We performed a comparison between SolarWinds Network Device Monitor and vRealize Network Insight 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 single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"The product is useful for switches and IP phones."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is it can alert you when a device is not working."
"The deployment process is quick."
"I rate the product's initial setup process a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one means it is a difficult phase and ten is an easy process."
"This product proactively tells us about issues before the users notice."
"The solution and its interface are elaborate and fully integrate all monitored items for easy analysis and troubleshooting."
"The most valuable features of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor are the reports. We are configuring the reports, and the first reports are only about the devices. We are configuring the thresholds in order to monitor all the devices."
"The alerts we are getting when we start losing connection access have been helpful."
"The most valuable feature is being able to easily see the path that the VM traffic is taking, what ports are in use."
"If we deploy NSX it shows us how the workflow will flow in the organization, what the roadblocks are, and what we need to do to overcome those hurdles. When we run this product, it gives us reports which describe problems with physical switches. We work with the network team to get them all resolved."
"It has really tightened down the security. That was something that we were lacking. It has also given us deep visibility into our network. We can really get down and see all of the traffic within the data center, between the VMs, between the applications, database servers, other application servers, web servers. We can identify everything that is communicating, and we can see it all on one product."
"compare-to-competition; I would recommend the product. I don't think there is any other product like this on the market right now."
"It provides deep visibility into what is happening with traffic and helps us manage our network."
"We can see everything going on in NSX and get a good picture of our environment."
"The best feature of this application is its ability to capture everything within the same application, as well as capture all the traffic."
"It is user-friendly. It's pretty simple to deploy and to run. It gives you pretty easy-to-understand reports, very graphically intense, so you can visualize what's going on in your network."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Integration with different tools, such as ServiceNow and Excel, can be improved."
"The initial setup of the SolarWinds Network Device Monitor could be easier. It took us approximately one month to complete the implementation."
"Although I haven't explored all of the features available, I wouldn't mind if the software were made to be a bit more customizable."
"The security needs improvement, which is why we are moving away from Solar Winds. We have security concerns."
"The security could always be improved."
"The way they are presenting the map of our devices needs to be improved."
"The reporting feature needs improvement because we are unable to configure reports that were included during initial implementation."
"There is no mobile version of this product, and our team should be able to access it using a mobile device."
"I would like to see application identification. That would be cool."
"It just needs to be more reliable and more accurate. At some point, there are some things where it does not match properly."
"The UI, even though once you get to know it, it's easier, still it's hard to figure out by yourself. You have to go read, watch videos. It has a lot of data on it. So that is an issue."
"There are some random glitches in the Web UI, but they are usually pretty cosmetic in nature. I don't really seem to use any browser other than Chrome with it. I also get some weird errors from time to time on the hardware NetFlow Collectors, where it doesn't sync data."
"The product is slightly complex use, while still being user-friendly. It could use more training modules, as it is not a straightforward product."
"The compatibility with each and every component of the infrastructure is the main thing that I am looking for. I would like them to make sure that it's compatible with different kinds of storage systems, etc. I have seen the compatibility list. I feel it can be more compatible than it is right now."
"There's enough information there, especially in the visualizations, but I would love to see this in a kiosk mode, where I could have a dashboard for interested stakeholders to see and appreciate what's going on. Then, moving on to a more practical level for our Help Desk, our operations team could benefit by seeing, in real-time, a visual view of the network."
"I would like to see them expand the capabilities to infrastructure types other than just VMware."
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SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is ranked 43rd in Network Monitoring Software with 17 reviews while vRealize Network Insight is ranked 22nd in Network Monitoring Software with 44 reviews. SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is rated 7.8, while vRealize Network Insight is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor writes "An elaborate solution that fully integrates for easy monitoring and troubleshooting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of vRealize Network Insight writes "Provides deep analytical insights and makes migrations efficient with dependency mapping". SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is most compared with FortiMonitor, IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM), ThousandEyes, ScienceLogic and Auvik Network Management (ANM), whereas vRealize Network Insight is most compared with ThousandEyes, NETSCOUT vSTREAM, AppNeta by Broadcom, Zabbix and SolarWinds NPM. See our SolarWinds Network Device Monitor vs. vRealize Network Insight report.
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