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Citrix uberAgent Monitoring vs Splunk AppDynamics comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Citrix uberAgent Monitoring
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
51st
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk AppDynamics
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
250
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (4th), IT Operations Analytics (2nd), Mobile APM (1st), Container Monitoring (3rd)
 

Featured Reviews

SK
Optimizing user experience through comprehensive monitoring and real-time analytics
Citrix uberAgent Monitoring helps us optimize the end-user experience. It identifies slow applications, system bottlenecks, and offers network and latency analytics to detect network congestion and connection issues. It enhances the security of Citrix environments by providing valuable security insights. It integrates well with Splunk and Elastic Stack to provide real-time analytics. Additionally, it is useful for tracking Citrix log-ons and determining where delays are happening.
Gyanesh Rahatekar - PeerSpot reviewer
Application performance management and error resolution improved with data-driven insights
Dynatrace has multiple functions compared to Splunk AppDynamics, so Splunk AppDynamics should add those functions, which are not available as of now. Dynatrace has a universal agent that collects all information related to their CI, and if one CI has multiple languages, then there is no need to instrument multiple agents. However, Splunk AppDynamics requires multiple agents; if I have one server with multiple applications in different languages, then I need to instrument different agents for each application. Splunk AppDynamics should work with Dynatrace with one single universal agent that works with all application languages, eliminating the need for multiple implementations.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Citrix uberAgent Monitoring helps us optimize the end-user experience."
"Knowing which tables on the database were working the most was valuable. It helped the client understand where they need to focus. They streamlined a lot of their queries and brought the resource usage down. It helped them to find long-running queries. They rewrote them completely so that they don't take as long and the application performs better."
"The most valuable feature is the end-user monitoring."
"AppDynamics is a good tool that offers excellent out-of-the-box dashboards and application topology."
"After a major incident, root cause analysis is conducted and, most of the time, we understand what caused the incident and how it can be prevented from happening again."
"The most valuable feature in this solution, for our business, is the clear way of projecting the connections between the database and the traffic inflow. This is very helpful when troubleshooting issues."
"We have found the scalability to be quite good."
"After we implemented this solution, we can easily determine the root cause of issues."
"Before we moved the code to AppDynamics, we had to compare the agile process and also had to make sure that they're following the standards."
 

Cons

"Citrix uberAgent Monitoring currently does not have its own database and requires dependency on products like Splunk or Elastic Stack for visualization."
"There are certain limitations with the agents in the solution"
"An area that has room for improvement on the CR and ERP would be the addition of monitoring of the internal solution. For example, you can monitor the day-to-day and everything in the transactions with AppDynamics, but there's also a lot going on in the kernel itself that you cannot monitor. The automation needs to improve as well. As it stands, a lot of customization needs to happen before you can use AppDynamics."
"Splunk AppDynamics provides an end-to-end view of the application but misses the infrastructure part, which is crucial."
"An improvement could be if the monitoring was able to be summarized into something more clear and simple for people who don't have the technical skills on the database side."
"The training on the dashboards that is provided could be a little bit better, as could the use cases. They should have some good examples out there. As it is right now, I had to scour YouTube to find some stuff."
"Improvements can be made in the area of AI integration."
"The cloud licensing needs to be improved. It's quite pricey."
"AppDynamics Server Monitoring lacks investment in new technologies like Kubernetes and cloud solutions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"We find its pricing reasonable and competitive. After it was acquired by Cisco, we found it acceptable."
"AppDynamics Database Monitoring requires a license for database monitoring and other features, while Dynatrace provides monitoring and other features out of the box without additional costs. Sometimes this makes it more challenging to pitch AppDynamics Database Monitoring to customers, especially because you need to buy a separate license. As an implementer, I have yet to learn about the pricing for AppDynamics Database Monitoring. Pricing is taken care of by the sales team."
"Purchasing the product through the AWS Marketplace was good."
"I believe there was probably an extra charge whenever I wanted to contact the support team."
"AppDynamics is more expensive than competitors."
"The licensing scheme is very complex. They need to make it easier."
"Our purchasing experience through the AWS Marketplace has been pretty painless."
"It is not a cheap tool, but you also save in manpower to setup because it is easy and fast. At the end of the day, I think the revenue is much better. BUT, they have an awful co-term mode of licensing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Healthcare Company
13%
Computer Software Company
10%
Energy/Utilities Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
29%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
5%
 

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Citrix uberAgent Monitoring?
Citrix uberAgent Monitoring currently does not have its own database and requires dependency on products like Splunk or Elastic Stack ( /products/elastic-stack-reviews ) for visualization. Some adv...
What is your primary use case for Citrix uberAgent Monitoring?
We primarily use Citrix uberAgent Monitoring ( /products/citrix-uberagent-monitoring-reviews ) for user experience monitoring, application performance tracking, and security insights on virtual and...
What advice do you have for others considering Citrix uberAgent Monitoring?
Fine-tuning is important for optimal results, and Citrix uberAgent Monitoring requires dependency on products like Splunk or Elastic Stack. Overall, I rate Citrix uberAgent Monitoring eight out of ...
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