ManageEngine Applications Manager vs VMware Aria Operations comparison

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

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Categories and Ranking

ManageEngine Applications M...

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (40th), Cloud Monitoring Software (34th)

VMware Aria Operations

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

376

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Management (1st), Virtualization Management Tools (1st)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Cloud Infrastructure and Tools solutions, they serve different purposes. ManageEngine Applications Manager is designed for Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability and holds a mindshare of 0.9%, up 0.5% compared to last year.
VMware Aria Operations, on the other hand, focuses on Virtualization Management Tools, holds 24.7% mindshare, down 34.5% since last year.

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
ManageEngine Applications Manager	0.9%
Dynatrace	5.5%
Datadog	4.7%
Other	88.9%

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

Virtualization Management Tools Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
VMware Aria Operations	24.7%
IBM Turbonomic	16.6%
SolarWinds Virtualization Manager	10.5%
Other	48.2%

Virtualization Management Tools

Featured Reviews

Srinivasan Naidu

Senior System Engineer at Qatar Petroleum

Managing application health has become simpler but new monitoring features still need faster delivery

I use application discovery and dependency mapping. It helps with managing application health What I like about ManageEngine Applications Manager is the ease of use and ease of deployment. I cannot remember anything specific for future updates of the product. The new features take a lot of time…

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AldoDomini

Senior System Network Analyst at Net spa

Have faced limitations due to high costs but have maintained reliability over time

The primary issue is the pricing, which is very expensive for my company's budget. We cannot afford to pay such a large fee. We are not Microsoft or BMW; we are a small company. As a small company, I have no power to negotiate directly with VMware. Perhaps larger companies have more opportunity to contract directly with VMware, but I do not have that leverage. The only path I can follow is to change solutions. Net.spA is a company working in the field of waste management. We are not a technological company, so we do not have a large margin to justify purchasing and maintaining the VMware infrastructure at current costs.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The Service Level Management (SLM) rules engine stands out due to its flexibility and customization capabilities, making it an invaluable tool for tailoring processes to our specific needs."

"The most valuable features are: Takes care of all IT monitoring in one console: Server, apps and business services."

"What I like most about ManageEngine Applications Manager is its price point, apart from its technicalities. The solution is cheaper than its competitors. ManageEngine Applications Manager has helpful documentation that makes setting it up straightforward."

"For a small organization, I think ManageEngine is pretty nice, I think it's enough."

"We have a very good and long relationship with ManageEngine support guys, and they provide very good support for us."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to be able to monitor Kubernetes."

"ManageEngine Applications Manager maintains the historical data and it's easy for us to analyze the trends and patterns and fix them accordingly."

"We do not have pricing constraints as an organization, because we do have reservations about ManageEngine being functionally scalable."

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"Because we're only using the foundation version, it's really nice to be able to have the one spot to look at all the details over the last six hours, troubleshooting, tagging on the performance statistics together."

"It's taken a lot of the guesswork out and allowed us to be more proactive instead of reactive, which is nice."

"Most valuable features are the dashboards that we can customize per-user that logs into them. If we need to make a dashboard that's very high-level for our executive to see how our virtual environment's handling things, we can do that. Or, if we need to deep-dive technically, we can do that for our engineers."

"The key for us is visibility into the infrastructure, both at the application layer and with performance of historical trends."

"It has improved our organization with respect to allowing us to size our environments correctly, giving us metrics about what our stuff is actually using, how we can scope for future projects, and where we can save some resources."

"The reporting feature is most valuable to me for capacity management."

"We have identified issues with performance in the past using vROps where vROps was the first thing that told us where the problem was."

"Reporting is the product’s most valuable feature: VM reporting, ESX reporting, trends, seeing where processes could be improved, seeing where resources could be reclaimed; basically, managing and balancing the vCenters."

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Cons

"Even with the top-notch dashboard, it could be made stronger in order to have an additional plug-in for analytics."

"It can’t be configured to store APM Insight data for more than one month."

"They can improve the post-processing of the data. AppDynamics has more powerful tools for post-processing or analytics. It has some limitations in more complex environments, but because we are free to use different solutions, we try to find what is best for the customers or the problem we are trying to solve."

"More modem support for SMS feature."

"Even with the top-notch dashboard, it could be made stronger with an additional plug-in for analytics."

"Lacks an SIEM solution which can be found in other products."

"At the moment, we are not finding this solution to be very stable. We've had a lot of calls with the vendor to sort things out."

"An area for improvement in ManageEngine Applications Manager is artificial intelligence. If AI is integrated into the solution, it'll be a piece of cake. Currently, it's all configured manually."

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"I would like to see them get a holistic view of the organization, not just focusing on the server and the state that it's running on but to widen that out from the end user all the way through. It's a key critical part but actually, it needs to bring outside of that, then to the networking elements and the inter-dependencies that are in hospital solutions."

"I would like to see more functionality. I would also like to see better support, because the pack that we use, the Horizon, it's an additional pack. It's not currently actually built by VMware, it's built by a separate company. When they merge the two, there will be better support in the future."

"I've had some stability issues with past releases that stopped collecting information."

"Technical support is normally good but there is sometimes a delay in their response."

"With a little more smoothness to the application, as it can lag a bit at times."

"Some of the areas that we have run into issues with are the upgrades, sometimes."

"We have an Enterprise Plus license, so there's a long list of stuff that you get with the Enterprise Plus license, and I'd like to see a better integration of all the vRealize components."

"The policy and some few metrics are not very clear. More explanations would be great."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Price-wise, it is a cheap tool...The solution's licensing model is subscription-based, in which yearly payments are to be made."

"The solution's licensing costs are yearly."

"The licensing costs for ManageEngine Applications Manager are around $1,200 per year. For additional monitors, you have to pay extra."

"ManageEngine Applications Manager has reasonable pricing. It's more affordable than other solutions in the market. My company has an instance-based license for ManageEngine Applications Manager. You can purchase a yearly subscription or a perpetual license. The standard license covers most features, but you can still have some paid add-ons."

"Its price is good."

"The annual licensing depends on the number of monitors you have connected. Once you get to two hundred monitors you can see the price reflect."

"The solution is noted for its cost-effectiveness, a crucial consideration for potential users."

"The cost of this solution is not too bad, although it could be cheaper considering what you're getting for the price."

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"Most small users don't adopt VMware Aria Operations until it's necessary. Small businesses are looking for it, too. We need more monitoring and insights, so we're analyzing solutions to help us out here. I rate the solution’s pricing a five out of ten."

"The initial costs are a bit on the higher side but the licensing is flexible."

"I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."

"The licensing is not clear at the moment if the on-premises pricing is the same as on the cloud. I am checking on the pricing. However, you can save a lot of money with the cloud solution because you need to spend time installing, upgrading, and connecting with the on-premises solution. Also, you don't need to spend time scheduling the maintenance and maintaining the solution when using the cloud version."

"If the VMs were trimmed, then we wouldn't have to buy as much software/hardware, and this means less licenses. While most of it is VMware licenses, which are relatively cheap, there are SQL licenses for Microsoft, and this is where we could start saving a lot of money."

"Our manpower costs have been reduced due to the automation in conjunction with the usage of the dashboard."

"The predictive analysis of the infrastructure helps our customers to reduce downtime and improve capacity planning. Issues are fixed faster with vROps."

"The licensing model is annual. Compared to the price of other products, VMware vRealize Operations (vROps) is a bit on the high side. If it could be cheaper, it would be good."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Marketing Services Firm

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	10

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	65
Midsize Enterprise	62
Large Enterprise	278

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ManageEngine Applications Manager?

I am satisfied with the licensing cost for ManageEngine Applications Manager.

What needs improvement with ManageEngine Applications Manager?

The new features take a lot of time to be implemented, and that could be improved about ManageEngine Applications Manager. If I were requesting a new feature that is not existing, making it availab...

What is your primary use case for ManageEngine Applications Manager?

I use application discovery and dependency mapping. It helps with managing application health.

What's the difference between VMware vRA (automation) and vROps (operations)?

vROP is a virtualization management solution from VMWare. It is efficient and easy to manage. You can find anything you need from the software interface. It provides complete visibility over applic...

Is VMware Aria Operations a user friendly solution?

In terms of user-friendliness, VMware Aria Operations is one of the best solutions out there. It is not overly complex to set up and you can rely on the technical support to provide you with assis...

What is the most useful new feature of VMware Aria Operations?

For me, the alerts features are the most unique part of this product, no matter the current name it uses. When they introduced the new version of VMware Aria Operations, they also introduced more a...

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Also Known As

Applications Manager

VMware vRealize Operations (vROps), vCenter Operations Manager (VCOPS)

Overview

ManageEngine Applications Manager offers an intuitive dashboard that combines flexibility and affordability for comprehensive IT monitoring. Supporting over 80 applications and servers, it provides agentless monitoring and seamless integration with other management tools.

ManageEngine Applications Manager stands out with its ability to monitor applications, servers, databases, and IT infrastructures, making it ideal for small to medium businesses seeking a scalable and cost-effective solution. Users benefit from customizable Service Level Management rules, effective Kubernetes monitoring, and frequent software updates. However, there is room for enhancement in agent stability under heavy load conditions, overall scalability, deeper data analysis capabilities, and user experience improvements. Organizations leverage it for application performance monitoring, IT infrastructure management, and service management, incorporating it for application modernization, JVM parameter analysis, and automatic alarm settings. It also facilitates application discovery, dependency mapping, troubleshooting, and cloud service evaluation.

What are the key features of ManageEngine Applications Manager?

Easy-to-Use Dashboard: Offers a user-friendly interface for efficient monitoring.
Comprehensive IT Monitoring: Supports over 80 applications and servers.
Agentless Monitoring: Enables seamless deployment and integration.
Service Level Management: Provides customizable rules to manage services effectively.
Kubernetes Monitoring: Efficiently tracks and manages Kubernetes environments.
Regular Updates: Ensures the software stays up-to-date with new features.

What benefits or ROI can users expect?

Cost-Effective: Provides a scalable solution suitable for small to medium businesses.
Integration Capabilities: Easily integrates with other management tools.
Customizable Solutions: Offers flexibility to tailor monitoring according to specific business needs.
Comprehensive Documentation: Comes with helpful resources for better understanding.

ManageEngine Applications Manager is implemented across various industries for monitoring SQL databases, service incidents, and IT service management. It supports application discovery and troubleshooting, enhancing management of IT services and asset modules. Companies also use it to evaluate potential cloud service options.

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VMware Aria Operations provides detailed metrics, graphing capabilities, and historical data for proactive infrastructure management, offering a single pane of glass for comprehensive views, alert notifications, and seamless integration with VMware tools.

VMware Aria Operations is designed for monitoring and optimizing virtual environments, empowering businesses to enhance infrastructure efficiency and manage workloads. With stress ratings and capacity planning, it facilitates troubleshooting performance issues while forecasting resource needs. Automation and integration with VMware tools streamline operations, making it indispensable for maintaining system health and enabling data-driven decisions. Users appreciate its comprehensive infrastructure views, though they note the interface complexity and high pricing as key considerations. Improved automation, third-party integration, and usability are desired enhancements.

What are the key features of VMware Aria Operations?

Single Pane of Glass: Provides comprehensive views of infrastructure for easy management.
Performance Monitoring: Tracks performance with detailed metrics and trend analysis.
Capacity Planning: Offers insights into stress ratings and future resource needs.
Alert Notifications: Effectively notifies users of potential system issues.
Automation and Integration: Streamlines operations with VMware tools.

What benefits should users consider in reviews?

Infrastructure Efficiency: Ensures optimal use of virtual environments for effective workload management.
Operational Visibility: Improves decision-making with detailed insights and analytics.
Resource Optimization: Helps forecast and allocate resources efficiently.
Proactive Management: Facilitates early detection of issues to maintain system health.

VMware Aria Operations' implementation across industries like finance, healthcare, and education showcases its utility in maintaining operational efficiency. It aids in tracking usage metrics and integrating workflows, benefiting sectors with critical performance and resource management needs.

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Sample Customers

Certis Europe, Financial Domain, SaaS Office Suite, On Demand TV, Parliament's IT Systems, Sastra Technologies, UniServity

Science Applications International Corporation, Tribune Media, Heartland Payment Systems, Telkom Indonesia, Columbia Sportswear, iGATE, CSS Corp, Angel Broking, Adira Finance, Hipskind, Beiersdorf Shared Services, Innovate Mas Indonesia, Adobe, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi , Join Experience S.A, Borusan Holdings, Department of Transport - Abu Dhabi

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