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

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

No ranking in other categories

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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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"For the most part, we run constantly without any issue at this point because of APM."

"The CA UIM is a very solid product; we love the simplicity of the robots and the agent installation and upgrading, because you can just do it right at your central station without rebooting the remote workstations or servers."

"This tool has saved the organization a lot of money, and I can see an improvement by a minimum of 3% in performance of any given application."

"APM is quite nice, especially with the new features in version 10."

"Technical support is excellent; if you opened a support ticket, you would get a reply within a few business hours, and they call back and make themselves available."

"Crash analytics goes down to the level of code you need to check."

"Now, different teams can get info even before the system crashes and can take proactive steps and find the exact point to focus their efforts to fix it."

"If you have a large web firm or a group of servers, it does a great job of aggregating performance metrics into single viewable graphs or dashboards."

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"This level of viewable monitoring had many benefits such as alerting, scalability, reporting and service dashboard we could promote."

"Our ROI has been great it has saved us many times to resolve issues before customers started complaining."

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

"Having standard monitoring features and a central repository saves us a lot of time and reduces risk of incidents."

"Capacity on database and file servers. I found the algorithms to forecast growth and concerns particularly intuitive."

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

"At a glance I can easily see what is going on with all of my VMware environments, including top consumers of resources."

"The stability we have as a result of using it made up for the cost of the product within a month."

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Cons

"It needs to work on the mobility and the digital aspects, as they are currently getting merged in today’s scenario."

"Technical support is slow to respond and also asks redundant questions."

"When we were trying to restore historical data, we have reached certain limitations, which have restricted our historical view from being resized."

"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."

"Support could be much better."

"On Windows Platform, it’s not great and/or stable (from previous experience)."

"Deployment for large scale systems is an issue with a lot of add-ons or additional products required, for example add-ons for Oracle, Siebel, and Peoplesoft."

"Everything needs to be configured manually, which is pretty bad, it's not good."

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"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."

"They need to improve the stability of FxM and FxV."

"Migrating to newer versions is always a challenge with Foglight."

"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."

"My only complaint from Foglight for monitoring is that you only get a plot for five minute average for metrics like CPU and Memory, on the application side I can see metrics more quickly at 15 seconds for metrics like active sessions, heap. I would like to see the same for CPU and memory."

"I think installation and setup needs little more improvement especially when you are installing with external database."

"I want to see mobile access application in the next release."

"I would perhaps like to see more SSMS connections."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"All discounts are case by case to accommodate the client's budgets."

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

"Althougth it is a bit expensive, it is really worth it"

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

"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 licensing costs are expensive."

"Pricing and licensing are not issues."

"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."

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"The price is expensive for us."

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

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

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

13%

Construction Company

13%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Marketing Services Firm

Outsourcing Company

16%

Marketing Services Firm

14%

Construction Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

10%

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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Manage your application infrastructure by monitoring the IT components that affect application performance.

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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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