Dynatrace vs Quest Foglight for APM [EOL] comparison

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Dynatrace and Quest Software are both solutions in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category. Additionally, 96% of Dynatrace users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of Quest Software users who would recommend it.

Dynatrace

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96% willing to recommend

Quest Foglight for APM [EOL]

Read 22 Quest Foglight for APM [EOL] reviews

86% willing to recommend

Dynatrace

Quest Foglight for APM [EOL]

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We performed a comparison between Dynatrace and Quest Foglight for APM [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Dynatrace

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

363

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (2nd), Log Management (7th), Mobile APM (3rd), Container Monitoring (2nd), AIOps (1st), 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

"Being able to drill down into the PurePaths to get to a solution is key for us."

"It collects and analyses information with AI, which is useful."

"Through end-user monitoring, we were able to measure the user's perceived performance and build an SLA based on that information."

"Smartscape display for ease of visibility, pinpointing a exact problem, and providing necessary details for fixing and even improving on."

"With the latest version, the AI engine highlights the root causes automatically."

"It gives complete stats of the user and what they are doing."

"Agentless Transaction Analysis allows my team to granularly decompose complex operations and flows for business applications."

"Dynatrace can look into application transactions at the packet level, which pretty much relieves us of the work of manually collecting, analyzing, summarizing, and presenting the data, as we had done in the past."

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

"Excellent monitoring capability and business service views"

"The stability we have as a result of using it made up for the cost of the product within a month."

"Sometimes we can solve problems before they occur."

"Foglight is an awesome tool and it is able to instrument and integrate easily with any monitoring tool."

"It was easy and saved costs."

"Capacity on database and file servers. I found the algorithms to forecast growth and concerns particularly intuitive."

"Our ROI has been great it has saved us many times to resolve issues before customers started complaining."

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Cons

"Our primary wish list for RFEs or feature requests are additional integration options with ticketing systems. Although, we are able to work around it, 'ticketing' is not a core function of the product."

"Custom reporting is still missing."

"Dynatrace has been difficult to set up and use to diagnose problems in the past due to the complex nature of the tool."

"They should include more mission learning into the product and provide additional performance metrics for application learning."

"The one thing that I do not like about Dynatrace is their Web UI dashboards are very slow."

"The usability is worse than it used to be."

"When compared with other tools, the experience needs improvement. I would like them to build out the interactions and make them friendlier."

"I would like to see the Business Transactions made easier, so you can distinguish users and companies (this can get very hairy for a large multi-tenant application)."

More Dynatrace cons

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

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

"The version compatibility needs work."

"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."

"The “cartridge” concept for every little thing is a bit of a bother to implement."

"They need to improve the stability of FxM and FxV."

"I think installation and setup needs little more improvement especially when you are installing with external database."

"Stability was always an issue in large environments."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I think the pricing is at a fair value for what it is."

"Price (of the product) is a major concern for all the clients I work with."

"The price of the solution is expensive."

"Product pricing can seem a little over complex, however this is minor and does not detract from the benefits of the solution."

"Dynatrace is bit costly and not easily affordable."

"There are additional Professional Services costs which ensure the solution is configured with meaningful names so you're getting the most money for your investment."

"Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace was a pretty straightforward process. We had no hiccups."

"The price range is quite high."

More Dynatrace pricing and cost advice

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

"The price is expensive for us."

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

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

17%

Outsourcing Company

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare 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	81
Midsize Enterprise	50
Large Enterprise	303

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 is advancing observability for today’s digital businesses, helping to transform the complexity of modern digital ecosystems into powerful business assets. By leveraging AI-powered insights, Dynatrace enables organizations to analyze, automate, and innovate faster to drive their business forward. To learn more about how Dynatrace can help your business, visit www.dynatrace.com, visit our blog and follow us on LinkedIn and X @dynatrace.

Dynatrace

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

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Sample Customers

TD Bank, Zurich North America, Accenture, Macquarie, United Airlines, Raymond James, BT, Vodafone, Air France-KLM, TELUS, American Airlines, Air Canada, ADT, Virgin Money

Anji Automotive Logistics, Unimat, Priceline.com

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