AppDynamics Browser Synthetic Monitoring
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Plans and prices
From AppDynamics Browser Synthetic Monitoring's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Browser Synthetics Monitoring add-on | $12 a month | Add-on for Splunk AppDynamics editions · priced per test location · $12/month, per test location, billed anually |
The facts
Each one read from AppDynamics Browser Synthetic Monitoring's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Agent deployment
- Hosted agents are intended for public website testing, while private agents installed on your machines can test internal sites and services; each agent type requires a separate license.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Alerts
- Synthetic Availability and Synthetic Performance events can trigger policies and actions, including alerting email, with configurable warning and critical thresholds.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Extension limitation
- Monitoring browser extensions Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, and Java applets is unsupported.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The AppDynamics platform lists integration modules including Jira Actions, ServiceNow CMDB and Event Management, and Splunk.checked 8 Oct 2026
- On-demand snapshots
- On-demand snapshots collect performance data for ad-hoc analysis and are available with Synthetic Lite and Pro licenses.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Performance measures
- Supported thresholds include end-user response time, fully loaded time, visually complete time, first byte time, start render time, and bytes per pageview.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Private agent requirements
- The Web Monitoring Private Synthetic Agent supports SaaS Controllers and on-premises Controller and Synthetic Server versions 21.4.1 or later, Selenium 4.9.1, and amd64 architecture.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Uses geographically distributed synthetic agents to test application workflows and monitor multi-step flow correctness and performance independently of user-generated load.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Scheduled jobs
- Recurring scheduled tests can use Python WebDriver scripts to exercise multi-step workflows and require a Synthetic Pro license.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Script isolation
- Hosted browser tests run on shared Windows machines, while each Python synthetic script runs in isolation in a Docker container mapped to the configured browser location.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Script support
- Scripts use Python with Selenium WebDriver to mimic end-user actions in remote browsers at supported locations.checked 8 Oct 2026
- SPA limitation
- Single-page applications are not fully supported; virtual pages are reported together with the base page, so Synthetic Sessions show one page.checked 8 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- Splunk's AppDynamics documentation identifies Splunk Inc. as the copyright holder.checked 8 Oct 2026
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