We performed a comparison between SCOM and SolarWinds NPM 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."
"The most valuable features in SCOM are Azure monitoring and integration with Azure Monitor for monitoring Azure-hosted servers from SCOM on-premises."
"This solution helps our application teams by allowing them to drill further into issues and perform a root cause analysis."
"The advantages of SCOM are that it is definitely user friendly and a more appropriate solution for what we need."
"The tool helps to monitor Windows servers. It offers alerts from a central location."
"The most valuable feature of SCOM is real-time alerts."
"It is very good at monitoring Microsoft Server."
"The solution's reporting engine has given me detailed information on which applications or services I've either failed or about to fail in terms of the predictive makeup on Azure cloud."
"It works better than other products I’ve used – namely SolarWinds, which is cumbersome and error prone for web app monitoring. SCOM is not."
"The product covers our needs for the basic care and feeding of servers, whether they are physical or virtual."
"It is considerably cheaper compared to other tools."
"Technical support is very helpful with our upgrades."
"The initial setup was straightforward. We deployed the solution from new and completed the upgrades."
"The set up was very easy. We didn't have any problems with the setup. The deployment took less than an hour."
"It's a very good tool and a very stable tool."
"The benefit of this solution is the reporting. We're able to report on and see our network in a graphical form. We are able to detect when a device is added to a network."
"We found that it was easy to operate, and it was simple if anyone has entry-level working experience or even if someone is not experienced."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"On-prem network monitoring is something that could be improved drastically."
"There could be more integration of SIM in the solution."
"The management of the servers could be better."
"The interface is a little bit cumbersome and certain actions could be simplified."
"I would like to see better support for monitoring Unix-based systems."
"It lacks certain details that other products do better, like granular access and better application monitoring."
"I would like to see more standard libraries for the market solutions, out of the box, that you don't need to do a lot of work on."
"System Center just provided upgrade and update features for Windows clients, and Windows systems, and did not support Linux, Android, or iOS, and other operating systems. They need to provide better integration with other operating systems if they don't already."
"There isn't support available to us as they don't offer support in our country."
"It is not that stable. As a Windows software, I have seen issues with SolarWinds. The performance is slow."
"Sometimes there are issues when upgrading to a new version of the product."
"SolarWinds could offer more support and insights for a broader range of devices. Currently, it focuses on routers, switches, and some load balancers. However, it lacks an out-of-the-box dashboard for monitoring firewalls and some other modern network security devices. We have to customize it a lot."
"The integration with video apps could be better."
"It would be good to have high security."
"The solution's customer service is not very good because the support takes too long."
"The solution needs to integrate with additional SDN technologies that are part of the hyper market."
SCOM is ranked 10th in Network Monitoring Software with 78 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. SCOM is rated 7.8, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SCOM writes "Has a good reporting engine, but its monitoring of the cloud-based environment could be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". SCOM is most compared with Dynatrace, Zabbix, Datadog, Nagios XI and OpenText SiteScope, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity. See our SCOM vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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