We performed a comparison between IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) and Microsoft Configuration Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Server Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We find that the reporting is particularly valuable in terms of not only communicating with our peer teams but also with the executives."
"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 out of the box reports and workflows are pretty good and they meet our requirements well."
"The most valuable feature as of late has been the API integration with ServiceNow."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is the scale-up and scale-down. The scale-up is an operation where the CPU boosts-up and then the memory will boost-up. That works awesomely."
"I like SevOne's network flow reporting."
"The network data collection has been very flexible for us. It's been thorough in areas that were lacking. They have a team that I've worked with to add other pieces to it. So if it's missing something out of the box, they work with me to add it. I was able to collect that data. It's not perfect, but it's pretty thorough."
"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."
"The product is very stable compared to older versions."
"This solution captures all the devices in our infrastructure."
"Patching is very effective and reporting is very good."
"This solution has made life easy with respect to patching, compliance, and OSD."
"The most valuable feature of SCCM is the application distribution."
"The major features of this product are the reporting tools. The most valuable features are package deployment and application deployment. Security management is also good because any vulnerability will be identified, and you can fix it. It's the best tool because you never know what kind of client you will have. For example, you may have your offices in low bandwidth remote areas. But it's achievable because it accommodates the bandwidth that you have available. Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is an excellent reporting tool for your environment. If you want to know the details about the hardware configuration, software configuration, what is causing a problem, or when a new feature update comes in for Windows, even that goes on SCCM itself. A lot of deployment stuff."
"SCCM does everything from A to Z for a Windows operating system."
"The technical support is good."
"The reports are easy to configure but they are a bit outdated in terms of appearance and visualization."
"You need to plan integrations. That has been the biggest bug with SevOne so far. For the things that SevOne pulls directly, those are easy to understand, modify, and put into the database. For things that need to use the Universal Collector or xStats, you need to plan that stuff well in advance."
"Some similar solutions offer end-to-end visibility."
"I would like to see live maps as an added feature. Also, build modules on AI and EML to provide better data insights that would proactively tell us what we should be looking after."
"The tool needs improvement in non-Cisco SD-WAN."
"We need to be thinking about streaming telemetry protocols. They already have the port for enhanced visualization, which they already have through Data Insight."
"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."
"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"
"It should provide the ability to remotely connect to mobile devices. There are some solutions that are doing that, but with Microsoft Intune, the only way to remotely connect to devices outside the organization and mobile devices is by using TeamViewer. It is pretty strange for a big company like Microsoft to not have something for that."
"The tool's deployment can be cumbersome."
"The solution is on-premises. The cloud version of the product, if a person needs to be on the cloud, would be InTune, which already exists as an option. SCCM doesn't need to offer cloud features for this reason."
"The main room for improvement is the on-screen display. I think it would be good if some improvements were made."
"It is a bit of an old and outdated product."
"Its client interface should be more accessible, and the notifications should be more customizable from the console. It should be more user friendly and have some kind of customized notifications so that we can use it on the client side. These are the reasons why we restricted its use only for the server environment and didn't use it on the client side."
"I'm looking for a single solution for all discovery needs. It fulfills about 40% of the requirements, and I'd like to see the other 60% so that I don't have to keep doing this."
"The database should be made to be more stable and robust, but not so much the configuration."
More IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) Pricing and Cost Advice →
More Microsoft Configuration Manager Pricing and Cost Advice →
IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) is ranked 17th in Server Monitoring with 53 reviews while Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Server Monitoring with 78 reviews. IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. 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 Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable". IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) is most compared with Instana Infrastructure Monitoring, LogicMonitor, SolarWinds Network Device Monitor, Splunk Enterprise Security and NETSCOUT nGeniusONE, whereas Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, BigFix, Microsoft Intune and Tanium. See our IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) vs. Microsoft Configuration Manager report.
See our list of best Server Monitoring vendors.
We monitor all Server Monitoring reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.