IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) vs SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server comparison

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We performed a comparison between IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) and SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"It's a great solution for highlighting and discovering useful information regarding our network's elements.""The out of the box reports and workflows are pretty good and they meet our requirements well.""It's given us the ability to create various real-time network performance reports and distribute them to any colleague who can access these reports immediately.""The most valuable feature is the NMS because that's the core of the system. Without the NMS, the other tools aren't that usable.""The most valuable feature as of late has been the API integration with ServiceNow.""The modules and the performance management reports that come with data insights are two of the most valuable features. I also find the reports for Wi-Fi, Netflow, LAN, and WAN for monitoring to be very good.""Its ability to monitor practically any type of network device via SNMP is most valuable. This is the main functionality that we're using. If a network device exposes a metric, such as interface utilization, SevOne will monitor it for us.""The SMP and the xStats, which is for flat file integration, are both useful for integrating the various metrics that the device provides to monitor the performance of those systems."

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"Simplicity is the most valuable feature.""The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is its performance and management. Additionally, the solution integrates well.""The most valuable feature of this solution is the alerting based on the security logs.""We are very happy with the stability of the solution.""The best thing about Kiwi Syslog is that it filters logs into different levels."

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"The customizations are very hard. The person doing it has to be very good at analytics and has to be very good in all languages""The user management features need to be improved. It would be nice if we had more granular control, or layers of control, out of the box.""Some similar solutions offer end-to-end visibility.""When I started using it, I tried adding one of the BroadWorks application servers into SevOne... it created thousands and thousands of objects from that one application server and we immediately ran out of license... It would help, when new objects are discovered, if there were a way to categorize those objects and to pick the part of the object you need...""User-friendly, multi-tenancy.""There are some tweaks and enhancements that I've already requested. One is to be able to make changes per device rather than as a global setting. That has to do with naming. It's minor.""We previously have had discussions on some reporting enhancements. So, we raised a feature request, which was delivered from SevOne.""NMS has several areas for improvement. It should be more user-friendly inside of NMS for some of the functionality in there. It's been getting better the last version or two, but the there have been bugs in there whenever I've gone to new versions."

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"I would like to see better search functions and better filters in the next release.""I would like to see a more user-friendly and customizable dashboard.""Technical support could definitely be better.""I would like to have email notifications for emergency logs.""SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server could improve by reducing the price."

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  • "Have a bank of licenses, because it is about the number of objects (RAM, ports, CPU, etc.)."
  • "Choose a SevOne partner who can provide SevOne as a service and can deliver professional services and maintenance."
  • "It is inexpensive compared to other monitoring tools."
  • "Prices per license are not huge, but they exist."
  • "There are cheaper solutions available."
  • "The pricing has been fair."
  • "Many tools price things based on the number of KPIs that you're collecting around a device. In many cases, there could be hundreds of metrics that you need to collect. SevOne provides device-level pricing. That gives us the flexibility to turn on, and expand on, the metrics that we're collecting around those devices, without taking a financial hit."
  • "The pricing has not evolved with the market, which is one of the reasons we are moving to a new product."
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  • "We subscribe and pay directly on the website."
  • "The price of SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server could improve."
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    Top Answer:I like the tool’s scalability and real-time reports. Earlier, we struggled to give real-time reports to clients. I also like the tool’s deployment model where we can deploy it either on-premises or… more »
    Top Answer:The tool is not expensive. We were able to negotiate with SevOne on pricing.
    Top Answer:The tool needs improvement in non-Cisco SD-WAN.
    Top Answer:The price of SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server could improve.
    Top Answer:I would like to have the new logs visible in the background without the need to open a new browser. I would like to have email notifications for emergency logs.
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    Overview

    The IBM® SevOne Network Performance Management (IBM SevOne NPM) solution helps you spot, address, and prevent network performance issues early with machine learning-powered analytics from a single source. Boost network performance and improve your user application experience by proactively monitoring your multivendor end-to-end network across enterprise, communication, and managed service provider networks.

    Transform raw network performance data into intelligent and actionable insights. The IBM SevOne NPM solution goes beyond detection, combining industry-leading expertise and advanced technology to help your IT team plan and optimize your network and act on what matters: improving network performance to provide an exceptional customer experience.

    For further information, please visit www.ibm.com/cloud/sevo...



    A syslog server is a logging server that allows for the centralized collection of syslog messages, known as events, from a variety of networking devices such as routers, switches, and firewalls, in addition to servers running a variety of operating systems.

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    IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) vs. SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
    April 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) vs. SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server and other solutions. Updated: April 2024.
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    IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) is ranked 31st in Log Management with 52 reviews while SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is ranked 30th in Log Management with 5 reviews. IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) is rated 8.6, while SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) writes "We can get a new vendor certified and monitored in our system significantly faster than before". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server writes "Shows login failures and server issues but search functions and filters could be improved". IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) is most compared with Instana Infrastructure Monitoring, LogicMonitor, SolarWinds Network Device Monitor, Splunk Enterprise Security and SolarWinds NPM, whereas SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is most compared with syslog-ng, SolarWinds Log Analyzer, Wazuh, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer and Graylog. See our IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) vs. SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server report.

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