# AppDynamics

> AppDynamics provides application performance monitoring and business transaction analytics for enterprise software. Now part of Cisco’s Splunk Observability portfolio, it connects code, databases, infrastructure and user experience to business outcomes across hybrid and on-premises environments.

- **Founded:** 2008
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Jyoti Bansal (Founder; former CEO and chairman)
- **Products:** Splunk AppDynamics APM, Business iQ / business performance monitoring, Database Monitoring, Digital Experience Monitoring, Secure Application
- **Notable:** Cisco announced the approximately $3.7 billion acquisition in January 2017 and announced completion on March 22, 2017., The 2016 S-1 reported more than 275 Global 2000 customers., Cisco’s acquisition announcement highlighted a top-ten position in the 2016 Forbes Cloud 100.

## Products & services

- **Splunk AppDynamics APM** — Agent-based transaction tracing, application topology, baselines and code-level diagnostics for hybrid and traditional enterprise applications.
- **Business iQ / business performance monitoring** — Correlates transaction and application telemetry with business metrics and multi-step journeys.
- **Database Monitoring** — Identifies database bottlenecks and connects database performance to application behavior.
- **Digital Experience Monitoring** — Browser and mobile real user monitoring plus synthetic monitoring.
- **Secure Application** — Application vulnerability and runtime attack detection, protection and business-risk prioritization.
- **Enterprise Edition for SAP Solutions** — ABAP code-level diagnostics and monitoring across SAP and non-SAP business processes.
- **AppDynamics SaaS capabilities in Splunk Observability Cloud** — June 2026 announcement brings business transactions, n-tier coverage and related AppDynamics capabilities into Splunk Observability Cloud; AppDynamics continues for self-managed deployments.

## Achievements

- Cisco announced the approximately $3.7 billion acquisition in January 2017 and announced completion on March 22, 2017.
- The 2016 S-1 reported more than 275 Global 2000 customers.
- Cisco’s acquisition announcement highlighted a top-ten position in the 2016 Forbes Cloud 100.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Splunk announced a unified Observability Cloud platform incorporating AppDynamics SaaS capabilities; it reaffirmed investment in AppDynamics for traditional, self-managed, air-gapped and regulated environments.
- **2025-02** — AppDynamics 25.1 introduced Splunk branding, application-attack alert forwarding into Splunk, Japanese UI support and a public preview of mobile session replay.
- **2025-01** — AppDynamics.com moved to Splunk.com on January 29, according to Splunk’s February announcement.

## Links

- Website: https://www.appdynamics.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/appdynamics/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/AppDynamics
- GitHub: https://github.com/appdynamics
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/splunkvideos
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AppDynamics-193264136815/

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Last updated: 2026-10-17