Azure Monitor vs WhatsUp Gold comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 28, 2023
 

Categories and Ranking

Azure Monitor
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Monitoring Software (5th)
WhatsUp Gold
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
44th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (45th), Server Monitoring (18th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (39th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the market share of Azure Monitor is 11.4% and it increased by 15.8% compared to the previous year. The market share of WhatsUp Gold is 0.6% and it increased by 128.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
Unique Categories:
Cloud Monitoring Software
18.5%
Network Monitoring Software
2.1%
Server Monitoring
6.3%
 

Featured Reviews

RT
Feb 1, 2023
Great for companies using the Azure environment and useful for monitoring but is complex to set up
We are currently testing the Azure Monitor, yet we've not turned it on for production yet. We were looking for a monitoring tool. We needed a few features, and then we thought that Azure Monitor might not be able to do everything for us out of the box. There might be some development work that may…
Tom Condo - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 1, 2024
If CPU, memory, or disk space is over-utilized, it alerts us immediately via text or email if there is an issue
When it comes to the intuitiveness of the topology mapping feature, our network architect created a vision diagram of our entire network and then created the links tied into the WhatsUp active monitoring to different spots on our topology map. It's one of the more critical functions we do here. We have the map displayed in different places in our room and help desk. We get alerted via emails but we can also see it visually. It does what it says it's going to do. We find this feature very helpful. The interactive mapping interface for scrolling, zooming, and drilling down on an element to learn about a network issue is good. When we see a network there will sometimes be a spot that has one link. You can go into a particular part of the topology map, scroll in, and see exactly which module it is. All the information is provided. This feature really helps. You can see the correlation between that link and what failed. This feature is very helpful. The interface is fairly intuitive. Some of our users used SolarWinds and Nagios, and WhatsUp is easy in comparison. Once you get set up, the look, feel, and configuration are good. Our network architect had never used it before but he was able to create the Visio and map. It was very simple. He has no problems with it.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The dashboard allows us to easily track various metrics and quickly understand the overall health of our system."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the alert system, which can be set according to our metrics. The integration is smooth."
"You can scale the product."
"The most valuable feature is that it ensures our servers are up."
"Provides an overview and high-level information."
"We like this searchability and availability of the data."
"The most valuable feature is that it's stable. It hasn't crossed any thresholds."
"It is a robust, stable product."
"The user interface is good enough."
"The most valuable feature of WhatsUp Gold is NetFlow and the virtualized maps."
"The most valuable features are network bandwidth monitoring and monitoring device health."
"The most valuable feature is the monitoring of resources."
"The interface in the last few years it has been a lot greater, they are much more user-friendly. I like the interface."
"The documentation is very good."
"The threshold alerting is the most valuable feature."
"This is a good, stable network monitoring solution for devices."
 

Cons

"As a younger product it still has room for feature improvement and enhancement."
"The default interface should be improved."
"The solution's monitoring feature has limitations for analyzing multiple metrics."
"Although it's not always the case, the price can sometimes get expensive. This depends on a number of factors, such as how many services you are trying to integrate with Azure Monitor and how much storage they're consuming each month (for example, how large are the log files?)."
"They can simplify the overall complexity since you have multiple data sources in the cloud for monitoring. It's quite simple, but there are so many portals. It takes time to work with it. If they could simplify the user configuration, that would be good."
"The scalability could be improved as there are some limitations."
"Azure Monitor is not user-friendly, and the interface is not exciting. Switching between the dashboards is not easy."
"Setting up this solution is complex. It's also missing the functionality of assigning alerts."
"I might like to see a better interface in the future."
"You have to invest a few days to become an expert in this solution."
"The initial setup of WhatsUp Gold is a medium range of difficulty levels. However, if it is your first time it could be difficult."
"The licensing model could be improved. Right now, the levels are too far apart. This causes the solution to be more expensive than it needs to be."
"The pricing for this solution has gone up quite recently, which has led some of our customers to buy an alternative product."
"Importing the maps and being able to customize them could be easier."
"One of the biggest things that made us start to look at another product is we're not able to have an end to end monitoring from a user perspective throughout the system and back to the user. All the monitoring is from inside out, we need something that also can give us from outside in."
"Regional product team support is not very good."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's a costly solution"
"Its cost depends on the ingestion of the logs. It could go anywhere. For an out-of-the-box platform such as FrameFlow, you pay pretty much a fixed price and you get what you get, whereas, with something like Azure Monitor, you pay by the ingestion charge, so you can have one client who pays hardly anything for the same alerts, and another client pays loads and loads."
"Azure Monitor is cheaper compared to other third-party monitoring tools."
"It is a pay-as-you-go model. I find it very cost-effective."
"I would rate Azure Monitor a two out of five for affordability."
"Customers of Azure Monitor must pay an amount that depends largely on how many services they need to integrate and the storage space required in terms of logs, etc. If they only have a few small services to monitor, the price won't be too high, but on the opposite side of the spectrum, it can certainly get pricey."
"The solution is very costly because you have to pay for various things such as adding to logs and internet alerts."
"The solution is expensive, but it is worth the price."
"It is per device, per year. The pricing is very clear. If you have a service agreement, you get all of your major upgrades and minor upgrades. It was under $10,000 to go all-in with all of the different add-ons for it."
"There are some subscription charges that are quite heavy. I need to pay for support every year and these charges can be quite expensive. Aside from the initial cost for the tool, you need to pay additionally for support."
"This is a well priced solution."
"The choice of version depends on the number of points, or devices, that you want to monitor, and this makes the product expensive."
"There is a license needed to use WhatsUp Gold."
"I'm not sure, but it's expensive. We don't pay any additional fees."
"The pricing can be on the expensive side when considering competing products."
"The most valuable feature is the cost compared to other solutions."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
18%
Government
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How does Splunk compare with Azure Monitor?
Splunk handles a high amount of data very well. We use Splunk to capture information and as an aggregator for monitoring information from different sources. Splunk is very good at alerting us if we...
What do you like most about Azure Monitor?
Azure Monitor is a very easy-to-use product in the cloud environment.
What needs improvement with Azure Monitor?
We cannot use AI services with the solution.
What do you like most about WhatsUp Gold?
The interactive mapping interface for scrolling, zooming, and drilling down on an element to learn about a network issue is good. When we see a network there will sometimes be a spot that has one l...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WhatsUp Gold?
WhatsUp Gold is reasonably priced considering how much we are monitoring. There could always be a cheaper option but compared to SolarWinds and others in the market, WhatsUp Gold keeps it at a poin...
What needs improvement with WhatsUp Gold?
Importing the maps and being able to customize them could be easier. Our network architect was able to import our maps, but if there was an easier way to customize the maps, that process could be e...
 

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