Monitoring application and website performance has become critical to delivering a smooth digital experience to users. With users' attention spans dwindling at an ever-increasing rate, even minor hiccups in performance can cause users to abandon an app or website. This directly impacts key business metrics like customer conversions, engagement, and revenue.
To proactively identify and fix performance problems, modern DevOps teams rely heavily on monitoring solutions. Two of the most common techniques for monitoring website and application performance are Real User Monitoring (RUM) and Synthetic Monitoring. RUM focuses on gathering data from actual interactions, while Synthetic Monitoring simulates user journeys for testing.