Splunk Enterprise Security is a SIEM, log management, and IT operations analytics tool. The solution provides users with the ability to secure their information and manage their data in the cloud, data centers, or other applications. Splunk Enterprise Security also offers visibility from different areas, levels, and devices, rather than from a single system, thus, providing its users with flexibility. Splunk Enterprise Security can monitor data and analyze, detect, and prevent intrusions. This benefits users as it provides alerts to possible intrusions, helps users to be proactive, and reduces risk factors.
It is not cheap.
Pricing and licensing is quite expensive. But for the value the product provides, it seems at par in the market.
It is not cheap.
Pricing and licensing is quite expensive. But for the value the product provides, it seems at par in the market.
Datadog is a cloud monitoring solution that is designed to assist administrators, IT teams, and other members of an organization who are charged with keeping a close eye on their networks. Administrators can use Datadog to set real-time alerts and schedule automated report generation. They can deal with issues as they arise and keep up to date with the overall health of their network while still being able to focus on other tasks. Users can also track the historical performance of their networks and ensure that they operate at the highest possible level.
It has always scaled for us. Cost scales up too, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. It's reasonable for what they're providing.
It costs the same amount it would if we were hosting it ourselves, so we are incredibly happy with the cost.
It has always scaled for us. Cost scales up too, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. It's reasonable for what they're providing.
It costs the same amount it would if we were hosting it ourselves, so we are incredibly happy with the cost.
Dynatrace is an AI-powered software intelligence monitoring platform that accelerates digital transformation and simplifies cloud complexities. Dynatrace is an entirely automated full-stack solution that provides data and answers about the performance of your applications and deep insight into every transaction throughout every application, including the end-user experience. By modernizing and automating enterprise cloud operations, users can deliver an optimal digital experience with higher quality software to customers faster.
Decodes on less used/popular protocols are available, but they should be included. Additional investment should not be required.
Pricing is based on the number of servers monitored, so for big applications, it is a bit expensive.
Decodes on less used/popular protocols are available, but they should be included. Additional investment should not be required.
Pricing is based on the number of servers monitored, so for big applications, it is a bit expensive.
Zabbix is a comprehensive monitoring solution that is widely used across various industries. Its primary use case is for monitoring infrastructure, including physical, virtual, and network aspects.
Zabbix helps organizations by providing valuable metrics for preventive maintenance and capacity planning, proactive monitoring and alerting, monitoring a wide range of hardware equipment, optimizing work processes, improving customer experiences, enabling remote appointments with visual communication, and providing an overview of bandwidth consumption.
With Zabbix, organizations can conveniently monitor network metrics in one place, saving time and improving efficiency.
It’s free of cost.
It is a true open-source solution, so there are no licensing costs.
It’s free of cost.
It is a true open-source solution, so there are no licensing costs.
Microsoft Configuration Manager helps IT manage PCs and servers, keeping software up-to-date, setting configuration and security policies, and monitoring system status while giving employees access to corporate applications on the devices that they choose. When Configuration Manager is integrated with Microsoft Intune, you can manage corporate-connected PCs and Macs along with cloud-based mobile devices running Windows, iOS, and Android, all from a single management console.
Overall, I think it's fine. It's pretty much in-line because there are ways to offset it with the Office 365 licensing.
The licensing is good because they have various options, depending on what you are looking for.
Overall, I think it's fine. It's pretty much in-line because there are ways to offset it with the Office 365 licensing.
The licensing is good because they have various options, depending on what you are looking for.
Elastic Security combines the features of a security information and event management (SIEM) system with endpoint protection, allowing organizations to detect, investigate, and respond to threats in real time. This unified approach helps reduce complexity and improve the efficiency of security operations.
We are using the free, open-source version of this solution.
We use the open-source version, so there is no charge for this solution.
We are using the free, open-source version of this solution.
We use the open-source version, so there is no charge for this solution.
IBM Security QRadar is a security and analytics platform designed to defend against threats and scale security operations. This is done through integrated visibility, investigation, detection, and response. QRadar empowers security groups with actionable insights into high-priority threats by providing visibility into enterprise security data. Through centralized visibility, security teams and analysts can determine their security stance, which areas pose a potential threat, and which areas are critical. This will help streamline workflows by eliminating the need to pivot between tools.
Go through a vulnerability assessment review for price breaks. A virtualized solution will also cut down on cost.
found other solutions, with more features at the same cost or less. You don’t have to leave the Gartner Magic Quadrant to beat their price.
Go through a vulnerability assessment review for price breaks. A virtualized solution will also cut down on cost.
found other solutions, with more features at the same cost or less. You don’t have to leave the Gartner Magic Quadrant to beat their price.
SolarWinds NPM is a network monitoring solution that enables you to detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance issues and outages quickly and efficiently. The solution is a powerful tool that can help you increase service levels, reduce downtime with multi vendor network monitoring, simplify the management of complex network devices, improve operational efficiency, and much more.
Excluding the costs of running VMs and physical blade servers, our licensing costs run around US$200,000/year for over 60 polling engines.
I think that the cost has risen, but the functionality and versatility is way above other products.
Excluding the costs of running VMs and physical blade servers, our licensing costs run around US$200,000/year for over 60 polling engines.
I think that the cost has risen, but the functionality and versatility is way above other products.
PRTG Network Monitor runs on a Windows machine within your network, collecting various statistics from the machines, software, and devices which you designate. PRTG comes with an easy-to-use web interface with point-and-click configuration. You can easily share data from it with non-technical colleagues and customers, including via live graphs and custom reports. This will let you plan for network expansion, see what applications are using most of your connection, and make sure that no one is hogging the entire network just to torrent videos.
Licenses are very expensive, so I would like to see cheaper licensing.
If you're looking for a cost effective software I’d suggest this product.
Licenses are very expensive, so I would like to see cheaper licensing.
If you're looking for a cost effective software I’d suggest this product.
Pricing is one of those situations where the more you use it, the more you pay.
The price of Elastic Observability is expensive.
Pricing is one of those situations where the more you use it, the more you pay.
The price of Elastic Observability is expensive.
Nagios XI provides monitoring of all mission-critical infrastructure components, including applications, services, operating systems, network protocols, systems metrics, and network infrastructure. Third-party add-ons provide tools for monitoring virtually all in-house and external applications, services, and systems.
You can grow into the higher-priced scale as they learn how to utilize the features for Nagios XI.
The pricing is really cost efficient. The licensing is perpetual and can be renewed very easily.
You can grow into the higher-priced scale as they learn how to utilize the features for Nagios XI.
The pricing is really cost efficient. The licensing is perpetual and can be renewed very easily.
Cisco Secure Network Analytics is a highly effective network traffic analysis (NTA) solution that enables users to find threats in their network traffic even if those threats are encrypted. It turns an organization’s network telemetry into a tool that creates a complete field of vision for the organization’s administrators. Users can find threats that may have infiltrated their systems and stop them before they can do irreparable harm.
It is worth the cost.
Pricing is much higher compared to other solutions.
It is worth the cost.
Pricing is much higher compared to other solutions.
LogRhythm SIEM Platform is an award-winning platform in security analytics. With more than 4,000 customers globally, LogRhythm SIEM is an integrated platform that helps security operations teams protect critical infrastructure and information from emerging cyberthreats. Ultimately, LogRhythm SIEM is an integrated set of modules that contribute to the security team’s fundamental mission: rapid threat monitoring, threat detection, threat investigation, and threat neutralization. LogRhythm SIEM is for organizations that require an on-premises solution and offers:
If you don't have your staff, absolutely look into the co-pilot and factor that into your cost evaluation.
Look for whatever will give you the most value. That's the main point. It is not one size fits all.
If you don't have your staff, absolutely look into the co-pilot and factor that into your cost evaluation.
Look for whatever will give you the most value. That's the main point. It is not one size fits all.
ThousandEyes is a Network Intelligence platform that delivers visibility into every network an organization relies on, whether public or private. ThousandEyes enables users to optimize application delivery, end-user experience and ongoing infrastructure investments.
It is a quite expensive solution.
The solution is cheap.
It is a quite expensive solution.
The solution is cheap.
SCOM (System Center Operations Manager) is a cross-platform data center monitoring and reporting tool that checks the status of various objects defined within the environment, such as server hardware, system services, etc. The solution allows data center administrators to deploy, configure, manage, and monitor the operations, services, devices and applications of multiple enterprise IT systems via a single pane of glass. It is suitable for businesses of all sizes.
The pricing and licensing are fair.
Our licensing fees are approximately $30 per user, per month.
The pricing and licensing are fair.
Our licensing fees are approximately $30 per user, per month.
LogicMonitor, a unified observability platform, brings together comprehensive monitoring capabilities and enables observability across data centers, public/private clouds, and applications. LogicMonitor provides correlation, context, and clarity to understand the business impact and causes of complex IT incidents.
I know we are saving at least several hundred thousand dollars in that we're not buying Cisco Prime.
We pay for the enterprise tech support.
I know we are saving at least several hundred thousand dollars in that we're not buying Cisco Prime.
We pay for the enterprise tech support.
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is a powerful platform used for log management, analytics, and reporting. The solution is designed to provide organizations with automation, single-pane orchestration, and response for simplified security operations, as well as proactive identification and remediation of risks and complete visibility of the entire attack surface.
Its worth spending on FortiAnalyzer if you have multiple firewalls in your network.
The hardware cost and services contract are fair.
Its worth spending on FortiAnalyzer if you have multiple firewalls in your network.
The hardware cost and services contract are fair.
BMC TrueSight Operations Management is a solution that delivers end-to-end performance monitoring and event management. It does so by using machine learning, analytics, and AIOps to identify, analyze, and resolve application and infrastructure problems quickly. BMC TrueSight Operations Management also offers automated remediation and ticketing.
The solutions are not the cheapest but are robust and stable. License model is rather complex and BMC do often change the model.
Pricing is very high.
The solutions are not the cheapest but are robust and stable. License model is rather complex and BMC do often change the model.
Pricing is very high.
ServiceNow IT Operations Management (ITOM) is a cloud management and infrastructure tool that facilitates the administrative and development process of creating, planning, and operating digital services, technology, application requirements, and components for organizations. Service Now ensures effectiveness, performance, and availability throughout an organization's processes and services.
The pricing is high and may be excluding the small to medium-sized enterprise businesses.
It has different subscription models.
The pricing is high and may be excluding the small to medium-sized enterprise businesses.
It has different subscription models.
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM) delivers powerful application and server monitoring capabilities for IT pros, enabling them to diagnose and troubleshoot performance issues faster. Do not let slow applications and downtime impact your end-users and business services. Pinpoint the root cause of application issues across various layers of the IT stack. SolarWinds SAM is affordable and easy to deploy, use, and customize. You can automatically discover your system's environment and start monitoring in about an hour. No professional services or consultation needed.
Pricing and licensing is fair for what you get. It does have a great bang-for-the-buck appeal.
The product might cost you $30,000 USD to buy, but scaling this solution requires the purchase of additional polling engines at $20,000 USD each.
Pricing and licensing is fair for what you get. It does have a great bang-for-the-buck appeal.
The product might cost you $30,000 USD to buy, but scaling this solution requires the purchase of additional polling engines at $20,000 USD each.
Oracle Enterprise Manager is an on-premises management platform that provides a comprehensive integrated solution for managing and automating your various Oracle products, including applications, databases, middleware, hardware, and engineered systems located either in your Oracle data center or in the cloud.
Based upon 3 days of implementation by a single person, plus licensing costs would be approximately $60,000, including the virtualized hosts.
It is part of Real Application Testing, so no new investment is necessary for clients who already are already using RAT.
Based upon 3 days of implementation by a single person, plus licensing costs would be approximately $60,000, including the virtualized hosts.
It is part of Real Application Testing, so no new investment is necessary for clients who already are already using RAT.
ScienceLogic is a hybrid IT infrastructure monitoring tool that is designed to help organizations digitally transform their companies by making the management of complex, distributed IT services easier. Using the solution’s discovery techniques, users can find everything they need in a network, gaining visibility across all vendors and technologies that are run in the cloud or data centers. In addition, the ScienceLogic solution can help users seamlessly monitor and manage cloud environments, monitor network resources, manage storage, and monitor app health and performance.
Pricing between the two is quiet large therefore you can save some money if you don't require to collect all info on each device.
Decide what you want to monitor and only monitor those items. Absorb other elements as you grow.
Pricing between the two is quiet large therefore you can save some money if you don't require to collect all info on each device.
Decide what you want to monitor and only monitor those items. Absorb other elements as you grow.
Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring and observability service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It allows users to collect and track metrics, collect and monitor log files, and set alarms. With CloudWatch, users can gain insights into their applications, infrastructure, and services, enabling them to make informed decisions and take necessary actions.
We have monthly licensing costs. The licenses are probably in the vicinity of about $300 - $350/month.
Its pricing is reasonable. It is sometimes tricky, but it is reasonable as compared to others.
We have monthly licensing costs. The licenses are probably in the vicinity of about $300 - $350/month.
Its pricing is reasonable. It is sometimes tricky, but it is reasonable as compared to others.
Auvik is a network management software that provides real-time visibility and control over network infrastructure.
They charge for switches and some networking hardware, but everything else is free.
The billing is excellent. The way they bill it, in most environments, it's not that expensive. The billing is very cost-effective.
They charge for switches and some networking hardware, but everything else is free.
The billing is excellent. The way they bill it, in most environments, it's not that expensive. The billing is very cost-effective.
Meraki Dashboard is a comprehensive cloud-based platform that offers centralized management and control for all Meraki networking and security products. It provides a user-friendly interface, allowing administrators to easily monitor and configure their network infrastructure from anywhere. With real-time visibility, troubleshooting becomes effortless, ensuring optimal performance and minimizing downtime.
From a pricing perspective, they are still expensive.
The licensing fees are $180 USD, per AP, for three years.
From a pricing perspective, they are still expensive.
The licensing fees are $180 USD, per AP, for three years.
VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront is a powerful solution primarily used for consulting and helping company DevOps teams. It offers native Kubernetes support, open-source technology support, and excellent technical support.
With easy third-party integration and scalability, it provides stability and good visibility. It enhances container platform support and security, enabling organizations to enhance compatibility with various technologies.
Tanzu allows for easy deployment and provides insights for monitoring applications, making it a valuable tool for organizations using VMware's tech solutions.
Educational pricing is available for this solution.
We were given a year's worth of service. It was included within our ELA. We were trying to do a proof of concept, which is almost over now.
Educational pricing is available for this solution.
We were given a year's worth of service. It was included within our ELA. We were trying to do a proof of concept, which is almost over now.
It is very expensive, but it's well worth the money.
The biggest problem we have with this product is the expense.
It is very expensive, but it's well worth the money.
The biggest problem we have with this product is the expense.
For our environment, we pay approximately $25,000 USD yearly.
The licensing for this solution is based on the number of nodes.
For our environment, we pay approximately $25,000 USD yearly.
The licensing for this solution is based on the number of nodes.
BigPanda Autonomous Operations platform is a cutting-edge solution that helps IT Ops, NOC and DevOps teams detect, investigate, and resolve IT incidents faster and more easily than ever before. Powered by Open Box Machine Learning, BigPanda correlates IT noise into insights, automates incident management, and unifies fragmented IT operations.
They were great to work with on pricing/licensing. Given we are a high-growth company, we needed a flexible site license.
We pay $200,000 USD per year.
They were great to work with on pricing/licensing. Given we are a high-growth company, we needed a flexible site license.
We pay $200,000 USD per year.
DX Spectrum is a complete event and fault management system for network operations teams. The tool provides powerful capabilities for managing your dynamic, complex IT infrastructure, which includes physical, virtual, and cloud environments.The technology allows you to manage and optimize the infrastructure and the professional services that operate on top of it. DX Spectrum is a unified platform that helps your company enhance network service levels while lowering monitoring costs.
It’s a great tool, but an expensive one. Learn how to use it properly.
In general, the license cost will be about 30% of the total TCO for this tool (hardware/support team, OS costs, and OS management).
It’s a great tool, but an expensive one. Learn how to use it properly.
In general, the license cost will be about 30% of the total TCO for this tool (hardware/support team, OS costs, and OS management).
ManageEngine OpManager is a network, server, and virtualization monitoring software that helps SMEs, large enterprises and service providers manage their data centers and IT infrastructure efficiently and cost effectively. Automated workflows, intelligent alerting engines, configurable discovery rules, and extendable templates enable IT teams to setup a 24x7 monitoring system within hours of installation.
The licensing costs depend on the number of devices and accounts that are being monitored by the solution.
The initial cost is low and the add-ons are reasonable.
The licensing costs depend on the number of devices and accounts that are being monitored by the solution.
The initial cost is low and the add-ons are reasonable.
A syslog server is a logging server that allows for the centralized collection of syslog messages, known as events, from a variety of networking devices such as routers, switches, and firewalls, in addition to servers running a variety of operating systems.
We subscribe and pay directly on the website.
The price of SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server could improve.
We subscribe and pay directly on the website.
The price of SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server could improve.
It's a stand-alone tool. If there is a commercial license for it I am unaware of it.
It's free.
It's a stand-alone tool. If there is a commercial license for it I am unaware of it.
It's free.
Managing today’s networks with yesterday’s manual processes is no longer a viable solution. NetBrain’s network automation platform provides actionable insights into your network to help you make better and faster decisions - particularly when you’re troubleshooting, securing, and making changes to the network.
The product is expensive, but less expensive than some of the competition and worth the price.
Licensing is based on a per-device basis, which means that it can get very expensive if you have a large number of devices.
The product is expensive, but less expensive than some of the competition and worth the price.
Licensing is based on a per-device basis, which means that it can get very expensive if you have a large number of devices.
With product discounts which can be negotiated, the product is a great value.
You buy the hardware and then you get Cisco UCS Manager for free.
With product discounts which can be negotiated, the product is a great value.
You buy the hardware and then you get Cisco UCS Manager for free.
Accedian provides performance analytics and end user experience solutions for on-premise, cloud and hybrid IT infrastructures. Accedian SkylightTM delivers unified network and application performance monitoring (NAPM) visibility across the entire application and network chain, with best in class resolution and velocity. This enables Accedian customers to assure their business-critical digital infrastructure and unlock the full productivity of their users.
It's not for free, clearly. But on the other hand, it offers very interesting functionality. We pay around €100,000.
Pricing is a little bit expensive.
It's not for free, clearly. But on the other hand, it offers very interesting functionality. We pay around €100,000.
Pricing is a little bit expensive.
LiveAction develops IT visibility solutions designed to simplify network management. Initially developed to aid the US Department of Defense in the operation of its networks, LiveNX (Network Experience) features an innovative visual display, real-time big data analytics and deep control of routers and switches for unparalleled network administration. LiveNX accelerates troubleshooting with its QoS control, application-aware, and WAN functionality developed through engineering partnerships with Cisco Systems.
It's very expensive.
The solution is fairly expensive compared to other products.
It's very expensive.
The solution is fairly expensive compared to other products.
The ExtraHop Application Performance Management Solution Delivers Unified Visibility Across the IT Environment w/ Proactive Alerts & Accelerated Troubleshooting
The pricing is fair considering the value provided.
The pricing is higher than other solutions, but with such good features, I think it's worth it.
The pricing is fair considering the value provided.
The pricing is higher than other solutions, but with such good features, I think it's worth it.
Alluvio AppResponse provides fast packet capture and storage that feeds intelligent network and application analysis with fast troubleshooting workflows to speed problem diagnosis and resolution. AppResponse delivers full stack application analysis—from packets to web pages - enabling you observe all network and application interactions as they cross the wire, whether they are encrypted or not. Using powerful, flexible network and application analytics and workflows, AppResponse speeds problem diagnosis and resolution, helping you get to answers fast
The price is a little bit high, especially because we have to pay an import tax.
The solution is no more expensive than other products.
The price is a little bit high, especially because we have to pay an import tax.
The solution is no more expensive than other products.
Everbridge IT Alerting is a closed-loop cyber security and incident response automation solution that helps organizations respond to IT Incidents faster and improve teams’ response performance by automating communication, collaboration, and orchestration processes for ServiceOps, IT Security Ops, DevOps, and Disaster Recovery Ops. As a FedRamp-certified solution, IT Alerting capabilities include in-depth scheduling/calendars, interactive & analytical reporting, on-call scheduling, automated escalation, response workflow automation, recording, and much more. The solution is offered as a cloud service based on the secure, highly available, resilient, and globally scalable Everbridge CEM platform.
Pricing is reasonable.
Their pricing is a good value and very reasonable. They are very upfront about their pricing. There is nothing confusing about it.
Pricing is reasonable.
Their pricing is a good value and very reasonable. They are very upfront about their pricing. There is nothing confusing about it.
It depends on the customer, what he wants.
The pricing depends on the environment, the number of services, and the size of the data center. It can go from $100,000 to a million dollars.
It depends on the customer, what he wants.
The pricing depends on the environment, the number of services, and the size of the data center. It can go from $100,000 to a million dollars.
Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring offers features including, Instant visualization, real-time actionable alerts, centralized enterprise controls, and scalability.
The product is a bit expensive considering the competition but the company may negotiate the price.
This is an expensive solution.
The product is a bit expensive considering the competition but the company may negotiate the price.
This is an expensive solution.
AppNeta is the leader in proactive end-user performance monitoring solutions built for the distributed digital enterprise. With AppNeta, IT and Network Ops teams can assure continuous and exceptional delivery of business-critical applications. AppNeta’s SaaS-based solutions give IT teams essential application and network performance data, allowing them to constantly monitor user experience across any application, network, data center or cloud.
Broadcom software is always a little expensive because they provide quality.
It's worth the money.
Broadcom software is always a little expensive because they provide quality.
It's worth the money.
AppOptics is a SaaS-based simple, powerful and affordable Infrastructure & Application monitoring for custom on-premises, cloud, and hybrid systems.
I believe the current licensing cost is reasonable.
Since it's a negotiable rate, I would rate the pricing as a five out of five.
I believe the current licensing cost is reasonable.
Since it's a negotiable rate, I would rate the pricing as a five out of five.
DX NetOps by CA Technologies, a Broadcom company, improves your time to value through advanced AI capabilities and unified network visibility that delivers simplified NetOps intelligence into the user experience that traverses modern architectures. DX NetOps accomplishes this through high scale, unified network monitoring that enables full-stack analytics for assuring traditional and modern architectures. DX NetOps converts inventory, topology, device metrics, faults, flow and packet analysis into actionable intelligence for network operations teams. Complimented by our AIOps solution, DX NetOps enables IT teams to establish proactive, autonomous remediation capabilities across the applications, infrastructure, and networks that fuel superior user experiences.
CA Performance Management is a comprehensive and highly scalable network performance monitoring and analytics platform. It was built to meet the unique demands of big data and modern networks architectures, including highly dynamic and complex hybrid cloud and software-defined networks (SDN).
We were looking at other vendors in the marketplace for NetFlow, and CA just beat everybody else in price, cost, and the size to implement.
Do your homework and know how many devices you will be managing out of the gate. Be sure to project what your growth will be each year.
We were looking at other vendors in the marketplace for NetFlow, and CA just beat everybody else in price, cost, and the size to implement.
Do your homework and know how many devices you will be managing out of the gate. Be sure to project what your growth will be each year.
Well, we had a perpetual license and the renewal was $20 to $25,000.
Thankfully, it doesn't take a lot of manpower to install and deploy.
Well, we had a perpetual license and the renewal was $20 to $25,000.
Thankfully, it doesn't take a lot of manpower to install and deploy.
It can be comparatively expensive but that is because it is comprehensive.
We have 400 licenses and we are only using 150 licenses.
It can be comparatively expensive but that is because it is comprehensive.
We have 400 licenses and we are only using 150 licenses.
Instana ensures that your application delivery organization has the data, visibility and information they need to manage the performance of critical business applications across the DevOps lifecycle. Built to handle the dynamic nature of containerized, microservice architectures, Instana automates infrastructure and application monitoring helping you to ensure the performance and quality of custom applications and accelerate your CI/CD cycle.
Syncsort Zen is a comprehensive set of network-management tools for z/OS platforms. Its various components provide superior monitoring, alerting, tracing, reporting, and security, creating an efficient and manageable product that can seamlessly replace legacy network-management tool sets at a fraction of the legacy cost.