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Dynatrace Questions

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
May 19 2025

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Dynatrace, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Chris Green - PeerSpot reviewer
Chris GreenA PoC is the best way to go. Put it against an application and go through the… more »
Gregor Liddell - PeerSpot reviewer
Gregor LiddellIn this solution, they try to take a whole lot of complexity and make it look… more »
74 Answers
Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
May 19 2025

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Gary Frank - PeerSpot reviewer
Gary FrankThe primary use case is performance, capacity, and availability management along… more »
137 Answers
Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
May 19 2025

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Dynatrace.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Gary Frank - PeerSpot reviewer
Gary FrankI would like more flexible data export functions and APIs. The end user… more »
139 Answers
Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
May 19 2025

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Gary Frank - PeerSpot reviewer
Gary FrankIt's more expensive than other solutions, but worth it. We use full APM… more »
59 Answers
Dovid Gelber - PeerSpot reviewer
Dovid Gelber
Tech blogger
Apr 11 2025
Does Dynatrace stand out from its competitors?
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Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Dynatrace?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Gary Frank - PeerSpot reviewer
Gary FrankIt has created total transparency between technology and business on all aspects… more »
132 Answers
it_user469245 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works
Hello, We are a Managed Service Provider (MSP) company in Israel, specialized in the SMB (50-1000 workers) and enterprise (1000-5000 workers) and we are looking for a APM package to support our customers. Both On-premise and cloud are valid solutions for us, and the pricing model is hig...
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it_user409614 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user409614We did a trial of the Dynatrace vs AppDynamics vs New Relic Real User Monitoring… more »
it_user364554 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user364554Avi How are you ? I am Elad and I am the COO at Correlsense. HQ in Boston and… more »
it_user469245 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user469245Hello Thank you all for the very kind and informative comments. Some ideas… more »
33 Answers
it_user469245 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works
Hello, We are a Managed Service Provider (MSP) company in Israel, specialized in the SMB (50-1000 workers) and enterprise (1000-5000 workers) and we are looking for a APM package to support our customers. Both On-premise and cloud are valid solutions for us, and the pricing model is hig...
Read More »
it_user409614 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user409614We did a trial of the Dynatrace vs AppDynamics vs New Relic Real User Monitoring… more »
it_user364554 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user364554Avi How are you ? I am Elad and I am the COO at Correlsense. HQ in Boston and… more »
it_user469245 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user469245Hello Thank you all for the very kind and informative comments. Some ideas… more »
33 Answers
Michael Bruen - PeerSpot reviewer
Michael Bruen
Assistant Commissioner - Network Technologies and Telecommunication Services at City of New York
Hi community, I work at a Healthcare company with 5K+ employees. Currently, I'm looking for an APM solution. We already have Solarwinds for network monitoring but I have read and heard from colleagues that Dynatrace is an outstanding product (the head of our developm...
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Netanya Carmi - PeerSpot reviewer
Netanya Carmi
Content Manager at PeerSpot
aush.111 - PeerSpot reviewer
aush.111
Engineer at Ooredoo Qatar

Hi pprofessionals,

I'm still a newbie to monitoring tools like APM and I have a question: 

Are there any Application Performance Management (APM) certifications for tools like CA APM, AppDynamics, Dynatrace, or any other APM-related certification?  

Thank you!

Abdulla Pathan - PeerSpot reviewer
Abdulla PathanYes. DataDog comes up with Certification for Support and Implementation… more »
4 Answers
WalterPolteraitis - PeerSpot reviewer
WalterPolteraitis
Team Lead Middleware Engineering at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees

I'm looking into AppDynamics and Dynatrace. What are the advantages of each?

KevinSmith1 - PeerSpot reviewer
KevinSmith1At application level, they are quite similar in their features. What made the… more »
BoykoVasilev - PeerSpot reviewer
BoykoVasilevHi there,  we did an assessment between AppDynamics and Dynatrace last year… more »
reviewer1644402 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer1644402DT starts do a sampling of monitoring transactions when the application is under… more »
6 Answers
reviewer1555236 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Operations Executive at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

Hi,

I'm comparing AppDynamics and Dynatrace for a company with over 5K employees. What are the pros and cons of each pproduct?

Thanks!

reviewer1352679 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer1352679There are many factors and we know little about your requirements (size of org… more »
1 Answer
SystemsEngineer234z - PeerSpot reviewer
SystemsEngineer234z
Principal Enterprise Systems Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Hi everyone, I'm looking to purchase an APM solution, and looking for some feedback. I've shortlisted AppDynamics, New Relic, Dynatrace, Datadog, as well as some others like Big Panda and Corelogic that might be used to bolt on as value add. I have experience with AppDynamics, Data...
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reviewer1352679 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer1352679There are many factors and we know little about your requirements (size of org… more »
Tjeerd Saijoen - PeerSpot reviewer
Tjeerd SaijoenThe key is to have a holistic view over the complete infrastructure, the ones… more »
Adrian Antonypillai - PeerSpot reviewer
Adrian AntonypillaiWe are currently going through a paper-based analysis to select an Enterprise… more »
5 Answers
Guan Ng - PeerSpot reviewer
Guan Ng
Solution Architect at SSP Limited

I am researching Dynatrace DEM. How much does is cost?

reviewer1352679 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer1352679Like all enterprise software, it's all negotiable. What gets at the heart of the… more »
1 Answer
Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Hi community,  One of the most popular comparisons on IT Central Station is Dynatrace vs Splunk. People like you are trying to decide which one is best for their company. Can you help them out? What is the biggest difference between Dynatrace and Splunk? Which of these two solutions would yo...
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Bernd Harzog - PeerSpot reviewer
Bernd HarzogThe two things are entirely different Splunk is primarily a log collection,… more »
informat792312 - PeerSpot reviewer
informat792312Splunk and Dynatrace are two different solutions. Most organizations use both of… more »
Stacy Ness - PeerSpot reviewer
Stacy NessIt really depends on the use case. Dynatrace can actually enrich the data… more »
7 Answers
Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
One of the most popular comparisons on IT Central Station is Dynatrace vs New Relic. Which of these two solutions would you recommend to a colleague evaluating APM solutions and why? There's so much vendor hype out there in the market now. If you've checked out these solutions, which one do ...
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reviewer1149360 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer1149360“Hands down” it would be Dynatrace. I did a POC, business case for it and used… more »
1 Answer
Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
One of the most popular comparisons on IT Central Station is AppDynamics vs Dynatrace. People like you are trying to decide which one is best for their company. Can you help them out? What is the biggest difference between AppDynamics and Dynatrace? Which of these two solutions would you rec...
Read More »
Emmanuel Galindo - PeerSpot reviewer
Emmanuel GalindoThe biggest difference is that Dynatrace is much easier to deploy and it has a… more »
ITspe9886 - PeerSpot reviewer
ITspe9886Dynatrace requires less infrastructure to set it up. For my organization, it… more »
reviewer141456 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer1414561. Dynatrace is running autosensoring 24x7 2. Dynatrace is the only tool that… more »
9 Answers
Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

Hi. I hear great things about both Dynatrace and AppDynamics. What is the advantage of Dynatrace over AppDynamics and vice versa? For an enterprise, how do I decide which one is better for my needs?

lroberts - PeerSpot reviewer
lrobertsFirst thought.... Do not go with CA. CA is horrible with just about everything… more »
User472o9 - PeerSpot reviewer
User472o9Dynatrace has a forte for providing all the data points that a developer could… more »
it_user793350 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user793350Coming back on the original question. Why is Dynatrace better than AppDynamics… more »
44 Answers
Juliano Souza - PeerSpot reviewer
Juliano Souza
Pre-Sales at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees

Hello, 

I need a comparison between AppInternals and Dynatrace APM offerings.

What are the pros and the cons of each solution, and why would you buy one rather than the other?

it_user758499 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user758499Riverbed is more of an NPM probe-based offering and only has a moderate level of… more »
Chuan Wei Yiaw - PeerSpot reviewer
Chuan Wei Yiawi don't 100% agree what @Scott mention 1st - Please refer to the latest Magic… more »
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