We performed a comparison between Observer Apex and SolarWinds NPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"Network visibility is the most valuable feature."
"SolarWinds' network and server application monitoring features are strong."
"We found that it was easy to operate, and it was simple if anyone has entry-level working experience or even if someone is not experienced."
"This has helped us to monitor the availability of our routers, switches, servers, and virtual environments."
"A product that is well-tested and trusted in demanding situations."
"It gives us a map of the network setup and one console to see the entire network."
"It is scalable."
"There are a lot of valuable features with SolarWinds NPM. We can receive a lot of detailed data from the monitoring that can use useful for investigations, especially when you are troubleshooting. It is very helpful. Overall it was a very good experience."
"SolarWinds dashboard is very fast. Also, their interface is very good, it looks very user-friendly. The product allows me to see a summary of the network being monitored at a glance."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The pricing and AI can be improved."
"SolarWinds needs to be improved such that it is on par with the leading products in the market."
"An area for improvement would be the use of modular licenses, which are not practical for big clients."
"We decided that we were no longer going to trust that their products have not been capitalized."
"I would like to see some enhancement on the reporting side, such as making it a little bit easier to create reports or having a larger assortment of canned reports."
"The solution's network discovery and node addition processes need more work."
"In terms of scalability, there is room for improvement. When you start monitoring, if you have so many interfaces and you're trying to monitor them at a faster interval, or a shorter interval, you get to a point where you need to request another node."
"The solution's customer service is not very good because the support takes too long."
"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."
Observer Apex is ranked 93rd in Network Monitoring Software with 1 review while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. Observer Apex is rated 0.0, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Observer Apex writes "Has good network visibility ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". Observer Apex is most compared with , whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and LogicMonitor.
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