Splunk is a separate environment from Splunk AppDynamics, but Splunk AppDynamics is called by the engineers Splunk AppDynamics or Cisco AppDynamics because Splunk is acquiring Splunk AppDynamics. I don't have experience with Splunk AppDynamics in hybrid environments, as I only use it on-premises. I am not using Splunk AppDynamics' AI-powered anomaly detection and root cause analysis right now. My experience with Splunk AppDynamics' line-of-code level troubleshooting feature in diagnosing performance issues is that we are using many tools for detecting the issues, but Splunk AppDynamics is the majority for detecting issues. When the issue is related to the network or infrastructure, we switch to another tool. We are not using Splunk AppDynamics' digital experience monitoring because we are stopped by information security due to downloading the SDK with the mobile app itself and then collecting the user experience while having confidential data for our end customers. I am not familiar with the Secure Application feature in Splunk AppDynamics and I am not using it. I would recommend the product to other companies. I gave this review a rating of eight out of ten.
Performance Test Engineer at TANIM CONSULTING, LLC
Real User
Top 10
Nov 28, 2025
We utilize Splunk AppDynamics at the code level troubleshooting to basically display what exactly caused the root cause analysis of the problem that we see on the surface. We do use it extensively. I would highly give them very high marks. I'm actually implementing Splunk AppDynamics right now at this point in time. My overall review rating for Splunk AppDynamics is eight out of ten.
I have been using Splunk AppDynamics for more than six years. Regarding the data collection feature with agents or open telemetry, I know the functions and setup, but we have a development team responsible for that specific area. As production support, we usually do not handle these configuration-related tasks, but I am aware of the features. If I were to configure Splunk AppDynamics myself according to the requirements, I can manage some special cases, but I'm not highly proficient in that part.For the monitoring capabilities in hybrid and on-prem environments, my experience is that it is hybrid only, as all our applications are based on Azure. Nowadays, every application primarily operates in the cloud, with most servers and infrastructure services utilizing Azure. All the services we use in Splunk AppDynamics are Azure-based. Regarding transaction monitoring, you get all the details in one place. If anything related to payments is stuck somewhere, within this monitoring tool we can identify which transaction is handed off or not, whether it is payment sent outside or coming back to settlement, allowing us to monitor it easily. The AI-powered anomaly detection and root cause analysis for diagnosing issues was enabled in my system about six months ago, which eliminates the need to worry about locating errors. You only need to provide the exact statement for the error, and AI will identify the log information for you, showing where to go to find the log. With this AI functionality, it becomes easy to analyze the path of the error. We manage eight hosts, and prior to this AI being enabled, we had to check every host repeatedly. Now, AI tells you which host has the error, simplifying issue resolution. I provide an overall solution rating of nine out of ten for Splunk AppDynamics, as improvements are always needed. Sometimes, while fetching details, Splunk AppDynamics provides answers within a minute, but it can occasionally take seven or eight minutes, which can be problematic when time is limited. As a customer using Splunk AppDynamics at UBS Bank, I provide production support for seven payment-related applications, including e-banking, e-trader, and core banking among others. All of these applications are monitored through Splunk AppDynamics. The impressive part is that with a single click, connecting directly to the application dashboard is possible, allowing for streamlined monitoring without manual checks of each application.
I would recommend it for financial institutions and banks, as well as any companies that rely heavily on online applications, like e-commerce service providers. I would rate Splunk AppDynamics an eight out of ten.
Ops Architect at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 20
Sep 9, 2025
What caused me to stop using the solution is that we failed to bring the product to our DevOps teams so that they could easily use it and learn how to use it, this is something we had to learn again. I would advise other organizations considering Splunk AppDynamics to take a sharp look at the whole Splunk product portfolio and how they merge to observability cloud, integrating many AppDynamics features; this is very interesting, but I don't know whether or not they are already there. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Splunk AppDynamics seven out of ten.
Ten years ago, it was good, however, now it's complex in Cisco. We tried to integrate Splunk with Splunk AppDynamics, and maybe in the future, it will be a good solution. Right now, it's two separate solutions, and it's not a good integration. Splunk AppDynamics' infrastructure monitoring is satisfactory. Users have a main dashboard with all information. If there is a problem with memory, CPU, or something else in a server, users get a red alert, and they can click on that component to see the specific metric related to that CPU, memory, or network problem, and the correlation is very good. It optimizes the user experience for customers. My experience is more from Java and .NET applications. I don't have security skills, however, customers find it acceptable to see this information in the global context regarding their applications. It depends on the integration with Splunk that I mentioned before. I prefer to wait to see what happens with that, but Splunk AppDynamics is a very good solution, and I believe that integrating Splunk will yield excellent results. On a scale of one to ten, I'd rate it a seven.
Senior Principal, Enterprise Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Top 10
Mar 12, 2025
I would rate Splunk AppDynamics a seven out of ten. When addressing observability concerns, one should not only focus on the application layer. A full observability approach is required. New tools focus on the entire stack end-to-end, offering correlation to facilitate root cause analysis and minimize MTTR. Therefore, I would rate it a seven out of ten.
Overall, there is room for improvement in AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring, so I rate it eight out of ten. The complex token-based pricing model can confuse customers when calculating costs.
Head, Production Assurance and Customer Care at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 5
Jan 16, 2025
End-user licenses are crucial. We have users who require consistent monitoring, and they engage with it daily. This involves desktop usage and professional management. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
Head, Production Assurance and Customer Care at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 5
Sep 4, 2024
The solution was deployed on the cloud for our organization. We use the solution's alerting system for server management, and it works fine. I would recommend the solution to other users. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
We are not using the alerts as we have different mechanisms called resilience testing or kiosk testing. The DevOps team uses the alerts. During production, they will get alerts when they see the CPU utilization going beyond the 60% or 70% benchmark they have set. AppDynamics and Dynatrace are the only two tools that provide accurate or stable end-to-end response time. These two tools can show you everything that's going on from the back end. If we are doing performance testing or any testing, these two tools can provide us with every detail about what's happening in the back end from the server side that we can't see. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
Customers of our company use the solution to monitor servers in digital banking, online banking applications and other financial entities. AppDynamics Server Monitoring is a user-friendly solution. The dashboard, flow providing maps of varying applications and the back-end calls are easy to understand in the solution. The alerting mechanism works satisfactorily and efficiently as other solutions. Notifications are provided in the dashboard, or they can also be sent to users via email or SMS by AppDynamics Server Monitoring, other solution don't have multiple alerting options. After implementing the solution, we haven't witnessed any operational cost reduction, but performance improvements have been identified. The solution has provided exceptional root cause analysis and technical solutions for problem identification and resolution. The correlation feature available with AppDynamics Server Monitoring is absent in other competitive solutions. The aforementioned feature helps evaluate the impact of one application's issues on the other, pinpoint the error location, and check the dependency between applications. Compared to the NMS, the APM can provide more information on user monitoring. Some security features and threat loophole identification features can be included in AppDynamics Server Monitoring by the vendor. As the solution also maintains baselining, it can take a proactive approach based on historical data to gain AI capabilities. If AI features are included, then AppDynamics Server Monitoring will probably be able to predict upcoming application failure by analyzing some metrics that have gone down. I would recommend AppDynamics Server Monitoring to other users due to its user-friendliness. A Competitor solution from Dynatrace provides almost the same features as AppDynamics Server Monitoring, but their dashboards and overall usability are quite complex. Many financial sector companies and government organizations often prefer an on-prem version, which is provided by AppDynamics Server Monitoring, but other solutions like Datadog are available as SaaS. I would rate AppDynamics Server Monitoring as nine out of ten.
AppDynamics Server Monitoring is integrated into the infrastructure through agents installed on the servers, and it utilizes REST APIs for process control and integration with other solutions. In terms of AI usage, AppDynamics uses AI for anomaly detection and resource forecasting. AppDynamics Server Monitoring is recommended, especially for SAP environments or cloud-native applications. However, the recommendation depends on the specific needs of the organization. Overall, I would rate AppDynamics Server Monitoring as seven out of ten.
In all honesty, APM solutions, including AppDynamics, tend to be expensive, and they may have fewer features compared to other legacy monitoring solutions. I typically advise against using AppDynamics or similar APM solutions solely for server monitoring due to their cost and potential limitations. To maximize usefulness, it's crucial to complement these solutions with other monitoring tools and features. I would rate it 9 out of 10.
Monitoring Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Jul 17, 2023
I rate AppDynamics Server Monitoring a seven out of ten. Its setup process is tricky. It is very different for every server. I recommend using Microsoft, Linux, and VMware as they have their monitoring tools.
We have a very limited use case related to server monitoring. There is no need to refer to further addition. Every piece of information related to server monitoring is very concrete and crystal clear. We do not get any requests in any division from the end user related to the product. I do not have any issues with the configuration. I would recommend the product because it provides real-time information. Other tools only provide information when there is a server issue. If the CPU reaches 80% while the threshold is set at 70%, they receive an alert. However, Appdynamics offers real-time monitoring and allows users to check their server utilization instantly. Other tools do not provide a consolidated UI to the end users. Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
Head, Production Assurance and Customer Care at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 5
Oct 12, 2022
I recommend the solution because it is good for observability and drilling down to find the cause of issues. I rate the solution an eight out of ten. My rating would go up if the solution were more mobile friendly and cost effective.
Senior eCommerce Infrastructure Specialist, L2 at Mastek
Consultant
May 28, 2020
I would advise that instead of generic metric business usage of this, instead, use a generic metric business transaction configuration, and go for the Business iQ part of AppDynamics. It's really powerful and it is in real-time. It gives output on real-time things. I would recommend AppDynamics. It's a very powerful tool for any organization to implement. I would rate it a seven out of ten. The one thing that I find it difficult in using AppDynamics is, for any new user, it's not easy for him or her to configure the transactions in AppDynamics because the UI is pretty complex. The configuration is pretty complex for a new, fresh user. They can make the UI simpler, that'll be very helpful for anyone to configure their website in AppDynamics.
Head of Architecture and DevOps at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Sep 22, 2019
I would say be cautious on the licensing model. You should understand your exact needs. If your needs are in line with what this solution offers then I would genuinely recommend going for this solution, otherwise, if not, it might be too costly. I think from the product perspective it's fine but on the implementation descriptions there are a lot of issues. It's challenging without support. If someone is looking into it they need to look for any local organization partners in their area. I would rate it a seven out of ten.
Head of Architecture and DevOps at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Sep 22, 2019
I would say be cautious on the licensing model. You should understand your exact needs. If your needs are in line with what this solution offers then I would genuinely recommend going for this solution, otherwise, if not, it might be too costly. I think from the product perspective it's fine but on the implementation descriptions there are a lot of issues. It's challenging without support. If someone is looking into it they need to look for any local organization partners in their area. I would rate it a seven out of ten.
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...
Splunk is a separate environment from Splunk AppDynamics, but Splunk AppDynamics is called by the engineers Splunk AppDynamics or Cisco AppDynamics because Splunk is acquiring Splunk AppDynamics. I don't have experience with Splunk AppDynamics in hybrid environments, as I only use it on-premises. I am not using Splunk AppDynamics' AI-powered anomaly detection and root cause analysis right now. My experience with Splunk AppDynamics' line-of-code level troubleshooting feature in diagnosing performance issues is that we are using many tools for detecting the issues, but Splunk AppDynamics is the majority for detecting issues. When the issue is related to the network or infrastructure, we switch to another tool. We are not using Splunk AppDynamics' digital experience monitoring because we are stopped by information security due to downloading the SDK with the mobile app itself and then collecting the user experience while having confidential data for our end customers. I am not familiar with the Secure Application feature in Splunk AppDynamics and I am not using it. I would recommend the product to other companies. I gave this review a rating of eight out of ten.
We utilize Splunk AppDynamics at the code level troubleshooting to basically display what exactly caused the root cause analysis of the problem that we see on the surface. We do use it extensively. I would highly give them very high marks. I'm actually implementing Splunk AppDynamics right now at this point in time. My overall review rating for Splunk AppDynamics is eight out of ten.
I have been using Splunk AppDynamics for more than six years. Regarding the data collection feature with agents or open telemetry, I know the functions and setup, but we have a development team responsible for that specific area. As production support, we usually do not handle these configuration-related tasks, but I am aware of the features. If I were to configure Splunk AppDynamics myself according to the requirements, I can manage some special cases, but I'm not highly proficient in that part.For the monitoring capabilities in hybrid and on-prem environments, my experience is that it is hybrid only, as all our applications are based on Azure. Nowadays, every application primarily operates in the cloud, with most servers and infrastructure services utilizing Azure. All the services we use in Splunk AppDynamics are Azure-based. Regarding transaction monitoring, you get all the details in one place. If anything related to payments is stuck somewhere, within this monitoring tool we can identify which transaction is handed off or not, whether it is payment sent outside or coming back to settlement, allowing us to monitor it easily. The AI-powered anomaly detection and root cause analysis for diagnosing issues was enabled in my system about six months ago, which eliminates the need to worry about locating errors. You only need to provide the exact statement for the error, and AI will identify the log information for you, showing where to go to find the log. With this AI functionality, it becomes easy to analyze the path of the error. We manage eight hosts, and prior to this AI being enabled, we had to check every host repeatedly. Now, AI tells you which host has the error, simplifying issue resolution. I provide an overall solution rating of nine out of ten for Splunk AppDynamics, as improvements are always needed. Sometimes, while fetching details, Splunk AppDynamics provides answers within a minute, but it can occasionally take seven or eight minutes, which can be problematic when time is limited. As a customer using Splunk AppDynamics at UBS Bank, I provide production support for seven payment-related applications, including e-banking, e-trader, and core banking among others. All of these applications are monitored through Splunk AppDynamics. The impressive part is that with a single click, connecting directly to the application dashboard is possible, allowing for streamlined monitoring without manual checks of each application.
I would recommend it for financial institutions and banks, as well as any companies that rely heavily on online applications, like e-commerce service providers. I would rate Splunk AppDynamics an eight out of ten.
What caused me to stop using the solution is that we failed to bring the product to our DevOps teams so that they could easily use it and learn how to use it, this is something we had to learn again. I would advise other organizations considering Splunk AppDynamics to take a sharp look at the whole Splunk product portfolio and how they merge to observability cloud, integrating many AppDynamics features; this is very interesting, but I don't know whether or not they are already there. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Splunk AppDynamics seven out of ten.
I would rate Splunk AppDynamics a seven out of ten.
I rate Splunk AppDynamics 10 out of 10.
I would rate Splunk AppDynamics an eight out of ten.
Ten years ago, it was good, however, now it's complex in Cisco. We tried to integrate Splunk with Splunk AppDynamics, and maybe in the future, it will be a good solution. Right now, it's two separate solutions, and it's not a good integration. Splunk AppDynamics' infrastructure monitoring is satisfactory. Users have a main dashboard with all information. If there is a problem with memory, CPU, or something else in a server, users get a red alert, and they can click on that component to see the specific metric related to that CPU, memory, or network problem, and the correlation is very good. It optimizes the user experience for customers. My experience is more from Java and .NET applications. I don't have security skills, however, customers find it acceptable to see this information in the global context regarding their applications. It depends on the integration with Splunk that I mentioned before. I prefer to wait to see what happens with that, but Splunk AppDynamics is a very good solution, and I believe that integrating Splunk will yield excellent results. On a scale of one to ten, I'd rate it a seven.
I would rate Splunk AppDynamics a seven out of ten. When addressing observability concerns, one should not only focus on the application layer. A full observability approach is required. New tools focus on the entire stack end-to-end, offering correlation to facilitate root cause analysis and minimize MTTR. Therefore, I would rate it a seven out of ten.
Overall, there is room for improvement in AppDynamics Browser Real-User Monitoring, so I rate it eight out of ten. The complex token-based pricing model can confuse customers when calculating costs.
End-user licenses are crucial. We have users who require consistent monitoring, and they engage with it daily. This involves desktop usage and professional management. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
The solution was deployed on the cloud for our organization. We use the solution's alerting system for server management, and it works fine. I would recommend the solution to other users. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
We are not using the alerts as we have different mechanisms called resilience testing or kiosk testing. The DevOps team uses the alerts. During production, they will get alerts when they see the CPU utilization going beyond the 60% or 70% benchmark they have set. AppDynamics and Dynatrace are the only two tools that provide accurate or stable end-to-end response time. These two tools can show you everything that's going on from the back end. If we are doing performance testing or any testing, these two tools can provide us with every detail about what's happening in the back end from the server side that we can't see. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
Customers of our company use the solution to monitor servers in digital banking, online banking applications and other financial entities. AppDynamics Server Monitoring is a user-friendly solution. The dashboard, flow providing maps of varying applications and the back-end calls are easy to understand in the solution. The alerting mechanism works satisfactorily and efficiently as other solutions. Notifications are provided in the dashboard, or they can also be sent to users via email or SMS by AppDynamics Server Monitoring, other solution don't have multiple alerting options. After implementing the solution, we haven't witnessed any operational cost reduction, but performance improvements have been identified. The solution has provided exceptional root cause analysis and technical solutions for problem identification and resolution. The correlation feature available with AppDynamics Server Monitoring is absent in other competitive solutions. The aforementioned feature helps evaluate the impact of one application's issues on the other, pinpoint the error location, and check the dependency between applications. Compared to the NMS, the APM can provide more information on user monitoring. Some security features and threat loophole identification features can be included in AppDynamics Server Monitoring by the vendor. As the solution also maintains baselining, it can take a proactive approach based on historical data to gain AI capabilities. If AI features are included, then AppDynamics Server Monitoring will probably be able to predict upcoming application failure by analyzing some metrics that have gone down. I would recommend AppDynamics Server Monitoring to other users due to its user-friendliness. A Competitor solution from Dynatrace provides almost the same features as AppDynamics Server Monitoring, but their dashboards and overall usability are quite complex. Many financial sector companies and government organizations often prefer an on-prem version, which is provided by AppDynamics Server Monitoring, but other solutions like Datadog are available as SaaS. I would rate AppDynamics Server Monitoring as nine out of ten.
AppDynamics Server Monitoring is integrated into the infrastructure through agents installed on the servers, and it utilizes REST APIs for process control and integration with other solutions. In terms of AI usage, AppDynamics uses AI for anomaly detection and resource forecasting. AppDynamics Server Monitoring is recommended, especially for SAP environments or cloud-native applications. However, the recommendation depends on the specific needs of the organization. Overall, I would rate AppDynamics Server Monitoring as seven out of ten.
In all honesty, APM solutions, including AppDynamics, tend to be expensive, and they may have fewer features compared to other legacy monitoring solutions. I typically advise against using AppDynamics or similar APM solutions solely for server monitoring due to their cost and potential limitations. To maximize usefulness, it's crucial to complement these solutions with other monitoring tools and features. I would rate it 9 out of 10.
I advise others to work with AppDynamics Server Monitoring. I rate it an eight out of ten.
I recommend the solution to others. Overall, I rate the product a seven out of ten.
I rate AppDynamics Server Monitoring a seven out of ten. Its setup process is tricky. It is very different for every server. I recommend using Microsoft, Linux, and VMware as they have their monitoring tools.
We have a very limited use case related to server monitoring. There is no need to refer to further addition. Every piece of information related to server monitoring is very concrete and crystal clear. We do not get any requests in any division from the end user related to the product. I do not have any issues with the configuration. I would recommend the product because it provides real-time information. Other tools only provide information when there is a server issue. If the CPU reaches 80% while the threshold is set at 70%, they receive an alert. However, Appdynamics offers real-time monitoring and allows users to check their server utilization instantly. Other tools do not provide a consolidated UI to the end users. Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
I recommend the solution because it is good for observability and drilling down to find the cause of issues. I rate the solution an eight out of ten. My rating would go up if the solution were more mobile friendly and cost effective.
I rate this solution a seven out of ten. However, we currently lack distributed tracing, and we want to implement it going forward.
This is a good product and one that I definitely recommend. I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.
I would advise that instead of generic metric business usage of this, instead, use a generic metric business transaction configuration, and go for the Business iQ part of AppDynamics. It's really powerful and it is in real-time. It gives output on real-time things. I would recommend AppDynamics. It's a very powerful tool for any organization to implement. I would rate it a seven out of ten. The one thing that I find it difficult in using AppDynamics is, for any new user, it's not easy for him or her to configure the transactions in AppDynamics because the UI is pretty complex. The configuration is pretty complex for a new, fresh user. They can make the UI simpler, that'll be very helpful for anyone to configure their website in AppDynamics.
I would say be cautious on the licensing model. You should understand your exact needs. If your needs are in line with what this solution offers then I would genuinely recommend going for this solution, otherwise, if not, it might be too costly. I think from the product perspective it's fine but on the implementation descriptions there are a lot of issues. It's challenging without support. If someone is looking into it they need to look for any local organization partners in their area. I would rate it a seven out of ten.
I would say be cautious on the licensing model. You should understand your exact needs. If your needs are in line with what this solution offers then I would genuinely recommend going for this solution, otherwise, if not, it might be too costly. I think from the product perspective it's fine but on the implementation descriptions there are a lot of issues. It's challenging without support. If someone is looking into it they need to look for any local organization partners in their area. I would rate it a seven out of ten.