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PROS

Alluvio Aternity offers comprehensive insight into network and endpoint performance, integrating multiple IT tools into one interface.
Its trend analysis aids IT teams in assessing and improving hardware and application performance over time.
It allows detailed monitoring of application performance from an end-user perspective, including client, network, and server time.
Alluvio Aternity provides real-time visibility of the health and performance of machines, helping address issues proactively.
The UXI score efficiently summarizes user experience on specific machines, simplifying issue diagnosis and resolution.

CONS

Monitoring transactions requires significant effort and is not as easy as needed.
The workflow and dashboard customization need improvement, with cumbersome custom script creation and configuration.
The application monitoring signature creation process is complicated, especially for non-coding users, needing simplification.
Alluvio Aternity currently lacks mobile agents for Android and iOS, limiting its monitoring capabilities to Windows devices.
The licensing model and pricing structure are not aligned with market needs, being considered costly in some regions.
 

Alluvio Aternity Pros review quotes

it_user359463 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 13, 2016
The detailed level of information you are able to get on the complete environment all of the way down to a specific machine.
PT
User Experience Management Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 7, 2016
The user experience it provides is the most valuable feature for us.
it_user380955 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Performance Analyst at Helmerich & Payne
Feb 2, 2016
The data collected by the agents on each end point is the most valuable feature for us.
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it_user382059 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Advisor, IT Operations at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Feb 3, 2016
The most valuable features for us are the Incident Management dashboard, Application Status dashboard, and Activity Analysis UI.
it_user383703 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Adminstrator at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Feb 6, 2016
The most valuable feature for us is trend analysis, particularly with device-help type of events and computer help events, such as blue screens, application errors, and application crashes.
it_user385023 - PeerSpot reviewer
Programmer Analyst and DCT Coordinator at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 9, 2016
The two most valuable features for us are its abilities to validate the customer experience and to measure performance before and after upgrades.
it_user458040 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Engineer Specialist at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 8, 2016
The dashboards of this platform are the most valuable, especially the Desktop Health dashboard.
it_user201618 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 27, 2016
Desktop monitoring, and being able to understand the performance of applications that runs on the desktop.
it_user487605 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Engineer Associate at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees
Jul 28, 2016
The item we use the most and what upper management wants is the SLA reports. It's a good summary of how the applications are performing over time from month to month.
it_user487617 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Design/Capacity Planning at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 28, 2016
All of it, but it depends on who the end user is. The folks that support the applications, like the signatures that we've developed, it gives them feedback on their application performance.
 

Alluvio Aternity Cons review quotes

it_user359463 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 13, 2016
To monitor these transactions, you need to look at it, analyze it and capture it. It requires a little bit of work, but in an environment like ours, you need it to be easier.
PT
User Experience Management Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 7, 2016
They've additionally added some great color coding, but they need to explain better and drive down further on the meanings of this workflow.
it_user380955 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Performance Analyst at Helmerich & Payne
Feb 2, 2016
The dashboards and navigatability of the platform could use improvement. It often takes five or six clicks to drill down to exactly what you want to see.
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it_user382059 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Advisor, IT Operations at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Feb 3, 2016
The only thing I can say which has been frustrating are the Tableau workspace/dashboard options out-of-the-box, at least prior to version 8.
it_user383703 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Adminstrator at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Feb 6, 2016
I can see the location and computer model and I can see a bunch of different attributes. But one thing I can't see is the Internet Explorer version.
it_user385023 - PeerSpot reviewer
Programmer Analyst and DCT Coordinator at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 9, 2016
Reliability: Issues interfering with the deployment and use of the product has made its use reduced in scope.
it_user458040 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Engineer Specialist at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 8, 2016
I would say the reporting capabilities of this product could use room for improvement.
it_user201618 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 27, 2016
The thing that I think most companies like ourselves would want would be an easier way to customize custom scripts.
it_user487605 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Engineer Associate at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees
Jul 28, 2016
I think the workflow needs improvement
it_user487617 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Design/Capacity Planning at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 28, 2016
Signature development process requires deep technical expertise in the application and in the use of their studio tools that help you create it.