HPE OneView vs Splunk AppDynamics comparison

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Splunk are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #22 with an average rating of 8.7, while Splunk is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.2. Hewlett Packard Enterprise holds a 1.1% mindshare in IM, compared to Splunk’s 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Splunk users who would recommend it.

HPE OneView

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91% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 1, 2026

Splunk AppDynamics and HPE OneView compete in the IT performance monitoring and infrastructure management category. Based on the data, AppDynamics seems to have an upper hand in detailed performance monitoring and real-time analytics, while HPE OneView stands out with its consolidated infrastructure management capabilities.

Features: AppDynamics offers robust JVM performance monitoring, seamless transaction tracking, and automatic baselining, providing extensive analytics and alert capabilities. Its integrated dashboard facilitates real-time insights without heavy user input. HPE OneView excels with consolidated management of storage, servers, and switches, offering centralized control over infrastructure to deliver a unified hardware management experience.

Room for Improvement: AppDynamics requires better dashboard customization, integration with newer tech, and refined alignment between development and support. Configuration challenges with async calls and a need for improved documentation have been noted. HPE OneView should enhance speed, broaden support for non-HPE devices, and improve security device integration. Enhancements in firmware management and server profile flexibility are also suggested.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: AppDynamics provides flexible deployment across public, private, hybrid, and on-premises models, although technical support could improve in issue resolution speed and licensing complexity. HPE OneView mainly utilizes on-premises deployment and is praised for comprehensive technical support and user training, although it should improve in speed and knowledge depth.

Pricing and ROI: AppDynamics is perceived as expensive due to its agent-based licensing, but the ROI is justified through significant time savings in issue resolution and optimization for large enterprises. HPE OneView is more affordable upfront, notably benefiting government sectors, offering significant value in infrastructure management, although it can be costly for some users.

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HPE OneView vs. Splunk AppDynamics

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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:

ROI

Sentiment score

1.0

HPE OneView streamlines hardware setup, saves time, simplifies networking, and provides significant ROI advantages for most users.

Sentiment score

5.5

Splunk AppDynamics enhances productivity and customer satisfaction, yielding high ROI through improved application performance and quick issue resolution.

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Overall, as a production gatekeeper, we achieve at least 50% efficiency immediately, with potential savings ranging from 60 to 70% as well, reinforcing why it is a popular tool in the banking industry.

DevendraKumar1

Technology lead at Infosys

According to errors, exceptions, and code-level details related to their application performance on a daily basis, the application development team tries to help with Splunk AppDynamics to reduce errors and exceptions, which helps the end users get application availability and feel more confident.

Gyanesh Rahatekar

Back office at Reliance Industries Ltd

To understand the magnitude of it, when the company asked to replace Splunk AppDynamics with another tool, I indicated that for the proposed tool, we would need five people to do the analysis that Splunk AppDynamics enables me to do.

Konstantinos Michailidis

Digital Performance Tester at Amdocs

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

8.1

HPE OneView customer service experiences vary, with efficient high-level support but challenges at initial levels, often rated 8/10.

Sentiment score

6.9

Splunk AppDynamics technical support is responsive and helpful, with knowledgeable staff, but occasionally slow in complex cases.

The customer service and support have been responsive.

Sajith Alawwa

Sr. Systems Engineer at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees

I would give the quality of HPE OneView's technical support an eight out of ten rating, indicating good customer service and support in my opinion.

Mohsin Rasheed

Presales engineer and consultant at Hybrid Tech

The technical support for HPE OneView rates as an 8 on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the worst and 10 is the best.

Kapil Pandey

Technology Management Consultant at National Institute for Smart Government - NISG

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It dives deep into questions, leading to effective solutions, often making it feel that a human is resolving issues at the back end.

Purnambica Kolavennu

Project Manager at AGRICULTURE SKILL COUNCIL OF INDIA (ASCI)

AppDynamics is much more helpful.

Eduardo Gallardo

Director of Technical Part at NOS SGPS

We got a contact, an account manager, to work directly with for technical support.

NagadevanMuthusamy

Performance Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

8.5

HPE OneView facilitates infrastructure growth with seamless integration, preferred for scalability and managing large server environments effectively.

Sentiment score

7.1

AppDynamics offers strong scalability for enterprises but may present cost challenges and mixed results for smaller businesses.

HPE OneView is highly scalable, especially useful for organizations with large infrastructures.

Mohsin Rasheed

Presales engineer and consultant at Hybrid Tech

HPE OneView is a scalable solution since you can integrate any number of servers based on your license.

Kapil Pandey

Technology Management Consultant at National Institute for Smart Government - NISG

Scalability is fine as we can add Synergy frames and extend many frames as needed.

Sajith Alawwa

Sr. Systems Engineer at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees

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Our operational efficiency increases multifold, and service delivery has contributed to revenue growth and business expansion.

Purnambica Kolavennu

Project Manager at AGRICULTURE SKILL COUNCIL OF INDIA (ASCI)

We have reached maximum capacity in our tier, and extending capacity has not been cost-effective from Splunk's perspective.

reviewer2674446

Senior Principal, Enterprise Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

I would rate the scalability of Splunk AppDynamics as a nine out of ten.

Konstantinos Michailidis

Digital Performance Tester at Amdocs

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

6.6

HPE OneView is highly reliable with most versions stable, though minor bugs exist, and timely upgrades enhance performance.

Sentiment score

7.8

Splunk AppDynamics is reliable and stable, with minor UI slowdowns and occasional integration challenges noted by users.

The stability of the blades is concerning; we have frequent issues with blades having memory or power issues.

Sajith Alawwa

Sr. Systems Engineer at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees

HPE OneView is a stable solution that works efficiently.

Kapil Pandey

Technology Management Consultant at National Institute for Smart Government - NISG

It supports unified monitoring effectively but may have areas for enhancement.

Mohsin Rasheed

Presales engineer and consultant at Hybrid Tech

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It is necessary to conduct appropriate testing before deploying them in production to prevent potential outages.

reviewer2674446

Senior Principal, Enterprise Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

There are no issues or bugs with the 20.4 version; it is very stable with no functionality or operational issues.

Gyanesh Rahatekar

Back office at Reliance Industries Ltd

Splunk AppDynamics is superior to any alternative, including Dynatrace.

DevendraKumar1

Technology lead at Infosys

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Room For Improvement

HPE OneView users want better integration, enhanced support, improved management features, user-friendly interface, and reduced licensing costs.

Splunk AppDynamics needs UI improvement, better integration, enhanced reporting, and expanded AI, cloud, and performance monitoring features.

The upgrade process is lengthy, requiring careful planning as we cannot match ESXi versions without aligning OneView first, leading to delays.

Sajith Alawwa

Sr. Systems Engineer at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees

I believe the prices of HPE OneView should be reduced, as it is quite expensive.

Mohsin Rasheed

Presales engineer and consultant at Hybrid Tech

From the dashboard and reporting perspective, HPE OneView could be improved by having multiple modules rather than just a single customization option.

Kapil Pandey

Technology Management Consultant at National Institute for Smart Government - NISG

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Splunk AppDynamics does not support the complete MELT framework, which includes metrics, events, logging, and tracing for the entire stack.

reviewer2674446

Senior Principal, Enterprise Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

AI could provide more insights for annual or half-yearly reports and forecast future changes in the asset landscape.

Ahmed-KASSAB

Senior Delivery Manager at GE Vernova

Functionality-wise, I would like to see more cognitive solutions in Splunk AppDynamics, ideally with a single agent that can implement policies and provide predictive insights regarding application performance degradation during peak times.

Rajkumar ReghuVarma

Technology Architect at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Setup Cost

HPE OneView pricing varies significantly, viewed as cost-effective by some yet expensive by others, depending on deployment scale.

Splunk AppDynamics offers comprehensive features but incurs high licensing costs, making it difficult for smaller businesses to justify ROI.

Customers need to pay a substantial amount for the licenses, especially when monitoring a large number of servers and storages.

Mohsin Rasheed

Presales engineer and consultant at Hybrid Tech

Our main concern is managing expenses related to the VMware licensing model which affects blade usage.

Sajith Alawwa

Sr. Systems Engineer at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees

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We completed a three-year deal for Splunk and for AppDynamics, which costs millions of dollars.

reviewer2756163

Development Operations Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Overall, I consider Splunk AppDynamics an expensive product; it's very expensive.

Per Eklund

Manager, System Scom at Handelsbanken

The resource team finds the best prices, ensuring that Splunk AppDynamics is an acceptable option for the end user.

Ahmed-KASSAB

Senior Delivery Manager at GE Vernova

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Valuable Features

HPE OneView streamlines infrastructure management with automation, improving efficiency, deployment speed, and operational visibility for enhanced user experience.

Splunk AppDynamics offers real-time monitoring, AI-powered diagnostics, and a user-friendly interface for performance optimization and issue resolution.

I can monitor everything in one view, which has significantly improved operational efficiency for us.

Mohsin Rasheed

Presales engineer and consultant at Hybrid Tech

The ease of management with HPE OneView is excellent.

Sajith Alawwa

Sr. Systems Engineer at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees

One of the best features of HPE OneView is that you get a complete architecture with a single click.

Kapil Pandey

Technology Management Consultant at National Institute for Smart Government - NISG

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We have multiple tools, but end users prefer to use Splunk AppDynamics because their portal navigation is very simple and clear.

Gyanesh Rahatekar

Back office at Reliance Industries Ltd

The real user monitoring and digital experience monitoring effectively track actual user experience with the applications, including page loading, interaction time for both desktop and mobile applications.

Mohammed Hassan

Regional Director at iSecureMind Integrated Solutions

This is the best feature because, although you can't monitor a whole application at once, Splunk AppDynamics gives you the option that if there is any failure—simple failure regarding anything set up as per our use cases—you will get an alert.

DevendraKumar1

Technology lead at Infosys

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Categories and Ranking

HPE OneView

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

22nd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Splunk AppDynamics

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

3rd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

274

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (3rd), IT Operations Analytics (2nd), Mobile APM (1st), Container Monitoring (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of HPE OneView is 1.1%, down from 1.4% 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
Product	Mindshare (%)
Splunk AppDynamics	2.5%
HPE OneView	1.1%
Other	96.4%

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

Featured Reviews

Kapil Pandey

Technology Management Consultant at National Institute for Smart Government - NISG

Gaining seamless monitoring and customization capabilities

One of the best features of HPE OneView is that you get a complete architecture with a single click. The analytics and monitoring tools in HPE OneView are superior to other network monitoring platforms such as Nagios. The features include multiple modules that allow you to create and write your own scripts based on your requirements for different servers such as database servers or tapping roaming servers. There is more feasibility when using HP Service Manager because, unlike other tools with predefined standards for script writing, we have the option for customization as per our choice, and dashboard reports can be customized.

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Shamim Alsharif

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.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

10%

Construction Company

Outsourcing Company

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

23%

Construction Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Outsourcing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	22
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	51

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	64
Midsize Enterprise	37
Large Enterprise	205

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with HPE OneView?

From the dashboard and reporting perspective, HPE OneView could be improved by having multiple modules rather than just a single customization option.

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What is your primary use case for HPE OneView?

The typical use case for HPE OneView addresses a shift from manual monitoring, where clients needed to log in to the server every hour. After integrating everything on HP Service Manager and HP Ope...

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What advice do you have for others considering HPE OneView?

Regarding the integration capabilities of HPE OneView with platforms such as VMware, SAP, or other platforms, I work for Telecom VAS servers, for SMSC, CMC, and CRB. We already have an HP team in p...

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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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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.

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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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Overview

HPE OneView offers a centralized platform for managing IT infrastructure with ease, emphasizing automation and reducing errors. Its integrated approach provides users unified control over storage, compute, and network management.

HPE OneView delivers comprehensive infrastructure visibility and effective monitoring through a user-friendly interface. Automation, real-time alerts, and quick server deployment enhance operational efficiency. Seamless integration and profile templates further streamline workflows. Despite its strengths, some users seek improved navigation, faster response times, and extended platform support. Enhanced reporting and support for older hardware models are desirable.

What key features make HPE OneView valuable?

Single Pane of Glass: Centralized management across IT infrastructure.
Automation: Streamlines processes and reduces deployment times.
Real-Time Alerts: Provides timely notifications for proactive management.
User-Friendly Interface: Enhances ease of use and reduces training time.
Profile Templates: Simplifies configuration for consistent deployments.
Unified Console: Supports storage, compute, and network management seamlessly.

What ROI should users consider when evaluating HPE OneView?

Efficiency Gains: Automation reduces manual effort and errors.
Improved Monitoring: Centralized alerts ensure quick issue resolution.
Deployment Speed: Faster setup times for IT resources.
Integration Benefits: Seamless connections with virtualization platforms enhance workflows.
Cost Reduction: Streamlined operations lower operational expenses.

Companies leverage HPE OneView across sectors such as finance, telecom, and government, utilizing its capabilities for unified monitoring, management, and configuration. It's implemented on-premises and as a hybrid cloud management interface, supporting environments like Synergy and VMware. By integrating with virtualization platforms, it advances hardware, firmware, and network management efficiency, significantly reducing manual processes.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Splunk AppDynamics is a comprehensive performance monitoring tool providing end-to-end transaction tracking, real-time monitoring, and a user-friendly interface. With AI-powered features, it enhances operational efficiency and resilience by offering insights into user interactions and infrastructure issues.

Splunk AppDynamics excels in monitoring applications and infrastructure performance, offering extensive support across environments like AWS and cloud. It aids in application performance monitoring, end-user experience, database analysis, and proactive incident detection. Supporting Java, .NET, and other technologies, it provides real-time insights into application health, resource utilization, and transaction tracking, ensuring reliable user experiences. Challenges remain in UI complexity, agent-based architecture, integration with diverse environments, and documentation clarity. Its licensing model is costly, and customer support may be slow. Performance concerns exist in historical data granularity and network visibility.

What features make Splunk AppDynamics stand out?

End-to-End Transaction Tracking: Monitors entire user transactions for comprehensive visibility.
Real-Time Monitoring: Provides instant insights into system performance.
AI-Powered Anomaly Detection: Identifies anomalies with advanced machine learning techniques.
Code-Level Troubleshooting: Diagnoses issues at the code level for precise fixes.
Business Transaction Visibility: Offers detailed views into transaction flow across all system layers.

What benefits and ROI can users expect from Splunk AppDynamics?

Improved Application Performance: Enhances system efficiency and reliability.
Operational Efficiency: Streamlines monitoring and issue resolution processes.
Enhanced Business Resilience: Strengthens the ability to adapt to performance challenges.
Seamless User Experiences: Ensures uninterrupted service and user satisfaction.

Organizations in industries like finance and healthcare implement Splunk AppDynamics to monitor critical applications and infrastructure. Its capabilities in transaction tracking and AI-driven insights are crucial for maintaining system reliability, supporting technologies such as Java and .NET, and ensuring optimal resource utilization.

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