SCCM vs. SolarWinds Pingdom
As of February 2019, SCCM is ranked 5th in Server Monitoring with 8 reviews vs SolarWinds Pingdom which is ranked 22nd in Server Monitoring. The top reviewer of SCCM writes "Enables us to set up schedules, according to security needs, to automate server and desktop patching". SCCM is most compared with BigFix, Ansible and Quest KACE Systems Management. SolarWinds Pingdom is most compared with Catchpoint, Monitis and SevOne.
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SCCM comes with its own version of SQL Server. If you use that SQL Server with SCCM and don't use it for another applications than you get an SQL Server for free. Overall, I think it's fine. It's pretty much in-line because there are ways to offset it with the Office 365 licensing. Pricing and licensing are a downside of SCCM. It's expensive. I'd have to confirm this, but I think they changed the licensing to core-based instead of socket-based. It's not cheap, because you have to buy the software, you have to buy SQL. Another thing we learned from talking to Microsoft is that they provide you a license for SQL if you run it on the same box as the primary server. If you run it outside that box, you have to buy SQL. Microsoft does recommend you running it on the same box because of performance. But then, in order to run SQL, SCCM, and everything on the same box, you better have some resources. It's an expensive solution. There's no doubt about it. Pricing and licensing are horrible. You have to not look at dollar value to use SCCM. It's super-duper expensive but it works. The acquisition cost is expensive, it's labor-intensive. But it works. | Information Not Available |
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Also Known As | |
| System Center Configuration Manager | |
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| Microsoft | SolarWinds |
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| With System Center Configuration Manager, you can manage PCs and servers, keeping software up-to-date, setting configuration and security policies, and monitoring system status while giving your employees access to corporate applications on the devices that they choose. | Pingdom offers a single platform solution to monitor the availability and performance of your websites, servers or web applications. Pingdom offers high quality, reliable monitoring at an affordable price. Also there are several easy-to-understand plans that are available to meet your requirements. |
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Sample Customers | |
| Bank Alfalah Ltd., Wªrth Handelsges.m.b.H, Dimension Data, Japan Business Systems, St. Lucie County Public Schools, MISC Berhad | Spotify, MailChimp, Slack, Twitter |
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Financial Services Firm26% Comms Service Provider10% Transportation Company7% Government7% | No Data Available |
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