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Broadcom DX Application Performance Management vs Splunk Observability Cloud comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 29, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.1
Broadcom DX APM boosts ROI with effective application management, reducing incidents and costs, while enhancing performance and reporting capabilities.
Sentiment score
6.5
Splunk Observability Cloud boosts efficiency, reduces costs, enhances performance, and improves work-life balance with streamlined workflows and quick problem resolution.
Performance management solutions like Broadcom DX Application Performance Management are important for cost reduction and performance reviews.
Director of Technical Part at NOS SGPS
Using Splunk has saved my organization about 30% of our budget compared to using multiple different monitoring products.
Senior Manager at Bank of America
Anyone working in front-end management should recognize the market price to see the true value of end-user monitoring.
General Manager at MOCOMSYS
I have definitely seen a return on investment with Splunk Observability Cloud, particularly through how fast it has grown and how comfortable other teams are in relying on its outputs for monitoring and observability.
IT Operations Engineer at ABC Supply Co. Inc.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
Broadcom DX's customer service and technical support are praised for professionalism, expertise, but face criticism for occasional delays.
Sentiment score
7.1
Users commend Splunk Observability Cloud's support for responsiveness and expertise, though some note improvement needed in speed and resources.
It is difficult to access the right person, and incidents sometimes need escalation.
Regional Director at ATOS
In the early years, we needed support often, but due to accumulated experience with Broadcom DX Application Performance Management, we haven't needed to escalate any issues recently.
Director of Technical Part at NOS SGPS
On a scale of 1 to 10, the customer service and technical support deserve a 10.
Systems Administrator at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
They have consistently helped us resolve any issues we've encountered.
Software Engineer at UKG
They often require multiple questions, with five or six emails to get a response.
Splunk Observability Expert
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.8
Broadcom DX Application Performance Management is scalable, but complex configuration and cost concerns arise with extensive metrics and scalability options.
Sentiment score
7.1
Splunk Observability Cloud excels in scalability and data handling, but may be costly and challenging for custom metrics.
The solution does not offer much flexibility in scalability.
Director of Technical Part at NOS SGPS
We've used the solution across more than 250 people, including engineers.
Splunk Observability Expert
As we are a growing company transitioning all our applications to the cloud, and with the increasing number of cloud-native applications, Splunk Observability Cloud will help us achieve digital resiliency and reduce our mean time to resolution.
Application Developer at UMB Financial
I would rate its scalability a nine out of ten.
Senior Manager at Bank of America
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.9
Broadcom DX APM is stable with minimal issues, though specific configurations and platforms may present challenges, often resolved by updates.
Sentiment score
7.6
Splunk Observability Cloud is generally reliable with minor issues, praised for stable real-time monitoring and responsive support.
When downtime occurs, it raises concerns about how we measure and receive alerts, as everything needs to be in place.
Aws Dev Ops Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
I would rate its stability a nine out of ten.
Head of DevOps at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
We rarely have problems accessing the dashboard or the page.
Splunk Observability Expert
 

Room For Improvement

Broadcom DX Application Performance Management requires improvements in cost, integration, support, automation, cloud, dashboards, and monitoring capabilities.
Splunk Observability Cloud requires enhancements in pricing, integration, UI, search, support, and smarter alerting to improve user experience.
It is also difficult to access the right person in support, and sometimes incidents need to be escalated, taking several contacts to resolve.
Regional Director at ATOS
The first area for improvement is the discovery feature, which should be enhanced to collect comprehensive information from applications and services.
Director of Technical Part at NOS SGPS
The out-of-the-box customizable dashboards in Splunk Observability Cloud are very effective in showcasing IT performance to business leaders.
IT Operations Engineer at ABC Supply Co. Inc.
The next release of Splunk Observability Cloud should include a feature that makes it so that when looking at charts and dashboards, and also looking at one environment regardless of the product feature that you're in, APM, infrastructure, RUM, the environment that is chosen in the first location when you sign into Splunk Observability Cloud needs to stay persistent all the way through.
Systems Monitoring Engineer II at a government with 10,001+ employees
There should be a solution to update OTeL agents from Splunk Observability Cloud itself.
Senior Software Engineer at WorldPay US
 

Setup Cost

Broadcom DX APM is cost-effective initially, but renewals and agent-based licensing can increase expenses in large setups.
Splunk Observability Cloud's features justify its high costs, though users seek cost-efficiency improvements despite flexible licensing.
The challenge arises during annual renewals, as the price increase can be significant, around twenty percent or more, which customers find difficult to understand.
Director of Technical Part at NOS SGPS
The pricing is in the middle range.
Regional Director at ATOS
Splunk is a bit expensive since it charges based on the indexing rate of data.
Senior Manager at Bank of America
It is expensive, especially when there are other vendors that offer something similar for much cheaper.
Solutions Architect at Ikusi
I can confidently say our availability improved by forty percent, and downtime was reduced by approximately seventy to eighty percent.
Splunk Engineer at Data Elicit Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
 

Valuable Features

Broadcom DX APM provides real-time insights, proactive issue detection, transaction tracing, and customizable dashboards for enhanced performance management.
Splunk Observability Cloud enhances performance with real-time metrics, AI analytics, and customizable dashboards for comprehensive monitoring and visibility.
We have very good dashboards that are very useful for getting all the parameters of the application.
Regional Director at ATOS
The most valuable feature of Broadcom DX Application Performance Management is the dashboard, which captures all the traces and generates alerts for performance monitoring.
Director of Technical Part at NOS SGPS
Splunk provides advanced notifications of roadblocks in the application, which helps us to improve and avoid impacts during high-volume days.
Senior Manager at Bank of America
For troubleshooting, we can detect problems in seconds, which is particularly helpful for digital teams.
Splunk Observability Expert
It offers unified visibility for logs, metrics, and traces.
Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Broadcom DX Application Per...
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
26th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
162
Ranking in other categories
Container Monitoring (7th)
Splunk Observability Cloud
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
85
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (7th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (7th), Cloud Monitoring Software (5th), Container Management (6th), Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of Broadcom DX Application Performance Management is 1.3%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Observability Cloud is 2.3%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk Observability Cloud2.3%
Broadcom DX Application Performance Management1.3%
Other96.4%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Taiwo Ige - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Operations Engineer at ABC Supply Co. Inc.
Alerting improves incident response across teams and enables faster awareness before customer impact
Splunk Observability Cloud could be improved in terms of integrations with more technical add-ons, such as Zoom. Although they have one with Zoom, it's not available in the cloud, so having that feature would be beneficial. Essentially, Splunk should continue expanding to create easier ways to ingest logs from different products. The out-of-the-box customizable dashboards in Splunk Observability Cloud are very effective in showcasing IT performance to business leaders. However, there are aspects that could be improved, such as linking dashboards to one another. While IT leaders may not drill down, it's crucial to create levels of dashboards for technical users to find root causes, making it effective for stakeholders.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Marketing Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business27
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise124
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise55
 

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, ...
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...
What needs improvement with SignalFx?
Regarding dashboard customization, while Splunk has many dashboard building options, customers sometimes need to create specific dashboards, particularly for applicative metrics such as Java and pr...
What is your primary use case for SignalFx?
The solution involves observability in general, such as Application Performance Monitoring, and generally addresses digital applications, web applications, sites, and mobile applications. I worked ...
What advice do you have for others considering SignalFx?
We're a customer and end-user. Currently, in France, we cannot use the artificial intelligence option. While this option is enabled for the United States and many countries, it's not yet available ...
 

Also Known As

DX APM, CA APM, CA NetQoS Performance Center, Wily Introscope, CA Wily APM, CA App Experience Analytics, CA AXA
Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring, Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM), Splunk Synthetic Monitoring
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Lexmark, Intermountain Healthcare, National Australia Bank, BBVA Compass Bank, Innovapost, Dansk Supermarked Group, U.S. Cellular, Orange, Cetip
Sunrun, Yelp, Onshape, Tapjoy, Symphony Commerce, Chairish, Clever, Grovo, Bazaar Voice, Zenefits, Avalara
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