Splunk AppDynamics

appdynamics.com
Observability & Monitoring
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Ensure resilience with unified observability across any environment, any stack

How to Replace Splunk AppDynamics

Overview

Splunk AppDynamics delivers full-stack observability linked to business performance for hybrid and three-tier applications. It combines application performance monitoring with business metrics visibility across networks, APIs, and services while integrating with the broader Splunk Observability portfolio powered by AI-accelerated troubleshooting.

Features

20 features across 8 categories

AI(2)

AI-Powered TroubleshootingAIPremium

AI that accelerates troubleshooting and resolution across teams

AIOps Alert ManagementAIPremium

AI-powered operations for consolidating alerts and events from multiple sources to reduce alert noise

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Administration(2)

Cost Control and Data Management

Better control of data and costs across the observability platform

Unified Identity and Administration

Integrated identity and administration across AppDynamics and Splunk Observability products

Also in: Notion, Airtable, Smartsheet

Alerting(1)

Alert Consolidation and Noise Reduction

Group related alerts from any source to reduce alert noise

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Analytics(1)

Business Analytics

Analytics linked to business performance metrics and KPIs

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Integration(2)

IT Service Intelligence Integration

Integrated alerts and network telemetry with ITSI for alert noise reduction and service health monitoring

Log Observer Connect

Context-preserving deep linking between AppDynamics and Splunk platform for seamless log correlation

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Monitoring(8)

Application Performance Monitoring (APM)

Monitor application performance linked to business metrics and every network, ISP, API, and service applications rely on

Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)

Monitor digital experience and user-facing application performance

Infrastructure Monitoring

Monitor infrastructure health and performance across on-prem, private cloud, and public cloud environments

Monitoring for SAP Solutions

Specialized monitoring capabilities for SAP environments

Network Intelligence

Network intelligence with ThousandEyes integration for owned and unowned network monitoring

Real-User Monitoring

Monitor real-user performance and behavior

Service Health Detection

Monitor service health and detect anomalies across environments

Synthetic Monitoring

Synthetic transaction monitoring for proactive issue detection

Observability(3)

Business Process Visibility

Give ITOps teams visibility into business processes that cut across different application domains and IT systems

Full-Stack Observability

Unified visibility across any environment and stack including traditional and modern applications, three-tier architectures, and cloud-native apps

Unified Logs, Metrics, and Traces

Correlation with logs from Splunk Platform for fast, codeless and in-context troubleshooting

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Security(1)

Application Security

Application security linked to business risk

Also in: Hugging Face, Notion, Airtable

Cost Calculator

Pricing data not available for Splunk AppDynamics. Check their website for current pricing.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a Splunk AppDynamics alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 20 features.

Buy Splunk AppDynamics

Better Value
Monthly costContact Sales
3-year totalVaries
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$12,000
Maintenance$180/mo
3-year total$18,480
Dev time~1 months

Buying Splunk AppDynamics saves ~$18,480 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 20 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

5 known integrations

Splunk AISplunk IT Service Intelligence (ITSI)Splunk Observability CloudSplunk PlatformThousandEyes