We performed a comparison between DX Spectrum and SolarWinds NPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring 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 feature is the auto-discovery, which is nice because you don't have to do anything to add a new component."
"Some of the most valuable features are it's highly scalable, the carrier is great, and if something has SNMP, it can monitor it. It's a great network fault management solution."
"Stability has been good. We really have not had any issues."
"The most valuable feature is automatic discovery."
"The granular access control that it provided so that you could only see devices that were related to what you were working on was great. I couldn't see the entire inventory of devices. I could only see the ones that were related to my work. It has got a very granular access control component."
"It does correlation so instead of producing 20 alarms if a site goes down, it only creates one."
"It creates transparency and makes everything work by being more transparent."
"The Global Collections are what I found to be most valuable. With the Global Collections, you're able to organize and categorize devices into "folders," or functional groups and categories, so that it doesn't matter which SpectroSERVER those devices are on."
"This has helped us to monitor the availability of our routers, switches, servers, and virtual environments."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its graphical interface and reports."
"The product is scalable."
"Technical support is very helpful with our upgrades."
"Can easily be interconnected with other management systems."
"SolarWinds dashboard is very fast. Also, their interface is very good, it looks very user-friendly. The product allows me to see a summary of the network being monitored at a glance."
"I like the tracking feature to track devices and see where they are connected. This is very practical."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"It doesn’t give you performance metrics: You need CA eHealth for this."
"We have a lot of different monitoring tools in the background, so orchestration has been a little bit of a challenge."
"Our consultant was four months on-site doing Spectrum setup and working through issues."
"If the integration is simplified or improved, it will be a unique selling point in comparison to the competition on the market."
"Technical support for this product is not so good. It needs improvement."
"The visual is a little archaic."
"From the users perspective the looks and feel of dashboards of Spectrum would be easier to use and for understanding as APM will be in 10.5 version which we saw in CA World."
"A better integration with the UIM, as far as being able to do root cause analysis and that type of analytics."
"The solution is not always good with new features, so it's take a long time."
"It is not that stable. As a Windows software, I have seen issues with SolarWinds. The performance is slow."
"We are looking to change away from this solution because of the documentation and the solution doesn't have enough integration in our country. The documentation is too weak."
"SolarWinds NPM could improve by adding the deepest inspection, performance networking, and IP address discovery."
"The solution's network discovery and node addition processes need more work."
"The price of the solution can be improved."
"Complex and overly detailed setup."
"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."
DX Spectrum is ranked 16th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 115 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 147 reviews. DX Spectrum is rated 8.4, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, Cisco DNA Center, ThousandEyes and IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM), whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity. See our DX Spectrum vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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