Cisco AppDynamics
Business observability for the enterprise
Cisco AppDynamics is an enterprise APM and observability platform that monitors application health, business transactions, infrastructure, and end-user experience. It uses AI-powered insights with dynamic baselining to detect anomalies and provide code-level diagnostics for troubleshooting.
Features
✓ Application performance monitoring
✓ Business transaction tracking
✓ Infrastructure visibility
✓ Database monitoring
✓ End User Monitoring (EUM)
✓ AI-powered anomaly detection
✓ Dynamic baselining
✓ Code-level diagnostics
✓ Full-stack correlation
✓ Business iQ analytics
Pros
- + Strong business transaction focus
- + Excellent code-level visibility
- + AI-powered insights
- + Cisco enterprise support
- + Broad language support
Cons
- − Enterprise pricing (expensive)
- − Complex licensing model
- − Resource-intensive agents
- − Steep learning curve