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Splunk AppDynamics: End-to-End Application Observability

Gain real-time visibility into application performance, user experience, and business transactions
 to identify issues faster and ensure reliable digital services.
Splunk AppDynamics · Observability

Splunk AppDynamics: Full‑Stack Application Observability

Founded in 2008, AppDynamics was created to help organizations gain deeper visibility into application performance and user experiences in increasingly complex IT environments. The company quickly became a leader in Application Performance Monitoring (APM), enabling businesses to monitor applications, diagnose issues, and optimize digital services in real time. In 2017, AppDynamics was acquired by Cisco, and today it forms a key part of Splunk’s observability portfolio, helping organizations connect application performance with business outcomes.

As part of Splunk, AppDynamics provides end-to-end observability across applications, infrastructure, and business transactions. By delivering real-time insights into performance, availability, and user experience, AppDynamics helps IT teams identify bottlenecks faster, reduce downtime, and ensure critical business services operate efficiently in modern digital environments.

2008Founded in San Francisco to bring real-time visibility to application performance.
2017Cisco completes its US$3.7 billion acquisition of AppDynamics (March 2017).
2024Cisco–Splunk: AppDynamics joins the Splunk Observability portfolio (March 2024).
Full‑stackAPM, digital experience, infrastructure, database and business observability.
Application Performance Monitoring Digital Experience Monitoring Infrastructure Monitoring Database Visibility Business Observability Application Security ThousandEyes Network Intelligence
AppDynamics Controller — Production LIVE
0.94Apdex
412 msp95 response
0.42%Error rate
Users Web App Services Database
Checkout transaction · 218 ms
Cognition: anomaly resolved

Illustrative AppDynamics controller view — not live customer data.

Our Solutions

AppDynamics for Full‑Stack Observability

Empower your IT teams with real-time visibility across applications, infrastructure, and business transactions. AppDynamics helps organizations optimize performance, accelerate issue resolution, and deliver reliable digital experiences.

01

Application Performance Monitoring (APM)

Monitor application health and identify performance issues in real time.

Code-level diagnosticsAutomatic baselining
02

Business Observability

Connect application performance with business transactions and outcomes.

Business transaction analyticsOutcome metrics
03

Infrastructure Monitoring

Gain visibility across servers, databases, containers, and cloud environments.

Servers & containersDatabase visibility
04

End-User Monitoring

Understand how digital experiences impact customers and users.

Real User MonitoringSynthetic monitoring
05

Cloud Observability

Monitor modern cloud-native applications and distributed architectures.

Kubernetes & containersCloud-native tracing
06

Root Cause Analysis

Accelerate troubleshooting with end-to-end dependency mapping and insights.

Dependency mappingCognition ML anomaly detection

Why AppDynamics?

AppDynamics helps organizations understand application behavior, infrastructure performance, and user experience through a unified observability platform.

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One platform, from code to customer experience.

Application Visibility

Monitor critical business applications.

Business Context

Link IT performance to business outcomes.

Performance Insights

Detect and resolve issues faster.

Full‑Stack Observability

View applications, infrastructure, and users in one place.

Industries We Serve

AppDynamics helps organizations gain visibility into application performance, user experience, and business transactions, enabling faster issue resolution and improved service reliability across diverse industries.

Financial Services

Monitor critical banking and financial applications to ensure availability, performance, and seamless customer experiences.

Telecommunications

Maintain network and application performance while supporting large-scale digital services and customer operations.

Retail & E‑Commerce

Optimize online shopping experiences, payment systems, and digital transactions through real-time performance monitoring.

Healthcare

Support reliable access to healthcare applications and digital services while improving operational visibility.

Manufacturing

Monitor business-critical systems and applications to improve operational efficiency and minimize disruptions.

Technology & SaaS

Gain end-to-end visibility across cloud-native applications, infrastructure, and customer-facing digital services.

Ready to Improve Application Performance?

Gain deeper visibility into your applications, infrastructure, and digital services with Splunk AppDynamics. Monitor performance proactively, resolve issues faster, and deliver better user experiences.