Observability & APM · Cisco Systems, Inc.
Cisco AppDynamics
Enterprise APM that ties application performance directly to business transaction metrics and revenue impact.
AppDynamics is an enterprise application performance monitoring product, now sold and priced through Cisco's unified Splunk/AppDynamics pricing page following Cisco's acquisitions of both companies. Its signature feature is Business Transaction monitoring — tracing a request through the stack and tying its latency or errors to a named business flow (checkout, login) and, where configured, an estimated revenue impact — which distinguishes it from infrastructure-first tools. It supports both SaaS and on-premises/self-hosted controllers, appealing to large enterprises with data-residency or private-cloud requirements. Pricing is per-host or per-vCPU depending on edition, and is bundled into Cisco's broader Splunk observability portfolio.
At a glance
| Vendor | Cisco Systems, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Pricing model | Subscription |
| Free tier | No |
| Deployment | Cloud, Self-hosted |
| Open source | No |
| Best for | Large enterprises that want APM explicitly tied to business-transaction and revenue impact, with an on-prem option. |
Pricing
Per-host or per-vCPU annual subscription tiers, now listed alongside Splunk on Cisco's combined pricing page.
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure Edition | from $6/vCPU/month | billed annually |
| Premium Edition | from $33/host/month | billed annually |
| Enterprise Edition | from $50/host/month | billed annually |
Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget.
Features
- Business Transaction tracing tied to revenue impact
- Full-stack APM: code-level diagnostics through infrastructure
- Automatic baselining and anomaly alerting
- Database and end-user monitoring
- On-premises controller for private-cloud deployments
- Kubernetes and cloud-native visibility
Integrations
Profile last reviewed September 21, 2026