Dynatrace vs Quest Foglight for APM [EOL] comparison

Dynatrace and Quest Software are both solutions in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category. Additionally, 95% of Dynatrace users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of Quest Software users who would recommend it.

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Quest Foglight for APM [EOL]

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86% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Dynatrace

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

359

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (2nd), Log Management (6th), Mobile APM (3rd), Container Monitoring (2nd), AIOps (2nd), AI Observability (3rd)

Quest Foglight for APM [EOL]

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Featured Reviews

Manish Indupuri

senior DevOps engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

AI-driven insights have reduced downtime and improved cross-team collaboration

We encountered some challenges while using Dynatrace. Although the initial setup was smooth, fine-tuning alert thresholds and custom metrics took some time. Another challenge was that Dynatrace charges based on host units, so we had to carefully plan our agent deployments. The licensing model is expensive. Additionally, the complexity of setup is an issue. While OneAgent and auto-discover services are powerful, the setup is more complex compared to other tools such as Prometheus and Grafana. These integrations are simple and basic, but Dynatrace setup requires more complexity based on the environment. For new users wanting to use Dynatrace, it is difficult. However, the AI-related solutions and metrics took us to the next level for identifying and fixing things. Dynatrace requires an agent for operation. OneAgent is powerful, but it is also resource-heavy. On lightweight nodes or older systems, the agent can slightly impact performance. If Dynatrace could implement a lightweight agent behavior, we could make things faster. Additionally, if Dynatrace could add a long-term retention policy so that we could store more data and find fine-grained details, that would help us. While Dynatrace managed edition supports on-premises deployment, the SaaS version depends on cloud connectivity. For highly regulated or air-gapped environments, setup and updates can be challenging. Although the initial setup is smooth, if someone wants to fine-tune it and fully understand the tool end-to-end, it could be tricky.

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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

"The most valuable component of it is taking that guessing out of troubleshooting problems. We no longer have to rely on an architect, or an application person, or someone's memory of how the transaction moves throughout the infrastructure and the different dependencies that it has on it. We can see it right there and we find out more that we ever imagined."

"When something goes wrong, we have visibility into the system, can find the issue, and quickly get things back up."

"We started using this product about five years ago, and with AppMon, that was one of our first big wins, getting these big TV dashboards up all over the place, which really gave executives confidence that we did have things under control because we knew when there was a problem before people called in and told us there was one."

"Global overview of all app layers, including web servers."

"24/7, all transactions: The fact that every transaction is captured gives us the possibility of acting on every exception. But it also shows us what happens when everything works well, so we can compare it with the moment something goes wrong."

"Automatic instrumentation of new services and technology without the need to install specific agents or modules."

"Quick availability of multiple aspects of performance from infrastructure to application layers."

"Once we figured out there is a monitoring system that can show us code level details, nothing came closer."

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"Foglight has been our go to monitoring tool for several years in the DB2 and Oracle space."

"We are able to capture the real time user experience of our solutions and we have an understanding of overall performance."

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

"It was easy and saved costs."

"Infrastructure Monitoring and End User Monitoring are the product’s most valuable features to me."

"Many other tools are capable, but IMO not as flexible or powerful except for particular applications."

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

"Real time database monitoring and alerting are valuable."

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Cons

"I would like to see the ability to pull more user-friendly reports."

"Include network monitoring in more detail for deep dive analytics of network components."

"The product could be faster and lighter, especially the rich client which uses many resources."

"The functionality needs improvement."

"One thing that would help it tighter integration with DCRUM. It's somewhat difficult to drill down and see everything, but I think that's in the future versions. We just haven't seen that yet."

"One thing we'd like to see is mobile native replay. They don't have a timeline on it yet, but that's one of the key things we're looking at, to get rid of one of our incumbent products that does replay."

"The configuration of this solution is quite complex."

"It needs container log monitoring."

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"The version compatibility needs work."

"We are running a Webmethods stack (Software AG) and Foglight is unable to instrument. We are in a POC with Dynatrace and it was able to instrument with little effort."

"It needs a more intuitive way to create and implement custom "Cartridges" to be deployed through out a Federated environment."

"When we first turned on Foglight for the first time, it was like a fire hose."

"I want to see a new interface that contains HTML5 features."

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

"We had stability issues for FTR. The player used to get hung while running the robot scripts."

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price range is quite high."

"Pricing is still too expensive."

"I think that the price is reasonable."

"It's more expensive than other solutions, but worth it. We use full APM monitoring on our primary systems, but only resource monitoring on lesser systems. We shift licenses around our environment when a deeper dive into lesser systems is required."

"Consider volume because that is where you will get the most benefit. Doing a point solution is not cost-effective."

"Surprisingly, it is quite expensive. That is something that we could always see: Improved pricing and the overall construct on how do we use each license in regards to usage of the tool."

"Pricing is based on the number of servers monitored, so for big applications, it is a bit expensive."

"There is a license issue where if we increase the memory we have to up the licenses. I was unaware of that going in. I thought it was scalable without all the paperwork behind the scenes. "

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

"The price is expensive for us."

"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

19%

Manufacturing Company

Outsourcing Company

Computer Software Company

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	80
Midsize Enterprise	50
Large Enterprise	299

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	13

Questions from the Community

Any advice about APM solutions?

The key is to have a holistic view over the complete infrastructure, the ones you have listed are great for APM if you need to monitor applications end to end. I have tested them all and have not f...

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What cloud monitoring software did you choose and why?

While the environment does matter in the selection of an APM tool, I prefer to use Dynatrace to manage the entire stack. Both production and Dev/Test. I find it to be quite superior to anything els...

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Any advice about APM solutions?

There are many factors and we know little about your requirements (size of org, technology stack, management systems, the scope of implementation). Our goal was to consolidate APM and infra monitor...

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Overview

Dynatrace offers AI-driven root cause analysis, full-stack observability, and more. Its seamless integration and automated alerts enhance operational efficiency for application performance monitoring across diverse environments.

Dynatrace provides users with comprehensive tools for proactive monitoring, leveraging AI-powered insights to detect bottlenecks and monitor user behavior. It enhances system dependency visualization via Smartscape and offers deep transaction insights through PurePath. Session Replay captures real user experiences, while custom dashboards emphasize essential metrics. Integration capabilities and seamless deployment are key, though users face challenges with navigation, integration, and licensing. Enhancing third-party training tools and optimizing real-time AI diagnostics is desired, with demands for better database monitoring reports and simpler UI.

What are Dynatrace's key features?

AI-Driven Root Cause Analysis: Identifies issues with precision.
Full-Stack Observability: Monitors across all platforms.
Smartscape: Visualizes system dependencies.
PurePath: Provides transaction flow insights.
Session Replay: Captures user interactions.
Custom Dashboards: Focuses on essential metrics.
Automated Alerts: Minimizes downtime.

What benefits should users consider?

Operational Efficiency: Enhances performance management.
Seamless Deployment: Reduces manual intervention.
Integration Capabilities: Ensures smooth system coexistence.
User Experience Insights: Tracks behavior and reliability.

Dynatrace is implemented in industries like finance for monitoring infrastructure and user experience. In manufacturing, it helps ensure system reliability. Its AI-driven approach is crucial for cloud deployments, supporting performance optimization and proactive monitoring.

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

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