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SAP IT Operations Analytics vs Splunk AppDynamics comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 1, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

SAP IT Operations Analytics
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
11th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk AppDynamics
Ranking in IT Operations Analytics
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
278
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (1st), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (4th), Mobile APM (1st), Container Monitoring (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the IT Operations Analytics category, the mindshare of SAP IT Operations Analytics is 2.3%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk AppDynamics is 10.0%, down from 18.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Operations Analytics Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk AppDynamics10.0%
SAP IT Operations Analytics2.3%
Other87.7%
IT Operations Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

DH
Digital Transformation Director at Amecath Group
Extensive analytics capabilities enable comprehensive performance measurement for diverse business cycles
It's important to make SAP IT Operations Analytics tool more flexible in terms of customization because when it comes to specific business models, the requirements of the business may vary, and there's a wide range of variety between each business model. Oil and gas is different than retail, which is different than FMCG. Everything is different, and companies are trying to push toward best of breed. Much of the time, best of breed does not meet the real requirements of each department head or the business model itself, so these tools need to be more flexible. The setup process is not a big deal for us. When we need to configure something or set up something new, the new technology of low-code, no-code is very good, and we are looking forward to more improvement in this part, because sometimes you miss a list of developers and need to write code. Therefore, we need it to be more easy for normal users. It's about how much professional teamwork is needed on these tools. Much of the time, normal users know they need to develop their own dashboard or analytics for a reason, and they are facing the problem of needing to understand how to write code. Recently, lots of tools came under the title of low-code, no-code, where you just need to drag and drop some fields to get your report. This area needs to be more agile and easy for normal users. System usability should be easier.
Shamim Alsharif - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We can integrate different environments, including development, quality, and production. You can open implementation projects, define users' roles, manage training, design, and store all project-related documentation. Before going live, there's a checklist and cutover plan. Configuration moves from development to quality, then production, to ensure everything runs smoothly. Once in production, the platform tracks system performance, open cases, maintenance, upgrades, and new features. You can monitor everything through dashboards, reports, event notifications, and support tickets, both internally and with SAP."
"Operations Analytics helps you detect the forensic signal that tells you something's going to happen, so you can get proactive before an outage occurs and add memory or space before it becomes a problem in the environment for the application."
"Operations Analytics provides statistics, so it's like the dashboard in your car that tells you the temperature, RPMs, etc, and if something goes wrong in your car, a warning light comes on. So in analytics, you set thresholds for the thread count, and it sends you an email when it reaches a certain amount."
"I have no complaints regarding how stable this solution is; any cloud solution is most of the time very stable, and we don't have any problems with stability."
"What I like most about AppDynamics Server Monitoring is that it's easy to manipulate and easy to implement."
"Applications: This provides us insight into how our applications are performing within our environments and affords us the ability to identify opportunities and make changes to code / environment to effect positive performance lift."
"With Dynatrace, AppDynamics Mobile Real-User Monitoring is one of the best tools on the market."
"AppDynamics gives synopsis information so we're able to at least find out where exactly the problem is."
"AppDynamics will assist the company in managing its overall systems, capabilities, and performance."
"Data monitoring is the most valuable feature."
"AppDynamics is easier to install compared to other solutions."
"We previously had an operations team continuously monitoring applications. Now, they just have set things up and our developers can monitor, view, and act on them, accordingly."
 

Cons

"The solution works well, but we need better project planning. Accessing some features is a bit complicated, and we're waiting for improvements from SAP. It should also improve integration."
"It would be great to have a monitoring tool that could implement conditional solutions like this. Right now, it comes up with the indicators, but it doesn't necessarily send the lower-level technician to the right spot."
"The solution is indeed expensive for my company."
"Aternity is a better solution for internet monitoring, so that is an area that could be improved."
"I think the only feedback from my team has been that it's not an HTML based UI right now, so it's limited on mobile devices."
"One of the key features that are missing is the ability to manage users centrally, which is a real pain when it does not happen."
"More native support for other hardware is needed because having to install various extensions and perform extra setup for different devices is really challenging, and not as easy or straightforward as it is in other products."
"AppDynamics is new to the cloud and could improve its cloud services, they are following a monolithic monitoring approach."
"I would like to see more artificial intelligence and machine learning brought in to monitor the statement and payment sum issues we have."
"The pricing for AppDynamics Server Monitoring in Africa and the Middle East is too expensive, so it's very hard to sell it to customers."
"At this time, we don't have much visibility on the virtual environment, monitoring, and all other things. We have visibility only for database monitoring, and we have noticed performance impact when deploying database agents on the database server. We got to know this from AppDynamics support also that we should not deploy database agents from the database server. When agents are deployed on the same server and the database is monitored from there, we are not getting database server metrics. Therefore, we don't have those insights, and sometimes, we struggle because of that. They can improve this functionality so that we do not have a performance impact, and we can deploy anywhere. This would help us a lot. In terms of end-user monitoring, currently, it is not working for us because there are some complexities. It is a little complicated, and it takes a little bit of time to understand where you need to make changes. It would be very helpful if they can provide some template designs for end-user monitoring. When our servers are running on VMs, we don't get many insights from the VM side. I don't know whether it is possible to have visibility beyond the database, server, and application and whether there are some features where we can deploy AppDynamics on VMs as well. Such functionality would give us more control over storage, VM, OS, and database. It will also provide complete visibility of our hardware and software."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The license for the product ranges from 8,000 to 30,000 yearly, depending on the customer's sizing. While it may not be cheap, it is considered affordable for the value it provides."
"AppDynamics Server Monitoring is a very expensive product, but if you negotiate well, you get value for money...My company used to make early payments toward the licensing costs of the solution, but now my company has opted for a different licensing model."
"I give the price a five out of ten."
"The solution is highly expensive"
"I rate AppDynamics Mobile Real-User Monitoring's pricing as seven out of ten. Mobile monitoring is paid based on the number of instances utilizing the mobile monitoring service, which increases as the scale grows. Consequently, your mobile user count can proportionally surpass all other applications."
"It does require licensing to be paid."
"It's a very expensive product. Each of the licenses after this month for one server is around $9,000 or $10,000."
"There were no added costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."
"Take into consideration what you get for specific pricing models and how much it costs to add on things you may need later.​"
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
20%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business64
Midsize Enterprise38
Large Enterprise208
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with SAP IT Operations Analytics?
It's important to make SAP IT Operations Analytics ( /products/sap-it-operations-analytics-reviews ) tool more flexible in terms of customization because when it comes to specific business models, ...
What is your primary use case for SAP IT Operations Analytics?
I have been working with SAP IT Operations Analytics ( /products/sap-it-operations-analytics-reviews ) for more than 15 years. I am managing SAP in a customer site.
What advice do you have for others considering SAP IT Operations Analytics?
SAP IT Operations Analytics is helping me in AI-driven projects, but AI is not providing any mature solution so far. There's a lot of propaganda around AI, but real practical solutions to benefit t...
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 needs improvement with AppDynamics Server Monitoring?
One area for improvement regarding OpenTelemetry and open-source aspects is that Splunk AppDynamics lacks credibility in open-source collectors, where we do not have full line of sight. OpenTelemet...
What is your primary use case for AppDynamics Server Monitoring?
Splunk AppDynamics serves as our main solution for end-to-end application performance management, and we conduct a certain level of digital experience monitoring as well. We ensure that customer vi...
 

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Sample Customers

Medtronic, Cirque du Soleil, Antarc, B&G Manufacturing, EarlySense, eBay, Ferrero, James Austin Company, Lenovo, Sagem, RAK Ceramics, Vodafone
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