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    Auvik

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AAuvik Network Management is a vendor-agnostic cloud-based network monitoring and management solution providing automated network discovery. Auvik requires no service hardware or disruptive maintenance cycles and provides onboarding and training for new and existing users. Auvik delivers visibility and automation to reduce friction for IT teams and allow them to give end users the freedom to work wherever and however they…N/A

    IBM SevOne

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AIBM SevOne’s app-centric, hybrid network observability empowers NetOps teams with ML-driven insights, enabling proactive issue prevention and resolution. With a single source of truth for network performance, it delivers visibility to optimize operations and support agility in complex, multi-cloud environments.N/A
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    AuvikIBM SevOne
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    AuvikIBM SevOne
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing is calculated per number of switches, routers, firewalls, and controllers. Everything else is monitored for free.IBM® SevOne® uses Managed Device (MD) and Managed Client Device (MCD) as pricing metrics. These can be mapped to managed devices for physical, virtualized and containerized functions in the managed environment.
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    AuvikIBM SevOne
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    Auvik Networks Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    AuvikIBM SevOne
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Auvik and IBM SevOne
    Feature
    Auvik
    7.9
    106 Ratings
    0% below category average
    IBM SevOne
    7.6
    16 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Automated network device discovery9.6105 Ratings7.916 Ratings
    Network monitoring8.8106 Ratings7.516 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation7.883 Ratings7.415 Ratings
    Alerts8.6105 Ratings7.015 Ratings
    Network capacity planning7.683 Ratings7.615 Ratings
    Packet capture analysis7.065 Ratings7.610 Ratings
    Network mapping8.4104 Ratings7.716 Ratings
    Customizable reports5.678 Ratings7.716 Ratings
    Wireless infrastructure monitoring7.485 Ratings7.413 Ratings
    Hardware health monitoring8.296 Ratings8.37 Ratings
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    AuvikIBM SevOne
    Small Businesses
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    Score9 out of 10
    Auvik
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Nmap
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Nmap
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AuvikIBM SevOne
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (118 ratings)
    7.7
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.8
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    Usability
    7.3
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    Availability
    9.1
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    Performance
    8.2
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    Support Rating
    9.7
    (4 ratings)
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    Product Scalability
    9.1
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    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    AuvikIBM SevOne
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Auvik Networks Inc.
    Auvik is well suited for managed service customers and small-scale SMB customers who do not have enough technical resource to manage and monitor their network. Also for customer who has distributed networks spreaded across worldwide or nation wide, Auvik is well suited since it does not need any on-premise setup at each site except for a collector. For customer who has already adopted and used cloud network and hosting services, Auvik is better as Auvik is also fully cloud based offering
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    IBM
    IBM SevOne ensures deep performance and in depth monitoring and allows customization according to specific organisation or business needs. Availability of real-time alerts and unlimited customization. The software integrates freely with many third party applications and has reliable analytics and reporting systems. Ability of the software in automating routine network monitoring tasks which reduces operational costs. Software pricing is a major challenge towards smooth implementation of the software. It is expensive and not affordable to small businesses and organisations.
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    Pros
    Auvik Networks Inc.
    • Auvik is the big pic tool of choice for network diagramming, helps layout of our network infrastructure, and we'll know immediately the status of the devices that are successfully communicating, and those that may have, for example, credentials issues.
    • Auvik's "Traffic Insights" are key accelerators for intuitively isolating and resolving traffic-related issues quickly and easily, and the historical information makes it simpler to deduce what aspects may need replacement, capacity improvement, or possibly even re-architecture.
    • Auvik integration tools are excellent solution enhancers - that are of particular interest to our company, as we make use of MS Teams and Connectwise products; we would like to see some features to integrate to ServiceNow as well.
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    IBM
    • To see trends in network usage, identify upgrade switches, increase bandwidth and cabling
    • Provide dashboards to operations, logistics for both warehouse and production managers
    • Can integrate into incident systems to auto create tickets when issues happen
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    Cons
    Auvik Networks Inc.
    • The map is not easy to quickly zoom in and out of or pan around. Usually requires a lot of filter toggling. Keyboard shortcuts for this would be nice.
    • Better global settings that can be pushed to multiple client organizations
    • Security groups/RBAC for user permissions across multiple clients
    • Ability to change the URL
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    IBM
    • Documentation for the embedded help pages in NMS and more. In my opinion, these do not provide anything of any depth or maybe anything helpful at all. If anything it just seems to be a guide of what actually exists on the page. It is nicely searchable documentation though.
    • It is very surprising and disappointing for us to learn that it isn't until the latest version of IBM SevOne that bulk editing was introduced. I think this is such a basic and foundational feature that should have been a part of the original rollout. My team is still trying to configure the REST API.
    • It was disappointing for the webinar to start with a speaker who had a thick accent and simply read from slides. To me, it felt hopeless until the second speaker, who was engaging and easy to understand. It's as if this fact wasn't considered. I'm sure the first speaker lost a lot of viewers who didn't stick around to discover the 2nd speaker.
    • I asked three different questions during the webinar and none were answered.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Auvik Networks Inc.
    Because it's an amazing product.
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    IBM
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    Usability
    Auvik Networks Inc.
    The program can be a bit unwieldy at times, however the majority of information is displayed in a readable and friendly way. The maps and popup information box from the bottom can be harder to use on a smaller screen but on a 1080p+ display tends to work fine.
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    IBM
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    Reliability and Availability
    Auvik Networks Inc.
    We have never had a major outage or impact that was noticeable.
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    IBM
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    Performance
    Auvik Networks Inc.
    Pages can be slow to load on larger sites but tends to be fine for most clients.
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    Support Rating
    Auvik Networks Inc.
    Fast response and knowledgeable. If the technician does not know, they will look for the information and get back to you.
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    IBM
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    Alternatives Considered
    Auvik Networks Inc.
    Auvik can stand up against any of the big network management and monitoring solutions on the market. I've implemented and used SolarWinds at many organizations for over 15 years. The paradigm that SolarWinds, PRTG, Prime, etc., work under is completely different than Auvik. It's apparent that Auvik was aiming to solve a different problem and built that solution from the ground up. For any organization responsible for multiple other organizations' infrastructure, Auvik is invaluable in comparison to the other products listed.
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    IBM
    IBM SevOne was selected instead of Datadog because it is perfect for large insurance networks and also connects trouble-free between the on-premise and cloud environments. Its alerts are in real-time, it offers comprehensive dashboards and it allows to gain a better grip on the network issues, thus helping to keep the downtime small and the operations well managed thanks to the good communication.
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    Scalability
    Auvik Networks Inc.
    Auvik has worked on sites with 15+ offices connected with VPN's and we have not encountered any issues with the monitoring. On larger sites the map can be a bit cumbersome to read however it can be cleaned up easily with device filters.
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    IBM
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    Return on Investment
    Auvik Networks Inc.
    • the ROI for Auvik comes from the time it saves in updating documentation and onboarding, new clients. We no longer have to spend a day investigating a network and documenting it, this is life and up to date so you always have true information for reporting and troubleshooting.
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    IBM
    • Being able to create reports with variables, so end users can check on a multitude of devices easily.
    • Proactive alarming on issues that will cause outages.
    • Automatic provisioning of Virtual Machines into IBM SevOne through the VMWare plugin
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    ScreenShots

    Auvik Screenshots

    Screenshot of a display of the big network picture used to narrow down possible devices to investigate. Auvik pulls data from sources like CDP, LLDP, and forwarding tables to meticulously model the Layer 1 network diagram. Layers 2 and 3 are built from ARP tables, IP assignments, and VLAN associations to show what’s on the network, where it is, and how it’s connected.Screenshot of Auvik’s automated inventory, which uses network protocols to detect and capture full details for every device on the network including make and model, serial number, IP address, and the physical switchport the device is connected to. If the device is known but not its location, Auvik can find the device and every other device it’s connected to.Screenshot of lifecycle data, pulled from supported devices to show whether they’re on current or expired support contracts, whether there are more up-to-date software versions available, if devices are eligible to receive critical security updates, and if devices are still available for purchase.Screenshot of Auvik's over 50 pre-configured alerts tuned to industry best practices and ranging from informational to emergency. Its pre-configured alerts can be tweaked, added to, and the frequency of how often notifications are sent can be changed.Screenshot of Auvik TrafficInsights, which leverages machine learning and traffic classification to show which applications—like Dropbox, Netflix, or Slack—or protocols are using up the bulk of the network’s bandwidth.Screenshot of Auvik's centralized syslog for all network devices where they can be viewed directly from the device dashboard for more context, to more quickly troubleshoot network issues.

    IBM SevOne Screenshots

    Screenshot of Hybrid cloud network monitoring. This view helps achieve application-centric observability in hybrid cloud environments for maintaining optimal performance across infrastructure.Screenshot of MSP network monitoring. This provides comprehensive network monitoring and observability that empower MSPs to support enterprise clients on their hybrid multicloud journeys.Screenshot of SD-WAN monitoring. This helps mitigate the transitional risk of moving from traditional WANs to fast and dynamic SD-WAN links.Screenshot of SDN monitoring. This helps maximize the performance and value of Cisco ACI infrastructure with built-in support for monitoring Cisco ACI-based software-defined networks (SDNs).Screenshot of Enterprise wifi monitoring. This creates visibility across wifi infrastructures to assure consistent high-quality services with modern wifi monitoring and management capabilities.Screenshot of A view of the default machine learning analytics and visualizations that aid in troubleshooting, anomaly detection, and forecasting. This allows for proactive identification and troubleshooting of issues before they impact end-users.