We performed a comparison between SolarWinds NPM and Versa Director based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We have configured multiple alerts for our network devices, including routers and switches, so that we are notified if any interface goes down."
"The most valuable features are language support and technical support."
"The set up was very easy. We didn't have any problems with the setup. The deployment took less than an hour."
"SolarWinds NPM is a scalable solution since it can handle a huge number of users."
"The ability to quickly identify downtime is the most valuable."
"There are a lot of valuable features with SolarWinds NPM. We can receive a lot of detailed data from the monitoring that can use useful for investigations, especially when you are troubleshooting. It is very helpful. Overall it was a very good experience."
"Their support team is efficient, and it is easy to set up."
"It covers everything from end to end, from the standpoint of endpoint machines and the routers and switches. The switch port also comes there."
"The most valuable functionality is some of the policy pieces that are quite useful."
"The most valuable feature of Versa Director is analytics."
"Versa Director is the fastest engineering tool and is ideal for use without product management."
"Versa Director's best feature is the ease of configuration and customer and vendor management."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"An area for improvement would be the use of modular licenses, which are not practical for big clients."
"Being able to detect devices that are trying to connect wirelessly would make using this solution much easier."
"I would like to see integration with antivirus or other security endpoint solutions."
"They need to work on their automation and automatically discover devices. They are not very good at automatically discovering devices."
"There needs to be more integration of widgets, especially for reporting purposes."
"It has covered everything, so no improvement is required at their end. The only thing is the price."
"Real-time analytics is the major weakness of the SolarWinds NPM platform today. They've done a fantastic job enabling the collection of data. Users are now demanding the ability to generate their own graphs, views, and so on; all of this must be done by an admin today."
"The solution needs to integrate with additional SDN technologies that are part of the hyper market."
"It requires some simplification."
"Versa Director's deployment process is not the best."
"What needs improvement in Versa Director is maturity because, from an operating point of view, it's not mature enough. You'll still need to do a lot of research on Versa Director, so if it could mature faster, that would be very good."
"Versa could be more AI-oriented."
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SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews while Versa Director is ranked 56th in Network Monitoring Software with 4 reviews. SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2, while Versa Director is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Versa Director writes "User-friendly and simpler than its competitors". SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity, whereas Versa Director is most compared with ThousandEyes, Zabbix and PRTG Network Monitor. See our SolarWinds NPM vs. Versa Director report.
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