We performed a comparison between SolarWinds Network Device Monitor and ThousandEyes based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"In terms of general network monitoring features, I find SolarWinds Network Device Monitor very flexible and comfortable to use. The software itself is extremely useful when it comes to monitoring how our data moves between different networks and environments."
"The solution and its interface are elaborate and fully integrate all monitored items for easy analysis and troubleshooting."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is it shows you the utilization of devices to allow you to take proactive action before something goes down or reaches the saturation point. You can take proactive action to fix the problem before it occurs."
"The alerts we are getting when we start losing connection access have been helpful."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The deployment process is quick."
"The product is useful for switches and IP phones."
"I like the mapping that you could do and the dashboards were very pretty."
"The most valuable feature of ThousandEyes is user-friendliness. It has been essential for us to have a solution that is easy to use."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution was the ability to see how the connection quality is between the sites and get an alert if it was turning bad."
"From our perspective, ThousandEyes stands out as an invaluable tool because of its deep and extensive capabilities."
"The authentication overall - including to the VPN and LAN - is excellent."
"The company provides excellent service."
"The solution's initial setup process was straightforward...In terms of ROI, the solution is worth the money."
"The most valuable features are integration and ease of use."
"It's fairly easy to set up."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Integration with different tools, such as ServiceNow and Excel, can be improved."
"The security could always be improved."
"SolarWinds Network Device Monitor could improve the features. We don't have the complete model for the database, and the monitoring for the database is up and down. We expect that we could monitor the blocking items on the database but we don't have that feature."
"When an organization's network grows, the complexity of the dashboard becomes an area of concern where improvements are required."
"If everything were in the package so that everything was ready to go out of the box, that would be ideal."
"The security needs improvement, which is why we are moving away from Solar Winds. We have security concerns."
"The initial setup of the SolarWinds Network Device Monitor could be easier. It took us approximately one month to complete the implementation."
"SolarWinds Network Device Monitor lacks the granularity of other monitoring tools like LiveNX."
"It might be practical to extend monitoring capabilities to include network devices"
"Once I fully use the tool 100%, I'm sure I would have something to critique, however, for now, I'm happy with it."
"I would like the product to offer more agility."
"There is room for improvement in terms of customization and user-friendliness."
"The tool does not provide features for application-level monitoring."
"They only offer synthetic requests."
"Presently, it lacks the ability to integrate with other Cisco products."
"It's an expensive solution."
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SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is ranked 42nd in Network Monitoring Software with 16 reviews while ThousandEyes is ranked 12th in Network Monitoring Software with 11 reviews. SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is rated 7.8, while ThousandEyes is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor writes "An elaborate solution that fully integrates for easy monitoring and troubleshooting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ThousandEyes writes "Reliable. simple to set up, and offers fast monitoring capabilities". SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is most compared with FortiMonitor, IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM), Auvik Network Management (ANM), ScienceLogic and Motadata Network Management System, whereas ThousandEyes is most compared with Cisco Secure Network Analytics, Accedian Skylight, Dynatrace, SolarWinds NPM and AppDynamics. See our SolarWinds Network Device Monitor vs. ThousandEyes report.
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