We performed a comparison between Azure Cost Management and SolarWinds NPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about IBM, Microsoft, VMware and others in Cloud Cost Management."Cost management is the console's most valuable feature."
"The tool is very stable."
"It has predictive analysis. It can forecast based on the costs associated with the particular architecture and how often they use it, estimating how much they'll spend."
"The product provides visibility into what we are consuming."
"We find the analytics available via this solution to be very useful, as it allows us to easily see detailed cost information for each of our various subscription elements."
"The initial setup process is easy."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the fact that it's extremely customizable. It makes it very flexible in terms of usage."
"I like the fact that you can set alerts on the predicted cost in Azure Cost Management."
"What I've found most valuable about the solution is that it's scalable."
"We don't have any issues with the stability of SolarWinds NPM."
"The ability to quickly identify downtime is the most valuable."
"The people in technical support are very good."
"The solution is easy to install and it takes a couple of hours."
"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 feature is the graphical user interface."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the monitoring capabilities."
"The dashboard could be improved."
"If it worked better with other cloud providers it would be better."
"The affordability of licenses and subscription fees is a critical consideration, as not all companies can easily manage the cost of expensive licenses."
"The dashboard could be improved."
"What would make Azure Cost Management better is a more flexible GUI that would allow users to provide more input. Another area for improvement in the solution is its reporting. The report it provides should be easy to understand."
"I would like to see some features included for costing and more information about the components of deployment. Sometimes, it's very difficult to match the component with the solution because the descriptions are not very clear."
"I haven't detected anything that needs improvement, but any solution could be improved."
"It would be beneficial if Azure Cost Management could automatically generate budget rules using AI insights, eliminating the need for manual configuration."
"The solution could be more secure."
"The integration needs to be improved."
"Each model has different features, so clients need to purchase a separate model for SQL monitoring, database monitoring, network traffic analyzer, HTTP traffic, etc. So each feature they need is in a different model, but customers would prefer an all-in-one solution."
"The integration with video apps could be better."
"It has covered everything, so no improvement is required at their end. The only thing is the price."
"There needs to be more integration of widgets, especially for reporting purposes."
"We decided that we were no longer going to trust that their products have not been capitalized."
"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."
Azure Cost Management is ranked 2nd in Cloud Cost Management with 41 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. Azure Cost Management is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Azure Cost Management writes "A good, but limited cost information solution with strong analytics but requiring more flexibility in its reporting functionality". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". Azure Cost Management is most compared with IBM Turbonomic, VMware Aria Cost powered by CloudHealth, AWS Savings Plans, Cloudability and Zabbix, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity.
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