We performed a comparison between SolarWinds NPM and Sumo Logic Observability based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I found a lot of valuable features in SolarWinds NPM, such as the customized application monitoring that allows you to customize any monitoring and script customization, and you also have the option to deploy and upgrade SolarWinds NPM online, which is very useful for my organization."
"It covers everything from end to end, from the standpoint of endpoint machines and the routers and switches. The switch port also comes there."
"The most valuable feature is the graphical user interface."
"There are a lot of valuable features with SolarWinds NPM. We can receive a lot of detailed data from the monitoring that can use useful for investigations, especially when you are troubleshooting. It is very helpful. Overall it was a very good experience."
"The product covers our needs for the basic care and feeding of servers, whether they are physical or virtual."
"It did a good job of the collection and then an investigation of the net flow of information for understanding the applications that were being used at certain locations."
"It combines and presents information from many different sources, giving a corporate-wide vision on a single pane of glass."
"SolarWinds is reasonably priced."
"Alerting and consistency are key. We have different tiers with log collectors, and continuous querying provides near-real-time updates. It's almost like instantly when something happens, like pending transactions or error fees. This helps reduce incident resolution time compared to waiting for thresholds on other platforms. We can continue logging in with them seamlessly and quickly get into action."
"Sumo Logic Observability presents a range of valuable features, including well-crafted dashboards and a diverse selection of helpful apps. However, personally, I don't hold a favorable opinion of the solution. While I don't struggle with writing queries, my main difficulty lies in recruiting competent individuals and ensuring their proficiency in utilizing the solution. This often leads to additional challenges and complexities. From my perspective, when compared to Microsoft Sentinel or even Splunk, Sumo Logic Observability has a steeper learning curve. One contributing factor to this disparity is the solution's long existence in the market compared to Synlogic. Nevertheless, I acknowledge that there are capable and knowledgeable professionals employed at Sumo Logic Observability. The effectiveness of the solution largely depends on how it is integrated into your internal operations and environment. Its utility and benefits can vary significantly. It is worth noting that organizations like the NSA and, I believe, the CIA used it in the past, primarily for rapidly searching and analyzing large volumes of data. To leverage its capabilities effectively, you must determine how to tailor it to your specific needs."
"The solution allows multiple groups to converge on a unified platform, allowing for different utilization by various teams."
"I have not seen any stability issues in the product."
"The product is easy to learn."
"We decided that we were no longer going to trust that their products have not been capitalized."
"The root cause analysis and installation faults are not clear."
"The improvement would be that SolarWinds NPM thoroughly checks its patches before releasing them to the market. Better testing, alpha testing, and then releasing it to the market."
"SolarWinds NPM can be very slow at times. The database optimization can be done to improve the product performance."
"The integration with the APIs and the web servers deployed can definitely be improved."
"GUI needs improvement with a more graphical dashboard."
"If they could combine everything into one product, that would be very helpful."
"The tool can only monitor up to 1000 instances in a single SolarWinds console. Customers may have over 1000 instances. Hence, it needs to support a minimum of 1500 instances. It should also improve support."
"Fine-grained data can be quite frustrating to work with and should be made easier."
"Implementing a more streamlined enrichment process, and conceptualizing the observability data collection as an ETL pipeline would be helpful."
"Documentation could be better. While it's generally good, sometimes finding what you need requires extensive searching. It's not always clear where to look for specific things."
"SearchUI.exe is a bit clunky in the product, making it an area where the product needs improvements."
SolarWinds NPM is ranked 6th in Cloud Monitoring Software with 147 reviews while Sumo Logic Observability is ranked 26th in Cloud Monitoring Software with 5 reviews. SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2, while Sumo Logic Observability is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sumo Logic Observability writes "Easy creation of custom fields, no need to alter applications; supports ten active logging applications simultaneously and faster than aster than default search tools". SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity, whereas Sumo Logic Observability is most compared with Dynatrace, New Relic, Prometheus, Instana Dynamic APM and Chronosphere. See our SolarWinds NPM vs. Sumo Logic Observability report.
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