We performed a comparison between Dell CloudIQ and SolarWinds NPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The best thing about this solution is that you can check for the infrastructure and system updates that you might need to be compliant with the Cloud."
"Mobile application is the most valuable feature for us. We can monitor all the storages on our phones. It's really good."
"Fewer vulnerabilities have been observed in the four years we have used the solution."
"Has really nice roll-up dashboards."
"The tool for forecasting capacity is valuable."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds NPM is the performance monitoring to see the memory, and CPU utilization."
"The nice thing about SolarWinds is that it's kind of all-in-one. I can manage the status of my networking devices, whether they are up or down, I can see how much traffic is going across an interface, and I can run a report that tells me exactly what that traffic is."
"We can proactively fix historical issues, so we won't face those problems in future."
"I like the tracking feature to track devices and see where they are connected. This is very practical."
"This has helped us to monitor the availability of our routers, switches, servers, and virtual environments."
"SolarWinds NPM has a colorful UI and many easy-to-use features. It does not need to be configured as much and is also easy to install."
"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 reporting capabilities of this solution could be improved."
"Supporting legacy systems is an area that can be improved."
"PowerScale is the only file system offered and that is limiting."
"In terms of improvement, they should enhance the product range."
"Doesn't do well in terms of integrating with technologies other than Dell."
"The SolarWinds notification and alerting configuration could be simplified as it would be easier to find if it was within the NPM web application instead of in a separate client application."
"Robustness of network element mapping tool could be better"
"The solution needs to integrate with additional SDN technologies that are part of the hyper market."
"The console could be more user-friendly. It would be better if SolarWinds updated the user interface."
"There isn't support available to us as they don't offer support in our country."
"One of the challenges with SolarWinds is that in order to pull the data, we have to have a lot of false positives."
"Having more technical and support resources available in Saudi Arabia would be helpful."
"Time: A worldwide deployment can be confusing for dispersed users with non-local times. Each node should have a local time (with summer offset if appropriate) & each user should view & report in their local time."
Dell CloudIQ is ranked 41st in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 5 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 146 reviews. Dell CloudIQ is rated 7.8, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Dell CloudIQ writes "Easily visualize your environment's performance and forecast its capacity". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". Dell CloudIQ is most compared with HPE OneView, Cisco Intersight, Moogsoft, Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator and Elastic Observability, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and LogicMonitor. See our Dell CloudIQ vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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