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Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Tools
Elastic APM
Splunk AppDynamics
Elastic APM-vs-Splunk AppDynamics
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Elastic APM
(14)
4.0
out of
5
Elastic APM
By
Opbeat
Splunk AppDynamics
(375)
4.3
out of
5
Splunk AppDynamics
By
Cisco
At a Glance
Star Rating
(14)
4.0
out of
5
(375)
4.3
out of
5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (42.9% of reviews)
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Enterprise (54.3% of reviews)
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Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Automation
(1)
Cloud Services
(1)
Billing Issues
(1)
Expensive
(1)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Elastic APM
Star Rating
(14)
4.0
out of
5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (42.9% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Splunk AppDynamics
Star Rating
(375)
4.3
out of
5
Market Segments
Enterprise (54.3% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Automation
(1)
Cloud Services
(1)
Billing Issues
(1)
Expensive
(1)
Entry-Level Pricing
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Elastic APM vs Splunk AppDynamics
Reviewers felt that Elastic APM meets the needs of their business better than Splunk AppDynamics.
When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Elastic APM is the preferred option.
For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Elastic APM over Splunk AppDynamics.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Elastic APM
No pricing available
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APM Pro
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Core APM Functionality with the flexibility to switch between languages; includes basic infrastructure monitoring
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Free Trial
Elastic APM
No trial information available
Splunk AppDynamics
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
13
8.6
258
Ease of Use
8.5
13
8.5
257
Ease of Setup
Not enough data
7.9
118
Ease of Admin
Not enough data
8.1
117
Quality of Support
8.9
12
8.3
248
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Not enough data
8.5
113
Product Direction (% positive)
10.0
12
8.3
233
Features by Category
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Hide 17 Features
Show 17 Features
Not enough data
8.6
13
Experience
Real-Time Monitoring
Not enough data
8.9
(won by default)
9
Session Replay
Not enough data
8.1
(won by default)
9
Behavioral Analysis
Not enough data
7.6
(won by default)
9
Agentic AI - Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Autonomous Task Execution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Multi-step Planning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cross-system Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Adaptive Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Natural Language Interaction
Not enough data
Not enough data
Proactive Assistance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Decision Making
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Content Management
Not enough data
8.0
(won by default)
9
Alerts
Not enough data
9.1
(won by default)
9
Budget Analysis
Not enough data
7.6
(won by default)
9
Performance
Uptime Monitoring
Not enough data
9.3
(won by default)
9
Performance Monitoring
Not enough data
9.2
(won by default)
8
Issue Tracking
Not enough data
9.2
(won by default)
8
Resource Monitoring
Not enough data
8.7
(won by default)
9
Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Hide 20 Features
Show 20 Features
Not enough data
8.8
26
Monitoring
Usage Monitoring
Not enough data
8.8
(won by default)
22
Database Monitoring
Not enough data
9.1
(won by default)
22
API Monitoring
Not enough data
8.9
(won by default)
22
Real-Time Monitoring - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
8.7
(won by default)
21
Security and Compliance Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Activity Monitoring
Not enough data
9.0
(won by default)
21
Multi-Cloud Management
Not enough data
8.5
(won by default)
20
Automation
Not enough data
8.5
(won by default)
22
Auto-Scaling & Resource Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
Reporting
Not enough data
8.9
(won by default)
22
Dashboards and Visualizations
Not enough data
8.9
(won by default)
22
Spend Forecasting and Optimization
Not enough data
8.7
(won by default)
19
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Multi-step Planning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cross-system Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Adaptive Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Natural Language Interaction
Not enough data
Not enough data
Proactive Assistance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Decision Making
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
AI-Powered Anomaly Detection
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI-Driven Insight Recommendations
Not enough data
Not enough data
AIOps Platforms
Hide 18 Features
Show 18 Features
Not enough data
8.9
29
Functionality
Artificial Intelligence
Not enough data
8.3
(won by default)
22
Machine Learning
Not enough data
8.3
(won by default)
22
Systems Monitoring
Not enough data
9.2
(won by default)
27
Issue Resolution
Root Cause Identification
Not enough data
9.1
(won by default)
27
Proactive Identification
Not enough data
8.8
(won by default)
27
Resolution Guidance
Not enough data
8.8
(won by default)
25
Management
System Integration
Not enough data
8.9
(won by default)
27
Alerting
Not enough data
9.2
(won by default)
26
Reporting
Not enough data
9.4
(won by default)
27
Generative AI
AI Text Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Text Summarization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms
Autonomous Task Execution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Multi-step Planning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cross-system Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Adaptive Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Natural Language Interaction
Not enough data
Not enough data
Proactive Assistance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Decision Making
Not enough data
Not enough data
Enterprise Monitoring
Hide 15 Features
Show 15 Features
Not enough data
8.8
19
Functionality
Diverse Systems Monitoring
Not enough data
9.3
(won by default)
16
Real-Time Analytics
Not enough data
8.9
(won by default)
17
Observability
Not enough data
8.9
(won by default)
17
AI/ML Integration
Not enough data
8.2
(won by default)
15
Management
Single Pane of Glass
Not enough data
8.5
(won by default)
17
Dashboards and Visualization
Not enough data
8.6
(won by default)
17
Performance Baselines
Not enough data
8.9
(won by default)
17
Alerting
Not enough data
9.3
(won by default)
17
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
Autonomous Task Execution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Multi-step Planning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cross-system Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Adaptive Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Natural Language Interaction
Not enough data
Not enough data
Proactive Assistance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Decision Making
Not enough data
Not enough data
ServiceNow Store Apps
Hide 6 Features
Show 6 Features
Not enough data
8.7
12
ServiceNow Apps
ServiceNow Integration
Not enough data
8.6
(won by default)
11
Value
Not enough data
8.8
(won by default)
11
Agentic AI - ServiceNow Store Apps
Autonomous Task Execution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Multi-step Planning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cross-system Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Proactive Assistance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Hide 19 Features
Show 19 Features
8.0
10
9.0
31
Monitoring
Performance Baselines
8.3
10
9.2
(won by 0.9)
10
Performance Analysis
8.7
10
9.7
(won by 1.0)
10
Performance Monitoring
8.5
10
9.7
(won by 1.2)
10
AI/ML Assistance
7.2
10
8.7
(won by 1.5)
9
Multi-System Monitoring
7.8
10
8.8
(won by 1.0)
10
Response
Dashboards and Visualization
8.5
10
9.7
(won by 1.2)
10
Incident Alerting
7.8
9
8.8
(won by 1.0)
10
Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
8.7
10
9.3
(won by 0.6)
10
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Autonomous Task Execution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cross-system Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Adaptive Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Proactive Assistance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Decision Making
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Real User Monitoring (RUM)
8.0
10
8.9
(won by 0.9)
26
Second by Second Metrics
8.3
10
8.5
(won by 0.2)
25
Functionality
Synthetic Monitoring
7.2
10
8.8
(won by 1.6)
26
Dynamic Transaction Mapping
7.5
10
8.9
(won by 1.4)
23
Load Balancing
7.3
10
8.5
(won by 1.2)
27
Cloud Observability
8.7
(won by 0.2)
10
8.5
25
Container Monitoring
Hide 16 Features
Show 16 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Alerts management
Multi-mode alerts
Not enough data
Not enough data
Opimization alerts
Not enough data
Not enough data
Incident alerts
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Resource utilization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Real-time monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance baseline
Not enough data
Not enough data
API monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automation
Resolution automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
Search
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reporting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Track trends
Not enough data
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
Root cause identification
Not enough data
Not enough data
Resolution guidance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Proactive identification
Not enough data
Not enough data
Observability Software
Hide 20 Features
Show 20 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability
Multi-Telemetry Ingestion
Not enough data
Not enough data
OpenTelemetry Support
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Software
Autonomous Task Execution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Multi-step Planning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cross-system Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Adaptive Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Natural Language Interaction
Not enough data
Not enough data
Proactive Assistance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Decision Making
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization & Dashboards - Observability
Service Dependency Mapping
Not enough data
Not enough data
Unified Dashboard
Not enough data
Not enough data
Trace Visualization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
Cross-Telemetry Correlation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Root Cause Detection
Not enough data
Not enough data
Intelligent Alerting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
Kubernetes Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Hybrid/Multi-Cloud Support
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Features - Observability
Predictive Insights
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI-Generated Incident Summaries
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Anomaly Detection
Not enough data
Not enough data
SAP Store
Hide 7 Features
Show 7 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - SAP Store
Autonomous Task Execution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Multi-step Planning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cross-system Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Adaptive Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Natural Language Interaction
Not enough data
Not enough data
Proactive Assistance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Decision Making
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Elastic APM
Splunk AppDynamics
Elastic APM and Splunk AppDynamics are categorized as
Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Unique Categories
Elastic APM has no unique categories
Splunk AppDynamics is categorized as
AIOps Platforms
,
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
,
Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
,
ServiceNow Store Apps
,
Container Monitoring
,
Enterprise Monitoring
,
Observability Software
, and
SAP Store
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Elastic APM
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
28.6%
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
42.9%
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
28.6%
Splunk AppDynamics
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
17.0%
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
28.7%
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
54.3%
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
28.6%
17.0%
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
42.9%
28.7%
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
28.6%
54.3%
Reviewers' Industry
Elastic APM
Information Technology and Services
14.3%
Computer Software
14.3%
Computer & Network Security
14.3%
Consulting
7.1%
Oil & Energy
7.1%
Other
42.9%
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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