We performed a comparison between Citrix ADM and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Broadcom and others in Network Management Applications."We use the product for load balancing and as a reverse proxy solution."
"The most impressive thing about Citrix ADM is that we don't encounter latency."
"Just one solution can handle thousands of users... So, it is a very convenient tool to use."
"An essential component is the Director, which provides detailed insights into sessions, including identifying session failures, connection issues, user lockouts, etc. It presents a list of problems to address, enabling you to click on them and resolve them efficiently."
"We like the periodic upgrades and backups, also made via ADMs, and it makes our environment much more robust and reliable."
"Available on any device and can be accessed on a wide area network."
"The analytics are a great feature."
"Content filtering, security layer, and application customization features are the most valuable."
"SolarWinds NCM provides updates on the status of your network infrastructure. If any issues arise, such as a link failure or a device going offline, you will receive notifications and alerts. Additionally, if someone unplugs a cable, SolarWinds NCM will detect it. It also features a Topology Mapper that displays the connectivity of your network devices, giving you a visual representation of the network's structure. With SolarWinds NCM, you have a clear understanding of what's happening within your network and can generate comprehensive reports."
"The feature that I really enjoy is the ability to script changes across all of your devices."
"It is pretty straightforward to set up."
"This solution has helped our organization by allowing us to store all the device configurations for the various network devices in NCM and making it easy for us to retrieve and look them over."
"The most valuable features the solution offers are compliance, reliability, and information about reliability."
"Configuration refers to the specific settings and options that determine how a device or system behaves. It can include things, such as network settings, security settings, and other options that are specific to the device or system in question. One of the most valuable features of the solution was its ability to track and monitor changes to the configuration of devices on a network. This can be useful for troubleshooting and identifying potential issues. By keeping track of who made changes to the configuration and when it can be easier to determine the cause of any problems that may arise."
"We push all our configurations to the servers with ease and the logs capture almost all the transactions needed for an internal audit."
"Its main functionality is highly beneficial as it centralizes the management of configuration items across the network."
"They need to make the solution a little more familiar with easy study guides, learning videos, etc."
"Citrix is more expensive than Horizon."
"The interface could be improved, some customers struggle with that."
"Citrix ADM needs to improve on its additional features and reduce the communication ports."
"The tool's pricing is a pain point since we have many cheaper alternatives."
"I would like to see the virtual and desktop license included in the pricing."
"Deployment is complicated."
"Some features of Citrix ADM are available on the cloud, which could really be helpful if they were available on an on-premise version."
"The only thing that requires some experience, and training doesn't fix, is how to set up your custom policy-based reports to check compliance."
"Its look and feel can be improved. They can also put in more effort into building the THWACK community and use the information about various customer issues and requests to build the new releases."
"The network flow is a problem for this solution."
"Releasing a product compatible with operating systems other than Windows would be advantageous."
"The solution could have better integration."
"The network logs could be improved. When the error logs come across with those false positive alarms in the error logs."
"The interface of solar winds could be improved."
"On NCM, reporting could be a bit better. It's completely become just one report. When I try to create a custom report, the solution just commits old server data."
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Citrix ADM is ranked 9th in Network Management Applications with 9 reviews while SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is ranked 11th in Configuration Management with 22 reviews. Citrix ADM is rated 8.4, while SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Citrix ADM writes "A tool for centralized management including inventory and sales tracking". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager writes "Network configuration is done well; great pricing". Citrix ADM is most compared with DX Spectrum and DataMiner, whereas SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, Cisco Prime, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, OpenText Network Node Manager i and DataMiner.
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