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GroundWork Monitor vs Splunk AppDynamics comparison

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Categories and Ranking

GroundWork Monitor
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
74th
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 (52nd)
Splunk AppDynamics
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
4th
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
276
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (3rd), Mobile APM (1st), Container Monitoring (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of GroundWork Monitor is 0.6%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk AppDynamics is 2.5%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk AppDynamics2.5%
GroundWork Monitor0.6%
Other96.9%
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."
"It works great for doing what you need, when you want to track response times and error rates; and especially being able to dig down to individual transactions and see the actual call methods."
"This tool is so good to work with."
"Technical support is the best thing with AppD."
"Insights outside of the code we write."
"It provides great tools for monitoring and managing all the different environments of Dev, QA, and Prod with different needs but from a common interface."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to take a report, and in particular, a visual, and link it to actual application performance and then the consequences. This means you can show how an incident or action has an effect on the business."
"I like that AppDynamics allows every organization to have what they want to see, like for my organization, we're able to customize the dashboard to show us details of what we want to see in our transactions."
"The pricing is very good, and you get good value, especially if you compare it to DynaTrace."
 

Cons

"Deploying an agent leaves much to be desired."
"I install it frequently and sometimes when they fix something they break something else, so better QA is needed to ensure the quality of their fixes."
"The solution does not offer good scalability."
"I haven’t rated the product higher basically because of the synthetic monitoring piece."
"There needs to be an option to capture all the sessions for all the users, not just samplings."
"However, we have a slight complexity where for infrastructure we have to go to one agent, for the database we have to go to one agent, and for the application we go to another agent."
"I would like to see some cosmetic enhancements."
"AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring needs to offer an end-to-end experience, including the internet layer and third-party elements that come into play on websites."
"There may be some older technologies that are still covered, however, it's not as plug-and-play."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The licensing cost is fairly high"
"AppDynamics offers a yearly basis license."
"There is a license to use this solution. However, the clients pay for the licenses we are the service provider."
"The pricing is very competitive."
"I was not involved with the procurement of AppDynamic, but I believe it's expensive."
"There is a license for the solution and we paid approximately $2,000. There is also an additional cost above the standard license which cost us approximately $3,000."
"AppDynamics Server Monitoring is an expensive solution."
"There is an annual cost to use this solution. The licensing model could be improved by making it more cost-effective."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
29%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business64
Midsize Enterprise38
Large Enterprise206
 

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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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AppDynamics Database Monitoring?
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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