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Evolven vs Splunk AppDynamics comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 1, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Evolven
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
25th
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk AppDynamics
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
274
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (3rd), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (3rd), Mobile APM (1st), Container Monitoring (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the IT Operations Analytics category, the mindshare of Evolven is 1.3%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk AppDynamics is 9.6%, down from 21.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Operations Analytics Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk AppDynamics9.6%
Evolven1.3%
Other89.1%
IT Operations Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

MF
Business Analyst at Swisscom
Provides visualization of risk levels. However, alerting needs improvement.
Our primary use case is operational analytics. It gives insights into a changing landscape, which was not possible before. It facilitates infrastructure readiness and consistency. Provides visualization of risk levels. Alerting needs improvement. Less than one year.
Shamim Alsharif - PeerSpot reviewer
Performance Test Engineer at TANIM CONSULTING, LLC
Real-time monitoring has improved our banking API performance and supports detailed business transaction analysis
The real-time monitoring is what we can see for anything that is needed in terms of CPU, memory, or the connections or the sessions related. It's real-time monitoring of performance of each of the components, which is what we need and use all the time. It's highly effective, I would say. Infrastructure visibility, transaction monitoring, to check the actual user experience in terms of the response time, MRT and all those things. We do the component monitoring like the API performance and the connections and all those things, but we also do the business process monitoring and business transaction monitoring.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It facilitates infrastructure readiness and consistency."
"It gives insights into a changing landscape, which was not possible before."
"It provides visualization of risk levels."
"From the monitoring perspective, it is a very good tool."
"The biggest benefit we have found is that we are quickly able to identify the root cause, especially if it's in the database layer."
"AppDynamics has been stable."
"The main thing is that you can use the tool to visually see the transactions happening; figure out the bottlenecks quickly; and the ability to drill down from a high level and go down to the details and figure out where bottlenecks are."
"We can view the server activities, including issues in the process, with a single click."
"The features that I like best are the dashboard and Business Journey."
"We just started using it so it is a little too early to tell but we have already seen how APM finds the issues with the different applications, which is very important for us."
"Once you get past installation, AppDynamics is highly stable and we get good results."
 

Cons

"Alerting needs improvement."
"The synthetic scripting for end-user monitoring could be a little bit broader. Instead of using just Python, they can include a few other languages so that not everyone has to jump on the bandwagon for Python and do Selenium scripting. They can open up that a bit to make it simpler for people to do the scripting."
"The mobile app gets the job done but it's missing a lot."
"I see that the main challenge with Splunk AppDynamics is the management of multiple agents, as installing several agents on a server is a significant hurdle we still face."
"Splunk AppDynamics could improve their installation process, which would be an incredible thing on Splunk AppDynamics' side."
"AppDynamics lacks integration with cloud technology. It probably isn't a good fit for emerging enterprises because it's an on-premise solution, and many newer companies are moving to the cloud. AppDynamics' on-premise technology works reasonably well, but it doesn't have cloud features."
"Rolling out version upgrades is a difficult job at times."
"Setting up one of machine agents was kind of a challenge."
"The solution's features could be more mobile friendly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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."
"I give the price a five out of ten."
"Our purchasing experience through the AWS Marketplace has been pretty painless."
"We find its pricing reasonable and competitive. After it was acquired by Cisco, we found it acceptable."
"It's a very expensive product. Each of the licenses after this month for one server is around $9,000 or $10,000."
"The solution has a high cost."
"The license fee for Application Analytics is in the range of 2.5 million over three years, with extra fees for service contingencies."
"In terms of pricing, I feel that when you compare the benefits that we get to the price that we paid, it is reasonable."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
23%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

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Small Business64
Midsize Enterprise37
Large Enterprise205
 

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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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The price is not cheap, however, considering the benefits and the price ratio, I would rate it nine out of ten.
What needs improvement with AppDynamics Database Monitoring?
Based on my experience, some databases like Couchbase, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB require a little bit of enhancement as they are newer and not as widely used as other databases. The limitations are o...
 

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