The pricing of Riverbed Alluvio AppResponse is really high. Very few customers buy Riverbed because many do not have the sufficient budget. Its pricing is comparatively higher than SolarWinds. Riverbed's product integrates several modules of SolarWinds into one console, making it costly.
Senior Performance and Architecture Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
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Jun 16, 2021
The solution is no more expensive than other products. At the end of the day all solutions are always expensive. It all depends on how one wishes to spend his money. There are a host of solutions, some being open source, others being GitHub and there are expenses involved in the manpower requirements relating to their internal maintenance.
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The licenses are costly and are done per module. So, if you need the database or a transaction analysis, you have to pay for that module. You pay once per module and you have it forever. The same for the web transaction analysis and unified communication. You pay for the module once and that's it. But the cost depends on implementation because there are different platforms. Is it a retro-platform or it is hardware? It is an expensive solution, it's not for everybody. It is not for small customers, but more for medium and large ones.
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The pricing of Riverbed Alluvio AppResponse is really high. Very few customers buy Riverbed because many do not have the sufficient budget. Its pricing is comparatively higher than SolarWinds. Riverbed's product integrates several modules of SolarWinds into one console, making it costly.
On the government side, pricing is pretty competitive.
AppResponse is a little expensive, but the cost depends on your configuration and storage. It was about $200,000 for three years.
The solution is no more expensive than other products. At the end of the day all solutions are always expensive. It all depends on how one wishes to spend his money. There are a host of solutions, some being open source, others being GitHub and there are expenses involved in the manpower requirements relating to their internal maintenance.
The pricing could be more competitive. It's a little high.
The price is a little bit high, especially because we have to pay an import tax.
The licenses are costly and are done per module. So, if you need the database or a transaction analysis, you have to pay for that module. You pay once per module and you have it forever. The same for the web transaction analysis and unified communication. You pay for the module once and that's it. But the cost depends on implementation because there are different platforms. Is it a retro-platform or it is hardware? It is an expensive solution, it's not for everybody. It is not for small customers, but more for medium and large ones.