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DX SaaS vs Splunk AppDynamics comparison

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Categories and Ranking

DX SaaS
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
61st
Average Rating
6.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) (18th)
Splunk AppDynamics
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
276
Ranking in other categories
IT Infrastructure Monitoring (4th), IT Operations Analytics (2nd), Mobile APM (1st), Container Monitoring (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of DX SaaS is 0.8%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk AppDynamics is 4.9%, up from 4.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk AppDynamics4.9%
DX SaaS0.8%
Other94.3%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

JM
Technical Manager at Tech Mahindra Limited
It's highly customizable but lacks many features of available in competing solutions
DX SaaS is a latecomer to the APM market. Some things that are straightforward in Dynatrace are complicated in DX. For example, upgrading the agents is a seamless process in Dynatrace, but it's a pain in DX SaaS. You should be able to upgrade in the Application Command Center. However, it is not working correctly. They upgrade the product every 15 to 30 days, and the process isn't seamless. It's like implementing the solution all over again. We monitor around 1,000-plus applications and have more than 100,000 agents, so we require a smooth upgrade process. It's nearly impossible to stay updated on the latest version. Upgrading the Dynatrace agent is smoother. You don't need to worry about it. If the agent is on the Dynatrace server, you only need to push it. After that, you will be notified to reboot the APM or CLM. That's it. It took us three years to deploy the agent on 1,000-plus applications across 40,000-plus servers. Now, they are saying they are ending support for 7.0.49, and we need to upgrade. The path to upgrading isn't straightforward. The first process is manual, and we can push it to different servers so it is visible. What's our configuration? Who is going to do the configuration? It's not typical or practical. I don't understand how product teams don't see that. That feature is not there. We hope they add this feature to the new product called DX Platform, which consists of net apps. All those network monitoring tools will be combined into DX Platform. All the monitoring functionality is moved to DX Platform. You can't see a trend of your metrics grouped according to the last month, six months, one year, etc. The resolution is not there. I want granular visibility into data captured in the last 15 seconds. Those are essential features. I am not saying that DX lacks solid features, but they need to consider it. Some core functionality of the product is missing. We have around 50-plus requests to add previously available features in the on-premise version. That is one reason application teams are reluctant to go to DX SaaS. We are struggling to make them understand and trying to find alternatives for the existing features. We've had many discussions with the product team, telling them we need this functionality. However, they tell us it's not on their product roadmap. They are gradually adding other features, but we need our requirements to be a priority. You cannot say you will try to add those requested features that aren't on your product roadmap. There is always a catch in the product. We use around 10 tenants in production and six in the test run. First of all, there is nothing in the pane. If we are trying to see the data from an application, how do we know which tenant and application are reporting? There was a feature called Enterprise Team Center, but that functionality has been removed. All the applications are connected to the manager, which is connected to ETC. If you go to ETC, you can find the server and see your data, but that functionality was not there. Every product should have a management feature, but that is missing, and they are saying that it is not there in the roadmap. It is a basic requirement. You need to understand that. That is not there, manager, and they are saying that is not there in the roadmap as well. They have created a new tenant page temporarily. It is not there currently. It is not a required thing. There is a feature called Domain, but that concept is gone. We've struggled a lot, and what they provided in the initial migration stage is no longer working. We were delayed for two months because we didn't give them the correct input. They don't know their product. We tell them there is a problem, and they say they're fixing it. Are we their Guinea pig? You cannot treat your customers like this.
Shamim Alsharif - PeerSpot reviewer
Performance Test Engineer at TANIM CONSULTING, LLC
Real-time monitoring has improved our banking API performance and supports detailed business transaction analysis
The real-time monitoring is what we can see for anything that is needed in terms of CPU, memory, or the connections or the sessions related. It's real-time monitoring of performance of each of the components, which is what we need and use all the time. It's highly effective, I would say. Infrastructure visibility, transaction monitoring, to check the actual user experience in terms of the response time, MRT and all those things. We do the component monitoring like the API performance and the connections and all those things, but we also do the business process monitoring and business transaction monitoring.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Actionable insight is the most valuable feature."
"DX allows you to customize and gives you a high degree of control."
"It supports numerous platforms."
"Enterprise scalability is good and we use 3 data centers with each have its satellite or poller server to limit the network transaction as locally as possible"
"Error analysis in the troubleshooting sections go straight to the point."
"The most valuable feature of AppDynamics is its ability to track the transactions between different applications."
"I have found some of the valuable features of AppDynamics Database Monitoring to be once the installation is complete, you are able to quickly start receiving metrics, which is great. The user interface is also very user-friendly."
"The technical support was one of the absolute best in the industry."
"We switched to AppDynamics for its capabilities."
"The solution is very, very stable. We haven't faced any bugs or glitches on the system."
"Saving time is definitely the main point with Splunk AppDynamics for quickly resolving problems, because whenever they are facing an issue, they quickly identify the root cause, can proceed with fixing it, and these things help with better performance and a better customer experience that definitely helps them get more financial benefits."
"With AppDynamics, we were able to identify where the database query was taking more time, whether it was taking time on logical IOs or physical IOs, and it is also giving proactive alerts that help us to narrow down issues much more quickly and fix them before they start impacting our customers."
 

Cons

"Old user interface and dashboards could be improved."
"The ability to scale presents a challenge as the cost of handling vast amounts of data in the cloud must be taken into account."
"DX SaaS is a latecomer to the APM market. Some things that are straightforward in Dynatrace are complicated in DX. For example, upgrading the agents is a seamless process in Dynatrace, but it's a pain in DX SaaS. You should be able to upgrade in the Application Command Center. However, it is not working correctly."
"We tell them there is a problem, and they say they're fixing it. Are we their Guinea pig? You cannot treat your customers like this."
"Its good for a small or homogenous platform, but for a complex platform involving different application services, root cause identification and reading the instrument through the web can be cumbersome and not very user friendly."
"Price can get really expensive sometimes, depending on the type of setup you have. Because it is priced per JVM, the price can increase pretty fast, into the millions."
"When you have high stress of visits I do not know if you are more stress because of the amount of visits or because you have to wait eternal 60 seconds to find out it things are going well or you already have mess."
"An area with room for improvement is the ease of managing the agents within our systems."
"The discovery is acceptable, however, users need to configure many things if they want good discovery."
"The user access management could be a bit better."
"AppDynamics Server Monitoring lacks investment in new technologies like Kubernetes and cloud solutions."
"In terms of improvements we would like to see, we want to understand what the battery consumption metrics are whenever a user is viewing. It would be really helpful for us if we could get those details levels."
"AppDynamics Database Monitoring would be a better product if it could support new technology, such as cloud technology. Even Dynatrace lacks support for newer technologies."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our monthly cost for DX SaaS is approximately $5 per user, which I considered affordable."
"The way it is structured in terms of price could be better. You pay for individual modules and that adds on to the cost, which detracts you from implementing those modules and slows you down."
"There is an annual cost for the use of this solution."
"We do not have any issues with the price."
"AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring does have licensing cost associated with it."
"The pricing model for AppDynamics could be better. You have to subscribe to a yearly or a three-year licensing, which isn't very handy. The solution is one of the most expensive in the market today."
"I would like more flexible pricing: A pay-per-use model, rather than just a fixed-price model."
"Our purchasing experience through the AWS Marketplace has been pretty painless."
"In terms of pricing, I feel that when you compare the benefits that we get to the price that we paid, it is reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
18%
Construction Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business64
Midsize Enterprise38
Large Enterprise206
 

Questions from the Community

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Any advice about APM solutions?
There are many factors and we know little about your requirements (size of org, technology stack, management systems, the scope of implementation). Our goal was to consolidate APM and infra monitor...
What needs improvement with AppDynamics Server Monitoring?
One area for improvement regarding OpenTelemetry and open-source aspects is that Splunk AppDynamics lacks credibility in open-source collectors, where we do not have full line of sight. OpenTelemet...
What is your primary use case for AppDynamics Server Monitoring?
Splunk AppDynamics serves as our main solution for end-to-end application performance management, and we conduct a certain level of digital experience monitoring as well. We ensure that customer vi...
 

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CA DXI, CA Digital Experience Insights
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