We performed a comparison between DX Unified Infrastructure Management 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."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"Great customized dashboards and drill down reports with auto serve analytics."
"It gives an alarm when there's something going on, not just when there's an expected spike that happens every night on a server."
"The ability to monitor any platform. We have Windows, Linux, AIX, and mainframe all being monitored with the same UIM infrastructure."
"It is the foundation for our monitoring solution."
"MultiWAN and Balance service"
"Probe packages and probe deployment."
"You can integrate clouds, hybrid infrastructure, and on-premise infrastructure into one product."
"The number of probes available. Out of the box, I believe about 200 probes are available. And, if there's a probe that is not available, you can write one. You can also go to the communities and suggest, and based on demand, CA will write one for you."
"The solution is extremely stable. We haven't had any issues in that regard. We haven't had issues with bugs, glitches, or crashes."
"This has helped us to monitor the availability of our routers, switches, servers, and virtual environments."
"The most valuable features of SolarWinds NPM are network performance monitoring and the overall benefit for servers."
"Reporting tools are a great feature along with the ability to create customized reports for you"
"SolarWinds' network and server application monitoring features are strong."
"We had some interfaces where the SFP Ports were having some problems after a while. We found which of the SFP Ports was having the error and changed it, so the bandwidth become okay."
"This solution offers a very good view of our network and allows us to effectively monitor performance."
"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."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"There should be wider coverage of storage infrastructure."
"We've had issues with pulling reports."
"The dashboards need to be improved."
"The only challenge that I have with this solution is the reporting part. The users are not really comfortable with the kind of reports they are getting. Sometimes, they want to see reports in their own format. Customizing those reports with Jasper is not very easy. It could be because of the knowledge gap. If you have the knowledge of how Jasper can be configured to suit customer requirements in terms of reporting, it is good. There was a time a customer complained about one issue related to Netflow analysis. Broadcom has a separate model for that, but the customer wanted everything bundled together. It could also have IP management so that I am able to see or analyze IPs so that the IPs that are already in use don't get assigned."
"I would like to see auditability. We've built our own audit functionality to ensure that every CI has the desired model configuration applied to it. And we run that on a daily basis. If that became part of the product, I think it might be a little bit less intensive in terms of resource, because we're doing it with scripts."
"We want to see more investment in the UI and the dashboard."
"Stability."
"CA UIM needs some improvement with performance reporting (if we compare it to CA eHealth)."
"Robustness of network element mapping tool could be better"
"The solution's network discovery and node addition processes need more work."
"Fortigate firewalls are one example of a product that we are unable to monitor properly via SolarWinds NPM."
"Currently lacks integration with SMS services."
"The solution does not offer much customization so is somewhat inflexible."
"There isn't support available to us as they don't offer support in our country."
"The integration needs to be improved."
"The root cause analysis and installation faults are not clear."
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DX Unified Infrastructure Management is ranked 38th in Network Monitoring Software with 120 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. DX Unified Infrastructure Management is rated 8.2, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of DX Unified Infrastructure Management writes "Easy to set up, simple to use, and offers great technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". DX Unified Infrastructure Management is most compared with ManageEngine OpManager, SCOM, DX SaaS, DX Spectrum and SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity. See our DX Unified Infrastructure Management vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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