We performed a comparison between ScienceLogic and SolarWinds NPM 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."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The tool is quite easy to deploy, and it offers very good support."
"Power packs."
"When it comes to features, the power pack is the most valuable."
"The solution provides good infra-monitoring features."
"Its ITSM and EMS combination is really amazing. There is no need to purchase two products, one for ITSM and a second for EMS/NMS."
"It is very easy to configure because we are using an agent-less version. You can very quickly implement a collector for monitoring device servers."
"Dynamic Component Mapping is key and unique."
"ScienceLogic allows us to create and customize a user-friendly dashboard."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its graphical interface and reports."
"As we look to add more servers to our virtual environment and to understand the impact, the solution allows us to dig into the historical charts related to capacity planning."
"It combines and presents information from many different sources, giving a corporate-wide vision on a single pane of glass."
"It is scalable."
"The most valuable features in SolarWinds NPM are the network search and diagnostic tools."
"I believe the ease of setup and use, including everything, from the initial installation to the discovery of devices is the most valuable."
"The connectivity of the solution is very good."
"There are a lot of options for customization of the dashboard, alerts, and reports."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"They should improve their support process and add chat."
"One important area we feel could be improved is the UI. It takes a lot of clicks to do very simple tasks."
"We want to understand: how does the back end work? What if some problem occurs? What we can do? They need to provide more information."
"They should improve database issues in HA and Failover mode, and provide documentation for all users , even if they are not customers."
"Addressing duplicate IPs: There is the ability to edit the DB and fix this, but adding some logic to understand them would be a plus."
"The product's reporting functionalities have certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required."
"From a performance perspective, it needs to improve a lot."
"They should add CLI command modes and scripts for high performance."
"SolarWinds NPM needs to increase its elements. One polling engine can only support 10,000 elements then it becomes slow. There are limitations even if you have the full SLX version license."
"If they did some type of synthetic monitoring, it would have been better."
"Having more technical and support resources available in Saudi Arabia would be helpful."
"Each model has different features, so clients need to purchase a separate model for SQL monitoring, database monitoring, network traffic analyzer, HTTP traffic, etc. So each feature they need is in a different model, but customers would prefer an all-in-one solution."
"The aesthetic widgets should be dynamic widgets, so the customization can be even more customizable."
"Technical support can be slow to respond."
"The reporting module that got integrated into the system itself, used to be a standalone solution and I preferred that."
"Application Performance Monitoring should be included in this solution."
ScienceLogic is ranked 12th in Cloud Monitoring Software with 42 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 6th in Cloud Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. ScienceLogic is rated 8.6, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of ScienceLogic writes "Great integrations, power flow, and good support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". ScienceLogic is most compared with Dynatrace, LogicMonitor, Datadog, Zabbix and ServiceNow Discovery, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Meraki Dashboard. See our ScienceLogic vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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