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Datadog
(675)
4.4 out of 5
Datadog
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Splunk AppDynamics
(375)
4.3 out of 5
Splunk AppDynamics
By Cisco
At a Glance
Datadog
Datadog
Star Rating
(675)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (46.9% of reviews)
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Splunk AppDynamics
Splunk AppDynamics
Star Rating
(375)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (54.3% of reviews)
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
  • Users report that AppDynamics excels in Real User Monitoring (RUM), providing detailed insights into user interactions, while Datadog's RUM capabilities are noted to be less comprehensive, focusing more on backend performance.
  • Reviewers mention that AppDynamics offers superior Dynamic Transaction Mapping, which helps in visualizing complex transactions across multiple services, whereas Datadog's mapping features are considered less intuitive.
  • G2 users highlight that Datadog shines in Cloud Observability, particularly for multi-cloud environments, making it easier to manage resources across different platforms, while AppDynamics is often seen as more tailored for enterprise-level applications.
  • Users on G2 report that AppDynamics has a more robust Alerting system, with customizable alerts that can be fine-tuned to specific business needs, while Datadog's alerting is perceived as more generic and less adaptable.
  • Reviewers mention that Datadog's AI/ML Integration is more advanced, particularly in anomaly detection and predictive analytics, which users find beneficial for proactive monitoring, whereas AppDynamics' AI features are seen as less developed.
  • Users say that AppDynamics provides better Performance Baselines, allowing for more accurate comparisons over time, while Datadog's performance metrics are often viewed as less detailed, making it harder to track long-term performance trends.
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Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
499
8.6
258
Ease of Use
8.2
600
8.5
257
Ease of Setup
8.3
368
7.9
118
Ease of Admin
8.4
224
8.1
117
Quality of Support
8.3
446
8.3
248
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
211
8.5
113
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
484
8.3
233
Features by Category
Cloud Cost ManagementHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
7.8
8
Not enough data
Operations
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
7.1
8
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Cost Optimization
7.7
8
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Administration
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Cost Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Website MonitoringHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
8.1
73
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
54
Not enough data
9.3
68
Not enough data
9.1
62
Not enough data
8.8
55
Not enough data
8.9
57
Not enough data
9.0
50
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Website Monitoring
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)Hide 17 FeaturesShow 17 Features
Not enough data
8.6
13
Experience
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
7.6
9
Agentic AI - Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
7.6
9
Performance
Not enough data
9.3
9
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
8.7
9
Database MonitoringHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
9.0
110
Not enough data
Functionality
9.2
104
Not enough data
9.1
105
Not enough data
9.3
89
Not enough data
8.9
104
Not enough data
8.8
88
Not enough data
8.9
93
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Database Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network MonitoringHide 27 FeaturesShow 27 Features
8.9
62
Not enough data
Functionality
9.2
52
Not enough data
9.3
57
Not enough data
8.2
43
Not enough data
8.5
45
Not enough data
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
Management
8.7
49
Not enough data
9.0
50
Not enough data
8.8
47
Not enough data
Analytics - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cloud Infrastructure MonitoringHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
8.3
139
8.8
26
Monitoring
8.9
119
8.8
22
8.6
115
9.1
22
8.8
110
8.9
22
8.7
129
8.7
21
8.3
7
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
114
9.0
21
8.5
94
8.5
20
8.3
93
8.5
22
8.6
7
Not enough data
Analysis
8.5
112
8.9
22
8.9
117
8.9
22
Feature Not Available
8.7
19
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
7.5
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
8.1
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)Hide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
8.6
13
Not enough data
Automation
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
10
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
Incident Management
8.6
12
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
AIOps PlatformsHide 18 FeaturesShow 18 Features
9.1
22
8.9
29
Functionality
9.1
16
8.3
22
8.5
17
8.3
22
9.4
21
9.2
27
Issue Resolution
9.0
19
9.1
27
9.1
16
8.8
27
Feature Not Available
8.8
25
Management
8.7
19
8.9
27
9.6
19
9.2
26
8.9
19
9.4
27
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Log MonitoringHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
8.1
101
Not enough data
Visibility
8.9
87
Not enough data
9.0
86
Not enough data
8.8
79
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.2
82
Not enough data
8.7
84
Not enough data
9.0
88
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
7.1
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
7.6
7
Not enough data
Server MonitoringHide 18 FeaturesShow 18 Features
8.1
78
Not enough data
Visibility
8.9
77
Not enough data
8.6
71
Not enough data
8.2
69
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.4
70
Not enough data
7.6
65
Not enough data
8.4
67
Not enough data
9.0
70
Not enough data
8.8
66
Not enough data
8.3
71
Not enough data
Cloud environment support
8.1
62
Not enough data
8.0
59
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Enterprise MonitoringHide 15 FeaturesShow 15 Features
8.3
51
8.8
19
Functionality
8.6
45
9.3
16
8.8
45
8.9
17
8.9
47
8.9
17
7.9
41
8.2
15
Management
8.5
44
8.5
17
8.6
47
8.6
17
8.2
43
8.9
17
9.0
48
9.3
17
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
IoT Analytics PlatformsHide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Sources
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Metrics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
IoT Device Management PlatformsHide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Device Recognition
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Provisioning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
ServiceNow Store AppsHide 6 FeaturesShow 6 Features
Not enough data
8.7
12
ServiceNow Apps
Not enough data
8.6
11
Not enough data
8.8
11
Agentic AI - ServiceNow Store Apps
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Log AnalysisHide 19 FeaturesShow 19 Features
8.3
75
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.6
63
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Verified
Not enough data
8.4
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
Analysis
8.6
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
66
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
67
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
70
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
58
|
Verified
Not enough data
Visualization
8.8
72
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Application Performance Monitoring (APM)Hide 19 FeaturesShow 19 Features
8.3
140
9.0
31
Monitoring
8.6
112
9.2
10
8.9
104
9.7
10
8.8
114
9.7
10
7.3
98
8.7
9
8.4
104
8.8
10
Response
8.9
121
9.7
10
8.8
108
8.8
10
8.0
102
9.3
10
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
7.4
12
Not enough data
8.1
12
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
8.1
12
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
Performance
8.5
116
8.9
26
8.3
102
8.5
25
Functionality
8.5
103
8.8
26
8.1
95
8.9
23
Feature Not Available
8.5
27
8.5
110
8.5
25
Container MonitoringHide 16 FeaturesShow 16 Features
8.5
50
Not enough data
Alerts management
8.7
42
Not enough data
8.0
44
Not enough data
8.6
46
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.6
37
Not enough data
9.1
40
Not enough data
8.7
42
Not enough data
9.1
37
Not enough data
Automation
8.2
37
Not enough data
8.4
35
Not enough data
Analysis
8.1
40
Not enough data
8.3
43
Not enough data
9.2
42
Not enough data
8.5
41
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
8.3
36
Not enough data
7.6
39
Not enough data
8.4
34
Not enough data
IT AlertingHide 8 FeaturesShow 8 Features
8.0
17
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.4
16
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
7.2
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
Observability PipelineHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
7.1
9
Not enough data
Data Management - Observability Pipeline
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.0
9
Not enough data
Performance - Observability Pipeline
6.7
8
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
7.0
9
Not enough data
AI - Observability Pipeline
6.4
7
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
6.7
6
Not enough data
Compliance - Observability Pipeline
6.9
6
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Observability SoftwareHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
8.6
9
Not enough data
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization & Dashboards - Observability
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
9.0
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
9.3
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
AI Features - Observability
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
SAP StoreHide 7 FeaturesShow 7 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - SAP Store
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Incident ResponseHide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features
8.4
60
Not enough data
Response
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
46
Not enough data
Records
9.2
53
Not enough data
8.9
51
Not enough data
8.5
58
Not enough data
Management
9.2
54
Not enough data
8.4
50
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.1
12
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)Hide 14 FeaturesShow 14 Features
8.8
14
Not enough data
Network Management
8.8
11
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
9.4
12
Not enough data
Incident Management
9.3
12
Not enough data
9.2
11
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
Security Intelligence
7.9
12
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
8.8
11
Not enough data
8.6
13
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
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Splunk AppDynamics
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Unique Categories
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Splunk AppDynamics is categorized as ServiceNow Store Apps and SAP Store
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Datadog
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
19.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
46.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
33.7%
Splunk AppDynamics
Splunk AppDynamics
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
17.0%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
28.7%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
54.3%
Reviewers' Industry
Datadog
Datadog
Information Technology and Services
19.1%
Computer Software
17.1%
Financial Services
8.5%
Internet
4.2%
Retail
3.0%
Other
48.1%
Splunk AppDynamics
Splunk AppDynamics
Information Technology and Services
25.7%
Computer Software
10.1%
Financial Services
8.1%
Banking
5.4%
Insurance
5.1%
Other
45.7%
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Discussions
Datadog
Datadog Discussions
What is the use of Datadog?
3 Comments
Chirag J.
CJ
Datadog is a software platform that facilitates data sharing across various teams within an organization, thereby breaking down silos between development,...Read more
Does Datadog use AWS?
2 Comments
IG
Yes, the backbone of Datadog infrastructure is sitting within AWS.Read more
Does it preserves history of logs?
1 Comment
Alon N.
AN
Depends on your plan, log retention can be 7,15, 30 days etc, for long term you need to setup s3 archivingRead more
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Splunk AppDynamics
Splunk AppDynamics Discussions
Can AppDynamics be deployed in a private cloud?
1 Comment
Anand Y.
AY
yesRead more
Can AppDynamics be deployed on Azure?
1 Comment
Anand Y.
AY
yesRead more
Can AppDynamics be deployed on AWS?
1 Comment
Anand Y.
AY
yesRead more
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