We performed a comparison between ScienceLogic and SolarWinds NPM 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 power flow is great."
"It is simple."
"Best feature of all is detailed monitoring of services, processes, ports and SSL certificates and or web content."
"The tool is quite easy to deploy, and it offers very good support."
"The solution provides good infra-monitoring features."
"Power packs."
"One of the valuable features is rapid dashboards."
"The most valuable features of ScienceLogic are AI and machine learning."
"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."
"It's easy to understand, even if you are not too technical."
"The stability is fantastic."
"Monitoring capabilities are at a high level and it is easy to see utilization, access ports, and CPU memory in real time or through a lens for long-term visualization."
"The most valuable features in SolarWinds NPM are the network search and diagnostic tools."
"Their support team is efficient, and it is easy to set up."
"We found that it was easy to operate, and it was simple if anyone has entry-level working experience or even if someone is not experienced."
"I believe the ease of setup and use, including everything, from the initial installation to the discovery of devices is the most valuable."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"We want to understand: how does the back end work? What if some problem occurs? What we can do? They need to provide more information."
"They should improve database issues in HA and Failover mode, and provide documentation for all users , even if they are not customers."
"They should improve their support process and add chat."
"Admins do not have direct access to the reporting."
"The product is not user-friendly."
"There are often bugs in new releases."
"They should add CLI command modes and scripts for high performance."
"It doesn't have the complete application-level topology. It could have service topology and business service monitoring. I would like to see how business service monitoring will function with agent-based installation, and how flexible and business-oriented it is for service modeling and service infrastructure. I have a lot of experience in using business service monitoring, service topology, and service hierarchy functionalities in similar products from BMC and Micro Focus (OpenView), and I want to see how these functionalities will look like in ScienceLogic."
"It would be nice if SolarWinds could have a polling engine on the site that would collect the reporting and then manage everything itself."
"Technical support and releases are not particularly reliable."
"One of the challenges with SolarWinds is that in order to pull the data, we have to have a lot of false positives."
"Better offline license management. I’ve had to get in touch with customer support several times simply to remove an expired license from our NPM servers."
"The scalability can be better."
"Consolidation of platforms would provide a smoother experience."
"I would like to see integration with antivirus or other security endpoint solutions."
"The aesthetic widgets should be dynamic widgets, so the customization can be even more customizable."
ScienceLogic is ranked 14th in Network Monitoring Software with 42 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. ScienceLogic is rated 8.6, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of ScienceLogic writes "Great integrations, power flow, and good support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". ScienceLogic is most compared with Dynatrace, LogicMonitor, Datadog, Zabbix and ServiceNow Discovery, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Meraki Dashboard. See our ScienceLogic vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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