We performed a comparison between BigPanda and SolarWinds NPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Easy integration - We've had challenges in the past integrating all of our various monitoring sources and tools into one central system. BigPanda, with the integrations that it already has, as well as offering webhook/REST API, has made it very easy for us to plug everything in."
"We have also made extensive use of the outbound integrations to ticketing systems (JIRA) and collaboration tools (Slack). The main driver for us has been getting all alerting into a single UI and enabling us to streamline our incident management process."
"A user-friendly solution."
"One of the most valuable features of BigPanda is its user-friendly interface."
"The most valuable features of BigPanda are the API integration was good. It enables us to do faster onboarding."
"The main thing that we like about BigPanda is the user interface."
"The most useful feature has been the AI/ML. The way BigPanda uses the AI/ML is good compared to other SRE tools."
"The program is very stable."
"The benefit of this solution is the reporting. We're able to report on and see our network in a graphical form. We are able to detect when a device is added to a network."
"From web interfaces to custom monitors and alarms, this product has a high level of flexibility that can be molded to suit your business needs, regardless of the size of your organization."
"I found a lot of valuable features in SolarWinds NPM, such as the customized application monitoring that allows you to customize any monitoring and script customization, and you also have the option to deploy and upgrade SolarWinds NPM online, which is very useful for my organization."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds NPM is the performance monitoring to see the memory, and CPU utilization."
"The alerting and usage tracking notifications on disk space capacity, network and processor utilization."
"Being able to easily, and quickly obtain disc space statistics from servers and determine how much was free or used on various volumes."
"The connectivity of the solution is very good."
"I like the tracking feature to track devices and see where they are connected. This is very practical."
"The observability can be enriched with regards to infrastructure and the application-integrated environment. The dashboard and reports could be improved."
"Lacks sufficient dashboard features."
"BigPanda attempts a little of everything and fails at most."
"The usability needs to improve, because it is a pure code environment."
"We had to use a partner for the deployment."
"The solution could improve by having better integration."
"BigPanda could improve by syncing its threshold settings with Dynatrace to align with users' familiarity."
"Analytics is an area for improvement, being able to break down the actions that are being taken by users of BigPanda, as well as the auto-magical work that is being done by BigPanda."
"Having more technical and support resources available in Saudi Arabia would be helpful."
"The only thing that can be improved is to continually add to the existing capabilities of the product."
"The interface could be made more user-friendly."
"The console could be more user-friendly. It would be better if SolarWinds updated the user interface."
"The aesthetic widgets should be dynamic widgets, so the customization can be even more customizable."
"Fortigate firewalls are one example of a product that we are unable to monitor properly via SolarWinds NPM."
"Robustness of network element mapping tool could be better"
"An area for improvement would be the use of modular licenses, which are not practical for big clients."
BigPanda is ranked 43rd in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 12 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 147 reviews. BigPanda is rated 7.2, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of BigPanda writes "Offers comprehensive alert monitoring and a user-friendly interface but requires manual validation to provide accurate alerts". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". BigPanda is most compared with ServiceNow, Moogsoft, IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus, ServiceNow IT Operations Management and Datadog, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity. See our BigPanda vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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