We performed a comparison between Icinga 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 best thing about the solution is how it highlights errors, the issues, and what needs my attention. The solution directs me to areas that I should look for first."
"Icinga does the job and is fairly stable."
"I like the ability to amend and adjust things really easily, which is useful in a case where you could make it auto-discover and then set a template to say all of these applications or servers under this template have an automatic threshold set that you’d set up manually."
"We have found the solution to be stable."
"The drafts are easy but what I like about Icinga is that there are many add-ons that you can download."
"An affordable solution for small organizations to do basic network monitoring."
"This solution has a self-healing handler where if the service is down, it is automatically restarted."
"There's a module called Icinga Director, which helps us configure the product using an intuitive interface through clicks instead of creating a text configuration. It's very helpful for us."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its graphical interface and reports."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The most valuable features of SolarWinds NPM are network performance monitoring and the overall benefit for servers."
"The stability is fantastic."
"This has helped us to monitor the availability of our routers, switches, servers, and virtual environments."
"The connectivity of the solution is very good."
"It is considerably cheaper compared to other tools."
"I found a lot of valuable features in SolarWinds NPM, such as the customized application monitoring that allows you to customize any monitoring and script customization, and you also have the option to deploy and upgrade SolarWinds NPM online, which is very useful for my organization."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Icinga is a complex solution that's hard to learn. It's a powerful product for monitoring, but new users will have a hard time figuring out what to do."
"The tool currently fails to provide notifications to users."
"Icinga’s automation could be improved."
"The solution lacks many features important to higher-level IT management and network support."
"The installation and configuration are very complex."
"We have found some problems with Nagios, and support isn't very responsive."
"The user interface should be improved."
"At this time, the layout of the website is a bit difficult. It should be more user-friendly for changing the background and logos."
"The integration needs to be improved."
"The solution does not offer much customization so is somewhat inflexible."
"It has covered everything, so no improvement is required at their end. The only thing is the price."
"There should be a little bit more integration in some of the other tooling and utilizing the APIs of devices or tools could be a little bit better."
"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."
"Real-time analytics is the major weakness of the SolarWinds NPM platform today. They've done a fantastic job enabling the collection of data. Users are now demanding the ability to generate their own graphs, views, and so on; all of this must be done by an admin today."
"Technical support can be slow to respond."
"I would like to see integration with antivirus or other security endpoint solutions."
Icinga is ranked 19th in Cloud Monitoring Software with 16 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 6th in Cloud Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. Icinga is rated 7.6, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Icinga writes "A stable, scalable and cost-effective solution that helps with inbuilt scripts for easy modification". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". Icinga is most compared with Zabbix, Checkmk, Nagios Core, Nagios XI and ServiceNow IT Operations Management, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and LogicMonitor. See our Icinga vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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