Barracuda RMM vs. HPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Barracuda RMM
Score 8.8 out of 10
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Barracuda RMM (based on the former Managed Workplace product acquired by Barracuda from Avast in 2019) is a Remote Monitoring and Management platform. Managed Workplace serves as an agentless tool that MSP’s can use for clients with an emphasis on security assessment and reporting. It also provides other system monitoring functionalities, including patch management, asset management and tracking, and task automation with a library of prebuilt and user-designed scripts. It also offers…N/A
HPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM)
Score 10.0 out of 10
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HPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM) is a solution for managing hardware across a variety of HP servers, in addition to storage and networking product. Some key features include: Inventory Management and Reporting, Health Management, and Firmware and System Software Updates Management.N/A
Pricing
Barracuda RMMHPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM)
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Barracuda RMMHPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM)
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Barracuda RMMHPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM)
Top Pros
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Features
Barracuda RMMHPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM)
Monitoring Tasks
Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Product A and Product B
Barracuda RMM
9.1
3 Ratings
22% above category average
HPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM)
-
Ratings
Remote monitoring8.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Network device monitoring8.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Tasks
Comparison of Management Tasks features of Product A and Product B
Barracuda RMM
6.6
3 Ratings
8% below category average
HPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM)
-
Ratings
Patch Management6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Policy-based automation7.13 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Barracuda RMMHPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM)
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(7 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
4.2
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Barracuda RMMHPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM)
Likelihood to Recommend
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
With a lot of fine-tuning, it works very well to keep the Tier 2 team aware of almost any variable of interest of notification from your servers. You can automate scripts to deploy based on these events. It's cut down the amount of time spent digging around for answers or sifting through logs. Software deployment could use a lot of work for simplicity. We opted for other apps to accomplish this. The helpdesk function may work for those needing something basic, but again, we opted for a full ITSM based on ITIL. It works well for Remote Desktop Support, even for support on the fly for those who don't have the Premium Desktop app installed.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
This software is suited for a smaller organization with a small datacenter that uses mainly HP hardware. Once the environment gets larger it would pay to move to some of their paid for products
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Pros
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • Very good reporting. We provide monthly reports to our customers on remote access, patching, etc.
  • Multiple methods of remote access. This is helpful because different scenarios require different remote access methods.
  • The site is easy to navigate/manage. There is not a big learning curve for new employees.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • HP Systems Insight Manager is very good at scanning for devices and adding them for monitoring is almost effortless.
  • HP Systems Insight Manager is very good at detecting most HP hardware and integrating with local management software.
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Cons
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • Sometimes when using Premium Remote it says that the wrong password was entered but the password is auto-filled by the program, not the user.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • I think some of the areas that HP Systems Insight Manager can improve is non HP hardware.
  • This software also sometimes struggles handling larger environments.
  • This software also has issues managing environments that aren't set up perfectly.
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Usability
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
For basic functions it's very easy to set up and use. However, for more advanced functions it takes a lot of time to figure out its quirks
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Support Rating
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
We've tried many times to work with support to accomplish various tasks in the system with minimal responsiveness and success. Most of what we have accomplished has been without support and through trial/error.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Implementation Rating
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
It's good for small organizations that use HP branded equipment
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Alternatives Considered
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
AVG Managed Workplace has more tools and features. The pre-existing templates and alerts are working properly while Continuum does not even provide service like that. There are some specific tools to work with and they are super easy to complete the task, for example, you can show what was replaced for your client. You can do it with others and even with Excel, but with table grid view mode of AVG will help you to do it more easily.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Some of the other products I use for system management are HP SiteScope and SolarWinds Orion NPM and APM. SiteScope is another good HP product but it isn't very cost effective to use for general system management. It's good for performing complex alerting and monitoring. SolarWinds makes a great product but it is better geared for gathering statistics and performance data real-time and historically. Again the cost of this product makes it ineffective for general system monitoring.
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Return on Investment
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • Saves time for employees which saves money for the company.
  • Easy to sell something that gives peace of mind to a customer knowing someone is watching their stuff 24/7.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • Since this software is free if you buy HP hardware the cost is nothing which is nice for cash strapped businesses.
  • This software has a somewhat difficult time handling large environments where systems are not configured perfectly for this software.
  • I would always recommend having multiples of this software installed for redundancy because generally unless it and the environment is properly configured it can require maintenance.
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