We performed a comparison between SolarWinds Network Device Monitor 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."
"Link monitoring is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"The most valuable features of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor are the reports. We are configuring the reports, and the first reports are only about the devices. We are configuring the thresholds in order to monitor all the devices."
"The solution and its interface are elaborate and fully integrate all monitored items for easy analysis and troubleshooting."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is it shows you the utilization of devices to allow you to take proactive action before something goes down or reaches the saturation point. You can take proactive action to fix the problem before it occurs."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is it can alert you when a device is not working."
"I rate the product's initial setup process a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one means it is a difficult phase and ten is an easy process."
"The product is useful for switches and IP phones."
"In terms of general network monitoring features, I find SolarWinds Network Device Monitor very flexible and comfortable to use. The software itself is extremely useful when it comes to monitoring how our data moves between different networks and environments."
"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 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."
"Reporting tools are a great feature along with the ability to create customized reports for you"
"It combines and presents information from many different sources, giving a corporate-wide vision on a single pane of glass."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the monitoring capabilities."
"The stability is fantastic."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"We have configured multiple alerts for our network devices, including routers and switches, so that we are notified if any interface goes down."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The security could always be improved."
"SolarWinds Network Device Monitor lacks the granularity of other monitoring tools like LiveNX."
"Although I haven't explored all of the features available, I wouldn't mind if the software were made to be a bit more customizable."
"There is no mobile version of this product, and our team should be able to access it using a mobile device."
"The security needs improvement, which is why we are moving away from Solar Winds. We have security concerns."
"The reporting feature needs improvement because we are unable to configure reports that were included during initial implementation."
"In terms of price, it could be less expensive."
"If everything were in the package so that everything was ready to go out of the box, that would be ideal."
"Real-time analytics is the major weakness of the SolarWinds NPM platform today. They've done a fantastic job enabling the collection of data. Users are now demanding the ability to generate their own graphs, views, and so on; all of this must be done by an admin today."
"Consolidation of platforms would provide a smoother experience."
"Application Performance Monitoring should be included in this solution."
"It has covered everything, so no improvement is required at their end. The only thing is the price."
"The console could be more user-friendly. It would be better if SolarWinds updated the user interface."
"If they’re going for a “cover everything” approach, then they need to do so and enable a bit more of the "cover everything approach" within every one of the tools."
"This product could improve by adding cloud monitoring. I want SolarWinds NPM to do much more integration, and have more involvement in cloud monitoring, like AWS or Google, or Azure. I feel like it requires lots of improvement for cloud monitoring in NPM."
"Better offline license management. I’ve had to get in touch with customer support several times simply to remove an expired license from our NPM servers."
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SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is ranked 42nd in Network Monitoring Software with 16 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is rated 7.8, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor writes "An elaborate solution that fully integrates for easy monitoring and troubleshooting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is most compared with FortiMonitor, IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM), ThousandEyes, Auvik Network Management (ANM) and ScienceLogic, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and LogicMonitor. See our SolarWinds NPM vs. SolarWinds Network Device Monitor report.
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