Dynatrace vs. AppDynamics
Discover why Dynatrace is rated the top monitoring platform in the industry.
Top 3 reasons people choose Dynatrace over Cisco AppDynamics
1
The broadest depth and widest scope
Advanced observability in context, so you get the complete picture of every app, every user, across every cloud, down to code-level, traces, metrics, logs, and metadata.
2
Smarter with AI-Assist
Davis®, the Dynatrace AI-assistant, provides real-time answers and actions into root cause, behavioral intelligence, and business impact. Just install it and try it for yourself, if you can get both started, which brings us to the next point.
3
Simpler and easier
Automatic deployment, configuration, thresholds, dashboards, upgrades. Dynatrace was designed to make it easy for all BizDevOps teams to collaborate through a single source of truth. Just compare how long it takes to install both platforms. It isn’t comparable.
Compare Dynatrace and AppDynamics
Dynatrace
AppDynamics
Advanced observability
Continuous Automation
AI-Assistance
Cross-team Collaboration
Omni-channel User Experience & Business Analytics
“When we started at Kroger we had a different monitoring solution, that we had dealt with for the last five years, and I'm not going to name drop but it was not as ‘dynamic’ as they said that it should be”

Positioned furthest for Vision and highest in Execution
2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for APM and Observability
Download the reportDynatrace is a G2 Leader in APM
Dynatrace has been named a Leader among products in Application Performance Management (APM). These user ratings reflect the advantage of Dynatrace’s all-in-one-platform, which was made for IT, DevOps, and digital experience use cases, and built on a unified data model to enable increased automation and intelligence.
A gamechanger in monitoring and operations. The unique approach to provide full-stack visibility, not only focusing on one aspect but covering everything that is of interest for a modern cloud operation, driven by a DevOps culture. The scale and automation at which Dynatrace can be applied is unmatched.”
Reinhard Weber, Senior Product Manager - SAP CX

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