We performed a comparison between SCOM 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 single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We are able to do problem determination on runaway processes."
"This solution allows us to standardize all of the reports for monitoring the network, so it helps a lot for auditing purposes."
"The tool helps to monitor Windows servers. It offers alerts from a central location."
"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."
"Because it's Windows-based, it actually reports quite well. It reports everything you can think of on the Windows server and allows you to monitor anything. It's excellent for those in the Windows world as it's very good at it."
"I enjoy its integration with the Microsoft Active Directory functions, which means users, computers, or other group policies can connect with Windows Active Directory."
"SCOM has improved our organization by simplifying the monitoring process. The system tells you what the bi-weekly or monthly usage was and that enables us to report this information to the manager. It shows if there was a connectivity issue that needs to be fixed and it's easier to concentrate on what needs to get fixed. System errors, therefore, get fixed faster."
"I like some of their newer features, such as maintenance schedules, because SCOM records SLA and SLO time."
"Technical support is very helpful with our upgrades."
"I like that SolarWinds NPM is a strong tool for monitoring network devices, switches, and routers. It's also a user-friendly tool. My team also likes how scalable it is."
"We have configured multiple alerts for our network devices, including routers and switches, so that we are notified if any interface goes down."
"The people in technical support are very good."
"It gives us a map of the network setup and one console to see the entire network."
"The SolarWinds NPM framework, upon which most of their flagship products are built, empowers a wide variety of admins and users to quickly find value in their installed products."
"We can proactively fix historical issues, so we won't face those problems in future."
"SolarWinds is reasonably priced."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"I would like more customized reports. People should have some customization option on the dashboards for whenever they put multiple lists into it. Beyond customizing the content, there should be the ability to customize the colors so that they can engage some priority and mark challenges separately."
"On-prem network monitoring is something that could be improved drastically."
"Application monitoring must be improved."
"The dashboard features are not user-friendly for our management team, only for the technical department."
"SCOM's feature that notifies us when a server is down is not present in recent updates, which has weakened the product."
"There could be more integration of SIM in the solution."
"We didn't know the solution enough, and therefore, it took a while to set everything up correctly. There was a learning curve."
"It could use some system enhancements, such as better dashboards."
"If they did some type of synthetic monitoring, it would have been better."
"The solution is not always good with new features, so it's take a long time."
"SolarWinds could offer more support and insights for a broader range of devices. Currently, it focuses on routers, switches, and some load balancers. However, it lacks an out-of-the-box dashboard for monitoring firewalls and some other modern network security devices. We have to customize it a lot."
"The evaluation time for the product is too short especially for large corporations."
"Time: A worldwide deployment can be confusing for dispersed users with non-local times. Each node should have a local time (with summer offset if appropriate) & each user should view & report in their local time."
"We are looking to change away from this solution because of the documentation and the solution doesn't have enough integration in our country. The documentation is too weak."
"The product is scalable, but at a cost. Extra modules have to be purchased for each extra server. The initial set up isn't complex, but will require someone who is experienced with the network monitoring system"
"It is not that stable. As a Windows software, I have seen issues with SolarWinds. The performance is slow."
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SCOM is ranked 10th in Network Monitoring Software with 78 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. SCOM is rated 7.8, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. 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 NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". SCOM is most compared with Dynatrace, Zabbix, Datadog, Nagios XI and Savision Live Maps, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity. See our SCOM vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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