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Comparison

AppDynamics vs Tideways

On the evidence we track, AppDynamics leads this comparison with a composite score of 61/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

AppDynamics full profile →Tideways full profile →
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★AppDynamics61
Tideways47
Score
Vioscale score
AppDynamics61 / 100medium · 53%
Tideways47 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tier
AppDynamics–
Tideways✗
Model
AppDynamicscommercial
Tidewayscommercial
Price level
AppDynamicsunknown
Tidewaysmid
Transparent
AppDynamics✗
Tideways✓
Integrations
Count
AppDynamics–
Tideways7
Security
Disclosure policy
AppDynamics✓
Tideways–
Fedramp
AppDynamics✓
Tideways–
Gdpr
AppDynamics✓
Tideways✓
Hipaa
AppDynamics✓
Tideways–
Iso27001
AppDynamics✓
Tideways–
Pci
AppDynamics✓
Tideways✓
Soc2
AppDynamics✓
Tideways–
Reliability
Status page
AppDynamics✓
Tideways✓

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for apm tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Instrumentation
Auto-instrumentation
AppDynamics✓
Tideways✓
Distributed tracing
AppDynamics-
Tideways✓
Insight
Service map
AppDynamics-
Tideways-
Code / continuous profiling
AppDynamics✓
Tideways✓
Database monitoring
AppDynamics✓
Tideways✓
Error analytics
AppDynamics✓
Tideways✓
Real-user monitoring
AppDynamics✓
Tideways✓
SLO / error-budget tracking
AppDynamics-
Tideways-
Intelligence
Anomaly / root-cause AI
AppDynamics✓
Tideways-
Standards
OpenTelemetry support
AppDynamicsOTel-native
Tideways-
Core
Language agents
AppDynamics-
TidewaysPHP
Deployment
Hosting
AppDynamicsCloud + self-hosted
TidewaysCloud only

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

AppDynamics

Leader

Provides real-time visibility into application performance, user experience, and infrastructure across on-premises and hybrid environments. Automatically detects anomalies and identifies root causes at the code level, helping teams understand how technical issues affect business metrics.

Independently observed

Tideways

PHP application performance monitoring, profiling, and error tracking. Tideways shows where performance breaks down in production in real time.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

AppDynamics

Leader
Subscription30-day trial
as of verify ↗

Tideways

from €29/moSubscription14-day trial

From 29€/month. 14-day free trial.

  • Team29€/month billed annually
    • Profiler, Monitoring, Error Tracking
    • Unlimited projects, services, transactions, users
    • Basic Alerting
    • Integrations: E-Mail, Slack, Microsoft Teams
  • Business89€/month billed annually
    • All Team features
    • Distributed Profiling
    • Traces in History
    • Advanced Tracepoint Triggers
    • Advanced Alerting
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Unlimited historical data
    • Technical Account Manager
    • Priority Support
    • SSO with Azure Active Directory
    • Wire Transfer, AWS Marketplace, custom payment terms
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
AppDynamics✓
Tideways✓
macOS
AppDynamics✗
Tideways✓
Linux
AppDynamics✗
Tideways✓
CLI
AppDynamics✗
Tideways✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
AppDynamics✓
Tideways✓
On-premise
AppDynamics✓
Tideways✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

AppDynamics

Leader

Not documented yet.

Tideways

5 total
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • PagerDuty
  • OpsGenie
  • Splunk On-Call
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.