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Instabug vs Splunk AppDynamics comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 23, 2025

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

Instabug
Ranking in Mobile APM
7th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk AppDynamics
Ranking in Mobile APM
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
260
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (3rd), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (6th), IT Operations Analytics (2nd), Container Monitoring (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Mobile APM category, the mindshare of Instabug is 1.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk AppDynamics is 26.7%, down from 27.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mobile APM Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Splunk AppDynamics26.7%
Instabug1.5%
Other71.8%
Mobile APM
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2785143 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder . Interior Architect & Interior Designer at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees
Fast in-app surveys have improved how we collect and focus on user feedback for our job platform
The best features Instabug offers are that it is very easy to obtain immediate feedback. The immediate feedback feature for my app is very simple to use, which helps my team and users focus on the target and focus on a different objective. Instabug has impacted my organization positively because it is very simple to use, and I can find in a short time the feedback I need to work on a specific target.
DK
Technology lead at Infosys
Has enabled us to detect issues instantly through alerts and monitor every service from a single dashboard
Splunk requires significantly more improvements compared to Splunk AppDynamics, specifically regarding the licensing aspect. Splunk renews licenses every six months, which is inconvenient. It would be better to have a one-year license to avoid needing to update keys constantly, which can only occur on weekends, making it a burdensome task. Although Splunk is better for certain use cases, Splunk AppDynamics is broader in functionality. Specifically, I want enhancements related to creating dashboards not only for logs or minor services but also for configuration levels, allowing us to check configurations immediately without manually opening the entire code when exceptions arise—a feature I wish to see improved in Splunk, although it may not be necessary for Splunk AppDynamics.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The best features Instabug offers are that it is very easy to obtain immediate feedback."
"The product makes it very easy to reproduce issues."
"I would rate the stability a nine out of ten."
"The feature that I appreciate in AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring is the intuitive and user-friendly dynamic mapping it creates for workflows."
"Knowing which tables on the database were working the most was valuable. It helped the client understand where they need to focus. They streamlined a lot of their queries and brought the resource usage down. It helped them to find long-running queries. They rewrote them completely so that they don't take as long and the application performs better."
"Splunk AppDynamics tells us what the top 10 queries are which are actually contributing to the load on the database, and it gives us the view of what exactly the query does, whether it uses more DB CPU or is contributing to the roll-up contention on the database."
"We're a large organization, so we appreciate AppDynamics' wide coverage. It may not work in all areas, but it has broad coverage. We can use the same dataset for different use case aspects. That is the beauty of AppDynamics. You can coordinate APM, EUM, and infrastructure through one dataset."
"It has improved our organization with its ability to catch issues quickly and fix them."
"AppDynamics' most valuable feature is Business iQ, which is based on analytics."
"It is a good monitoring tool. Its stability is very good."
"Being able to install it on-prem and monitor our on-prem infrastructure is important for us... Most of our infrastructure is on-prem. We have highly scalable systems and AppDynamics will help us monitor our load on-prem. Our systems range from simple to the most complex and it gives us the visibility across transactions, in one dashboard."
 

Cons

"The end users were not able to report bugs."
"It would be beneficial if the tool could be more precise in capturing steps, focusing only on the relevant ones. For example, there were some times when it caught some extra screenshots which were not included in the steps. Sometimes, it also happened that it got some extra steps that were not in there to reproduce the bug. We also called that screenshot and the steps there as well."
"An area that has room for improvement on the CR and ERP would be the addition of monitoring of the internal solution. For example, you can monitor the day-to-day and everything in the transactions with AppDynamics, but there's also a lot going on in the kernel itself that you cannot monitor. The automation needs to improve as well. As it stands, a lot of customization needs to happen before you can use AppDynamics."
"The solution could be more mobile friendly."
"The product lost its place as an industry leader."
"I would like to see accommodation for millisecond granularity, as we only have one-second granularity now."
"Things are being done differently in the industry now, and many of these problems are being solved with cloud databases."
"The solution is available at an inflated cost"
"The solution's user interface should be improved."
"It would help to maybe have a more graphical interface and more user-friendly graphics."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"AppDynamics Database Monitoring requires a license for database monitoring and other features, while Dynatrace provides monitoring and other features out of the box without additional costs. Sometimes this makes it more challenging to pitch AppDynamics Database Monitoring to customers, especially because you need to buy a separate license. As an implementer, I have yet to learn about the pricing for AppDynamics Database Monitoring. Pricing is taken care of by the sales team."
"It does require licensing to be paid."
"Because it is priced per JVM, the price can increase pretty fast, into the millions. We have had challenges because we had to justify the price to our clients, as well, when we are putting in certain tools."
"As a technical person, and as an application development team, they all understand that this is the right tool for us. But when it comes to budget and financial matters, it takes days and weeks to convince upper management to buy this tool. So they should do something more on licensing costs."
"We are looking forward to purchasing the solution on the AWS Marketplace."
"There is an annual cost for the use of this solution."
"The product is a bit expensive compared to other tools."
"The tool is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Financial Services Firm
25%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business55
Midsize Enterprise36
Large Enterprise195
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Instabug?
Maybe it can be more simple to separate customers by age.
What is your primary use case for Instabug?
My main use case for Instabug is to conduct a survey. I use Instabug for a survey and to receive feedback about our app, as we have a new app. My team uses Instabug because we have an app in which ...
What advice do you have for others considering Instabug?
Instabug has helped me get a faster response, but I don't have any experience with different sites, so I cannot make a comparison. My advice to others looking into using Instabug is to use it simpl...
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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AppDynamics?
I would rate the pricing an eight out of ten. The solution is highly expensive. Our company pays for the solution on a yearly basis, if we don't add new modules or features to the license, we need ...
 

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Sample Customers

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