We performed a comparison between ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations and SCOM 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."
"Not only can you look at the protocol import level. It also has a live PCAP analysis."
"The most valuable features are security detections, perimeter detection, dashboards, and alerts."
"This solution is more applications reference architecture focused. Its benefit is that it specializes in that space."
"There are many valuable features in this product, but probably the biggest is the customization capability it has."
"Wire data analytics."
"The most valuable feature is the way it handles data, from Layer 2 up to Layer 7. We can see everything that happens in the network."
"This solution saves us a lot of work because it reduces the effort that is required in order to start monitoring."
"It discovers the components automatically, which is a fantastic thing. The discovery works in an automatic way, and it has a dynamic way of discovering the components, assets, and applications. It doesn't require any manual intervention."
"SCOM's most valuable features are the network path feature, reporting, and integration with business intelligence."
"It is a user-friendly product that requires almost no maintenance."
"The most valuable feature of SCOM is the capability of using classes within your management pack development."
"The most valuable features for us are the monitoring, the health explorer, and the console."
"This solution allows us to standardize all of the reports for monitoring the network, so it helps a lot for auditing purposes."
"I like the historical reporting of observer metrics."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Network visibility is something that needs to be improved."
"They either have to go broad or decide what their bread and butter is and get really good at that."
"This solution would be improved if it had the ability to retain data longer."
"They have a new solution, ExtraHop Reveal(x), and I think it needs improvement."
"We'd like to see a local presence within the region in order to have seamless service whether it's the support, the implementation, or professional services."
"I would improve the Rule-Based Access Control (RBAC) by providing granular access control to the data."
"On-prem network monitoring is something that could be improved drastically."
"Application monitoring must be improved."
"Direct integration with third-party tools, like ticketing systems, is lacking but would be beneficial."
"It could use some system enhancements, such as better dashboards."
"I would like more customized reports. People should have some customization option on the dashboards for whenever they put multiple lists into it. Beyond customizing the content, there should be the ability to customize the colors so that they can engage some priority and mark challenges separately."
"Regarding certain issues in the solution, it can be difficult to generate reports if we have a program that is not user-friendly for reporting. While this is not necessarily negative, we may need to use another solution."
"There could be more integration of SIM in the solution."
"Non Windows monitoring is fairly weak. Network device monitoring is not reliable."
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ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations is ranked 56th in Network Monitoring Software with 8 reviews while SCOM is ranked 11th in Network Monitoring Software with 77 reviews. ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations is rated 8.6, while SCOM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations writes "Great for identifying application interdependencies with helpful support but needs better visualizations". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SCOM writes "Has a good reporting engine, but its monitoring of the cloud-based environment could be improved". ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations is most compared with vRealize Network Insight, NETSCOUT nGeniusONE, ThousandEyes, SolarWinds NPM and Dynatrace, whereas SCOM is most compared with Zabbix, Dynatrace, Datadog, AppDynamics and Nagios XI. See our ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations vs. SCOM report.
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