Aternity AppInternals [EOL] vs Broadcom DX Application Performance Management comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Aternity AppInternals [EOL]

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

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 (26th), Container Monitoring (8th)

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reviewer1374792

IT Support Specialist at a real estate/law firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Great for visibility but lacks many features and difficult to update

We're customers. We don't have a special relationship with the company. I am the operation's application administrator. At the moment, the solution is monitoring the applications that we want it to monitor. We're not looking at it on a daily basis. We just use it here and there. The challenge we have is that we believe that Dynatrace can address some tasks we'd like done that are not possible to execute on this solution. Dynatrace includes monitoring of not just the logs, but the applications as well. Dynatrace also makes us include firewalls, etc. We could have it so there are end to end solutions or identifications within the process. What we have right now is only the app server as well as the database server and its connectivity. The solution does save time that's caused when creating SQL coding. However, there are some issues around AppInternals changing the code and giving us issues. From the point of view of the top management, we want a more permanent solution. We want to identify what causes issues and we are looking for a more end-to-end solution. That is why we are looking at Dynatrace. I don't know if I have any advice for other organizations. The experience I have is only based on my own limited experience. However, I believe that the application has the potential to be really good if it identifies what is really important to an organization. It's still sort of half-baked without AppResponse. Without the other key features in infrastructure, like the network, firewalls, and proxies, it's lacking. It's not fully complete. I'd rate the solution six out of ten. It addresses some of our needs, but there's a lot lacking that could be added to make it a fuller, more interesting product.

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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

"Mean time to isolate a problem has dropped by 50-75% in each region since we've deployed the Riverbed SteelCentral suite."

"As an Administrator, before we bought this AppInternals, I didn't have visibility on why items were slow or why an application was not running. This gives us the ability to see what's going on. The application is load balancing. We can now see if its own server has issues or just one specific server has issues."

"Browsermetrix, which is real-user monitoring via JS injection and linked back to TTW via cookie. It allows us to see the experience of every user hitting our sites and analyze performance by region, browser, etc."

"The most valuable aspect of this solution is the integration with their other systems. It's easy to understand and it points out the relevant problems in the enterprise."

"From the experience I had with these three tools, I realized that Riverbed was superior in all aspects (performance, user experience, and features)."

"If you want to save time for problem resolution, and to address problem on your environments you should try Riverbed OPNET."

"Transaction Tracing is the most useful. Being able to have the transaction stitched together so we can see where the problem is has proven invaluable."

"The product is very useful to find problems in middleware for the application servers, especially agent instrumentation and management is user friendly."

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"The ability to accomplish the identification of the root cause of problems with applications in drill-down level by integrating the suite with tools for managing and monitoring."

"With CEM, we call the users, help desk, and application support before a situation becomes problematic."

"JVM memory monitoring and connection pool monitoring are valuable features."

"Our organization has over 21,000 agents running, and being able to monitor all those agents at the same time, with the ability to be alerted when thresholds are exceeded, means we can know when we are having problems without having dedicated people to watch monitoring screens all the time."

"We had for several applications performance issues and with Introscope we were in many cases able to pin-point the bottlenecks and debrief them to the development organization to improve their applications."

"The solution is very stable."

"One of the great features of CA APM is the analysis of application performance problems."

"I like that it gives you a wide range of data where you can see the application outage response from concurrent locations and the number of stalled jobs."

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Cons

"We had issues with the end-to-end view of unique customer: reviewing end-to-end customer problems to see where a problem is about customer, code, DB or network."

"We'd like to be able to find out performance problems on application class and methods."

"They should find a way for report generation from TTW to run quicker."

"It wasn't a critical issue, but it was hot enough to where it would have been nice to get some guidance from Riverbed, but they went ahead and let us down, but that was only one occasion."

"The recording mechanism for synthetic transactions could be improved as well."

"Support for PHP, DB and other applications need to be supported."

"The technical support is not very good and should be improved."

"It's not as good as it was three years ago before meddling by an activist investor, privatization, and subsequent layoffs hurt support."

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"The automatic identification of business transactions need to be improved."

"The installation could be improved. Also, they need to concentrate more on the cloud for cloud monitoring."

"Support for more programming languages and a complete fusion with the Customer Experience Management product because the product needs an appliance to get the user experience."

"Stability could actually be helped because it is a wrapper or an agent on our system. If we are having a bad day in production or if other resources are being utilized, then we will get get gaps in our monitoring system."

"It doesn't have a proper database, and the configuration is very difficult."

"As such, no improvement after using CA APM."

"What comes to mind when you speak of a room for improvement in Broadcom DX Application Performance Management is the infrastructure agent, but my company doesn't use it, so I can't say if it's really a problem or not, but it could be the container support or cloud support that could be improved in the solution. An additional feature I'd like to see in the next release of Broadcom DX Application Performance Management is for it to have one agent for cloud and one agent for legacy, with all features included."

"The cost of licensing of the product could be better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"The licensing model for v9 is better where it is an individual license per server, while v10 licenses are per JVM/ .NET and server instance. The latter model appears to be the model that other APM vendors are using."

"The pricing structure should be based on memory or CPU usage rather than the number of agents, as it makes the solution more expensive for us."

"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."

"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."

"Setup costs are quite competitive relative to other solutions, and simpler."

"Broadcom is a better and cheaper option from the financial perspective. It also depends on the DLP plug."

"The licensing costs are expensive."

"Pricing and licensing are not issues."

"Dynatrace is the most expensive of these tools followed by AppDynamics which is "medium-expensive." CA APM is a bit lower in price than either Dynatrace or AppDynanics... In my opinion, if you can afford it, go for AppDynamics instead of CA APM."

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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company

17%

Manufacturing Company

17%

Performing Arts

10%

Construction Company

Outsourcing Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Construction Company

10%

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Small Business	1
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	7

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Small Business	27
Midsize Enterprise	24
Large Enterprise	122

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Also Known As

SteelCentral AppInternals, OPNET ACE, AppInternals Xpert

DX APM, CA APM, CA NetQoS Performance Center, Wily Introscope, CA Wily APM, CA App Experience Analytics, CA AXA

Overview

Simplified high-definition APM visibility leveraging Real User Monitoring, Synthetic Monitoring, and OpenTelemetry, that is scalable, easy to use and deploy, and unifies insights across end users, applications, networks, and the cloud-native ecosystem

Riverbed

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

National Instruments, Allianz

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

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