OpenText Real User Monitoring vs Splunk AppDynamics comparison

OpenText and Splunk are both solutions in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category. OpenText is ranked #44 with an average rating of 7.7, while Splunk is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.2. OpenText holds a 0.4% mindshare in APM, compared to Splunk’s 4.1% mindshare. Additionally, 58% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Splunk users who would recommend it.

OpenText Real User Monitoring

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91% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 17, 2025

OpenText Real User Monitoring and Splunk AppDynamics compete in the domain of performance monitoring and analytics. Splunk AppDynamics has a comprehensive feature set that provides an edge, despite its higher costs.

Features: OpenText Real User Monitoring focuses on real-time user transaction monitoring, offering insights into end-user experiences. It provides transaction tracking and near-real-time analytics. Splunk AppDynamics offers extensive application performance management capabilities, including detailed root cause diagnosis, machine learning-powered analytics, and deep dive monitoring. It provides a holistic view of application performance.

Room for Improvement: OpenText Real User Monitoring could improve its analytics and expand its integration with other systems to provide a broader performance view. Enhancing its user interface for easier navigation would be beneficial. Additionally, expanding cloud deployment options could enhance its appeal. Splunk AppDynamics could streamline its pricing structure to make it more accessible. Further simplifying deployment processes and expanding compatibility with diverse IT infrastructures would also be beneficial. Enhancing basic reporting to save time for users is another area for growth.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service:OpenText Real User Monitoring is straightforward to deploy and offers strong customer support. Splunk AppDynamics provides a flexible deployment model suitable for hybrid environments. Its robust customer service gives it a slight edge over its competitor.

Pricing and ROI:OpenText Real User Monitoring is cost-effective, generally providing a quick ROI. Splunk AppDynamics necessitates a higher initial investment but often yields a larger ROI over time, thanks to its advanced analytics. The higher upfront cost of Splunk AppDynamics is often justified by its extensive capabilities, offering long-term value.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText Real User Monitoring

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

44th

Average Rating

6.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Splunk AppDynamics

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

3rd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

253

Ranking in other categories

IT Infrastructure Monitoring (6th), IT Operations Analytics (2nd), Mobile APM (1st), Container Monitoring (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of OpenText Real User Monitoring is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk AppDynamics is 4.1%, down from 5.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Splunk AppDynamics	4.1%
OpenText Real User Monitoring	0.4%
Other	95.5%

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

Featured Reviews

Aphiwat Leetavorn.

CTO at Marco Technology

Offers back-end monitoring, so it can analyze user experience but when customers change the software or version, this tool is quite sensitive

Real User Monitoring tools help proactively identify problems before they become critical by monitoring thresholds. There is a threshold and an SOA threshold. For example, it starts to go yellow, and if it becomes red, the system will crash. When it starts to become yellow (Threshold Approaching), we have to resolve it. This is the same case where we'll know what happened before it's too late. So we can make an early decision to prevent it, maybe by kicking some users off the system before it crashes.

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Gyanesh Rahatekar

Back office at Reliance Industries Ltd

Application performance management and error resolution improved with data-driven insights

Dynatrace has multiple functions compared to Splunk AppDynamics, so Splunk AppDynamics should add those functions, which are not available as of now. Dynatrace has a universal agent that collects all information related to their CI, and if one CI has multiple languages, then there is no need to instrument multiple agents. However, 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. Splunk AppDynamics should work with Dynatrace with one single universal agent that works with all application languages, eliminating the need for multiple implementations.

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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

"Real User Monitoring tools help proactively identify problems before they become critical by monitoring thresholds. There is a threshold and an SOA threshold."

"The most useful feature of this solution is tracking. When the application's traffic has been monitored it is taken from that particular application and analyzed. It is then given a live session of that particular user. For example, if you are using your bank application to do some kind of transaction, everything that you do can be tracked by that application."

"With the solution, you can easily access any issues in your infrastructure."

"It offers near-real-time analytics, which is helpful."

"The technical support is good at resolving issues."

"The Real User Monitor, with its transaction and synthetic transaction monitoring, is the typical classic in APM cases when the customer would like to do transaction monitoring. Micro Focus scores better where the underlying infrastructure management is also covered by Micro Focus tools."

"Real User Monitor has improved our productivity."

"The most valuable feature is application performance monitoring."

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"The product provides a nice end-user experience."

"Autodiscovery of application topology, based on real user traffic."

"In 2014 and 2015, AppDynamics was one of the best products on the market."

"The product is easy to install, it took about half an hour. The use and the configurations are simple as well."

"Splunk AppDynamics helps us in identifying bottlenecks and providing fine-tuning recommendations."

"AppDynamics' most valuable features are the response time of the business transaction modules, the ability to monitor multiple services, and testing and developing environments."

"Capacity planning is, in my opinion, the most useful."

"AppDynamics Database Monitoring's dashboarding is its best feature."

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Cons

"We would like to see support for non-Windows environments."

"This technology is considered to be older."

"Customer support needs to improve by bringing in more people who are knowledgeable about the tool, as there are very few left."

"Everybody is moving away from traffic and installing agents on the application to do the job, but Micro Focus is using traditional ways to collect the traffic. They should change their architecture completely."

"The product needs more R&D to make it easier and more compatible with other software."

"Real User Monitor needs to cover more protocols to provide more in-depth information. It could also be better at monitoring voice-related traffic. There is currently no visibility in that channel."

"The solution's technical support presents a lot of issues with too many delays."

"The diagnostics perspective, particularly in terms of the root cause analysis of failures, should be improved."

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"AppDynamics is new to the cloud and could improve its cloud services, they are following a monolithic monitoring approach."

"In terms of improvements we would like to see, we want to understand what the battery consumption metrics are whenever a user is viewing. It would be really helpful for us if we could get those details levels."

"Sometimes, it is hard to navigate through and find if something is wrong or figure out where an error stemmed from."

"The price of the solution could improve."

"This product has an issue with initial lag upon opening that we would like to see improved."

"AppDynamics lacks integration with cloud technology. It probably isn't a good fit for emerging enterprises because it's an on-premise solution, and many newer companies are moving to the cloud. AppDynamics' on-premise technology works reasonably well, but it doesn't have cloud features."

"AppDynamics is dealing with a lot of products and technologies, so we need to have clear documentation."

"AppDynamics Database Monitoring would be improved with more support for microservices architecture."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"If I compare with other vendors, other vendors are more expensive"

"The price is approximately €30,000 ($35,500 USD) for the enterprise edition."

"Compared to other tools, OpenText Real User Monitoring is an expensive solution."

"Not expensive."

"The pricing is very competitive."

"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."

"There is a license to use this solution. However, the clients pay for the licenses we are the service provider."

"For those who appreciate the value and had issues with the visibility of the performance of their applications, then the pricing is good. For somebody who does not need it, it can be pricey, but overall, it is worth the money which it costs."

"AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring does have licensing cost associated with it."

"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."

"We buy the platform's yearly subscription."

"The solution has a high cost."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

13%

Performing Arts

11%

Computer Software Company

Hospitality Company

Financial Services Firm

28%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	7

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	55
Midsize Enterprise	36
Large Enterprise	188

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Micro Focus Real User Monitor?

The diagnostics perspective, particularly in terms of the root cause analysis of failures, should be improved. There needs to be more development in this area, as the support and the number of peop...

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What is your primary use case for Micro Focus Real User Monitor?

The use case is about user-level monitoring and the availability of a service for a user. It's about whether the service is available, its performance, and the type of errors a user is receiving, f...

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What advice do you have for others considering Micro Focus Real User Monitor?

I rate the solution as nine. It is a good product. Everyone should have it as it is essential today, but choose the vendor accordingly. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

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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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APM tools for a Managed Service Provider - Dynatrace vs. AppDynamics vs. Aternity vs. Ruxit

Hi Avi! It's great to see your thorough approach to selecting an APM package for your MSP company. Considering your focus on SMBs and enterprises in Israel, Dynatrace seems like a solid choice with...

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What do you like most about AppDynamics?

The solution saves time and cost.

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Also Known As

Micro Focus Real User Monitor, Micro Focus RUM, HPE RUM

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Overview

Real User Monitoring (RUM) an End user monitoring that gives you visibility into user behavior for fast, targeted problem resolution. It monitors the performance and availability of business-critical application services for all users at all locations all the time. It automatically discovers underlying infrastructure and classifies user actions - giving you instant visibility into session and whole service health over web, cloud, and mobile user experience. It allows you to trace user experience across tiers, capture live sessions, see where customers clicked, measure response times, and see pages that caused problems. And you can easily capture and replay user sessions to create test scripts that reflect real user behavior. All this data gives you new ability to analyze which application transactions your users are performing and what application response they are experiencing. RUM currently supports over 20 application protocols and applications such as SAP, Citrix, and native mobile application monitoring on Android.

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Splunk AppDynamics enhances application performance monitoring with advanced diagnostics and real-time insights, offering seamless end-to-end transaction tracking and infrastructure visibility.

AppDynamics provides critical tools for businesses to analyze application behavior and performance. Through innovative features like transaction snapshot analysis and adaptable dashboards, users can quickly identify and address issues, ensuring high levels of system uptime and efficiency. It is designed to support complex environments including Kubernetes and AWS, enhancing user experience by detecting performance issues early. Despite needing improvements in network monitoring and integration, it remains a robust option for tracking application health.

What are the key features of AppDynamics?

Real-time Performance Monitoring: Offers immediate insights into application behavior.
Business Transaction Tracking: Tracks transactions from start to finish for bottleneck identification.
JVM Memory Monitoring: Provides detailed JVM metrics and memory use information.
Deep-dive Diagnostics: Enables in-depth analysis of code and stack traces.
Adaptable Dashboards: Customizable views for better data interpretation.

How does AppDynamics benefit users?

Improved Incident Resolution: Faster problem detection and solution implementation.
Enhanced Application Performance: Real-time monitoring optimizes system operations.
Comprehensive Visibility: Provides a full view of application infrastructure.
Informed Decision Making: Detailed analytics guide performance improvements.
Customer Satisfaction: Enhances user experience through faster issue resolutions.

In industries like financial services and e-commerce, AppDynamics facilitates performance tracking across distributed systems, optimizing infrastructure to meet consumer demands. It excels in environments needing precise transaction monitoring and is pivotal in delivering high value and satisfaction.

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