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ManageEngine IT360 vs Splunk AppDynamics comparison

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Categories and Ranking

ManageEngine IT360
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
73rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (79th), IT Asset Management (24th)
Splunk AppDynamics
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
278
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (1st), IT Operations Analytics (2nd), Mobile APM (1st), Container Monitoring (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of ManageEngine IT360 is 0.6%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk AppDynamics is 2.5%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk AppDynamics2.5%
ManageEngine IT3600.6%
Other96.9%
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

ZM
It manager at PTC (Public Telecomuncation Corporation)
Good monitoring and alerting capability, and it is easy to deploy
This solution is good for configuration management. The monitoring capability is easy to use and it can be done without any training. ManageEngine is easy to deploy. It is easy to identify and collect information from all of the nodes on the network. The alerting capability is good and it will send out emails.
YA
Sr. Solution Architect, Project Manager at The National Commercial Bank
Root cause analysis has become possible but complex setup and agent issues still slow investigations
The limitations I notice include the instability of the agent, which crashes, and the application itself consuming memory under heavy loads. Additionally, the customizations are not easy to build, especially for new parsers and functionalities that are just supported out-of-the-box. Splunk AppDynamics needs to be more user-friendly so that even someone who does not know what is happening should be able to easily find the root cause of issues, as the tool is specifically designed for application developers, not from a user perspective for problem identification. My experience with the application performance monitoring capabilities of Splunk AppDynamics indicates that it is complex. The correlation from the front end to the back end is not working properly. In an application using the EUM feature and having the app agent, the app agent gives me the transaction data, but the EUM data does not correlate to the backend transactions, and I do not know why. It can be very complex to find the root cause in those scenarios, as there is a disparity in metrics, making it challenging. Even though Splunk AppDynamics is trying, my very large environment presents hurdles that medium-scale organizations might not experience. After spending around three to four years trying to get value from it, I still feel a lack of satisfaction. To get closer to a rating of 10 in the future, I would like to see whatever features are being provided made to work, particularly in large environments. Splunk AppDynamics claims it can do 100 things, but if those things are not functioning cohesively, it is ineffective. Instead of offering 100 features that do not work together, it would be better to focus on a smaller set of features that operate effectively. Changes happen daily with new applications and technologies, and Splunk AppDynamics needs to adapt more swiftly to keep up. The feature that helps detect and protect against vulnerabilities does raise concerns. I experience vulnerabilities in Splunk AppDynamics that I communicate to support for fixes, and they often respond by indicating that some fixes are available in new versions. This creates a continuous cycle of raising issues and waiting for resolutions through version updates.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is easy to identify and collect information from all of the nodes on the network."
"All I know is that when it comes to managing the active directory, ManageEngine is something I consider to be the best."
"Customer Service: Absolutely fantastic."
"The primary use case of this solution is to manage and to protect the web servers, the mail server, and the website in my company."
"I would suggest you use this product as it's easy for administration, and is based on distributed model support."
"The product helps users stay on top of gaining insight into the active directory, permissions and security sets, and user group policy changes."
"The monitoring capability is easy to use and it can be done without any training."
"The technical support is good."
"It was a game changer right out the door."
"Splunk AppDynamics significantly aids us because as soon as we identify a problem, we immediately receive API call insights through the AI version currently in use, suggesting resolution pathways and options such as restarting the server or application."
"We decided to invest in AppDynamics because we wanted to move from being reactionary to being proactive, that's really what it comes down to."
"With Dynatrace, AppDynamics Mobile Real-User Monitoring is one of the best tools on the market."
"The features we find most valuable are real-time monitoring, seeing transactions, being proactive and easy to focus on the real problem."
"Database scaling or migration projects play a supportive role throughout the development, monitoring, and troubleshooting phases."
"The main benefits from Splunk AppDynamics for my end users, mainly the application team, are that it helps identify bottlenecks proactively and allows for configuration of proper health rules to address issues before they affect customers."
"The most valuable feature of AppDynamics is its ability to track the transactions between different applications."
 

Cons

"The product could use more intelligence, automation and general availability of product information."
"The ManageEngine features could improve to show graphs of the traffic and network utility."
"ManageEngine needs to fix the downtime scheduler for SNMP monitored devices. Alarms are still generated for the devices placed into scheduled maintenance."
"We would like to have support for integration with ServiceDesk."
"The GUI could be improved."
"This is because of the lack of available technical knowledge in terms of competence and maximizing the power of the product."
"I am a monitoring administrator and one of the biggest issues is that it doesn't have a large environment for support."
"The agent deployment could be simplified by, for example, adding a GUI."
"Specific to our environment here, we use .NET and they have more features for the Java platform."
"The pricing for AppDynamics Server Monitoring in Africa and the Middle East is too expensive, so it's very hard to sell it to customers."
"Technical support is slow. Basically, we mail, we wait, we mail."
"AppD is really cool and a unified solution for both APM and APM centric analytics side, but this process is a little bit manual."
"At first, I thought it had a high learning curve. However, it's not so much. It's just different. It's different from all the other tools and it's just not as intuitive as it could be."
"We would like to be able to easily use this solution to monitor our Java script based browsers, which are currently blocked by the security settings."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"This solution is not the cheapest but it works well. You will end up doing more work with a cheaper solution than if you just spent the extra money on a better solution like this one."
"AppDynamics Server Monitoring is an expensive solution."
"AppDynamics is one of the most expensive solutions on the market."
"AppDynamics Server Monitoring is a very expensive product, but if you negotiate well, you get value for money...My company used to make early payments toward the licensing costs of the solution, but now my company has opted for a different licensing model."
"It is not a cheap tool, but you also save in manpower to setup because it is easy and fast. At the end of the day, I think the revenue is much better. BUT, they have an awful co-term mode of licensing."
"If one is expensive and ten is low price, I rate the product price as seven out of ten."
"Purchasing the product through the AWS Marketplace was good."
"AppDynamics Server Monitoring is an expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
26%
Comms Service Provider
20%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business65
Midsize Enterprise38
Large Enterprise208
 

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?
There is room for improvement in auto-discovery and mapping. While it is very good, sometimes we need customization to match our application or business needs, but currently it is satisfactory. If ...
What is your primary use case for AppDynamics Server Monitoring?
I use Splunk AppDynamics data collection features with agents. It is on-premises, particularly in hybrid and on-premises environments. I have used Splunk AppDynamics for business transaction monito...
 

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