We performed a comparison between SolarWinds NPM and WhatsUp Gold 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."
"SolarWinds NPM provides an overview of network monitoring, extending its capabilities to cover other aspects, such as virtual machines and servers. The platform has features like NetPath, which is particularly beneficial for end-users, offering insights into issues like latency, packet loss, and connectivity problems with routers, switches, or servers."
"The most valuable feature is the way it monitors the environment, and how user-friendly the console is for the end-user. The interface is also very easy and it captures all the information very well."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds NPM is the performance monitoring to see the memory, and CPU utilization."
"Provides a good level of tools and covers essential components."
"It gives us a map of the network setup and one console to see the entire network."
"It is considerably cheaper compared to other tools."
"The interface is user-friendly, making it easy to use."
"The product is reasonably priced."
"The installation and configuration process are easy."
"It is stable."
"NetFlow monitoring, real-time monitoring, and surveys have been the most valuable features for our business."
"WhatsUp Gold is very easy to deploy."
"The most valuable features are network bandwidth monitoring and monitoring device health."
"The threshold alerting is the most valuable feature."
"The user interface is good enough."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"We'd like to see a bit more automation in the future."
"The integration needs to be improved."
"Better offline license management. I’ve had to get in touch with customer support several times simply to remove an expired license from our NPM servers."
"The price of the solution can be improved."
"SolarWinds NPM could improve the graphics of the interface and more customized reporting."
"If they could combine everything into one product, that would be very helpful."
"Sometimes there are issues when upgrading to a new version of the product."
"The scalability can be better."
"The interface needs some work."
"Regional product team support is not very good."
"The product is old and not updated."
"Adding on services increases the cost and on the version we have there is no option for ATM monitoring."
"Users want SMS available via Whatsapp Gold. They don't want to go through third party SMS servers. The solution should work to make this possible."
"Importing the maps and being able to customize them could be easier."
"Pricing is too high relative to how many devices we use. The price list is not linear to number of devices."
"The initial setup of WhatsUp Gold is a medium range of difficulty levels. However, if it is your first time it could be difficult."
SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews while WhatsUp Gold is ranked 35th in Network Monitoring Software with 22 reviews. SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2, while WhatsUp Gold is rated 7.8. 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 WhatsUp Gold writes "If CPU, memory, or disk space is over-utilized, it alerts us immediately via text or email if there is an issue". SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and HPE OneView, whereas WhatsUp Gold is most compared with Grafana, Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, Nagios XI and ManageEngine OpManager. See our SolarWinds NPM vs. WhatsUp Gold report.
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