Alluvio AppResponse Reviews

We are the partner of Riverbed. Once any customer buys the Riverbed product, we deploy and configure it to meet their use cases. Alluvio AppResponse can identify if a page or an application is slow and determine whether the issue is from the network side, server side, or application side. It's deployed adjacent to the core switch, where it spans the traffic and collects it. Then, we define the applications by name, URL, and port through which the application traffic is coming.

With Alluvio AppResponse, there is an in-built analytical analysis with AI and ML, which identifies and provides data such as the number of TCP retransmits, web access time, total connection time out, total connections established, and server-side errors. The RTCC response time composition chart is crucial because it helps pinpoint the issue's origin, whether from the server, network, or application side. It's a superb product when compared to SolarWinds SAM, which is agent-based, while Alluvio AppResponse captures all traffic from the core switch.

The reporting models need improvement as most of the time, we have to customize the reports manually. Additionally, a feature similar to SolarWinds AppStack, which provides a holistic view of the issue with red marks on problematic areas, would enhance Alluvio AppResponse's functionality.

I have been dealing with this product for six months.

I have worked with SolarWinds SAM for around seven to eight years. If you compare SolarWinds SAM with Riverbed Alluvio AppResponse, Riverbed's product is a superb product.

The pricing of Riverbed Alluvio AppResponse is really high. Very few customers buy Riverbed because many do not have the sufficient budget. Its pricing is comparatively higher than SolarWinds. Riverbed's product integrates several modules of SolarWinds into one console, making it costly.

I'm new to this product and still learning a lot. I currently rate Alluvio AppResponse an eight out of ten. In a future release, an AppStack-like feature from SolarWinds would be beneficial.

AppResponse is for packet capture and analysis. I focus within public sector customers, state, local, and education.

I sell it; they buy it. Improvements depend on the enterprise and how they're using it specifically. They're capturing packet data and using other tools to help analyze it.

You need a packet capture device to perform any type of network monitoring. It helps ensure that network overloads don't happen with alerts allowing for proactive decisions.

From a feature set perspective, there are multiple tools that are used, and unfortunately, deeper questions are geared towards actual users. The recent changes in corporate structure may have caused some decrease in support quality.

At this point, I've probably got six years working with the portfolio.

It's a stable product. Riverbed has invested a significant amount of research and development into it, so it's a solid tool overall.

It's very scalable. There are different tiers and sizes available in hardware and software formats. It can be adjusted with additional software licensing based on the environment's needs.

Three years ago, I would have rated them a nine out of ten. Right now, it's maybe like a six out of ten due to recent changes in corporate structure and teams.

Neutral

For the most part, it's straightforward, though it depends on the size of the environment and the tools being integrated from a log perspective.

There's definitely a return on investment, and it's proven pretty quickly after a few months of being in place.

On the government side, pricing is pretty competitive.

I recommend the product to others as packet capture is vital to an enterprise network. Riverbed has a large portfolio that integrates well with similar products.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

We use Alluvio AppResponse to look at application response time between our servers and our actual end users.

Alluvio AppResponse has helped us with regard to some of our application projects. We utilize the solution to monitor response time between service and application endpoints.

The most valuable feature of Alluvio AppResponse is the actual response time for measuring performance.

Alluvio AppResponse should improve its ability to expand across multiple operating systems.

Alluvio AppResponse should include the ability to monitor Linux servers.

I have been using Alluvio AppResponse for two years.

I rate Alluvio AppResponse an eight out of ten for stability.

I rate Alluvio AppResponse an eight out of ten for scalability.

The solution’s initial setup is pretty easy.

We have seen a return on investment with the solution in terms of overall operations.

Before choosing Alluvio AppResponse, we evaluated AppDynamics.

Overall, I rate Alluvio AppResponse an eight out of ten.

AppResponse is a device for network and application performance monitoring. It enables you to trace all transactions and connections and troubleshoot issues with the network, applications, and databases.

AppResponse is a total solution that gives you end-to-end visibility into applications at all levels, from Layer 1 to Layer 7. We can trace all those sections: physical, IP, transport, presentation, application, etc. It gives us the full picture.

Integration between NPM and APM solutions would improve efficiency. There is no agent on the server site related to AppResponse.

I used AppResponse for one year at my previous employer, but I switched companies about five months ago.

I rate AppResponse 10 out of 10 for stability.

I rate AppResponse eight out of 10 for scalability. 

I rate AppResponse nine out of 10 for ease of setup. It is deployed on-premises in Turkey because of government restrictions. Regulations prevent us from going to the cloud. I installed it alone, and the total deployment time was two hours. 

AppResponse is a little expensive, but the cost depends on your configuration and storage. It was about $200,000 for three years.

My previous company tried another device for network performance monitoring, but AppResponse was the best solution. We can get wonderful outputs from Riverbed. The device enabled us to easily monitor all the network traffic and deal with problems whether related to databases, applications, or networks.

I rate Alluvio AppResponse 10 out of 10. If you work for a financial company especially, you probably face problems on the application side. The problem is easy to identify, but you need to determine the root cause. 

You can solve issues easily via AppResponse because it shows you all the details of your transactions so you can see the real problem in the database, network, software, etc. For example, you can find the solution easily if you create the right dashboard on your site. If you can't find the problem, you can observe or investigate PCAP.

We use the solution for application performance, as well as capacity. We also use it for debugging. As we have a packet, we can look to this should the need arise. 

This kind of question is nonsensical to me since the tool is selected based on the service it is supposed to provide. No tool is simple, in as much as they all require certain competency skills. Firstly, a proper and wide range of the IT system is required. Secondly, there must be sufficient time to learn about the format of the tool, how it is designed and how it must be used. This applies to every tool, be it APM, NPM or SIEM. With this in mind, it is up to the user to have the competency and requisite knowledge of the landscape and system so that he may use it properly. 

Of course, there are certain tools which have, lets say, a nicer dashboard than others, such as Dynatrace. But, the dashboard is merely an extra service provided by the tool. The actual purposes of the tool and its attendant advantages is not the dashboard. It is to provide intelligence for understanding and analyzing the traffic and for reproducing and doing synthetics.

Really, this question comes back to the person involved, the one who purchases the product and defines its need. 

The AI features should be addressed in respect of the analysis and intelligence that must be supported and delivered in the tool to predigest the large amounts of data.

I have been using Riverbed SteelCentral AppResponse for perhaps six or seven years. 

The solution is stable.

First there is a need to define the term flexibility, whether we are talking about the capacity of the tool to be used in various, multiple diverse environment, or its capacity to be, let's say, customized in terms of GUI for the user. 

When it comes to flexibility, I start with certain predefined rules, such as those respecting the dashboard. I can then easily add my own rules to match my goals and environment.

When it comes to the ability to scale up the product, this is suitable for small medium and large environments, PPG and Volkswagon being examples. It is no secret that we are a big company and the solution allows for growth and absorption. 

The installation is complex, although this rule applies to all tools. Consequently, there are no improvements of which to speak of in this area. It has been a number of years since installation took place. 

The solution is no more expensive than other products. At the end of the day all solutions are always expensive. It all depends on how one wishes to spend his money. There are a host of solutions, some being open source, others being GitHub and there are expenses involved in the manpower requirements relating to their internal maintenance. 

I rate Riverbed SteelCentral AppResponse as an eight out of ten, as I do not consider it to be the best in its class. A nine I would reserve for Dynatrace or AppDynamics. 

The most valuable aspect of the solution is the visibility. The full visibility that you get from the backend is excellent.

The stability is great.

We really like the scalability capabilities.

I'm not sure if I see room for improvement at this point. It works quite well for us. I'm not sure what other vendors offer, so it's hard for me to look at it and see things that may be missing from the offering.

The pricing is on the higher side of things. If they could lower it, that would be ideal.

I've been using this solution for five years at this point. It's been a while.

We like the stability on offer. There aren't bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's good.

The scalability is good. If a company needs to expand it out, they can do so with relative ease.

This is the only product I use. I've never worked with a different solution. I don't know what else might be similar on the market.

The pricing could be more competitive. It's a little high.

I only really know about this solution. I don't really know what else is on offer and haven't done any other evaluations.

We're a reseller of this product.

On a scale from one to ten, we'd rate it at an eight.

We are a solution provider and this is one of the monitoring products that we implement for our clients. Our customers are typically government departments, and it is also used in enterprise data centers.

The most valuable feature is performance monitoring.

We often have problems when it comes to integration with products from other vendors. With the products we sell, we are often looking to build holistic solutions.

Technical support needs to be more responsive.

I have been using this product for the past four or five years.

We have not faced any scalability issues.

Technical support has been a problem for us. We had trouble with incompatibility during the implementation phase and they were a little bit late when it came to answering us.

The price is a little bit high, especially because we have to pay an import tax.

We resell a lot of physical security systems that include cameras and access control. This product helps us to monitor performance of these environments.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Riverbed has a few modular solutions. Some are independent but they are all part of a whole and they function as one solution. You can implement a few of these modules depending on what the customer is interested in. For example, APM and NPM, and sometimes both combined. This gives you a deeper and more complex picture than some competitors' solutions.

I have found the AppResponse, which is a packet capture solution, very good. It gives you the ability to drill down back in time. You've got all the packets there. You can troubleshoot it later, not immediately. It's very interesting.

It also has the modules to troubleshoot web applications, database transactions, and unified communications, all in one. It is something between an NPM and an APM.

There is always room for improvement. I would say improving the user interface is the most important. Also, faster support for some new security features and support for the secure key exchange.

There have been a lot of changes in the last few years with the names in Riverbed. SteelCentral used to be called Cascade. Every two years they change the name of the products. Somebody who is new, or even not so new, needs time to remember the names. This is not something crucial to do and when something is good and working well, why should they just rename it?

I have been working with Riverbed SteelCentral AppResponse for five years.

The stability is very good.

The scalability is okay.

I have been in touch with support a few times, but not for anything crucial. It was for questions about how to find something, or getting the user interface to show in an appropriate way. No problems with features or anything like that.

The initial setup is straightforward but you have to know a little about the product. It's not for everybody to just plug and play. If you know how the solution is implemented then it is straightforward.

It's very fast from our side. It usually takes some time from the customer side because they need to define it on a block of switches on a virtual infrastructure. If it is prepared properly from all sides it should be done and all set up in one working day.

The licenses are costly and are done per module. So, if you need the database or a transaction analysis, you have to pay for that module. You pay once per module and you have it forever. The same for the web transaction analysis and unified communication. You pay for the module once and that's it. But the cost depends on implementation because there are different platforms. Is it a retro-platform or it is hardware?

It is an expensive solution, it's not for everybody. It is not for small customers, but more for medium and large ones.

We require a staff of a small team to maintain the solution. They can quickly find and troubleshoot problems in the database, transactions, unified communication, etc. It's a very good tool. It is very fast and very informative. It gives you an overview where the problem is on the backend server or on the network side. Then you can focus more deeply on that.

On a scale of one to ten I would give it an eight.

The biggest problem of end-to-end Application Performance Monitoring (APM) solution is that service assurance is mapping a problem to the appropriate team. When the business units check their jobs, step by step, every single system seems to work properly but they need to check the big picture, which AppResponse does easily.

The application response time is very user friendly. With some APM solutions, it can take a long time to check a periodic report, but you can get all the necessary details quickly with AppResponse.

The admin dashboard could be easier, as it takes a little bit of time to get used to it. Also, they need to better integrate with products and solutions from different vendors.

Each AppResponse implementation made our stability better across our 500+ applications.

Technical support is 10/10, as they have a quick response time and are awesome.

Initial setup is really straightforward and can be completed with a couple of clicks and you don't need to perform a lot of deep dives.

The initial setup was performed by the vendor team, but updates and reinstalls have been done by in-house staff.

The licensing model is expensive compared to its competitors, but the service it gives to your business, and the data quality, means that it's worth it.

During the PoC process, we met with representatives of various vendors about different solutions and Riverbed was one of them. AppResponse and ARX showed us the red points easily and quickly. We then decided to add the product to our portfolio and now the monitoring team and application owners are happier now.

The implementation is very easy. Business application and server logic can show the root cause of issues and provide service assurance through end-to-end business relations. Every service assurance and monitoring team should try the product. It can probably improve your internal business relationships.

We see trends developing and can get a fix in place before the customers notice. The database module has helped us spot troublesome queries. We can usually find within a few clicks if a performance issue is related to a specific server, the application, web page or network device. Scheduled reports provide historical data for our application and network teams.

Ability to see end to end user, application, server, and network response time and throughput data. Good reporting and alerting mechanism. Easy interfacing with Wireshark or Riverbed Transaction Analyzer to view detailed packet data. Easy to organize web page families, network device interface, and server response time and throughout into real-time or historical views.

Need to bring back the NetFlow module for AppResponse.

No

Not at all.

Customer Service:

Sales and Sale support have been very responsive

Technical Support:

AppResponse Support is excellent.

BMC TrueSight. Easier to use and better functionality.

Setup was very easy.

We used a combination of in-house and Riverbed PS. Expertise was good.

Creating a functional network map before implementation will insure you are getting the correct view of you network and applications.