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BMC AMI Strobe vs Broadcom DX Application Performance Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 8, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

BMC AMI Strobe
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
75th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Broadcom DX Application Per...
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
29th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
162
Ranking in other categories
Container Monitoring (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of BMC AMI Strobe is 0.5%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Broadcom DX Application Performance Management is 1.4%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Broadcom DX Application Performance Management1.4%
BMC AMI Strobe0.5%
Other98.1%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1272504 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Analyst at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Stable with a good database and a good interface
We primarily use the solution to deal with problems in the production environment For us, the database is the most useful feature. The interface is great. We don't find the pricing to be too bad. The initial setup was fairly easy. I'm not sure how to improve the solution. It currently has all of…
EG
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is stable, reliable, and doesn't have any bugs or glitches, and it doesn't crash or freeze."
"The initial setup was fairly easy."
"Proactive alerting is one of the key elements of APM and works really well, as the ability to detect problems before they become widespread high severity incidents is critical when you are managing production systems."
"We can monitor several applications in the same manner and same site."
"It's really changing the way that we're doing our business."
"Some of its valuable features include transaction traces, dashboards, and metric grouping to see combined data."
"SLAs and User Experience improved (most of all- User Experience / Application performance) You can fix complex incidents with a quick look at the dashboards (CA dashboards or your custom dashboards) You can easily be proactive and can help to save departments a lot of time."
"The deep-process instrumentation gave us an opportunity to understand application process performance in detail."
"The most valuable feature of Broadcom DX Application Performance Management is its very light model with monitoring of servers and network items."
"In application performance, it's the best one in the market."
 

Cons

"There are certain aspects of the configuration that could be simplified a bit."
"Everything needs to be configured manually, which is pretty bad, it's not good."
"Our users lag how to identify the root cause with this solution."
"It should be easier to install or set everything up. ​"
"Unfortunately, my application is Java version 6, and CA has removed support for Java 6 starting with CA APM, Version 10.5, where the Digital Experience Collector is available."
"Root cause detection Easy installation and configuration It should facilitate real user monitoring to see what your users are experiencing in real time."
"I'd like to see more source code at the exceptions level. I'd like to be able to get down to the actual code-class file and know what the issues are there."
"Outages with the solution are very frequent nowadays actually; we see the APM solution going down two to three times a day, and it’s a long troubleshooting cycle, as the CA APM system seems to add a lot of performance overhead."
"Mainly, what we are seeing are problems with our ability to manage all the agents across the board."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Pricing and licensing are not issues."
"Negotiate a lot, but do not forget to buy the product because it is worth it."
"On pricing, CA is very competitive. I think that's going to help in the long run."
"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."
"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."
"All discounts are case by case to accommodate the client's budgets."
"Depends on the size of the product you need."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Construction Company
10%
Retailer
9%
Construction Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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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, ...
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...
What is your primary use case for Broadcom DX Application Performance Management?
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...
 

Also Known As

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

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Sample Customers

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