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GroundWork Monitor vs Splunk AppDynamics comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 1, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

GroundWork Monitor
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
75th
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
22nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (100th), Cloud Monitoring Software (50th)
Splunk AppDynamics
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
3rd
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), Mobile APM (1st), Container Monitoring (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of GroundWork Monitor is 0.5%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk AppDynamics is 2.5%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk AppDynamics2.5%
GroundWork Monitor0.5%
Other97.0%
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

it_user186582 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr PC/Client Server Analyst II at a individual & family service with 10,001+ employees
It's easy to setup and the plugins are easy to write. When we need to, the threshold is easy to change.
It's easy to setup and the plugins are easy to write. When we need to, the threshold is easy to change It would be nice to have a centralized client-settings management. At the moment, the client settings have to be changed individually. I've used it since 2011. The deployment of the new server…
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's easy to setup and the plugins are easy to write."
"This solution gives us quite good insights that we might otherwise overlook, or it might take a really long time to debug those issues."
"Application Analytics reduces the average time it takes to repair performance problems and improves cooperation between different IT departments."
"AppDynamics provides visibility on slowness or problems in production and processes in revenue-related products or software, as well as generating performance and availability metrics."
"It has been stable, scalable and manageable."
"AppDynamics' best feature is automation - for example, when I add a note, it can understand the data automatically."
"Setting up the monitoring agents was straightforward."
"AppDynamics' most valuable features are the response time of the business transaction modules, the ability to monitor multiple services, and testing and developing environments."
"AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring provides smooth connectivity to different applications."
 

Cons

"Deploying an agent leaves much to be desired."
"Further integrations with other monitoring systems would be very helpful. I want to see it interacting more with the infrastructure, to get more statistics and details from our infrastructure environment and not only applications."
"There could log management features included in the product."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"The setup, implementation and use are clumsy and need to be refined."
"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."
"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."
"Stability-wise, we experienced some performance issues when upgrading from 4.4 to 4.5."
"Customer support from Splunk AppDynamics is fair but requires enhancements in ticket resolution times."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The cost is prohibitive."
"If one is expensive and ten is low price, I rate the product price as seven out of ten."
"AppDynamics does not usually do monthly payments. They do it on an annual basis, at the very least."
"I was not involved with the procurement of AppDynamic, but I believe it's expensive."
"Yearly payments have to be made toward the licensing costs of the solution. The solution has no additional costs apart from the licensing costs."
"The licensing scheme is very complex. They need to make it easier."
"One of the main downsides to the solution is its cost."
"I give the price a five out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
30%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
22%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business64
Midsize Enterprise37
Large Enterprise205
 

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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.
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