We performed a comparison between OpenText Network Node Manager i and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Management Applications solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."You can utilize the main file from various vendors for integration."
"Our monitoring and network teams of less than 100 people use this solution. The availability and fault monitoring are good."
"It is a scalable product."
"A good enterprise-level solution."
"Most valuable function would have to the internal causal engine and its root cause analyzer which keep us updated on critical errors and incidents in our network environment."
"It's quite a mature solution."
"We do not have any issues stability-wise."
"The platform has good stability."
"It is pretty straightforward to set up."
"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."
"It allows us to manage backups in big companies. It is also useful in managing the configuration changes."
"The scanning features have proven to be highly valuable, particularly due to the comprehensive information they provide."
"The feature that I really enjoy is the ability to script changes across all of your devices."
"It is a stable solution."
"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."
"Compared to other vendors, like NetBrain, managing the solution is easy. They made it very user-friendly."
"As the technologies evolve, also these solutions or the monitoring tools should evolve to cover the progress in technology, including capabilities related to monitoring of virtualized devices today, as the DNS is on the table in this way."
"The dashboards are not customizable and it's not user-friendly."
"The solution should integrate with NAC servers."
"The way the solution currently works means I'm not able to customize my own reports."
"The deployment architecture and installation part needs improvement."
"Right now, we have open tickets and they are not closing as expected."
"Reporting. Even though this is available in separate software (iSPI) there is potential in making the reporting more SLA-aware and more intuitive."
"Micro Focus Network Node Manager is not powered to drill down for traffic visibility."
"When we run the SolarWinds NCM jobs at the cellular line, it runs in the morning. They're just not finishing. We're getting false processing."
"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."
"For each device, when you open the network performance monitor, it will give you all of the information about the device, but many of the natural configuration management features are not on that page."
"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."
"I would like to see more integration tools. Something like dialysis, for example."
"The third-party plugins available in the solution could improve. I have received some issues with the templates."
"Our experience has shown that most of the problems we've had with SolarWinds NCM are related to software issues."
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OpenText Network Node Manager i is ranked 10th in Network Management Applications with 23 reviews while SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is ranked 11th in Configuration Management with 22 reviews. OpenText Network Node Manager i is rated 7.8, while SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of OpenText Network Node Manager i writes "Easy-to-implement product with a valuable map topology feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager writes "Network configuration is done well; great pricing". OpenText Network Node Manager i is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, Fortinet FortiManager, DX Spectrum and IBM Tivoli NetCool, whereas SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, Cisco Prime, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, VMware NSX and IBM Tivoli NetCool. See our OpenText Network Node Manager i vs. SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager report.
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