AppDynamics vs Sparkles
AppDynamicsObservability Platforms
SparklesDeveloper Experience Platforms
From $20 / moPublished price
AppDynamics Observability Platforms Full visibility. Smarter action. | Sparkles Developer Experience Platforms Make everyone on your team an engineer. | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Observability Platforms | Developer Experience Platforms |
| What it is | AppDynamics, a Cisco company, provides application performance monitoring and business observability that correlates IT performance with business outcomes in real time. | Sparkles is a YC W26 company that lowers the barrier to building software so non-technical team members can contribute to development. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | Infrastructure Monitoring: Starting at $6/host/month Premium APM: Starting at $33/CPU core/month Enterprise APM: Starting at $50/CPU core/month Enterprise Suite: Custom pricing | From $20 / mo Tiered: Free, Pro ~$20/mo, Ultra ~$80/mo, plus Pilot and Enterprise custom plans. Paid tiers add higher usage/sandbox limits for AI-generated code changes and deploys. |
| Pricing model | Not available | Tiered plans |
| Free options | Not available | Free plan · No free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2008 | 2025 |
| Team size | 1,001-5,000 employees | 1-10 employees |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California | San Francisco, California |
| Featured clients | Experian, Nasdaq, Carhartt | Product teams |