Broadcom DX Application Performance Management vs Quest Foglight for APM [EOL] comparison

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Broadcom and Quest Software are both solutions in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category. Additionally, 90% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of Quest Software users who would recommend it.

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Categories and Ranking

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)

Quest Foglight for APM [EOL]

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Featured Reviews

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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Anton Kasimov

Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Drill-down monitoring shows us the entire transaction chain, from the front end to back end. It needs HTML5 interface.

I want to see a new interface that contains HTML5 features. The current version of Foglight (on-premise edition) is so fusty in comparison with leaders of Gartner APM Quadrant - i.e. Appdynamics, NewRelic, Dynatrace. If you try to compare SaaS and on-premise Foglight versions you can see differences in UI-design. It's my subjective experiences, but SaaS version looks more modern. Hope this helps

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Pros

"If there's something that you really need to get at that doesn't come out of the box, you can pretty easily put together some custom metrics and get those in place."

"The traditional Introscope portion of the product is the most valuable, as it provides good visibility to the JVM and Java application."

"It is a really good, stable, flexible product, but there are no special features when I compare it with the other solutions from the other vendors."

"We did the setup for a new datacenter, and that was pretty straightforward."

"The APM tool allows us to monitor performance of that application, where are the pain points, where are the slowdowns, to focus on where we can fix those."

"Prior to the product, we only measured user/customer experience when they actually reported the issue however now we have the ability to understand user/customer experience when it takes place or even predict it with appropriate metrics."

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

"The most valuable feature of APM is gaining insight into the application performance so we can proactively take actions before the customer calls to report an issue."

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"Real time database monitoring and alerting are valuable."

"Over all in my organization, this product helped us to maintain health, risk and efficiency of the virtual infrastructure."

"It provides a history of the activities on our SQL servers."

"We have no hard figures on the ROI on this product, however having the system has saved us time in terms of debugging and getting to the root cause of issues."

"The most valuable feature is drill-down monitoring, which shows us from one interface the transaction chain from the front end to back end."

"Intuitive, Single-pane-of-glass dashboards for real-time statistics and long-term statistics for capacity management and in-depth analytics"

"Foglight is the best overall solution we use, but it doesn't do everything we need or doesn't provide the best solution to everything we want to monitor."

"Foglight Enterprise was the most scalable and easy to deploy tool."

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Cons

"We aren't getting the value we imagined out of the product."

"Out-of-the-box report templates need to be incorporated."

"The UI still feels a little outdated (though there is change) especially for Dashboards."

"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."

"Since Broadcom bought it, I would no longer recommend this product to other users."

"The stability could be more reliable."

"The product displays some graphics and sometimes we want to have some different metrics in the same graphic but it doesn't display in the same scale, so it's quite complicated to see the metrics. If the product would be able to manage a double scale, it would be perfect."

"The APM SQL feature doesn't perform like we would like it to, and we actually have some open cases that are working through that."

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"There are some metrics I'd like to track that are difficult to find or implement into a tracking solution without a lot of manual work."

"When we first turned on Foglight for the first time, it was like a fire hose."

"In an older version of Foglight, we were not able to get any of our custom agents to work properly so that feature was not as much use as we had initially hoped and haven't tried using since."

"It needs a more intuitive way to create and implement custom "Cartridges" to be deployed through out a Federated environment."

"The version compatibility needs work."

"The upgrade process could use some fine tuning. I have done an upgrade of the system as well as addedupdated agents, and sometimes that process is a bit cumbersome, and does not go as planned."

"We are running a Webmethods stack (Software AG) and Foglight is unable to instrument. We are in a POC with Dynatrace and it was able to instrument with little effort."

"Complicated setup and maintenance."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is definitely expensive for what we get, but there isn't an alternate option at the moment."

"There is some research needed to determine licensing costs, based on the number of DataPower instances for the Nastel agent, for example."

"The licensing costs are expensive."

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

"Depends on the size of the product you need."

"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."

"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."

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"Since the product split – the licensing is a bit more complex."

"Foglight can be expensive I would go with the pricing at a three year deal."

"I recall it being a very expensive solution relative to function and stability."

"The price is expensive for us."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Outsourcing Company

20%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Construction Company

11%

Marketing Services Firm

Outsourcing Company

20%

Marketing Services Firm

13%

Construction Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	27
Midsize Enterprise	24
Large Enterprise	124

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	13

Questions from the Community

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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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...

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Also Known As

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

Foglight, Dell Foglight

Overview

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

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

Anji Automotive Logistics, Unimat, Priceline.com

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