We performed a comparison between SolarWinds NPM and Versa Director 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."
"Provides a good level of tools and covers essential components."
"It is considerably cheaper compared to other tools."
"We have configured multiple alerts for our network devices, including routers and switches, so that we are notified if any interface goes down."
"I like that SolarWinds NPM is a strong tool for monitoring network devices, switches, and routers. It's also a user-friendly tool. My team also likes how scalable it is."
"SolarWinds' network and server application monitoring features are strong."
"The solution is easy to install and it takes a couple of hours."
"It is scalable."
"This has helped us to monitor the availability of our routers, switches, servers, and virtual environments."
"Versa Director's best feature is the ease of configuration and customer and vendor management."
"The most valuable functionality is some of the policy pieces that are quite useful."
"The most valuable feature of Versa Director is analytics."
"Versa Director is the fastest engineering tool and is ideal for use without product management."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"I would like to see integration with antivirus or other security endpoint solutions."
"Consolidation of platforms would provide a smoother experience."
"Technical support and releases are not particularly reliable."
"Application Performance Monitoring should be included in this solution."
"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."
"The reporting is good, but I want it to be a little easier when creating custom reports. The reports are all on the website now, but it takes some know how to get some to display the way you would like."
"Sometimes there are issues when upgrading to a new version of the product."
"Time: A worldwide deployment can be confusing for dispersed users with non-local times. Each node should have a local time (with summer offset if appropriate) & each user should view & report in their local time."
"Versa could be more AI-oriented."
"It requires some simplification."
"What needs improvement in Versa Director is maturity because, from an operating point of view, it's not mature enough. You'll still need to do a lot of research on Versa Director, so if it could mature faster, that would be very good."
"Versa Director's deployment process is not the best."
SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews while Versa Director is ranked 58th in Network Monitoring Software with 4 reviews. SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2, while Versa Director is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Versa Director writes "User-friendly and simpler than its competitors". SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and LogicMonitor, whereas Versa Director is most compared with ThousandEyes, Zabbix and PRTG Network Monitor. See our SolarWinds NPM vs. Versa Director report.
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