We performed a comparison between ManageEngine OpManager and SolarWinds NPM 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 application monitoring is the solution's most valuable feature."
"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 traffic monitoring and the traffic analysis are great."
"The alerting feature has improved our organization. We can create multiple alerts and refine them to how we need to use them."
"The integration with the firewall monitoring, the security monitoring, is great."
"Device backups are smooth and managed centrally, with a nice dashboard, so you can quickly see the status."
"The dashboard, versatility and larger horizon are valuable."
"It helps us a lot for monitoring our servers in one console, instead of going to individual servers."
"The most valuable features in SolarWinds NPM are the network search and diagnostic tools."
"The SolarWinds NPM framework, upon which most of their flagship products are built, empowers a wide variety of admins and users to quickly find value in their installed products."
"SolarWinds NPM is a scalable solution since it can handle a huge number of users."
"I can do everything remotely, including running PowerShell scripts or performing standard updates."
"I like SolarWinds support because it's 24/7. You describe your issues, your situation and maybe two or three hours later you can discuss a solution with a technical engineer."
"We can proactively fix historical issues, so we won't face those problems in future."
"The ability to customize the views and dashboards is nice. SolarWinds also allows us to access the data via the API. That's probably the feature I liked the most."
"The other valuable system is the DSS (decision support system). If there's a fault in the network, SolarWinds is basically capable of rectifying and resolving that problem on its own without any intervention from an IP assistant or administrator."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The dashboard has some limitations and should be more user-friendly."
"ManageEngine OpManager can improve by having better updates for critical issues."
"The integration with various OEM products could be simplified."
"Real user and UI monitoring are not practical."
"The licensing model is confusing."
"The storage level monitoring needs improvement. It needs storage level monitoring on the server itself. That feature is lacking right now."
"What I'd like ManageEngine OpManager to improve on is artificial intelligence. In particular, the machine learning feature should be integrated with the sensor flow. Doing this will give leverage, especially when you look at other products such as the Cisco DNA Center. When a switch goes down, I should be able to build on the correlation of other physical devices it's connected to so that I can integrate that with my CA CMDB. The ManageEngine OpManager team needs to draw a long-term roadmap where that feature becomes an integral part of the solution because right now, machine learning in ManageEngine OpManager is a long process. The solution doesn't have MLS search and I want to see ML being developed and applied for CA CMDB to greatly reduce the burden of tying everything. For example, if I have a data center switch that goes down now, I should know what server it's connected to, and when that switch goes down at twenty-four ports, I would get twenty-four alerts for different devices plugged in. I should be able to make a correlation that the major problem lies in the switch and not with the twenty-four elements connected to that switch. That is where machine learning should come into play and the ManageEngine OpManager AI should indicate "This is where the root of your problem is." It could be difficult, but this is a feature that should be improved or added to the solution."
"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 console could be more user-friendly. It would be better if SolarWinds updated the user interface."
"Fortigate firewalls are one example of a product that we are unable to monitor properly via SolarWinds NPM."
"We are looking to change away from this solution because of the documentation and the solution doesn't have enough integration in our country. The documentation is too weak."
"Currently lacks integration with SMS services."
"It has covered everything, so no improvement is required at their end. The only thing is the price."
"Scalability is a bit tricky because it requires more gateways in order to get the performance you may need. It also requires a lot of licensing."
"One of the challenges with SolarWinds is that in order to pull the data, we have to have a lot of false positives."
"I would like to have a Syslog server module for this product. That would make the solution better."
ManageEngine OpManager is ranked 15th in Network Monitoring Software with 44 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. ManageEngine OpManager is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of ManageEngine OpManager writes "Helps us monitor all the infrastructure in our company but UI monitoring is not practical". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". ManageEngine OpManager is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, SCOM, Nagios XI and WhatsUp Gold, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ThousandEyes, LogicMonitor and ScienceLogic. See our ManageEngine OpManager vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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