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Alluvio Aternity vs Nexthink comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
1.0
Alluvio Aternity enhances visibility and reduces debugging time, offering cost savings, though returns vary with usage and scale.
Sentiment score
7.1
Nexthink optimizes performance and reduces costs by automating issue resolution and extending device lifespan, saving organizations annually.
I definitely see a return on investment with Nexthink as it helps in the reduction of incidents, thus saving manpower.
Technical Manager at a recreational facilities/services company with 11-50 employees
We have reduced volume, so that impacted the headcount and relates to money savings.
Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Manpower can also be reduced since AI is taking care of tasks, with Spark and everything coming into the picture, making Nexthink very useful.
Assistant consultant at TCS
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
9.0
Alluvio Aternity's customer service and technical support are praised for responsiveness, skill, professionalism, and seamless transition from Riverbed.
Sentiment score
6.8
Nexthink's customer support is mixed; some praise fast, knowledgeable service, while others note delays and insufficient initial assistance.
Riverbed's support is good in terms of response time and knowledge.
Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
I would rate the technical support from Riverbed as nine out of ten.
Technical Lead at M.TECH Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.
Customer support is one thing which needs to be improved; support team members are slow to respond, and they take a lot of time to get back to us, even if it is an urgent case.
Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
They respond instantly whenever we have issues with remote actions or workflows.
Advisor at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Technical support sometimes has delays, similar to SysTrack, and I rate it nine out of ten.
Senior SME at Microland Limited
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.5
Alluvio Aternity efficiently scales to 100,000 endpoints, offering seamless growth with high user satisfaction and minimal maintenance challenges.
Sentiment score
8.3
Nexthink is highly rated for scalable growth and adaptability, particularly in cloud environments, despite some requiring vendor support.
Alluvio Aternity and Nexthink are both scalable solutions that work well with large organizations of over 100,000 users globally.
Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Nexthink's scalability is sufficient; it is scalable enough for wider organizations.
Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
We can scale it significantly, not just for creating and updating incidents in ServiceNow but many more applications can be integrated.
Assistant consultant at TCS
The tool's scalability works fine; we rarely see any outages with Nexthink.
Technical Manager at a recreational facilities/services company with 11-50 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.6
Alluvio Aternity offers stable performance with minimal downtimes, swift issue resolution, and high reliability enhanced by robust cloud infrastructure.
Sentiment score
8.6
Nexthink is highly rated for stability and performance, despite occasional frustrations with updates and rare stability challenges.
Stability is not the deciding factor; it is more about how a tool fits the use case and integrates at an enterprise level.
Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
There are no performance or scalability issues.
Sr. Architect at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech
Nexthink is stable in my experience.
Cloud Soc Design Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Alluvio Aternity requires simpler interfaces, improved custom reporting, flexible licensing, better integrations, and enhanced data visualization features.
Nexthink users seek enhanced integrations, user interface, customer support, diagnostics, documentation, security, and expanded functionality for diverse environments.
The integration of AI agents could enhance these tools further, replacing traditional agents and plugins.
Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Riverbed can make Alluvio Aternity better by having the same Aternity agent help in security, such as antivirus or EDR, which would be useful, allowing customers to avoid having multiple agents installed on their endpoint machines.
Technical Lead at M.TECH Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.
The UI is hierarchical, which makes navigation complex and isn't user-friendly for those unfamiliar with it.
Senior SME at Microland Limited
Currently, user sentiment is not being monitored, meaning if a user faces multiple issues, their sentiments cannot be captured through the tool.
Sr. Architect at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech
If Nexthink also has the capability to provide us with solutions, such as suggesting to run a disk cleanup or look for a particular folder to remedy a problem, that would be really helpful.
Technical Manager at a recreational facilities/services company with 11-50 employees
 

Setup Cost

Alluvio Aternity offers valuable analytics but can be costly; negotiation, setup and training influence overall investment significantly.
Nexthink offers competitive pricing with a layered model, ideal for various needs, despite potential licensing challenges.
Riverbed is costly in the Indian market
Technical Lead at M.TECH Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.
Nexthink is about 10% more expensive than SysTrack.
Senior SME at Microland Limited
Pricing is competitive, and the licensing model is straightforward.
Sr. Architect at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech
I believe the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Nexthink are reasonable according to the current market prices.
Cloud Soc Design Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Alluvio Aternity provides detailed monitoring and analysis, allowing IT teams to optimize performance and user experience effectively.
Nexthink enhances device performance with integrations, real-time monitoring, and analytics, enabling proactive management and improved user experience scores.
Alluvio Aternity provides predictive analysis and trend analysis for IT teams to evaluate the performance of hardware and applications.
Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
The reporting part of Alluvio Aternity is good; it is granular, user-friendly, and easy to use.
Technical Lead at M.TECH Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.
The platform is beneficial as it provides data in real time, whereas alternatives may provide up to twenty-four-hour-old data.
Senior SME at Microland Limited
The most valuable feature of Nexthink is its proactive issue identification, which is part of its unique selling proposition.
Sr. Architect at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech
Similar to Wireshark, it captures packets, but Nexthink gives me an overview of the whole traffic from the user to the end in the outside network.
Cloud Soc Design Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Alluvio Aternity
Ranking in Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (33rd), Mobile APM (4th)
Nexthink
Ranking in Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
34
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) category, the mindshare of Alluvio Aternity is 5.2%, down from 7.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nexthink is 18.5%, down from 27.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nexthink18.5%
Alluvio Aternity5.2%
Other76.3%
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
 

Featured Reviews

Akhilesh Mishra - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at M.TECH Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.
Monitoring end-user activity has improved visibility into device and application performance
In my opinion, Riverbed can make Alluvio Aternity better by having the same Aternity agent help in security, such as antivirus or EDR, which would be useful, allowing customers to avoid having multiple agents installed on their endpoint machines. Deploying multiple agents can use the processor and utilize memory, so it's better to go with one agent. If one agent can do end-user activity monitoring and act as an EDR, then it would be better for the end-user, allowing easy avoidance of installing multiple agents on their machines.
PS
Assistant consultant at TCS
Proactive analytics have improved device performance and optimized disk space and support workflows
Nexthink offers many features, with the best being Flow, which encompasses almost everything. We have Nexthink Workspace and Spark, allowing integration with Teams so users can find solutions without going to the service desk, rectifying issues in chat. Nexthink Infinity has brought a lot of benefits to us. There has been a very good change from integration. Integrating ServiceNow with Nexthink automates problem ticket and incident generation, enabling the team to proactively know the kinds of problem statements we are receiving. For the integration with Teams, we have not completed it yet, but we are in the planning phase, and once done, we will observe the results. Nexthink has the capability of integrating with most third-party applications, which is a great feature. With the remediation actions we have in Nexthink, it has provided great self-heal capabilities along with proactiveness. By looking at the dashboards and identifying problem statements, we can share this information with the end-user computing teams to fix issues. Nexthink has significantly helped us enhance our DEX score from 74 to 80. When I talk about features that led to the improvement of our score from 74 to 80, there were earlier issues with device performance and reliability not being addressed. Noting these, we identified devices lacking free disk space and low RAM capacity contributing to high memory usage or excessive CPU usage. Disabling unnecessary startup applications brought us to a new DEX score of almost 80.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Healthcare Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise32
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise32
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Aternity?
Riverbed is costly in the Indian market; I would rate the pricing for Alluvio Aternity as a higher price.
What needs improvement with Aternity?
In my opinion, Riverbed can make Alluvio Aternity better by having the same Aternity agent help in security, such as antivirus or EDR, which would be useful, allowing customers to avoid having mult...
What is your primary use case for Aternity?
The main use case for Alluvio Aternity is end-user activity monitoring, which is the process I'm mainly using currently.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nexthink?
I did not receive any insights into pricing, setup cost, and licensing during my certification or training.
What needs improvement with Nexthink?
Nexthink can be improved by offering more solutions. Everything appears to be there regarding the needed improvements.
What is your primary use case for Nexthink?
My main use case for Nexthink is access remote control. I use Nexthink for remote control in my day-to-day work by searching about the user ID, finding their desktop, and sending the request to rem...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Aternity, Workforce APM, Aternity Frontline, Riverbed SteelCenter Aternity
No data available
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Maersk, SwissRe, Travis Perkins, Michelin, National Instruments, Simmons & Simmons, Lighthouse Guild
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