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59 Ratings
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Based on 59 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
Network Performance Monitoring
Argus
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
8.1
SolarWinds ipMonitor
81%
SolarWinds ipMonitor ranks higher in 5/5 features
SolarWinds ipMonitor ranks higher in 5/5 features
Automated network device discovery
N/A
0 Ratings
8.3
83%
10 Ratings
Network monitoring
N/A
0 Ratings
8.8
88%
23 Ratings
Alerts
N/A
0 Ratings
8.7
87%
23 Ratings
Network mapping
N/A
0 Ratings
7.9
79%
19 Ratings
Customizable reports
N/A
0 Ratings
6.8
68%
23 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Argus is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Support Rating
- SolarWinds ipMonitor is rated higher in 1 area: Usability
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
Argus
100%
1 Rating
7.8
SolarWinds ipMonitor
78%
23 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
Argus
N/A
0 Ratings
8.2
SolarWinds ipMonitor
82%
1 Rating
Usability
5.0
Argus
50%
1 Rating
8.2
SolarWinds ipMonitor
82%
6 Ratings
Support Rating
9.0
Argus
90%
1 Rating
8.8
SolarWinds ipMonitor
88%
8 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Argus
[Argus is] the best property valuation tool on the market but you also can't really do any advanced property valuations without Argus. It's an industry standard and while there are competitors, they do not approach the same feature set or institutional usage the Argus has.
Systems Administrator/Desktop Support
Time EquitiesReal Estate, 201-500 employees
SolarWinds ipMonitor
SolarWinds ipMonitor is well suited in situation where customer do not wants to hold the responsibility of underlying monitoring infrastructure management such as Servers, Database, website and their high availability. And of course when you need Network, Servers, Services fault and performance monitoring. When you have specialized network monitoring requirement such as Configuration backup, netflow traffic analysis then this is not the right tool.
Development Team Lead
AccentureComputer Software, 10,001+ employees
Pros
Argus
- Financial forecasting
- Property Valuation
- Improves Decision Making
Systems Administrator/Desktop Support
Time EquitiesReal Estate, 201-500 employees
SolarWinds ipMonitor
- ipMonitor is well suited to use SNMP sources to monitor up states and usage such as network interfaces
- ipMonitor does a great job of measuring bandwidth usage and delivering a long term 'picture' of usage
- ipMonitor has an exceptional interface that is easy to use and simple to navigate
Network Systems Engineer
Whitesell GroupMechanical or Industrial Engineering, 501-1000 employees
Cons
Argus
- Price
- Only game in town
Systems Administrator/Desktop Support
Time EquitiesReal Estate, 201-500 employees
SolarWinds ipMonitor
- It is a very complete and versatile software, but its price can be somewhat high for small companies.
- During the analysis of the collected data the process can be somewhat slow, so it takes more time than expected.
- Its configuration process can be somewhat complex since it requires several configurations so having prior knowledge is helpful.
Senior Software Engineering
Coupa SoftwareComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees
Pricing Details
Argus
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Argus Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—SolarWinds ipMonitor
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$1,570 installation
SolarWinds ipMonitor Editions & Modules
Edition
ipMonitor -2500 Monitors | $57701 |
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ipMonitor - 1000 Monitors | $26201 |
ipMonitor - 500 Monitors | $15701 |
- installation
Additional Pricing Details
—Likelihood to Renew
Argus
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
SolarWinds ipMonitor
SolarWinds ipMonitor 8.2
Based on 1 answer
I have very few pieces of software, that are specific to IT and IT services, that just work. Honestly, I don't need the support as it never breaks, but I believe in rewarding vendors that make valuable products
Network Systems Engineer
Whitesell GroupMechanical or Industrial Engineering, 501-1000 employees
Usability
Argus
Argus 5.0
Based on 1 answer
Argus is the type of program that is very difficult to just sit down and figure out. Our analysts must have formal training in order to use it. The standard is a three day classroom course that is offered on a pretty regular basis.
Systems Administrator/Desktop Support
Time EquitiesReal Estate, 201-500 employees
SolarWinds ipMonitor
SolarWinds ipMonitor 8.2
Based on 6 answers
SolarWinds ipMonitor is a perfectly decent network mapper and performance metric gatherer, but it is held back by the UI, which can be hard to navigate once you have more than a couple dozen assets in there. It is fairly priced, but it also sometimes takes a really long time before results come in.
Security Officer
IXON CloudInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Support Rating
Argus
Argus 9.0
Based on 1 answer
Support is pretty good. The techs are pretty knowledgeable about the product and confident. You don't feel like they are just going through the knowledgebase and they are easy to understand. I have also never been stuck on hold for a long period of time to speak to someone.
Systems Administrator/Desktop Support
Time EquitiesReal Estate, 201-500 employees
SolarWinds ipMonitor
SolarWinds ipMonitor 8.8
Based on 8 answers
Although I had not much support ticket with ipMonitor support team but I can share my overall experience with SolarWinds products and support team. I am working with SolarWinds support team since last 7 years and in last 2-3 years I have seen a significant improvement in knowledge documentation which is helping end users to troubleshoot problems by themselves. Apart from this SolarWinds phone call based support is very nice as tickets and emails might take some time but a direct phone call can get your job done quickly comparatively.
Associate Consultant
HCL TechnologiesInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees
Alternatives Considered
Argus
No answers on this topic
SolarWinds ipMonitor
We were trying to evaluate different providers and ipMonitor suited us because we had on-prem and cloud instances and management decided to check the paid tool. The ipMonitor is a very responsive tool and it served the purpose well but as IT is evolving and needs are changing, we discontinued the ipMonitor and shifted to Zabbix due to the customization which was the need at the time.
Senior Devops Engineer
iENGINEERINGInformation Technology & Services, 51-200 employees
Return on Investment
Argus
- It is costly
- But the best tool out there
- A vital decision making tool.
Systems Administrator/Desktop Support
Time EquitiesReal Estate, 201-500 employees
SolarWinds ipMonitor
- We currently use an outside service to monitor critical network nodes. We will do away with that service shortly.
- We no longer have to wait to hear from our users if there is a network device down. We will be proactively alerted and we can begin to remediate immediately helping to limit downtime.
- After initial setup and some tweaking, it requires little to no time to maintain.
IT Manager
Handel ArchitectsArchitecture & Planning, 51-200 employees