We performed a comparison between ManageEngine OpManager 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."
"The detections are fine when they work."
"This is a good general monitoring system that has all the features we require and they constantly update with new capabilities."
"It is easy to use and deploy."
"The solution is scalable."
"The traffic monitoring and the traffic analysis are great."
"The setup was easy."
"Defining thresholds and other alerting criteria is fairly simple and would not require a lot of training. This is very useful if you are managing a large environment."
"The application monitoring is the solution's most valuable feature."
"It works better than other products I’ve used – namely SolarWinds, which is cumbersome and error prone for web app monitoring. SCOM is not."
"The most valuable feature is the monitoring of Windows and Linux servers."
"The product has helped our organization with in-depth monitoring."
"I like the historical reporting of observer metrics."
"The stability has been great."
"They have great integration with the active directory."
"This solution allows us to standardize all of the reports for monitoring the network, so it helps a lot for auditing purposes."
"I enjoy its integration with the Microsoft Active Directory functions, which means users, computers, or other group policies can connect with Windows Active Directory."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"We would like the solution's customize and build functionality to be more user-friendly."
"The two views into the system are very good but could be extended to further customization to fit the need of end users in a variety of roles."
"The licensing model is confusing."
"It would be great if there were some sort of artificial intelligence feature which would help us make improvements in the network once we find an issue, and do it automatically."
"Some of our customers have been asking that OpManager have a feature to monitor the operating system, however, I tell them that Endpoint Central is doing that. You can buy endpoints and then OpManager, and they integrate between them, and everything is okay."
"The dashboard has some limitations and should be more user-friendly."
"There needs to be improvements to make the solution capable of supporting more devices, and it would be good to see an option for automatic deployment."
"It is sometimes difficult to manage the user interface. It can get very complicated."
"The price could be improved."
"The GI is difficult to work with and the reporting servers are also difficult."
"SCOM's feature that notifies us when a server is down is not present in recent updates, which has weakened the product."
"In terms of features that could be improved, I would say the agent integration into the operating system. We are having difficulties integrating Linux into some of the networking devices."
"The solution should be more user-friendly and offer a better user interface."
"There could be more integration of SIM in the solution."
"The solution’s initial setup is difficult."
"I would like to see better support for monitoring Unix-based systems."
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ManageEngine OpManager is ranked 15th in Network Monitoring Software with 22 reviews while SCOM is ranked 11th in Network Monitoring Software with 13 reviews. ManageEngine OpManager is rated 8.0, while SCOM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of ManageEngine OpManager writes "Simple and easy to use, and has good probe server and reporting features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SCOM writes "We can monitor all the VMs in our environment and access full insight reports for all the VMs, but the solution is not stable". ManageEngine OpManager is most compared with SolarWinds NPM, Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, Nagios XI and WhatsUp Gold, whereas SCOM is most compared with Zabbix, Dynatrace, Datadog, Nagios XI and AppDynamics. See our ManageEngine OpManager vs. SCOM report.
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