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 (26th), Container Monitoring (8th)

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

"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."

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

"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."

"In our experience, technical support has been excellent."

"Overall the Tools helps to detect any issue emerging with indepth analysis available for the resolution through APM components."

"AppDynamics is a better solution at the moment."

"I have no specific advice except that it is a wise choice."

"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."

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"FxV is valuable as we can playback the session."

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

"It was easy and saved costs."

"Sometimes we can solve problems before they occur."

"With the APM you can replay the end user session and see issues quickly by viewing the session."

"The ability to track performance of an application or application suite over time is extremely valuable to our business partners and for our application development team with near real time results."

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

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

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Cons

"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."

"The upgrade was complex. The documentation could have been a little bit better, but other than that, it was okay."

"Java Console uses too much memory."

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

"Sometimes the workstation hangs or becomes unresponsive. However, the web application works worse, is ugly, and we prefer to use the workstation."

"I'd like to see more integration between all the tools."

"The main areas for improvement include making dashboards and interfaces easier to understand."

"It provides access to problems, but not to the problem analysis. You cannot track the problem to the root cause."

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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."

"Being able to incorporate other bespoke monitoring into Foglight would have made the tool even more useful."

"We had issues with deployment in the beginning until we had an expert guide us through the process."

"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."

"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."

"The version compatibility needs work."

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

"Stability was always an issue in large environments."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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."

"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."

"On pricing, CA is very competitive. I think that's going to help in the long run."

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

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

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

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

"The price is expensive for us."

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

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Outsourcing Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Construction Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Outsourcing Company

17%

Marketing Services Firm

11%

Construction Company

10%

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	27
Midsize Enterprise	24
Large Enterprise	122

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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