10;- Distributed transaction tracing: Follow the business transaction across all tiers of the application&#10;- Transaction auto-learning engine: Inspect execution code, payload, libraries and methods&#10;- Real-time service discovery: Map architecture topology and service dependencies&#10;- Smart agents: Filter and transfer data to the management server&#10;&#10;Processing data&#10;&#10;- Real-time stream processing: Process complex metric and event streams&#10;- Time series clustering and analytics: Index and manage time series by auto rolling up/purging/clustering&#10;- Behavioral learning engine. Continuously adjust dynamic baselines&#10;- Unstructured and structured big data indexing: Get a data warehouse for different types of application data&#10;- Event correlation: Correlate complex performance/change/business events&#10;&#10;Acquiring knowledge&#10;&#10;- Intuitive UI: simple and easy to use for dev, ops and business users&#10;- Dynamic transaction flow maps: visual representation of the application topology&#10;- Multi-dimensional drill down: cross-correlated drill down from anywhere in the UI&#10;- Real-time business metrics (RTBM): real-time correlation of performance metrics and business metrics&#10;- Compare release: performance regression analysis for agile releases&#10;- Custom dashboards: drag-and-drop HTML5 dashboards&#10;- Query language: search language to enable data discovery

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 41 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Cisco
- **Founded**: 2010

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: USD 6.00
- **Pricing model**: Per Feature (Free version available) (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: Starting with a 15-day free trial, all AppDynamics product modules are available in AppDynamics Lite – Free Forever, and AppDynamics Pro Editions
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: Australia, Canada, China, Germany, India, Japan, United Kingdom, United States

## Features

- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Analytics
- Anomaly Detection
- Application Management
- Application-Level Analysis
- Asset Tracking
- Baseline Manager
- Big Data Analytics
- Bottleneck Identification
- Capacity Analytics
- Capacity Management
- Container Monitoring
- Cost Management
- Customizable Reports
- Dashboard
- Dashboard Creation

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- 24/7 (Live rep)

## Category

- [Website Monitoring Software](https://www.getapp.com.au/directory/113/website-monitoring/software)

## Related Categories

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## Alternatives

1. [ManageEngine Applications Manager](https://www.getapp.com.au/software/101853/manageengine-applications-manager) — 4.6/5 (256 reviews)
2. [Site24x7](https://www.getapp.com.au/software/91129/site24x7) — 4.7/5 (344 reviews)
3. [Datadog](https://www.getapp.com.au/software/91489/datadog-cloud-monitoring) — 4.6/5 (357 reviews)
4. [Dynatrace](https://www.getapp.com.au/software/100741/ruxit) — 4.5/5 (82 reviews)
5. [New Relic](https://www.getapp.com.au/software/20443/new-relic) — 4.5/5 (195 reviews)

## Reviews

### "AppDynamics - Monitor your traffic" — 5.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *15 March 2022* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
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> **Pros**: 1. Real time monitoring of your servers, databases.&#10;2. Provide in depth details on which process classes are consuming the memory.&#10;3. Continuous alerts on servers and data bases.&#10;4. Transaction trace.&#10;5. Server Health, Disk Usage, Network I/O, Disk I/O.&#10;6. Server logs available to RCA issues.&#10;7. Transaction and Traffic reports can be customized as per need basis.&#10;8. Best part is the Map Flow.
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> **Cons**: Nothing much to add except the cost. Its a little expensive.
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> I have been using AppD for little over a year now. It shows a great map of servers and databases, provide your the flow from where the transaction traffic is moving to which side. Provides periodic details on server health, disk usage, memory leak, Network and Disk I/O, CPU utilization etc. It generates logs to very minute level, which makes things hassle free when it comes to RCA an issue. It also keeps you up to date with respect to the top process classes which are consuming CPU and Memory. It is one of the best application monitoring tool. Highly recommended.

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### "a robust application performance monitoring tool" — 5.0/5

> **Philip** | *13 February 2025* | Architecture & Planning | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Cloud app service monitoring and SQL DB performance troubleshooting feature
> 
> **Cons**: Initial deployment and fine-tuning can be time-consuming, especially in large or hybrid environments.
> 
> My experience with it has been generally positive, especially in terms of real-time monitoring, root cause analysis, and integration with various cloud and on-premises environments.

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### "Helpful tool to" — 3.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *23 August 2019* | Utilities | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10
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> **Pros**: Great monitoring into web applications and infrastructure and great analytics dashboards.
> 
> **Cons**: A bit pricey in comparison to its competitors

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### "Great tool to view node wise details while performing the performance testing" — 4.0/5

> **Venkateswarlu** | *14 January 2025* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
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> **Pros**: In AppDynamics, we can collaborate with AWS related resources to view in detail usage of memory, cpu of each nodes
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> **Cons**: Little bit when we are setting up AppDynamics connection initially
> 
> It’s a great tool to view each node cpu, memory utilization and remaining details on each calls while performing the performance testing

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### "Emerging and must deploy tool in the APM world" — 5.0/5

> **Vikas** | *4 July 2021* | Banking | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Real time instrumentation with complete drill down analysis for all the transaction our app makes.&#10;This tools makes life easy for not only developer, but Performance engineers, PS and ops team .&#10;Single tool for everything
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> **Cons**: Customization of alerts and suppression is tricky.  No access to get AppD DB for capturing specific things.&#10;Scenario - I want my URL or API to be send in the app d alert but there is no provisioning , i raised ticket as well, but so far no provision. By clicking on errorneous BT  and opening in appd resulterd in the errorneous API which is sometime time taking process.
> 
> Fantastic , no one say no to this tool, must deploy tool

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