DX Performance Management vs SolarWinds AppOptics comparison

The compared Broadcom and SolarWinds solutions aren't in the same category. Broadcom is ranked #2 in DXNO , with an average rating of 8.5, and holds a 34.8% mindshare in the category. SolarWinds is ranked #55 in APM , and holds a 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of SolarWinds users who would recommend it.

DX Performance Management

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96% willing to recommend

SolarWinds AppOptics

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80% willing to recommend

DX Performance Management

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

DX Performance Management

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Infrastructure Capacity Planning (2nd), Network Monitoring Software (52nd), DX NetOps (2nd)

SolarWinds AppOptics

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (55th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (58th), Cloud Monitoring Software (47th)

Mindshare comparison

DX Performance Management and SolarWinds AppOptics aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. DX Performance Management is designed for DX NetOps and holds a mindshare of 34.8%, up 33.3% compared to last year.
SolarWinds AppOptics, on the other hand, focuses on Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability, holds 0.7% mindshare, up 0.3% since last year.

DX NetOps Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
DX Performance Management	34.8%
DX Spectrum	30.4%
AppNeta by Broadcom	28.3%
Other	6.500000000000014%

DX NetOps

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SolarWinds AppOptics	0.7%
Dynatrace	6.6%
Datadog	5.5%
Other	87.2%

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

Featured Reviews

reviewer1810893

Senior IT Operations Specialist at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Flexibility and detailed performance stats enable effective network monitoring

Spectrum is very good at monitoring all network faults and configurations. It enables me to take action based on network issues. The Performance Management provides detailed network performance stats, including CPU, memory, and interface bandwidth. Additionally, Spectrum is flexible and allows me to organize and treat devices uniquely without impacting other devices.

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John Yuko

Assistant Manager ICT - Projects at I&M Bank Ltd

Unique features allow consolidating and combing metrics into a single dashboard, but don't monitor mobile solutions

I would like to see more granular information provided on Unix applications. Also, the integration with Unix services should be a bit more straightforward in terms having an agent to retrieve your credentials rather than having to enter or save them for SSH on SolarWinds. From the outset, we had to set some commands to log into the search console, and they are saved on the solution, which presents a challenge in terms of exposure. The solution is unable to monitor APK solutions completely because we'd then be forced to break down the APK and provide the APIs or go through the source code. They don't have a module that can analyze an application that is maybe under-used.

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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

"My sales representative, I would not trade him in for the world. He has done a really good job. I am really happy with him."

"We have been able to get a little bit better at seeing more things in real time and more just in time, so we're less reactionary."

"The integration with NetFlow, the NFA solution, so that we can have our flow forensics paired with the SNMP polling performance metrics on the same page."

"We're able to present data from multiple back-end collection sources into a single dashboard for the users. So they don't have to go to multiple locations to get data about a particular item, or device."

"One of the most valuable features is the ease of use."

"Scalability is the reason we bought the product to begin with. It was designed from the ground up for carrier-grade services, and we are in effect a MSP ourselves. So we were really interested in looking at something to be able to handle the multi-tenancy and scale as large as possible. This was the only solution that we really considered at that level."

"The integration to the other products that we use: NFA, we use ADA, we use Spectrum; and CAPM integrates all those into a single pane of glass."

"Downloads and records are the most valuable features."

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"Some of the most valuable features of SolarWinds are the topology discovery and network performance analysis."

"The reporting of the solution is very good."

"I have found the most valuable feature is application performance management."

"The sum solution, NTA, and DPA."

"Technical support is always live and they're supportive."

"The product has a great dashboard."

Cons

"Policies could be improved."

"CA PM Business Hours Filtering: I understand that all monitoring systems have defects. The Business Hours Filtering does not always function properly. Sometimes, when applying business hours to CA PM reports that are 30 or more days in duration, the report generation times out and does not display results. We have other CA PM reports that, when we apply Business Hours Filtering, the report results displayed are the same as without the filter. We are not sure if this is a defect in CA PM or if it is a result of our complex configuration (folder structure) and application of business hours."

"This may be available by now but for server space, when it comes to the disk file system, I'd like to see that graphically represented, or the trend, rather than what I'm seeing now."

"This solution's implementation process could be quicker. They could also optimize the hardware requirements."

"I have mixed feeling about the scalability. I feel like there are things which are being put into UIM right now that are not being included in Performance Center that we need to see in Performance Center. We are kind of being driven to buy UIM, and I can't justify it."

"This tool gathers so much data, which makes it hard to convert over. To upgrade it, you really need the solution backed up. That is the issue that we are facing right now."

"I'm not a fan of many extra features since they usually burden the software and reduce its reliability."

"It would be helpful if CA provided online training for its customers."

More DX Performance Management cons

"I would like to see more integration with other tools that are available on the market."

"AppOptics would benefit from having a much more centralized view."

"The solution should be more user-friendly."

"In terms of the technology, I think they need to put some more advanced troubleshooting into SolarWinds, in terms of AI capabilities. That's the next generation, especially in the cases of APIs which have already adopted AI capabilities into their products."

"The integration with Unix services should be a bit more straightforward."

"The implementation needs improvement. It needs to get modernized with the newer cloud scenario in both public and private deployment models."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We purchase a license to use the solution every three years and we have multiple contracts. They have been increasing the price annually. We have a baseline for three years and then we need to pay the difference from the baseline, and we are in the process of negotiating a new price for all the licenses we need. The price overall is affordable."

"We were looking at other vendors in the marketplace for NetFlow, and CA just beat everybody else in price, cost, and the size to implement. "

"Do your homework and know how many devices you will be managing out of the gate. Be sure to project what your growth will be each year."

"I like the licensing model because it's device-based."

"The tool's pricing is based on the number of network devices."

"They should provide more scalable licensing for the product."

"I believe the current licensing cost is reasonable."

"Since it's a negotiable rate, I would rate the pricing as a five out of five."

"Mostly, it's a perpetual license. We don't have any customers using the subscription right now—it's mostly a perpetual license that the customers purchase. The licensing is based on the number of elements, whereas other solutions are node-based."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

15%

Educational Organization

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Healthcare Company

Financial Services Firm

14%

Government

Manufacturing Company

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Large Enterprise	25

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	7

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about DX Performance Management?

The tool helps us understand network performance.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for DX Performance Management?

The tool's pricing is based on the number of network devices.

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What needs improvement with DX Performance Management?

Spectrum's topology view sometimes does not rebuild automatically when a device is shut down and reconnected. It requires manual discovery and rebuilding of the topology, which I hope can be improved.

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Comparisons

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Product Reports

Buyer's Guide

DX Performance Management

January 2026

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Buyer's Guide

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

January 2026

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Also Known As

CA Performance Management

AppOptics, SolarWinds TraceView, Librato

Overview

CA Performance Management is a comprehensive and highly scalable network performance monitoring and analytics platform. It was built to meet the unique demands of big data and modern networks architectures, including highly dynamic and complex hybrid cloud and software-defined networks (SDN).

The platform is design to reduce complexity inherent in modern networks built across numerous technology stacks through advanced network performance monitoring and relationship mapping for improved operational assurance.

Combined with CA Virtual Network Assurance, the platform extends operator visibility through advanced discovery and network performance monitoring of highly sensitive cloud and multi-layered SDN networks and service chains.

Broadcom

AppOptics is a SaaS-based simple, powerful and affordable Infrastructure & Application monitoring for custom on-premises, cloud, and hybrid systems.

Your business runs on applications, and when they go down or run slowly, it can impact the business in lost productivity, customers, or revenue. To add to the complexity, your IT environment is changing, and workloads can be spread across data centers, and cloud resources. You need to monitor the availability and performance of applications and infrastructure, regardless of where they are, so you can identify potential issues early and address them before they impact users

SolarWinds

Sample Customers

Jack Henry & Assoc, Target, CenturyLink, Bell Canada, BrightHouse Networks, Telus, Unisys, Verizon, Southern California Edison, GEICO, Fidelity Investments, Wells Fargo, American Family Insurance Group, Deutsche Telekom AG

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