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.

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★AppDynamics61
Tideways44
Score
vioscaleAI score
AppDynamics61 / 100medium · 71%
Tideways44 / 100medium · 65%
Pricing
Free tier
AppDynamics✓
Tideways✗
Model
AppDynamicsfreemium
Tidewayscommercial
Price level
AppDynamicslow
Tidewaysunknown
Transparent
AppDynamics✗
Tideways✓
Integrations
Count
AppDynamics1
Tideways7
Security
Disclosure policy
AppDynamics✓
Tideways–
Fedramp
AppDynamics✓
Tideways–
Gdpr
AppDynamics✓
Tideways✓
Hipaa
AppDynamics✓
Tideways–
Iso27001
AppDynamics✓
Tideways–
Pci
AppDynamics✓
Tideways✓
Soc2
AppDynamics✓
Tideways–
Trust center
AppDynamics–
Reliability
Status page
AppDynamics✓
Tideways✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
AppDynamics4 items
Tideways6 items

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

A full-stack application performance monitoring platform that provides real-time visibility into application issues, enables root-cause diagnosis across the entire technology stack, and correlates performance with business outcomes.

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
Free tier30-day trial
as of verify ↗

Tideways

Subscription

Subscription-based plans from Basic to Pro; free trial available. Pricing scales with project size and transaction throughput. Annual discounts available.

  • Basic-
    • Profiling
    • Monitoring
    • Error Tracking
    • Basic Integrations (Email, Slack, Microsoft Teams)
  • Standard-
    • Profiling
    • Monitoring
    • Error Tracking
    • Advanced Integrations (PagerDuty, OpsGenie, Splunk On-Call, Webhooks)
  • ProContact sales
    • Profiling
    • Monitoring
    • Error Tracking
    • Advanced Integrations
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✓
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
1 total
  • OpenTelemetry
Independently observed

Tideways

7 total
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • PagerDuty
  • OpsGenie
  • Splunk On-Call
  • Email
  • Webhooks
Independently observed
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