Splunk AppDynamics vs Zenoss Cloud comparison

Splunk and Zenoss are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Splunk is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.2, while Zenoss is ranked #52. Splunk holds a 2.6% mindshare in IM, compared to Zenoss’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Splunk users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Zenoss users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 23, 2025

Zenoss Cloud and Splunk AppDynamics are competing products in the realm of IT infrastructure monitoring. Zenoss Cloud appears to have the upper hand in pricing and customer service, while Splunk AppDynamics excels in functionality and performance due to its comprehensive features.

Features: Zenoss Cloud offers real-time analytics, scalability, and seamless monitoring across hybrid environments. It includes features like Docker Container integration, a flexible discovery mechanism, and excellent dashboards for network visibility. Splunk AppDynamics provides in-depth application performance insights, AIOps capabilities, stack trace analysis, and end-to-end observability. It includes advanced data processing and business transaction tracking, making it robust for performance tuning.

Room for Improvement: Zenoss Cloud could enhance its custom integration options, improving depth in performance analytics and expanding AI capabilities for anomaly detection. Splunk AppDynamics might benefit from simplifying its deployment process, enhancing its learning curve for new users, and streamlining its user interface to reduce complexity for non-technical roles.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Zenoss Cloud is known for its straightforward deployment and excellent customer support, praised for being simple and effective. Splunk AppDynamics requires more technical expertise due to its complex deployment process but is supported by strong service options. Zenoss Cloud's ease of deployment is a significant differentiator for organizations seeking rapid implementation.

Pricing and ROI: Zenoss Cloud generally offers a cost-effective setup with an attractive ROI, especially for small to mid-sized businesses. In contrast, Splunk AppDynamics is a pricier option but often justifies its cost through enhanced capabilities and detailed analytics, which offer a high-return analytical investment. The main distinction lies in the cost-efficiency of Zenoss Cloud versus Splunk AppDynamics’ superior analytics features which can be a significant benefit for larger enterprises with complex IT infrastructure needs.

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Categories and Ranking

Splunk AppDynamics

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

6th

Ranking in Container Monitoring

3rd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

259

Ranking in other categories

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

Zenoss Cloud

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

52nd

Ranking in Container Monitoring

7th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Infrastructure (28th), Event Monitoring (13th), Network Monitoring Software (76th), Server Monitoring (26th), Cloud Monitoring Software (43rd), AIOps (24th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Splunk AppDynamics is 2.6%, down from 3.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zenoss Cloud is 0.9%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Splunk AppDynamics	2.6%
Zenoss Cloud	0.9%
Other	96.5%

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DevendraKumar1

Technology lead at Infosys

Has enabled us to detect issues instantly through alerts and monitor every service from a single dashboard

Splunk requires significantly more improvements compared to Splunk AppDynamics, specifically regarding the licensing aspect. Splunk renews licenses every six months, which is inconvenient. It would be better to have a one-year license to avoid needing to update keys constantly, which can only occur on weekends, making it a burdensome task. Although Splunk is better for certain use cases, Splunk AppDynamics is broader in functionality. Specifically, I want enhancements related to creating dashboards not only for logs or minor services but also for configuration levels, allowing us to check configurations immediately without manually opening the entire code when exceptions arise—a feature I wish to see improved in Splunk, although it may not be necessary for Splunk AppDynamics.

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ClaudiaChen

Cloud Architect - Senior Technology Architect at Telstra

Generates close to real-time alerts so users can resolve issues, but needs more integration and public cloud monitoring features

As Zenoss Service Dynamics is more for network-centric devices and you want to monitor, for example, a server, its services, IP addresses, and interfaces, if it's a network and you're going to monitor multiple items, you'll be charged multiple times. This is what Zenoss Service Dynamics needs to improve to make sure that customers pay just one fee to monitor the entire server. What I'd like to see in Zenoss Service Dynamics in the future is a public cloud monitoring feature, particularly for the Azure public cloud. Another additional feature I'd like to see in the next release of the solution is integration with the Azure public cloud because I know that there are some services from Azure that Zenoss Service Dynamics is currently unable to monitor.

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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

"I have seen a return on investment with Splunk AppDynamics, as we are investing more and more for Splunk AppDynamics because we have many tools and many applications in our organization."

"There are many features that are very valuable to us, but the ability to monitor the status of the users' experience in real-time is one of them."

"The most valuable features of Splunk AppDynamics that I have found so far include it being a deep-in monitoring solution for applications such as Java and databases, where you can dig into the log information and performance information that is within the application, and for a very easy setup, you have all the information that you need."

"I rate Splunk AppDynamics 10 out of 10."

"AppDynamics is scalable."

"We are able to correlate performance between tiers."

"The solution saves time and cost."

"All the metrics are baselines in networks, infrastructure, application, and user experience. AppDynamics offers its own query language. It is called ADQL. You can write code of any kind to do queries and analysis and you can use those within the reporting or within other research."

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"It's easy to use."

"The most valuable feature is the flexible discovery mechanism."

"The custom built integration is one of the most valuable features because you can see all the especially critical items."

"The product offers good documentation that helps with initial training."

"What I like most about Zenoss Service Dynamics is that it monitors the devices and gives close to real-time alerts. For example, in case the device is not available, Zenoss Service Dynamics generates an alert so my team can resolve the issue."

"Its Docker Container concept is mind blowing. It is the first monitoring tool which comes with Docker features."

"They have also accommodated many state-of-the-art technologies like Docker and ZooKeeper."

Cons

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

"The solution has performance issues after we deploy the agent."

"One area for improvement is the MST model. It would be more helpful if it could be offered as a managed service provider model with more multi-tenancy and features."

"The solution could be more user-friendly for diagnostic purposes. Anyone who is using the solution should be able to infer what that error is about, they should be able to troubleshoot it better."

"If you have a single URL and all the operations are coming in as part of the header, you will not be able to segregate them for different actions."

"In the next release, I would like to see the configuration of the data and more support for new applications. It should support new languages."

"I think they could improve resolution time, as they are fast in response, but they take too much time to fix the problem."

"I am not very impressed with support. The service could be better."

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"The AI aspect needs to improve."

"The inclusion of a feature to show a graphical view of the network would be a helpful improvement."

"There is room for improvement with the administrative part. They introduced Control Center to manage things in Zenoss 5. The services that Zenoss provides remained the same, but the administrative part, since they introduced Docker, etc., has become a little complex"

"It would be ideal if the product offered sound alerts."

"As Zenoss Service Dynamics is more for network-centric devices and you want to monitor, for example, a server, its services, IP addresses, and interfaces, if it's a network and you're going to monitor multiple items, you'll be charged multiple times. This is what Zenoss Service Dynamics needs to improve to make sure that customers pay just one fee to monitor the entire server. What I'd like to see in Zenoss Service Dynamics in the future is a public cloud monitoring feature, particularly for the Azure public cloud. Another additional feature I'd like to see in the next release of the solution is integration with the Azure public cloud because I know that there are some services from Azure that Zenoss Service Dynamics is currently unable to monitor."

"There was a problem with Zenoss and storage monitoring."

"Now it is stable, but they should design threshold parameters in percentage instead of raw values."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It would be better if there were more solutions incorporated into the base price. "

"It could be cheaper. It's a little cost prohibitive. There are so many features that also show a lot of value, but it’s not always easy to justify the cost."

"The product is a bit expensive compared to other tools."

"AppDynamics is an expensive solution."

"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."

"AppDynamics is more expensive than competitors."

"We find its pricing reasonable and competitive. After it was acquired by Cisco, we found it acceptable."

"I give the price a five out of ten."

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"It depends on the customer, what he wants."

"It is very cost-effective compared to the tools I worked with in the past. The company is gaining a lot with respect to the cost factor. It provides agentless monitoring and in a very cheap way."

"There are additional costs you'll have to pay apart from the license fee for Zenoss Service Dynamics. I can't remember exactly how much my company is paying because I don't handle the finance part, but the cost is paid annually. On a scale of one to five, with one being the cheapest and five being the most expensive, I'm rating the solution three out of five."

"The pricing depends on the environment, the number of services, and the size of the data center. It can go from $100,000 to a million dollars."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

26%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Government

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Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	55
Midsize Enterprise	36
Large Enterprise	194

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Small Business	4
Large Enterprise	5

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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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 AppDynamics?

I would rate the pricing an eight out of ten. The solution is highly expensive. Our company pays for the solution on a yearly basis, if we don't add new modules or features to the license, we need ...

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What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?

In my experience, I worked with many monitoring software, but the one that gave me the most functionalities of a large-scale company is Zenoss, due to its ability to monitor completely hybrid and a...

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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

Zenoss Cloud revolutionizes IT infrastructure monitoring with a service-centric approach, prioritizing the overall health of services and applications. Harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AIOps), Zenoss Cloud offers end-to-end visibility across servers, networks, storage, and applications. Real-time monitoring, event correlation, and automated remediation ensure immediate insights and efficient issue resolution. The customizable dashboards empower users to tailor visualizations to their needs, while scalability accommodates diverse infrastructures. Zenoss Cloud guarantees improved application performance, reduced downtime, and enhanced IT efficiency, making it an ideal choice for businesses of all sizes, from small enterprises seeking simplicity to large corporations requiring advanced scalability. Experience unified monitoring and proactive management with Zenoss Cloud, a comprehensive solution that transforms IT infrastructure optimization in today's complex environments.

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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

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