Splunk AppDynamics vs Sysdig Monitor comparison

Splunk and Sysdig are both solutions in the Container Monitoring category. Splunk is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.2, while Sysdig is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.0. Splunk holds a 16.3% mindshare in DCM, compared to Sysdig’s 1.3% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Splunk users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 75% of Sysdig users who would recommend it.

Splunk AppDynamics

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75% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 17, 2025

Splunk AppDynamics and Sysdig Monitor compete in enhancing IT operations. Sysdig Monitor often has the upper hand due to its comprehensive features, making it worth the investment.

Features: Splunk AppDynamics provides application performance monitoring with real-time analytics, and a straightforward deployment model. Sysdig Monitor offers comprehensive container and microservices monitoring, providing deep infrastructure-level insights, along with strong customer support targeting modern infrastructure challenges.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Splunk AppDynamics supports straightforward deployment with extensive customer service, while Sysdig Monitor, with a slightly complex deployment, is preferred for cloud-native environments due to its modern infrastructure support.

Pricing and ROI: Splunk AppDynamics has a higher setup cost but promises substantial ROI through application performance improvements. Sysdig Monitor is more cost-effective, providing competitive ROI through resource optimization and downtime reduction, justified by features tailored for container environments.

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Categories and Ranking

Splunk AppDynamics

Ranking in Container Monitoring

3rd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

253

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (3rd), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (6th), IT Operations Analytics (2nd), Mobile APM (1st)

Sysdig Monitor

Ranking in Container Monitoring

8th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Container Monitoring category, the mindshare of Splunk AppDynamics is 16.3%, down from 17.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sysdig Monitor is 1.3%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Container Monitoring Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Splunk AppDynamics	16.3%
Sysdig Monitor	1.3%
Other	82.4%

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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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Md. Olid Hasan Bhuiyan

Site Reliability Engineer at ReliSource

Provides a good view of the sequence and offers in-depth visibility into my infrastructure

I needed to identify the sequence and frequency of system calls for a specific system. Sysdig provided this information readily. However, analyzing frequency proved more challenging. As far as I know, Sysdig Monitor lacks functionality to directly obtain system call frequency for certain files. Therefore, I had to capture a screenshot of the relevant data from Sysdig Monitor and then manually extract the text. A built-in Sysdig feature to retrieve system call frequency for specific website actions would greatly enhance its usefulness. I had difficulty installing Sysdig Monitor on Windows.

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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

"This is a stable product and we definitely plan to continue using it in the future."

"AppDynamics makes it much easier for us to detect problems or issues before they become problems. We have alerting on all of our business transactions."

"One noteworthy feature is user journey analysis, which enables tracking user interactions and conversion paths on a website."

"The good thing with AppDynamics Databases is that it will give you a pretty good overview of the data, all the database-like tables, long-running queries, jobs running on the databases, and the queries that are taking more time. So, it's at a deeper level with all the database functionalities, and you will get that information. So, it's a pretty good tool in that sense."

"The best feature of about Splunk AppDynamics is its interface, which allows me to see the full transaction, exactly what is happening, from where it starts to where the call is going, all the services involved in a call, and exactly the time it took from each node to each node along with the network delays."

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

"The most valuable feature in this solution, for our business, is the clear way of projecting the connections between the database and the traffic inflow. This is very helpful when troubleshooting issues."

"We have been able to monitor our applications more accurately."

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"The ability to stop/pause and capture logs when something happens is the most valuable feature."

"Sysdig Monitor impressed me with its in-depth visibility into my infrastructure."

"Docker containers are completely supported, kind of like "first class citizens"."

Cons

"The discovery is acceptable, however, users need to configure many things if they want good discovery."

"I install it frequently and sometimes when they fix something they break something else, so better QA is needed to ensure the quality of their fixes."

"Their agents sometimes claim to be very lightweight, especially with databases, but they are very heavy. They can take up more compute than the actual work that we need to do."

"The solution’s setup is a bit complex."

"The solution should add some monitoring similar to Oracle monitoring tools for databases. It has a lot of features to monitor SQL queries, and make some recommendation to resolve it. AppDynamics is just monitoring for delays and doesn't provide any recommendations for that. It's a deficiency."

"The GUI can be overwhelming at first to a novice Dev or Ops support person, and the possible root causes of an issue do not bubble up to the first screen you see."

"If it can be able to intelligently provide all the things we need to look at, from a data point of view, that would be very useful."

"Their support should be improved. Clusters and monitoring can also be improved."

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""Events" reporting (errors, crashes, etc.) is not clear at all in a Mesos environment (i.e., it's not clear what specific container is the one that went down). In a Docker Compose environment, it may be way better."

"I had difficulty installing Sysdig Monitor on Windows."

"It is needs to automate the actions to take when an alert is triggered."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"AppDynamics is priced on the higher side."

"The license for AppDynamics is procured by our customers."

"There were no added costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."

"AppDynamics Server Monitoring is an expensive solution."

"One of the main downsides to the solution is its cost."

"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."

"It's a very expensive product. Each of the licenses after this month for one server is around $9,000 or $10,000."

"The licensing cost is fairly high"

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"Sysdig Monitor is not expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

28%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

13%

Outsourcing Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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

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Questions from the Community

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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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sysdig Monitor?

Sysdig Monitor is not expensive.

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What needs improvement with Sysdig Monitor?

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What is your primary use case for Sysdig Monitor?

During my undergraduate studies, I investigated how the frequency or order of actions within a specific system triggered events on our website. To achieve this, I effectively used Sysdig Monitor to...

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Overview

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.

Splunk

Sysdig Monitor allows you to maximize the performance and availability of your cloud infrastructure, services, and applications. Built on open source, it provides immediate, deep visibility into rapidly changing container environments. You can resolve issues faster by using granular data derived from actual system calls enriched with cloud and Kubernetes context along with Prometheus metrics. Remove silos by unifying data across teams for hybrid and multi-cloud monitoring.

Sysdig

Sample Customers

Cisco, Sony, Nasdaq, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Edmunds.com, Puma, Fox News, DirecTV, Pizza Hut, T-Systems, Cornell University, OpenTable, BITMARCK, Green Mountain Power, Care.com, Overstock, Paddy Power, eHarmony, Kraft, The Motley Fool, The Container Store, and more See more customers

SAP Concur, Goldman Sachs, Worldpay by FIS, Cisco, Experian, Home Office, Societe Generale, Sunrun. More here: https://sysdig.com/customers/

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