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AppPulse Suite [EOL] vs Broadcom DX Application Performance Management comparison

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    Categories and Ranking

    AppPulse Suite [EOL]
    Average Rating
    8.4
    Number of Reviews
    15
    Ranking in other categories
    No ranking in other categories
    Broadcom DX Application Per...
    Average Rating
    8.0
    Reviews Sentiment
    7.3
    Number of Reviews
    162
    Ranking in other categories
    Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (29th), Container Monitoring (7th)
     

    Featured Reviews

    it_user567780 - PeerSpot reviewer
    it_user567780
    Infrastructure Team Lead at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
    Helps me be proactive in solving a customer's problem before it even happens
    This is a new solution by HP. It's less than two years, we're among the first to implement the solution, so I'm sure that there is a lot of room for enhancement and continuous improvement in the future. They have added a new feature, which was not part of the solution, which is they support what they call hybrid apps; before, it was only supporting native. That is something they work with your R & D, whereby they support this feature in the parent version of AppPulse.
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    Eduardo Gallardo
    Director of Technical Part at NOS SGPS
    Dashboards facilitate prompt alerts but discovery feature needs enhancement
    I would recommend Broadcom DX Application Performance Management if a customer doesn't have any existing performance solution. However, ten years ago, the solution was better, and now there are many competitive options. My overall rating would be between six and seven. The product rating I would give is 6.5 out of 10.
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    Pros

    "This product has many valuable features, and it is very important for us to identify the response time, identify the different operating systems, the brand of the smart phones, and where customers are using them - not only in Mexico, but in different parts of the world."
    "For us it is easy; it is friendly and it has information that is important for the business."
    "We launched the Take It app in France last June, and we had 10,000 active users, five percent of our users experienced crashes, so we decided to add AppPulse Mobile to our app, and crashes dropped from five to 0.44 percent while during the same time period our users jumped to 120,000."
    "We can collect data about the user experience and see how the user is behaving with the app, or check the behavior of the app itself."
    "The thing that I like about AppPulse is that it's easy application to install and an easy application to use to provide information for our customers."
    "The speed that you can get AppPulse out there was the brightest spot of this whole process."
    "It provides a lot of customer insight, understanding the customer's needs, understanding the customer's issues, and it gives me a more proactive approach to solving a customer problem before it happens."
    "With Google Analytics, you choose what performance metrics you want to have reported, but with AppPulse Mobile, you have a global vision of what is really happening inside your app."
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    "The most valuable feature of Broadcom DX Application Performance Management for me is transaction monitoring, and the technical support provided for the solution is also an advantage."
    "The traditional Introscope portion of the product is the most valuable, as it provides good visibility to the JVM and Java application."
    "It helps save resources for a company."
    "With this solution all my clients have reduced the number of incidents in production environment, and when they occur the time to solve these incidents has been reduced dramatically."
    "It is a very good product, but it has to fit their needs because it is mainly focused on JAVA/.NET applications, although it has agents for PHP and Node.js."
    "The most valuable features are the low overhead, the ability to monitor production on 24/7 principle, the ability to decrease time to discover the point of failure in the IT infrastructure or the application environment in a short period of time, reporting for analyzing the performance of the application for improving the code optimizing process."
    "I had a 25% reduction in defects and 37% reduction in transaction response time, as well as a nearly 100% increase in the number of transactions occurring on a daily basis."
    "With CA APM, we can see the performance regarding the transactions of our applications and analyse the availability and quality of our environment to provide the best experience for our clients."
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    Cons

    "The regulations should be better customized for the kind of data that we cannot send to the SALs environment."
    "I would love if AppPulse delivered more details about my users, for example, age and sex. It could split up the users into categories based on how frequently they use my product."
    "The one that sticks out in my mind is some flexibility to do recurring downtime."
    "There are some cases where the product cannot perform an analysis initially, and this may be a stability issue."
    "We are using AppPulse, but not as extensively as we expected, due to the limitations and the regulations that we have to meet."
    "Currently, the information for management teams and technical teams are in the same view, but it would be useful if we could separate these views."
    "I would like to see more reporting and analytics."
    "However, false positives is definitely something you will need to watch out for."
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    "Based on my experience with the product, I found two areas which can be improved on in future. Firstly, the APM upgrade procedure is a bit complicated with compatibility issues which can emerge like between agents and EM/Collectors."
    "It doesn't have a proper database, and the configuration is very difficult."
    "Sometimes the workstation hangs or becomes unresponsive. However, the web application works worse, is ugly, and we prefer to use the workstation."
    "Sometimes when we raise issues and open tickets with them, they'll say that the issue will be resolved in the next release; we have to wait for the next release before they are able to solve the issues, instead of solving them more quickly."
    "We have had stability issues."
    "The GUI feels sort of archaic. It doesn't have a modern look and feel to it."
    "I have not rated it higher because I’d like more integration and more bells and whistles."
    "Setup of the solution was straight forward, but our first application was too complex and therefore the first initiative failed."
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    Pricing and Cost Advice

    "It was a no-brainer from a cost perspective compared to the other tools that we buy as an IT organization."
    "On pricing, CA is very competitive. I think that's going to help in the long run."
    "I'm unable to give information on Broadcom DX Application Performance Management licensing costs, but all Application Performance Management products have expensive pricing. This means that it's not only Broadcom that's expensive, and it would be an advantage if the cost would be a little bit cheaper."
    "Pricing and licensing are not issues."
    "It is definitely expensive for what we get, but there isn't an alternate option at the moment."
    "Negotiate a lot, but do not forget to buy the product because it is worth it."
    "The license for Broadcom DX Application Performance Management is annual. The licensing model could improve because there is not any limit to deploying the agent, there should be some limits on it."
    "Broadcom is a better and cheaper option from the financial perspective. It also depends on the DLP plug."
    "The licensing costs are expensive."
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    Top Industries

    By visitors reading reviews
    Construction Company
    19%
    Financial Services Firm
    17%
    Manufacturing Company
    12%
    Outsourcing Company
    9%
    Outsourcing Company
    20%
    Financial Services Firm
    11%
    Construction Company
    11%
    Marketing Services Firm
    7%
     

    Company Size

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    Large Enterprise
    Midsize Enterprise
    Small Business
    By reviewers
    Company SizeCount
    Small Business7
    Midsize Enterprise3
    Large Enterprise6
    By reviewers
    Company SizeCount
    Small Business27
    Midsize Enterprise24
    Large Enterprise124
     

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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Broadcom DX Application Performance Management?
    The initial pricing is reasonable and competitive compared to other solutions. The challenge arises during annual renewals, as the price increase can be significant, around twenty percent or more, ...
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    What needs improvement with Broadcom DX Application Performance Management?
    The first area for improvement is the discovery feature, which should be enhanced to collect comprehensive information from applications and services. This includes using agents or scripts to gathe...
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    Our primary use case involves having a large dashboard with significant information for alerts, alarms, and metrics to summarize the state of critical businesses and applications. When an issue ari...
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    Also Known As

    Micro Focus AppPulse Suite, HPE AppPulse Mobile, AppPulse Mobile, AppPulse
    DX APM, CA APM, CA NetQoS Performance Center, Wily Introscope, CA Wily APM, CA App Experience Analytics, CA AXA
     

    Overview

    Micro Focus AppPulse Mobile is the first self-service SaaS solution that tracks the real user experience of your mobile apps constantly monitoring performance, stability and resource usage. The tool provides FunDex – a mobile app quality score that provides a top-level view of problems that negatively impact the user experience with recommendations to explore and fix the root cause of each issue.

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    Broadcom DX Application Performance Management offers proactive alerting, transaction tracing, and root cause analysis. It enhances end-user experience management through efficient dashboards and customizable reporting, extending monitoring over Java and .NET applications.

    Broadcom DX Application Performance Management delivers comprehensive monitoring and performance insights across cloud and Java applications. It proactively addresses issues with tools like Introscope for rapid error identification and Customer Experience Manager for end-user management. The software's dashboards consolidate performance data in real-time, helping organizations enhance debugging and incident management. Its low overhead and integration with service tools make it well-suited for production environments. However, it faces potential improvements in areas such as UI updates, agent management, automation, and seamless integration with new technologies.

    What are the standout features?
    • Proactive Alerting: Identifies issues before they impact users.
    • Deep-Dive Transaction Tracing: Offers comprehensive tracking of transactions for detailed analysis.
    • Root Cause Analysis: Expedites problem-solving by pinpointing issues quickly.
    • Introscope: Facilitates rapid error detection and resolution.
    • Customer Experience Manager: Enhances management of user experiences effectively.
    • Real-Time Insights: Provides immediate views of performance data through interactive dashboards.
    • Customizable Reporting: Offers tailored report options for specific business needs.
    • Java and .NET Monitoring: Supports a range of applications, enhancing troubleshooting efficiency.
    What benefits and ROI should users look for?
    • Issue Resolution Speed: Quick problem identification reduces downtime.
    • Performance Optimization: Enhances application efficiency, reducing costs.
    • Cost Reduction: Improves resource use and operational costs.
    • Dashboard Efficiency: Real-time, consolidated data offers transparency.

    Organizations in logistics, banking, and e-commerce implement Broadcom DX Application Performance Management to monitor performance across crucial environments. Their usage involves enhancing performance, debugging, and proactive incident management for cloud and Java apps, with management dashboards supporting greater transparency in crash analytics and server health checks, ultimately improving user experience.

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    Sample Customers

    SpeechTrans, Gulliver Group
    Lexmark, Intermountain Healthcare, National Australia Bank, BBVA Compass Bank, Innovapost, Dansk Supermarked Group, U.S. Cellular, Orange, Cetip
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