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 feature is the monitoring of Windows and Linux servers."
"Because it's Windows-based, it actually reports quite well. It reports everything you can think of on the Windows server and allows you to monitor anything. It's excellent for those in the Windows world as it's very good at it."
"This solution satisfies all of the requirements that we need for our Windows-based systems, so if you are using the Windows platform then this is an easy solution."
"The solution primarily drives system information, and I believe it works fine."
"I like the historical reporting of observer metrics."
"It can send messages to our ticketing system."
"They have great integration with the active directory."
"It discovers the components automatically, which is a fantastic thing. The discovery works in an automatic way, and it has a dynamic way of discovering the components, assets, and applications. It doesn't require any manual intervention."
"There are a lot of options for customization of the dashboard, alerts, and reports."
"From web interfaces to custom monitors and alarms, this product has a high level of flexibility that can be molded to suit your business needs, regardless of the size of your organization."
"The solution is easy to install and it takes a couple of hours."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the alerts."
"Can easily be interconnected with other management systems."
"SolarWinds NPM has a colorful UI and many easy-to-use features. It does not need to be configured as much and is also easy to install."
"We can proactively fix historical issues, so we won't face those problems in future."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The solution should be more user-friendly and offer a better user interface."
"SCOM's feature that notifies us when a server is down is not present in recent updates, which has weakened the product."
"They can focus more on cloud monitoring instead of on-premise monitoring. We should be able to monitor cloud-related applications. They can include this feature in the next release. If it is in the cloud, we can have scalability by using Kubernetes. The container is containerized, packaged, and managed using Kubernetes. This feature is not there in SCOM. Going forward, if they can focus on that, it will be great."
"The management of the servers could be better."
"There could be more integration of SIM in the solution."
"The solution can be improved by expanding to cloud usage."
"Direct integration with third-party tools, like ticketing systems, is lacking but would be beneficial."
"It could use some system enhancements, such as better dashboards."
"The solution's network discovery and node addition processes need more work."
"The root cause analysis and installation faults are not clear."
"I would like to see integration with antivirus or other security endpoint solutions."
"If they’re going for a “cover everything” approach, then they need to do so and enable a bit more of the "cover everything approach" within every one of the tools."
"Technical support can be slow to respond."
"Scalability is a bit tricky because it requires more gateways in order to get the performance you may need. It also requires a lot of licensing."
"The evaluation time for the product is too short especially for large corporations."
"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 WhatsUp Gold, 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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