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AppDynamics vs Crashlytics: What are the differences?

Introduction

AppDynamics and Crashlytics are two popular tools used for monitoring and analyzing applications. While they both serve the purpose of providing insights into application performance, there are several key differences between the two.

  1. Integration with different platforms: AppDynamics is a comprehensive application performance monitoring tool that works across multiple platforms, including Java, .NET, PHP, Node.js, and more. On the other hand, Crashlytics is specifically designed for mobile app crash reporting and performance monitoring and primarily focuses on iOS and Android platforms.

  2. Scope of monitoring: AppDynamics provides end-to-end visibility into application performance by monitoring various components such as servers, databases, and third-party services. It also offers real-time analytics and continuous monitoring capabilities. In contrast, Crashlytics primarily focuses on crash reporting and error tracking for mobile apps, providing detailed crash reports, stack traces, and analytics to help developers troubleshoot and fix issues.

  3. Alerting and notification capabilities: AppDynamics offers advanced alerting and notification features, allowing users to set up customized alerts based on specific performance thresholds and conditions. It can send alerts via email, SMS, or other channels. Crashlytics also provides alerting capabilities but is more focused on crash notifications to help developers quickly identify and resolve app crashes.

  4. User interface and ease of use: AppDynamics provides a powerful and feature-rich user interface that allows users to view and analyze performance metrics, create custom dashboards, and drill down into specific transactions or code segments. It offers a high level of customization but may have a steeper learning curve. Crashlytics, on the other hand, provides a simple and intuitive user interface that is easy to navigate, making it more accessible for developers to quickly identify and resolve crash issues.

  5. Cost and licensing: AppDynamics is a commercial tool with a licensing model based on the number of application instances monitored. The pricing can be relatively higher compared to other options in the market. Crashlytics, on the other hand, provides a free tier with limited features and a paid version with more advanced features. It can be a more cost-effective option for developers looking for crash reporting and performance monitoring specifically for mobile apps.

  6. Integration with other tools and ecosystems: AppDynamics offers integration capabilities with a wide range of third-party tools, including IT operations management systems, ticketing systems, and collaboration platforms. This allows for seamless integration into existing workflows and ecosystems. Crashlytics, being focused on mobile app development, has built-in integration with other Fabric tools and frameworks, making it easier to integrate crash reporting and monitoring into the mobile app development process.

In summary, AppDynamics provides comprehensive performance monitoring across various platforms with advanced analytics and alerting capabilities, while Crashlytics is focused on crash reporting and monitoring specifically for mobile apps, offering a simple and streamlined user interface. The choice between the two depends on the specific requirements and priorities of the application and development team.

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Farzeem Diamond Jiwani
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Hey there! We are looking at Datadog, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, and New Relic as options for our web application monitoring.

Current Environment: .NET Core Web app hosted on Microsoft IIS

Future Environment: Web app will be hosted on Microsoft Azure

Tech Stacks: IIS, RabbitMQ, Redis, Microsoft SQL Server

Requirement: Infra Monitoring, APM, Real - User Monitoring (User activity monitoring i.e., time spent on a page, most active page, etc.), Service Tracing, Root Cause Analysis, and Centralized Log Management.

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Hi Folks,

I am trying to evaluate Site24x7 against AppDynamics, Dynatrace, and New Relic. Has anyone used Site24X7? If so, what are your opinions on the tool? I know that the license costs are very low compared to other tools in the market. Other than that, are there any major issues anyone has encountered using the tool itself?

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Lucas Rincon
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what are the most important things you are looking for the tools to do? each has their strong points... are you looking to monitor new tech like containers, k8s, and microservices?

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Pros of AppDynamics
Pros of Crashlytics
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    Deep code visibility
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    Powerful
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    Real-Time Visibility
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    Great visualization
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    Easy Setup
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    Comprehensive Coverage of Programming Languages
  • 4
    Deep DB Troubleshooting
  • 3
    Excellent Customer Support
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    Crash tracking
  • 56
    Mobile exception tracking
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    Free
  • 37
    Easy deployment
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    Ios
  • 15
    Great ui
  • 11
    Great reports
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    Android
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    Advanced Logging
  • 7
    Monitor Tester Lifecycle
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    Mac APP and IDE Plugins
  • 3
    Great User Experience
  • 3
    In Real-Time
  • 3
    iOS SDK
  • 3
    Security
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    Android SDK
  • 2
    The UI is simple and it just works
  • 2
    Best UI
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    Light
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    Real-time
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    Seamless
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    Painless App Distribution
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    Crash Reporting
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    Beta distribution
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    Mobile Analytics
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    Deep Workflow Integration
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    IOS QA Deploy and tracking
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    Easy iOS Integration

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    Expensive
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    What is AppDynamics?

    AppDynamics develops application performance management (APM) solutions that deliver problem resolution for highly distributed applications through transaction flow monitoring and deep diagnostics.

    What is Crashlytics?

    Instead of just showing you the stack trace, Crashlytics performs deep analysis of each and every thread. We de-prioritize lines that don't matter while highlighting the interesting ones. This makes reading stack traces easier, faster, and far more useful! Crashlytics' intelligent grouping can take 50,000 crashes, distill them down to 20 unique issues, and then tell you which 3 are the most important to fix.

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