We performed a comparison between SCOM and SolarWinds Network Device Monitor 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."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The most valuable feature of SCOM is real-time alerts."
"The solution has improved our overrides and the ability to start services if they're stopped."
"The most valuable feature of SCOM is the capability of using classes within your management pack development."
"It discovers the components automatically, which is a fantastic thing. The discovery works in an automatic way, and it has a dynamic way of discovering the components, assets, and applications. It doesn't require any manual intervention."
"It is very good at monitoring Microsoft Server."
"The product’s auto-remediation feature helps with automation."
"Being able to make and customize management packs and send out notifications is very valuable."
"The ease of deployment, especially on Windows platforms, is valuable."
"The deployment process is quick."
"The solution and its interface are elaborate and fully integrate all monitored items for easy analysis and troubleshooting."
"I like the mapping that you could do and the dashboards were very pretty."
"The product is useful for switches and IP phones."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is monitoring."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is it can alert you when a device is not working."
"This product proactively tells us about issues before the users notice."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is it shows you the utilization of devices to allow you to take proactive action before something goes down or reaches the saturation point. You can take proactive action to fix the problem before it occurs."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The GI is difficult to work with and the reporting servers are also difficult."
"The solution’s initial setup is difficult."
"SCOM needs to improve its usability."
"I would like to see them improve their network monitoring."
"The solution should have more tools for monitoring the cloud engine versus on-premise."
"It'll help if they can provide real-time or closer to real-time monitoring."
"I would like to better be able to monitor Oracle processes."
"Third-party tools have had to be created to make SCOM management pack creation more efficient and effective. However, this weighs down the application as it just adds a resource requirement, which is ballooning the size of the necessary storage and all that for essentially substandard components."
"The way they are presenting the map of our devices needs to be improved."
"The security could always be improved."
"There is no mobile version of this product, and our team should be able to access it using a mobile device."
"SolarWinds Network Device Monitor could improve by being more user-friendly. The network has so many features which make it difficult to find how to configure how to use it. It is not simple to customize."
"Integration with different tools, such as ServiceNow and Excel, can be improved."
"The security needs improvement, which is why we are moving away from Solar Winds. We have security concerns."
"SolarWinds Network Device Monitor could improve the features. We don't have the complete model for the database, and the monitoring for the database is up and down. We expect that we could monitor the blocking items on the database but we don't have that feature."
"The initial setup of the SolarWinds Network Device Monitor could be easier. It took us approximately one month to complete the implementation."
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SCOM is ranked 10th in Network Monitoring Software with 78 reviews while SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is ranked 43rd in Network Monitoring Software with 16 reviews. SCOM is rated 7.8, while SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of SCOM writes "Has a good reporting engine, but its monitoring of the cloud-based environment could be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor writes "An elaborate solution that fully integrates for easy monitoring and troubleshooting". SCOM is most compared with Dynatrace, Zabbix, Datadog, Nagios XI and ManageEngine OpManager, whereas SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is most compared with FortiMonitor, IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM), ThousandEyes, ScienceLogic and Auvik Network Management (ANM). See our SCOM vs. SolarWinds Network Device Monitor report.
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