We performed a comparison between SolarWinds NPM and vRealize Network Insight 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."
"It's easy to understand, even if you are not too technical."
"Technical support is very helpful with our upgrades."
"A product that is well-tested and trusted in demanding situations."
"Network performance is the main issue clients are facing. SolarWinds checks if a node is down, and we can set thresholds for performance metrics. For example, we set it up to get an alert automatically if a value is over 80 percent. It has a full dashboard that covers CP, hard disk, and node monitoring."
"There are a lot of options for customization of the dashboard, alerts, and reports."
"I like the tracking feature to track devices and see where they are connected. This is very practical."
"Monitoring capabilities are at a high level and it is easy to see utilization, access ports, and CPU memory in real time or through a lens for long-term visualization."
"We don't have any issues with the stability of SolarWinds NPM."
"The solution helps reduce time to value, increase performance, provide deep visibility, and easily manage networks."
"The solution is extremely intuitive and user-friendly. When you log in to the application you are presented with a dashboard that is very reasonable for an initial user, and you can then customize it to your specific needs. But for all the data that we've found, we've only had to go through two or three drill-downs to get into that information."
"It has definitely helped us to meet compliance rules by assuring that all traffic is going to where it's supposed to go. It can be used to report that you are in compliance, as well as helping you get into compliance."
"The best feature of this application is its ability to capture everything within the same application, as well as capture all the traffic."
"The graphical interface of this environment is so good with all the views, the graphics, and everything in them. It's really easy for me. It doesn't need an engineer to work on it. It's easy enough that anyone can get into the environment and look for issues or look at how communication is going on across the VMs. It's pretty much straightforward."
"What's valuable to us is the ability to get a view into the virtual space, which is something we haven't had before. Before, it was done by collecting from network endpoints and extrapolating into the virtual environment. Now it's coming directly from the virtual environment."
"If we deploy NSX it shows us how the workflow will flow in the organization, what the roadblocks are, and what we need to do to overcome those hurdles. When we run this product, it gives us reports which describe problems with physical switches. We work with the network team to get them all resolved."
"The ability to use the natural language query and see the visualization is quickly intuitive, and it works very well."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"It would be nice if SolarWinds added some technical protocols like Modbus. The market needs a simple solution for monitoring a technical device."
"SolarWinds NPM needs to increase its elements. One polling engine can only support 10,000 elements then it becomes slow. There are limitations even if you have the full SLX version license."
"They have had a rather large security breach in the past. It's cost some companies customers."
"The solution needs to integrate with additional SDN technologies that are part of the hyper market."
"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."
"It has covered everything, so no improvement is required at their end. The only thing is the price."
"The solution is not always good with new features, so it's take a long time."
"The integration with video apps could be better."
"The solution is very much viewer centric and it would be nice if it would transcend just the virtual infrastructure."
"The only issue we have is that the solution does not always capture the host names."
"The product is slightly complex use, while still being user-friendly. It could use more training modules, as it is not a straightforward product."
"The solution can be improved by making it more compatible with other brands, allowing for better integration."
"There are some random glitches in the Web UI, but they are usually pretty cosmetic in nature. I don't really seem to use any browser other than Chrome with it. I also get some weird errors from time to time on the hardware NetFlow Collectors, where it doesn't sync data."
"The IT infrastructure industry is expected to evolve towards a hybrid cloud model in the next five to ten years. In this model, most of the customer's resources reside on-premise within a private cloud setup, such as VMware. Another segment operates within public cloud environments like Azure and AWS, and a portion remains in traditional data centers. There should be seamless interoperability between public and private clouds. AWS and VMware need to work together to make it possible. Whether users interact with on-premise infrastructure or configure resources in the public cloud, the user experience must be seamless."
"I would like to see more interoperability on the firewall and low balancer sides."
"I'd like to see better support for being able to search the hardware NetFlow data. It ingests fairly well, but you can't tell, in a lot of cases, what source the data came from. I'd like to see more support for picking specific sources. That way you could really make a compelling use case. There are also some difficulties where it can't exactly trace the path between source and destination but if you hit the reverse flow on the same search it shows the entire path."
SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews while vRealize Network Insight is ranked 23rd in Network Monitoring Software with 44 reviews. SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2, while vRealize Network Insight is rated 8.6. 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 vRealize Network Insight writes "Provides deep analytical insights and makes migrations efficient with dependency mapping". SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity, whereas vRealize Network Insight is most compared with ThousandEyes, NETSCOUT vSTREAM, AppNeta by Broadcom, Zabbix and DX Spectrum. See our SolarWinds NPM vs. vRealize Network Insight report.
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