We performed a comparison between OptiView XG [EOL] and SolarWinds NPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"Gives us the ability to see our network."
"It is a very valuable tool. It goes out and does a discovery, which is a great process of it. You could have something like a rogue DHCP server, and it will identify it, and then you can see to which switch port it is connected. It is quite an impressive tool. I really liked it because you didn't have to install an agent on anything. It would just go out and do its discovery. For me, that's great."
"The most valuable feature is the way it monitors the environment, and how user-friendly the console is for the end-user. The interface is also very easy and it captures all the information very well."
"The connectivity of the solution is very good."
"We had some interfaces where the SFP Ports were having some problems after a while. We found which of the SFP Ports was having the error and changed it, so the bandwidth become okay."
"This has helped us to monitor the availability of our routers, switches, servers, and virtual environments."
"The nice thing about SolarWinds is that it's kind of all-in-one. I can manage the status of my networking devices, whether they are up or down, I can see how much traffic is going across an interface, and I can run a report that tells me exactly what that traffic is."
"The other valuable system is the DSS (decision support system). If there's a fault in the network, SolarWinds is basically capable of rectifying and resolving that problem on its own without any intervention from an IP assistant or administrator."
"The most valuable features of SolarWinds NPM are network performance monitoring and the overall benefit for servers."
"Can easily be interconnected with other management systems."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Its price can be improved. Their support can also be improved a little bit. In terms of features, it did everything I wanted it to do. With more features, I would have to start installing network agents or something else, and I don't want to have to install anything. This was the value for me about this device."
"I would like a built-in tap feature which doesn't interfere with the network, and it allows you to see what is happening there."
"They need to work on their automation and automatically discover devices. They are not very good at automatically discovering devices."
"The improvement would be that SolarWinds NPM thoroughly checks its patches before releasing them to the market. Better testing, alpha testing, and then releasing it to the market."
"The reporting is good, but I want it to be a little easier when creating custom reports. The reports are all on the website now, but it takes some know how to get some to display the way you would like."
"They have had a rather large security breach in the past. It's cost some companies customers."
"This solution would benefit from expanding on the capabilities within the API."
"If they did some type of synthetic monitoring, it would have been better."
"The console could be more user-friendly. It would be better if SolarWinds updated the user interface."
"SolarWinds NPM can be very slow at times. The database optimization can be done to improve the product performance."
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OptiView XG [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Network Monitoring Software while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. OptiView XG [EOL] is rated 8.6, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of OptiView XG [EOL] writes "A valuable, impressive, and portable product that saves time and has great scalability and stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". OptiView XG [EOL] is most compared with , whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity.
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