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AppDynamics vs Raygun: What are the differences?
What is AppDynamics? Application management for the cloud generation. AppDynamics develops application performance management (APM) solutions that deliver problem resolution for highly distributed applications through transaction flow monitoring and deep diagnostics.
What is Raygun? Use Raygun to track, manage, and report your software errors. Raygun gives you a window into how users are really experiencing your software applications. Detect, diagnose and resolve issues that are affecting end users with greater speed and accuracy.
AppDynamics and Raygun are primarily classified as "Performance Monitoring" and "Exception Monitoring" tools respectively.
Some of the features offered by AppDynamics are:
- End User Monitoring
- Real-Time Business Transaction Monitoring
- Visualize & Manage your Entire Application
On the other hand, Raygun provides the following key features:
- Error, crash and performance monitoring, in one platform
- Support for every major programming language and platform
- Minutes to set up
"Deep code visibility" is the primary reason why developers consider AppDynamics over the competitors, whereas "Easy setup and brilliant features" was stated as the key factor in picking Raygun.
According to the StackShare community, Raygun has a broader approval, being mentioned in 44 company stacks & 6 developers stacks; compared to AppDynamics, which is listed in 10 company stacks and 11 developer stacks.
Pros of AppDynamics
- Deep code visibility21
- Powerful13
- Real-Time Visibility8
- Great visualization7
- Easy Setup6
- Comprehensive Coverage of Programming Languages6
- Deep DB Troubleshooting4
- Excellent Customer Support3
Pros of Raygun
- Easy setup and brilliant features31
- Integrates with many tools I use (e.g. GitHub, HipChat)19
- Huge range of programming languages supported19
- Support for JavaScript source maps17
- Makes my job so much easier17
- No rate limiting16
- I have so much love for Raygun. Amazing support too15
- Works with Xamarin (including native iOS crashes)15
- Unlimited team sizes on all levels14
- Responsive and fast app13
- Easy setup, fast reporting, and constantly improving9
- Great customer support and awesome T-shirts8
- Real user monitoring3
- Custom dashboards for software health2
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Cons of AppDynamics
- Expensive5
- Poor to non-existent integration with aws services2