We performed a comparison between OpenText Network Automation and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Red Hat, SolarWinds and others in Network Automation."Pushing the network configuration to bulk devices. This saves a considerable amount of time that the engineer spends in pushing the network configuration."
"When compared with SolarWinds, it is more user-friendly, and tasks can be completed more quickly."
"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 installation is straightforward."
"It allows us to manage backups in big companies. It is also useful in managing the configuration changes."
"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."
"It is a stable solution."
"The features we find most valuable is the configuration backup automation, the configuration compliance, the security vulnerability detection and upgrading devices."
"What's nice with NCM is you can set up policies that you can then check against the configs to ensure that your device configs adhere to a baseline or standard that you've set in place."
"The scanning features have proven to be highly valuable, particularly due to the comprehensive information they provide."
"Compatibility of the devices needs to be enhanced, as it seems to be limited."
"Level one administration task can be defined in Micro Focus Network Automation but it could be more simplified."
"The solution could have better integration."
"We want to be able to store it in a data warehouse format and integrate it with Google single sign-on."
"The Network Configuration Manager needs to improve the access control list compliance."
"It would be great if they include a network service manager, network performance manager, or a privileged assessment in the next release."
"The interface of solar winds could be improved."
"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."
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OpenText Network Automation is ranked 11th in Network Automation while SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is ranked 3rd in Network Automation with 22 reviews. OpenText Network Automation is rated 7.2, while SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of OpenText Network Automation writes "Helps the configuration backup be validated before and after any change in the network infrastructure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager writes "Network configuration is done well; great pricing". OpenText Network Automation is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, BackBox and NetBrain, 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 ExtremeCloud IQ.
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