ManageEngine Applications Manager Reviews & Product Details

ManageEngine Applications Manager is its comprehensive and unified monitoring capability. It provides real-time visibility into application performance, infrastructure health, and user experience all from a single dashboard, which helps in quickly identifying and resolving issues before they impact users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While ManageEngine Applications Manager is a powerful and versatile monitoring tool, there are a few areas where it could be improved:

Initial setup complexity: For larger environments, configuring all the monitoring parameters and fine-tuning the discovery rules can be time-consuming and may require a steep learning curve.

Alert noise: Out-of-the-box alert thresholds can sometimes generate excessive notifications. This often requires extra effort to customize thresholds and reduce noise.

UI performance at scale: In very large deployments with extensive metrics and dashboards, the web interface can feel slower or cluttered, making navigation and data visualization less smooth.

Documentation gaps: While there’s extensive documentation overall, certain advanced use cases or edge configurations aren’t always clearly documented, which may lead to trial-and-error for complex setups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like best about ManageEngine Applications Manager is its comprehensive end-to-end monitoring across servers, applications, databases, and cloud services from a single dashboard, which helps me quickly detect performance bottlenecks before they affect users. I regularly use the real-time performance monitoring, JVM and heap memory tracking, database query insights, and threshold-based alerting, which eliminate the need for constant manual checks and save me several hours each week. The dependency mapping and root cause analysis features significantly reduce troubleshooting time by clearly showing how application components are interconnected, improving our MTTR. An unexpected benefit has been the historical reporting and capacity planning data, which helps me forecast resource needs and present clear performance metrics to management for better infrastructure planning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One area I dislike about ManageEngine Applications Manager is that the initial setup and configuration can be complex, especially when integrating multiple applications, databases, and cloud services. Fine-tuning thresholds and alerts requires time and experience to avoid excessive or irrelevant notifications. The user interface, while functional, can sometimes feel slightly cluttered when managing a large number of monitors, and navigating between detailed views may take extra clicks. Additionally, advanced features and certain integrations are locked behind higher licensing tiers, which can increase costs as the environment scales. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like ManageEngine Applications Manager's single unified dashboard that gives complete visibility into servers, applications, and databases. It stands out because it correlates performance metrics with real-time alerts. I use it to monitor the health and performance of applications and databases, helping me quickly detect issues, analyze root causes, and ensure high availability with minimum downtime. It helps me proactively identify performance bottlenecks and detect server and application issues in real time, reducing downtime and speeding up troubleshooting while maintaining consistent service availability. The initial setup was straightforward and user-friendly, with quick installation and most common components auto-discovered. It is reliable, feature-rich, and highly effective for proactive monitoring, making it easy to recommend to any IT professional managing applications and servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The report customization could be more flexible. I'd like to see easier integration with third-party tools and more AI-driven insights on alerts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What’s most helpful about ManageEngine Applications Manager is how clearly it shows the health and performance of applications in real time. It gives quick visibility into issues, making troubleshooting faster and more proactive instead of reactive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One downside of ManageEngine Applications Manager is that the initial setup and configuration can be a bit complex, especially for new users. The interface also feels slightly outdated in some areas, and advanced features may require time to fully understand and fine tune. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use ManageEngine Applications Manager to monitor the health and performance of critical applications, servers, databases, and services. It helps in real-time monitoring, identifying performance bottlenecks, tracking availability, and proactively resolving issues before they impact users. I like most that they monitor critical applications properly. It's very easy to set up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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“I like Applications Manager for its real-time monitoring and detailed insights into application performance, which help ensure systems run smoothly and minimize downtime.” Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike about ManageEngine Applications Manager is that configuring complex alerts and thresholds can be time‑consuming, and some of the reporting/customization options feel less intuitive than modern tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Most helpful is the deep APM visibility; the biggest upside is tracking SQL latency and JVM health in one unified console. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Least helpful is the cluttered UI; the most downsides are the steep learning curve and high resource usage at scale. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It shows me where my system is stuck, so that I can act on it before my clients realize there is a problem with the application or system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The sorting features are missing. Like on the monitoring screen you cannot arrange the view by name or other criteria. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It supports a diverse range of application stacks—Java, .NET, MySQL, Oracle, SAP, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.—without needing multiple tools. The interface is easy to navigate and offers customizable, real-time dashboards that simplify identifying performance bottlenecks. Compared to other enterprise APM tools, Applications Manager delivers many of the same features at a fraction of the cost, making it ideal for mid-sized IT teams. Works well in hybrid environments, with agentless and agent-based options depending on what you're monitoring. Built-in anomaly detection and threshold-based alerts help prevent downtime or performance degradation before users are impacted. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While functional, some modules have legacy UI elements that feel inconsistent with modern UX expectations. Setting up complex environments (e.g., clustered databases or Kubernetes pods) can be time-consuming and lacks guided wizards. Compared to tools like Datadog or New Relic, integration with third-party DevOps tools and ITSM platforms can feel limited or requires scripting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A highly feature-rich and affordable APM solution with strong ease of use, daily utility, and well-rated customer support, although integration into complex environments or legacy setups can require technical effort. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The UI feels dated, with inconsistent UX across modules—some parts look and function like legacy software, hurting overall usability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.