AppDynamics was initially a startup. Later, it was sold to Cisco, which has been quite aggressive in its pricing. I would say the solution is affordable because it is widely used across financial service sectors.
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 to pay $1000000 every year. AppDynamics is subscription-based and can cost between $800 to $1000000.
AppDynamics is one of the most expensive solutions on the market. The typical licensing fee for a small customer would be $500k plus, with additional fees for professional services. The price also varies depending on whether the customer goes for the on-prem or SaaS solution, with the on-prem version potentially extremely expensive because of the hardware requirements.
@Wathek Belhaj Amor I have deployed AppDynamics for customers with licensing under $50k and even less for just EUM. AppDynamics is an awesome solution and provides powerful tools to learn non standard coding frameworks, which is missing in most other tools. I have worked with New Relic, Foglight, Wily, Splunk and AppDynamics and for deep diving into performance issues it is very powerful. That said, as applications get more complex and transform, you do need experienced APM skills to maintain your deployment to ensure your teams can get the most out of the platform. This is true for all solutions.
Before investing in AppDynamics, evaluate your needs, compare prices, consider long-term value, and make sure you understand the details of the licensing and support offered.
Price-wise, AppDynamics is a cheap product compared to other tools in the market, like Splunk and Datadog. Yearly payments have to be made toward the licensing costs of the solution. The solution has no additional costs apart from the licensing costs.
AppDynamics is what I would consider an enterprise-level solution. This means that it's a solution that is intended for use by larger organizations, while small or medium-sized businesses may find it difficult to afford. The number of agents required will also impact the pricing, and smaller companies may only be able to afford a limited number of agents. Essentially, the cost of the solution is not within the reach of every organization, and only some may be able to afford it.
I rate AppDynamics seven out of 10 for affordability. AppDynamics is an expensive solution. The price depends on the size of your environment. It's about $500,000 for a large enterprise.
Application and Network Performance Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Real User
Jan 9, 2023
The pricing model for AppDynamics isn't good. You have to subscribe to a yearly or a three-year licensing, which isn't very handy. You buy a license for five hundred containers for a very large application, and you only need the containers for a limited time in that domain. For example, you only need five hundred containers once in that specific year, but you must buy five hundred licenses. The current AppDynamics pricing model isn't fair. It's one out of ten pricing-wise. The solution is one of the most expensive in the market today.
The licensing is paid yearly. It depends on the size of the environment, and the number of apps or IT infrastructure that is monitored. It can cost from $30,000 to $500,000. Larger companies, like, for example, Facebook or Amazon, would likely one million dollars. It really depends on the size of the company. There are some add-ons to put back robots that make tests on the website on something, to see if there is some risk, bugs, or whatever could damage the website.
The AppDynamics license is divided. It isn't one all-inclusive license. Dynatrace has one agent, but AppDynamics has different sets of licenses. You need to define your use case and what you want to monitor. That is something you need to be clear about. Once you know your use case clearly, take time to figure out your target state metric, and go for AppDynamics.
Regional Director (CEER) at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Reseller
Aug 5, 2021
For those who appreciate the value and had issues with the visibility of the performance of their applications, then the pricing is good. For somebody who does not need it, it can be pricey, but overall, it is worth the money which it costs.
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Real User
May 19, 2021
There is a license required for each system that we use the solution on. This solution is not the cheapest but it works well. You will end up doing more work with a cheaper solution than if you just spent the extra money on a better solution like this one.
IT Operations Executive at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Reseller
Apr 19, 2021
The cost for AppDynamics is becoming a challenge, as well as the apparent AppDynamics move from a Magic Quadrant point of view. We're looking at Dynatrace, which we need to understand. The product is cheaper, however, we are trying to determine if the functionality is the same.
Head Of Information Technology at a mining and metals company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Apr 17, 2021
There are other options that are open source that wouldn't cost the company any money. There are many other open-source tools available. When it comes to price comparison, maybe it falls into different categories. It seems to be an expensive product overall, and with other cheaper options on the market, such as DataDog, companies may prefer to pay less or nothing at all. At some point, we had decided to look for an alternate. Unfortunately, our hands were full and continue to be. We have so many other projects on that, we don't have time to do anything as time-consuming as switching to something else. If I had three months of free time, I would probably go and pick up an alternate, an open-source solution, and maybe implement that due to the fact that the AppDynamics cost is very, very high.
There is a license for the solution and we paid approximately $2,000. There is also an additional cost above the standard license which cost us approximately $3,000.
When deciding whether or not to go with AppDynamics, first take a look at what you need to monitor and what the value of the monitoring is. There are a lot of things that an organization may need to monitor, like, for example, if I have the power system on, I may need to monitor the microcode and the window system. However, AppDynanics doesn't monitor these kinds of things. There still need to be a lot of patches implemented in order to improve performance. Also, these tools give a false positive that the performance is wrong, but then only adjust one parameter in the microcode.
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The product is a bit expensive compared to other tools.
AppDynamics was initially a startup. Later, it was sold to Cisco, which has been quite aggressive in its pricing. I would say the solution is affordable because it is widely used across financial service sectors.
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 to pay $1000000 every year. AppDynamics is subscription-based and can cost between $800 to $1000000.
The tool is expensive.
The product is more expensive than Datadog but lower than Dynatrace.
AppDynamics is one of the most expensive solutions on the market. The typical licensing fee for a small customer would be $500k plus, with additional fees for professional services. The price also varies depending on whether the customer goes for the on-prem or SaaS solution, with the on-prem version potentially extremely expensive because of the hardware requirements.
@Wathek Belhaj Amor I have deployed AppDynamics for customers with licensing under $50k and even less for just EUM. AppDynamics is an awesome solution and provides powerful tools to learn non standard coding frameworks, which is missing in most other tools. I have worked with New Relic, Foglight, Wily, Splunk and AppDynamics and for deep diving into performance issues it is very powerful. That said, as applications get more complex and transform, you do need experienced APM skills to maintain your deployment to ensure your teams can get the most out of the platform. This is true for all solutions.
Before investing in AppDynamics, evaluate your needs, compare prices, consider long-term value, and make sure you understand the details of the licensing and support offered.
Price-wise, AppDynamics is a cheap product compared to other tools in the market, like Splunk and Datadog. Yearly payments have to be made toward the licensing costs of the solution. The solution has no additional costs apart from the licensing costs.
AppDynamics is an expensive solution.
There is a license needed to use the solution and it is expensive. The licensing model needs to improve.
The pricing of AppDynamics is a nine, with one being low and ten being high. It is high.
AppDynamics is what I would consider an enterprise-level solution. This means that it's a solution that is intended for use by larger organizations, while small or medium-sized businesses may find it difficult to afford. The number of agents required will also impact the pricing, and smaller companies may only be able to afford a limited number of agents. Essentially, the cost of the solution is not within the reach of every organization, and only some may be able to afford it.
The solution is costly. There is no standard license instead, the license is adapted to the organization's requirements.
I rate AppDynamics seven out of 10 for affordability. AppDynamics is an expensive solution. The price depends on the size of your environment. It's about $500,000 for a large enterprise.
The pricing model for AppDynamics isn't good. You have to subscribe to a yearly or a three-year licensing, which isn't very handy. You buy a license for five hundred containers for a very large application, and you only need the containers for a limited time in that domain. For example, you only need five hundred containers once in that specific year, but you must buy five hundred licenses. The current AppDynamics pricing model isn't fair. It's one out of ten pricing-wise. The solution is one of the most expensive in the market today.
AppDynamics is really pricey as it requires licenses for every feature.
AppDynamics' licensing scheme is confusing because all of its domains require different licenses. AppDynamics is priced on the higher side.
The licensing is paid yearly. It depends on the size of the environment, and the number of apps or IT infrastructure that is monitored. It can cost from $30,000 to $500,000. Larger companies, like, for example, Facebook or Amazon, would likely one million dollars. It really depends on the size of the company. There are some add-ons to put back robots that make tests on the website on something, to see if there is some risk, bugs, or whatever could damage the website.
The AppDynamics license is divided. It isn't one all-inclusive license. Dynatrace has one agent, but AppDynamics has different sets of licenses. You need to define your use case and what you want to monitor. That is something you need to be clear about. Once you know your use case clearly, take time to figure out your target state metric, and go for AppDynamics.
This solution is expensive.
You are required to purchase licenses whether you use it or not. It is not pay-as-you-use.
I don't know the details about the pricing.
There is an annual cost to use this solution. The licensing model could be improved by making it more cost-effective.
The price of AppDynamics could be reduced in my region.
There is a license to use this solution. However, the clients pay for the licenses we are the service provider.
I was not involved with the procurement of AppDynamic, but I believe it's expensive.
AppDynamics is a bit costly for an APM tool. The cheapest is New Relic. AppDynamics and Dynatrace are about the same.
The pricing is a mixed bag. In some areas they are reasonably priced, however, in others, it's a bit expensive.
For those who appreciate the value and had issues with the visibility of the performance of their applications, then the pricing is good. For somebody who does not need it, it can be pricey, but overall, it is worth the money which it costs.
I can't speak to the exact cost of the solution. It's not a part of the product I handle.
There is a license required for each system that we use the solution on. This solution is not the cheapest but it works well. You will end up doing more work with a cheaper solution than if you just spent the extra money on a better solution like this one.
The cost for AppDynamics is becoming a challenge, as well as the apparent AppDynamics move from a Magic Quadrant point of view. We're looking at Dynatrace, which we need to understand. The product is cheaper, however, we are trying to determine if the functionality is the same.
There are other options that are open source that wouldn't cost the company any money. There are many other open-source tools available. When it comes to price comparison, maybe it falls into different categories. It seems to be an expensive product overall, and with other cheaper options on the market, such as DataDog, companies may prefer to pay less or nothing at all. At some point, we had decided to look for an alternate. Unfortunately, our hands were full and continue to be. We have so many other projects on that, we don't have time to do anything as time-consuming as switching to something else. If I had three months of free time, I would probably go and pick up an alternate, an open-source solution, and maybe implement that due to the fact that the AppDynamics cost is very, very high.
There is a license for the solution and we paid approximately $2,000. There is also an additional cost above the standard license which cost us approximately $3,000.
As compared to other applications, its price is moderate. Its price is neither very high nor very low.
When deciding whether or not to go with AppDynamics, first take a look at what you need to monitor and what the value of the monitoring is. There are a lot of things that an organization may need to monitor, like, for example, if I have the power system on, I may need to monitor the microcode and the window system. However, AppDynanics doesn't monitor these kinds of things. There still need to be a lot of patches implemented in order to improve performance. Also, these tools give a false positive that the performance is wrong, but then only adjust one parameter in the microcode.
We do not have any issues with the price.
Pricing is handled by another team.
Purchasing the product through the AWS Marketplace was good.
We are looking forward to purchasing the solution on the AWS Marketplace. We are comfortable with the pricing.
Our purchasing experience through the AWS Marketplace has been pretty painless.
It is expensive. However, our time to recover has been reduced, and this product has helped recuperate costs and provided us with ROI.