Quest Foglight for APM [EOL] vs SolarWinds AppOptics comparison

Quest Software and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category. Additionally, 86% of Quest Software users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of SolarWinds users who would recommend it.

Quest Foglight for APM [EOL]

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86% willing to recommend

SolarWinds AppOptics

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80% willing to recommend

Quest Foglight for APM [EOL]

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Categories and Ranking

Quest Foglight for APM [EOL]

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

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No ranking in other categories

SolarWinds AppOptics

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

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Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (55th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (58th), Cloud Monitoring Software (47th)

Featured Reviews

Anton Kasimov

Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Drill-down monitoring shows us the entire transaction chain, from the front end to back end. It needs HTML5 interface.

I want to see a new interface that contains HTML5 features. The current version of Foglight (on-premise edition) is so fusty in comparison with leaders of Gartner APM Quadrant - i.e. Appdynamics, NewRelic, Dynatrace. If you try to compare SaaS and on-premise Foglight versions you can see differences in UI-design. It's my subjective experiences, but SaaS version looks more modern. Hope this helps

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John Yuko

Assistant Manager ICT - Projects at I&M Bank Ltd

Unique features allow consolidating and combing metrics into a single dashboard, but don't monitor mobile solutions

I would like to see more granular information provided on Unix applications. Also, the integration with Unix services should be a bit more straightforward in terms having an agent to retrieve your credentials rather than having to enter or save them for SSH on SolarWinds. From the outset, we had to set some commands to log into the search console, and they are saved on the solution, which presents a challenge in terms of exposure. The solution is unable to monitor APK solutions completely because we'd then be forced to break down the APK and provide the APIs or go through the source code. They don't have a module that can analyze an application that is maybe under-used.

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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

"With the APM you can replay the end user session and see issues quickly by viewing the session."

"At a glance I can easily see what is going on with all of my VMware environments, including top consumers of resources."

"Real time database monitoring and alerting are valuable."

"Intuitive, Single-pane-of-glass dashboards for real-time statistics and long-term statistics for capacity management and in-depth analytics"

"Sometimes we can solve problems before they occur."

"Having standard monitoring features and a central repository saves us a lot of time and reduces risk of incidents."

"Infrastructure Monitoring and End User Monitoring are the product’s most valuable features to me."

"FxV is valuable as we can playback the session."

More Quest Foglight for APM [EOL] pros

"The product has a great dashboard."

"The sum solution, NTA, and DPA."

"Some of the most valuable features of SolarWinds are the topology discovery and network performance analysis."

"I have found the most valuable feature is application performance management."

"The reporting of the solution is very good."

"Technical support is always live and they're supportive."

Cons

"The version compatibility needs work."

"Being able to incorporate other bespoke monitoring into Foglight would have made the tool even more useful."

"My only complaint from Foglight for monitoring is that you only get a plot for five minute average for metrics like CPU and Memory, on the application side I can see metrics more quickly at 15 seconds for metrics like active sessions, heap. I would like to see the same for CPU and memory."

"It needs a more intuitive way to create and implement custom "Cartridges" to be deployed through out a Federated environment."

"We are running a Webmethods stack (Software AG) and Foglight is unable to instrument. We are in a POC with Dynatrace and it was able to instrument with little effort."

"There are some metrics I'd like to track that are difficult to find or implement into a tracking solution without a lot of manual work."

"I want to see a new interface that contains HTML5 features. The current version of Foglight (on-premise edition) is so fusty in comparison with leaders of Gartner APM Quadrant - i.e. Appdynamics, NewRelic, Dynatrace."

"I would perhaps like to see more SSMS connections."

More Quest Foglight for APM [EOL] cons

"In terms of the technology, I think they need to put some more advanced troubleshooting into SolarWinds, in terms of AI capabilities. That's the next generation, especially in the cases of APIs which have already adopted AI capabilities into their products."

"I would like to see more integration with other tools that are available on the market."

"The implementation needs improvement. It needs to get modernized with the newer cloud scenario in both public and private deployment models."

"The integration with Unix services should be a bit more straightforward."

"AppOptics would benefit from having a much more centralized view."

"The solution should be more user-friendly."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I recall it being a very expensive solution relative to function and stability."

"Foglight can be expensive I would go with the pricing at a three year deal."

"Since the product split – the licensing is a bit more complex."

"The price is expensive for us."

"Since it's a negotiable rate, I would rate the pricing as a five out of five."

"Mostly, it's a perpetual license. We don't have any customers using the subscription right now—it's mostly a perpetual license that the customers purchase. The licensing is based on the number of elements, whereas other solutions are node-based."

"I believe the current licensing cost is reasonable."

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Financial Services Firm

14%

Government

Manufacturing Company

University

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Large Enterprise

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Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	13

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Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	7

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Also Known As

Foglight, Dell Foglight

AppOptics, SolarWinds TraceView, Librato

Overview

Manage your application infrastructure by monitoring the IT components that affect application performance.

Quest Software

AppOptics is a SaaS-based simple, powerful and affordable Infrastructure & Application monitoring for custom on-premises, cloud, and hybrid systems.

Your business runs on applications, and when they go down or run slowly, it can impact the business in lost productivity, customers, or revenue. To add to the complexity, your IT environment is changing, and workloads can be spread across data centers, and cloud resources. You need to monitor the availability and performance of applications and infrastructure, regardless of where they are, so you can identify potential issues early and address them before they impact users

SolarWinds

Sample Customers

Anji Automotive Logistics, Unimat, Priceline.com

TraxoCovea Insurance BTE TechnologyDatarista

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