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Enterprise (54.3% of reviews)
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AppDynamics
Star Rating
(375)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (54.3% of reviews)
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Star Rating
(543)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (48.5% of reviews)
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that AppDynamics excels in Real User Monitoring (RUM), providing detailed insights into user interactions, while Datadog's RUM capabilities are noted to be less comprehensive, focusing more on backend performance.
- Reviewers mention that AppDynamics offers superior Dynamic Transaction Mapping, which helps in visualizing complex transactions across multiple services, whereas Datadog's mapping features are considered less intuitive.
- G2 users highlight that Datadog shines in Cloud Observability, particularly for multi-cloud environments, making it easier to manage resources across different platforms, while AppDynamics is often seen as more tailored for enterprise-level applications.
- Users on G2 report that AppDynamics has a more robust Alerting system, with customizable alerts that can be fine-tuned to specific business needs, while Datadog's alerting is perceived as more generic and less adaptable.
- Reviewers mention that Datadog's AI/ML Integration is more advanced, particularly in anomaly detection and predictive analytics, which users find beneficial for proactive monitoring, whereas AppDynamics' AI features are seen as less developed.
- Users say that AppDynamics provides better Performance Baselines, allowing for more accurate comparisons over time, while Datadog's performance metrics are often viewed as less detailed, making it harder to track long-term performance trends.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
AppDynamics
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- Core APM Functionality with the flexibility to switch between languages; includes basic infrastructure monitoring
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Core collection and visualization features
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Free Trial is available
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Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.6
258
8.7
467
Ease of Use
8.5
257
8.2
471
Ease of Setup
7.9
118
8.4
246
Ease of Admin
8.1
117
8.3
213
Quality of Support
8.3
248
8.3
415
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
113
8.5
200
Product Direction (% positive)
8.3
233
8.9
452
Features by Category
Operations
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
6.7
7
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cost Optimization
Not enough data
7.6
7
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
8.6
44
Not enough data
9.3
58
Not enough data
9.0
52
Not enough data
8.7
45
Not enough data
8.8
47
Not enough data
8.9
40
Experience
8.9
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
7.6
9
Not enough data
Management
8.0
9
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
7.6
9
Not enough data
Performance
9.3
9
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
9.2
95
Not enough data
9.1
96
Not enough data
9.3
81
Not enough data
8.9
96
Not enough data
8.8
80
Not enough data
8.9
85
Functionality
Not enough data
9.2
46
Not enough data
9.2
51
Not enough data
8.1
37
Not enough data
8.4
39
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
8.6
43
Not enough data
9.0
44
Not enough data
8.7
41
Analytics - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.8
22
8.9
108
9.1
22
8.6
104
8.9
22
8.8
99
8.7
21
8.7
118
Administration
9.0
21
8.5
104
8.5
20
8.5
84
8.5
22
8.2
83
Analysis
8.9
22
8.5
102
8.9
22
8.8
106
8.7
19
Feature Not Available
Automation
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
8
Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
9.1
9
Incident Management
Not enough data
8.5
11
Not enough data
9.1
11
Not enough data
8.9
11
Functionality
8.3
22
9.2
14
8.3
22
8.6
15
9.2
27
9.4
19
Issue Resolution
9.1
27
9.1
17
8.8
27
9.2
14
8.8
25
Feature Not Available
Management
8.9
27
8.6
17
9.2
26
9.6
17
9.4
27
8.9
17
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Visibility
Not enough data
8.8
76
Not enough data
9.0
75
Not enough data
8.8
69
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.2
71
Not enough data
8.6
73
Not enough data
8.9
77
Visibility
Not enough data
8.8
67
Not enough data
8.6
61
Not enough data
8.1
59
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.5
60
Not enough data
7.5
55
Not enough data
8.3
57
Not enough data
9.0
60
Not enough data
8.8
56
Not enough data
8.2
61
Cloud environment support
Not enough data
8.0
53
Not enough data
7.9
50
Functionality
9.3
16
8.4
32
8.9
17
8.6
32
8.9
17
8.8
34
8.2
15
7.8
28
Management
8.5
17
8.4
31
8.6
17
8.5
34
8.9
17
8.1
31
9.3
17
9.0
36
Data Sources
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Metrics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Device Recognition
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Provisioning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Data Preparation
Not enough data
8.5
53
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
52
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
50
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
50
|
Verified
Analysis
Not enough data
8.5
48
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
55
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
56
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
49
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
47
|
Verified
Visualization
Not enough data
8.9
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
51
|
Verified
Monitoring
9.2
10
8.5
95
9.7
10
8.9
87
9.7
10
8.9
97
8.7
9
7.3
82
8.8
10
8.4
88
Response
9.7
10
8.8
104
8.8
10
8.8
92
9.3
10
7.9
85
Performance
8.9
26
8.5
99
8.5
25
8.2
85
Functionality
8.8
26
8.4
87
8.9
23
8.0
79
8.5
27
Feature Not Available
8.5
25
8.5
93
Alerts management
Not enough data
8.7
36
Not enough data
8.0
38
Not enough data
8.6
40
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.7
31
Not enough data
9.2
34
Not enough data
8.7
36
Not enough data
9.2
31
Automation
Not enough data
8.5
31
Not enough data
8.6
29
Analysis
Not enough data
8.2
34
Not enough data
8.4
37
Not enough data
9.3
36
Not enough data
8.5
35
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
8.4
30
Not enough data
7.7
33
Not enough data
8.6
28
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Data Management - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
6.4
6
Performance - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
5.7
5
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
6.7
6
AI - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Compliance - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Response
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.0
40
Records
Not enough data
9.3
47
Not enough data
9.0
45
Not enough data
8.5
52
Management
Not enough data
9.3
48
Not enough data
8.4
44
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)Hide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features
Not enough data
8.9
13
Network Management
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
9.4
11
Incident Management
Not enough data
9.2
11
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.1
11
Security Intelligence
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
8.8
12
ServiceNow Apps
8.6
11
Not enough data
8.8
11
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
AppDynamics and Datadog are categorized as AIOps Platforms, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Container Monitoring, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Enterprise Monitoring, and Observability Solution Suites
Unique Categories
AppDynamics is categorized as Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM), ServiceNow Store Apps, and SAP Store
Datadog is categorized as Observability Pipeline, Server Monitoring, Log Monitoring, Network Traffic Analysis (NTA), Database Monitoring, IoT Device Management Platforms, IoT Analytics Platforms, Website Monitoring, IT Alerting, Log Analysis, Incident Response, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), API Marketplace, Network Monitoring, and Cloud Cost Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
AppDynamics
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
25.7%
Computer Software
10.1%
Financial Services
8.1%
Banking
5.4%
Insurance
5.1%
Other
45.7%
Information Technology and Services
20.3%
Computer Software
17.9%
Financial Services
8.1%
Internet
5.1%
Retail
3.2%
Other
45.5%
Most Helpful Reviews
AppDynamics
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Zoltan L.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
-The responsiveness of the user interface and clean, readily understandable design -The excellent diagnostics and trouble-shooting utilities -The ability to see services on the lowest possible level as well as the highest level, interacting with the rest...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Ben N.
Verified User in Financial Services
SaaS is the limitation we've faced, removing the hardware spend of onprem kit is out #1 task this year.
Datadog
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Debabrata P.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
With datadog you can quickly get up and running. May be the easiest among all out there. Since it enables you to put everything into one dashboard irrespective of their zone,VPC or environment type we can have one bookmarked place to look at for the first...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Computer Software
As described in the previous section, the lack of support resulting in us not being able to resolve a deployment mistake and resulting billing issue.
Zoltan L.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
-The responsiveness of the user interface and clean, readily understandable design -The excellent diagnostics and trouble-shooting utilities -The ability to see services on the lowest possible level as well as the highest level, interacting with the rest...
Debabrata P.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
With datadog you can quickly get up and running. May be the easiest among all out there. Since it enables you to put everything into one dashboard irrespective of their zone,VPC or environment type we can have one bookmarked place to look at for the first...
Ben N.
Verified User in Financial Services
SaaS is the limitation we've faced, removing the hardware spend of onprem kit is out #1 task this year.
Verified User in Computer Software
As described in the previous section, the lack of support resulting in us not being able to resolve a deployment mistake and resulting billing issue.
Discussions
Can AppDynamics be deployed in a private cloud?
1 comment
AY
Certainly! Please provide the text in the Unknown Language that you would like me to translate into English.Read more
Can AppDynamics be deployed on Azure?
1 comment
AY
Certainly! Please provide the text in the Unknown Language that you would like me to translate into English.Read more
Can AppDynamics be deployed on AWS?
1 comment
AY
Certainly! Please provide the text in the Unknown Language that you would like me to translate into English.Read more
Does Datadog use AWS?
2 comments
IG
Yes, the backbone of Datadog infrastructure is sitting within AWS.Read more
What is the use of Datadog?
2 comments
CJ
Datadog is a software platform that facilitates data sharing across various teams within an organization, thereby breaking down silos between development,...Read more
Does it preserves history of logs?
1 comment
AN
Depends on your plan, log retention can be 7,15, 30 days etc, for long term you need to setup s3 archivingRead more
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