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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (69.4% of reviews)
Mid-Market (42.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starts at $69 per month billed annually, per 8 GB Host
No pricing available
Dynatrace
Star Rating
(1,359)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (69.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starts at $69 per month billed annually, per 8 GB Host
Browse all 3 pricing plansRiverbed Network Observability
Star Rating
(14)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (42.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Riverbed Network ObservabilitySummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Dynatrace excels in providing deep, real-time insights into application and infrastructure performance, with users highlighting its ability to automatically map out services and dependencies, making it easier to identify issues quickly.
- Users say that Riverbed Network Observability shines when configured correctly, allowing for comprehensive network activity observation and event analysis. This capability is particularly praised for helping users pinpoint problems effectively when the right traffic is mirrored.
- Reviewers mention that Dynatrace's user interface is intuitive, with dashboards that consolidate information in a user-friendly manner. This feature is appreciated by users who find it simplifies monitoring across multiple hosts, including metrics like disk storage and CPU usage.
- According to verified reviews, Riverbed Network Observability is noted for its user-friendly interface, which facilitates application performance management. Users appreciate how easy it is to navigate and utilize the tool for effective monitoring.
- G2 reviewers highlight that while Dynatrace has a higher overall satisfaction score, Riverbed Network Observability boasts a slightly better rating for support quality, indicating that users feel well-supported when using Riverbed's solutions.
- Users report that Dynatrace has a more extensive user base and a higher volume of reviews, suggesting a more established presence in the market. This is contrasted with Riverbed, which has fewer reviews, indicating a less widespread adoption among users.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Dynatrace
Full-stack monitoring
Starts at $69
per month billed annually, per 8 GB Host
Advanced observability for apps and infrastructure across hybrid and multi-clouds at scale
- Application performance
- Infrastructure monitoring
- AIOps
Riverbed Network Observability
No pricing availableFree Trial
Dynatrace
Free Trial is available
Riverbed Network Observability
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.8
1,066
9.0
14
Ease of Use
8.3
1,076
8.1
14
Ease of Setup
8.4
668
8.0
5
Ease of Admin
8.2
624
8.3
5
Quality of Support
8.7
1,009
9.0
13
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
621
9.7
5
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
1,040
10.0
14
Features by Category
User Behavior
8.9
115
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
86
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
104
|
Verified
Not enough data
A/B Testing
8.5
100
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
75
Not enough data
8.7
109
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
74
Not enough data
Visitor Information
8.7
116
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
111
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Session Replay
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Application Performance
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
Functionality
8.8
60
Not enough data
9.0
61
Not enough data
8.5
59
Not enough data
8.0
57
Not enough data
8.7
53
Not enough data
8.4
57
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Website 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
Experience
9.2
157
Not enough data
8.5
136
Not enough data
8.5
133
Not enough data
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
8.5
126
Not enough data
8.6
153
Not enough data
7.8
101
Not enough data
Performance
9.1
151
Not enough data
9.4
157
Not enough data
8.5
147
Not enough data
9.0
148
Not enough data
Functionality
8.9
75
Not enough data
8.9
73
Not enough data
8.6
70
Not enough data
9.0
73
Not enough data
8.3
70
Not enough data
8.7
72
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
Functionality
9.0
47
Not enough data
8.9
46
Not enough data
8.5
42
Not enough data
8.2
43
Not enough data
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
8.7
46
Not enough data
8.8
46
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Analytics - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Monitoring
9.0
202
Not enough data
8.3
188
Not enough data
8.9
184
Not enough data
9.0
196
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
171
Not enough data
8.5
153
Not enough data
8.4
157
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
8.3
181
Not enough data
8.6
200
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure 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
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Bug Reporting
8.5
39
Not enough data
7.9
36
Not enough data
8.1
36
Not enough data
Bug Monitoring
8.4
37
Not enough data
8.2
37
Not enough data
7.9
37
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Bug Tracking
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
8.6
38
Not enough data
8.4
38
Not enough data
8.8
42
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
8.8
42
Not enough data
8.7
42
Not enough data
8.4
41
Not enough data
Management
8.6
43
Not enough data
8.7
43
Not enough data
8.2
41
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
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
Visibility
9.0
69
Not enough data
8.9
69
Not enough data
8.5
69
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.8
62
Not enough data
8.8
68
Not enough data
9.3
69
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log 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
Functionality
8.8
58
Not enough data
8.8
57
Not enough data
9.1
56
Not enough data
8.2
52
Not enough data
Management
8.3
55
Not enough data
8.3
58
Not enough data
8.8
55
Not enough data
9.0
56
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.0
5
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
ServiceNow Apps
8.5
9
Not enough data
9.3
10
Not enough data
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
Data Preparation
8.7
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
56
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
55
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
56
|
Verified
Not enough data
Analysis
8.4
57
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
56
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
58
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
57
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
53
|
Verified
Not enough data
Visualization
9.0
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
58
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
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
Monitoring
8.8
108
Not enough data
8.7
109
Not enough data
9.0
118
Not enough data
7.6
102
Not enough data
8.5
109
Not enough data
Response
8.7
113
Not enough data
8.6
110
Not enough data
8.1
111
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
6.8
10
Not enough data
7.0
10
Not enough data
6.7
9
Not enough data
6.7
9
Not enough data
7.2
10
Not enough data
Performance
8.7
110
Not enough data
8.1
109
Not enough data
Functionality
8.5
105
Not enough data
8.3
108
Not enough data
7.8
103
Not enough data
8.5
111
Not enough data
Alerts management
8.2
41
Not enough data
7.8
41
Not enough data
8.7
41
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.8
42
Not enough data
9.2
42
Not enough data
8.9
42
Not enough data
9.2
42
Not enough data
Automation
8.2
41
Not enough data
8.3
41
Not enough data
Analysis
8.3
43
Not enough data
8.3
41
Not enough data
8.5
42
Not enough data
8.3
41
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
8.1
42
Not enough data
8.0
42
Not enough data
8.6
41
Not enough data
Management
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
Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Support
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Management Tools
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
Generative AI
6.1
11
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
6.0
5
Not enough data
5.7
5
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
5.0
5
Not enough data
5.0
5
Not enough data
4.7
5
Not enough data
4.3
5
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) ToolsHide 4 FeaturesShow 4 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Threat Detection & Response - Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
AI Features - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Response
7.5
46
Not enough data
8.1
48
Not enough data
6.8
40
Not enough data
7.7
40
Not enough data
Records
8.5
46
Not enough data
8.4
46
Not enough data
8.8
46
Not enough data
Management
8.9
48
Not enough data
8.2
44
Not enough data
8.4
41
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.7
6
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
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
Security
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
Agentic AI - Enterprise IT Management
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
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Dynatrace and Riverbed Network Observability are categorized as Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring and Network Monitoring
Unique Categories
Dynatrace is categorized as Observability Software, Enterprise Monitoring, Log Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Database Monitoring, Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM), Website Monitoring, Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) Tools, ServiceNow Store Apps, Session Replay, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Log Analysis, Incident Response, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and Bug Tracking
Riverbed Network Observability is categorized as WAN Optimization, Enterprise IT Management, and Network Management Tools
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Dynatrace
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Riverbed Network Observability
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
16.4%
Financial Services
10.2%
Computer Software
9.3%
Insurance
8.9%
Banking
8.4%
Other
46.8%
Retail
14.3%
Computer Software
14.3%
Telecommunications
7.1%
Medical Devices
7.1%
Media Production
7.1%
Other
50.0%
Alternatives
Discussions
what is the best way to AI integration in Energy and Utlilites services.
3 Comments
DA
Hi. The AI is built into the Dynatrace platform and is purpose built for this use case. It's getting context from the installation of Dynatrace OneAgents...Read more
What is Dynatrace used for?
3 Comments
KS
Dynatrace is a powerful tool we rely on for monitoring APIs and performing data and business analysis. It helps us keep a close eye on our APIs, spotting any...Read more
Is there any capability that Dynatrace can't provide which is offered by Splunk?
2 Comments
RD
Hello -
Dynatrace can pull the same log files. We use both and Splunk is used to pull all logs and store them for a year. We have been using Dynatrace...Read more
Riverbed Network Observability has no discussions with answers
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