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."
"It is easy to use and deploy."
"I like being able to push configurations to multiple devices. If you have the same configurations for all the branches, it's easier to use ManageEngine OpManager and push configurations at once rather than individually pushing them to each device."
"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 alerting feature has improved our organization. We can create multiple alerts and refine them to how we need to use them."
"The most valuable feature is the monitoring alerts. The administrators are immediately notified and can do the required action immediately. This is the feature we value and use the most."
"ManageEngine OpManager is user-friendly and easy to use. Additionally, useful for basic monitoring."
"The features we found most valuable in ManageEngine OpManager are the probe server and reporting because they're pretty good features."
"The traffic monitoring and the traffic analysis are great."
"Being able to easily, and quickly obtain disc space statistics from servers and determine how much was free or used on various volumes."
"Network performance is the main issue clients are facing. SolarWinds checks if a node is down, and we can set thresholds for performance metrics. For example, we set it up to get an alert automatically if a value is over 80 percent. It has a full dashboard that covers CP, hard disk, and node monitoring."
"SolarWinds NPM provides an overview of network monitoring, extending its capabilities to cover other aspects, such as virtual machines and servers. The platform has features like NetPath, which is particularly beneficial for end-users, offering insights into issues like latency, packet loss, and connectivity problems with routers, switches, or servers."
"Technical support is very helpful with our upgrades."
"The set up was very easy. We didn't have any problems with the setup. The deployment took less than an hour."
"It covers everything from end to end, from the standpoint of endpoint machines and the routers and switches. The switch port also comes there."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The initial setup was straightforward. We deployed the solution from new and completed the upgrades."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"ManageEngine OpManager can improve by having better updates for critical issues."
"The storage level monitoring needs improvement. It needs storage level monitoring on the server itself. That feature is lacking right now."
"The licensing model is confusing."
"There should be an option to get mobile notifications or SMS mirror notifications for critical issues. That way, when we don't have access to email, we can still receive notifications via our phones."
"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."
"We have been facing an issue since last year when a lot of our users started to work from home through their mobiles or computers. We are having trouble reaching these devices. We are now planning to publish our instance to the cloud so that we can reach these devices. Its performance should be improved in terms of the discovery of the devices. I would like to feel confident with the discovery that this solution does. For example, on my dashboard, I would like to be able to view a list of all devices seen on a specific server. At present, it is difficult to find such information. This would be an excellent feature to have."
"Real user and UI monitoring are not practical."
"Needs an OVA, or more support for virtual deployments. Building a virtual instance of OpManager and OpManager Probe was a bit difficult because there was no OVA available."
"One of the challenges with SolarWinds is that in order to pull the data, we have to have a lot of false positives."
"Complex and overly detailed setup."
"We decided that we were no longer going to trust that their products have not been capitalized."
"The reporting module that got integrated into the system itself, used to be a standalone solution and I preferred that."
"An area for improvement would be the use of modular licenses, which are not practical for big clients."
"SolarWinds needs to be improved such that it is on par with the leading products in the market."
"The dashboard of the solution is an area with certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"If they did some type of synthetic monitoring, it would have been better."
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ManageEngine OpManager is ranked 15th in Network Monitoring Software with 22 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 30 reviews. ManageEngine OpManager is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. 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 SolarWinds NPM writes "Simple to set up with good visualizations and helpful support". 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 Meraki Dashboard. See our ManageEngine OpManager vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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