We performed a comparison between SCOM 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."
"This solution saves us a lot of work because it reduces the effort that is required in order to start monitoring."
"The most valuable features in SCOM are Azure monitoring and integration with Azure Monitor for monitoring Azure-hosted servers from SCOM on-premises."
"The most valuable feature of SCOM is the capability of using classes within your management pack development."
"The solution primarily drives system information, and I believe it works fine."
"Because it's Windows-based, it actually reports quite well. It reports everything you can think of on the Windows server and allows you to monitor anything. It's excellent for those in the Windows world as it's very good at it."
"SCOM has improved our organization by simplifying the monitoring process. The system tells you what the bi-weekly or monthly usage was and that enables us to report this information to the manager. It shows if there was a connectivity issue that needs to be fixed and it's easier to concentrate on what needs to get fixed. System errors, therefore, get fixed faster."
"SCOM has helped us to monitor all the VMs in our environment, especially the Windows servers."
"It's easy to use."
"We don't have any issues with the stability of SolarWinds NPM."
"The solution is extremely stable. We haven't had any issues in that regard. We haven't had issues with bugs, glitches, or crashes."
"The solution is easy to install and it takes a couple of hours."
"The product is scalable."
"The most valuable features are language support and technical support."
"The alerting and usage tracking notifications on disk space capacity, network and processor utilization."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It gives us a map of the network setup and one console to see the entire network."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"There could be more integration of SIM in the solution."
"The configurations could be better. There are multiple tests where you can do something, but they can be a trigger as well. The overriding methodologies are not that easy. The configurations are difficult. The configuration and thorough day-to-day operations to get them to the level you want takes some time. It's very difficult."
"It would be a much better product if Microsoft provided management packs with the product."
"Of course, price is always an issue with Microsoft and could be improved."
"Non Windows monitoring is fairly weak. Network device monitoring is not reliable."
"Stability and some performance issues exist and they need improvement."
"The solution’s initial setup is difficult."
"There are some negative points about this product. Sometimes, the capabilities of the software don't appear, and you can't directly see the results. You have to wait for a long period to refresh the policy to push it to the software or other patches."
"Being able to detect devices that are trying to connect wirelessly would make using this solution much easier."
"The solution's network discovery and node addition processes need more work."
"I think Solar Winds NPM needs to create a profile with documentation responsibility."
"The product is scalable, but at a cost. Extra modules have to be purchased for each extra server. The initial set up isn't complex, but will require someone who is experienced with the network monitoring system"
"They have had a rather large security breach in the past. It's cost some companies customers."
"It would be nice to have a test to check if you can access a particular device via API without installing it and waiting for a poll cycle. You should have the capacity to initiate a test to see if it was reachable and get the results almost immediately."
"It would be nice if SolarWinds could have a polling engine on the site that would collect the reporting and then manage everything itself."
"The solution does not offer much customization so is somewhat inflexible."
SCOM is ranked 11th in Network Monitoring Software with 77 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. SCOM is rated 7.8, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SCOM writes "Has a good reporting engine, but its monitoring of the cloud-based environment could be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". SCOM is most compared with Zabbix, Dynatrace, Datadog, AppDynamics and New Relic, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and LogicMonitor. See our SCOM vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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