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SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
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Attribute Ratings
- Catchpoint is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Likelihood to Renew, Support Rating
- SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM) is rated higher in 1 area: Usability
Likelihood to Recommend

9.1
Catchpoint
91%
45 Ratings

8.7
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
87%
138 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

9.1
Catchpoint
91%
1 Rating

7.7
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
77%
4 Ratings
Usability

5.5
Catchpoint
55%
2 Ratings

7.1
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
71%
8 Ratings
Support Rating

9.0
Catchpoint
90%
48 Ratings

7.7
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
77%
13 Ratings
Online Training

Catchpoint
N/A
0 Ratings

10.0
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
100%
1 Rating
Implementation Rating

Catchpoint
N/A
0 Ratings

9.1
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
91%
6 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Catchpoint
Experience testing. We have many many many forms that require the user step thru certain sequences to get to specific places to enter in the information. Once achieved, the user must use that information to perform other actions that must be frequently tested for response time and information accuracy. Once the first several forms are completed, they will in turn effect the outcome of the other actions. CP allows us to test each step of the experience and allows us to focus on specific actions and results. CP is not well suited to test environments that are ever changing as it is not as modularized as it can be. In environments that constantly change, it is difficult to keep CP up to date.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 1001-5000 employeesSolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
If your IT team isn't proficient in automation and scripting, Solarwinds NCM can fill that gap (assuming your company's security team signs off on approving SW in your environment given the hack.) Basic device configuration, pushing mass changes reliably and backups are NCM's strong suites. If you have a complex scenario where if/then cases are needed, NCM is a bit lack luster. Auto discovery isn't as easy either as certain parameters need to be met for that feature to work 100% of the time

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Civil Engineering Company, 1001-5000 employeesPros
Catchpoint
- Performance Chart Metrics: series of graphs and a chart summary. The number of graphs drawn depends on the metrics and settings chosen for the chart.
- Catchpoint synthetic test that will be set up target an endpoint or URLS
- Catchpoint Real User Monitoring (RUM) collects data from users browsing our sites via a JavaScript snippet.
System Engineer
DotDash Meredith CorpMedia Production, 5001-10,000 employees
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
- Integrates with Network Performance Management for Alerting and Reporting.
- NetPath and detects issues due to Configuration Change.
- Keeps a record of which user made the change.
- Which devices are not being backed up, devices where backups are failing, dashboard and alerting available.

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Company, 201-500 employeesCons
Catchpoint
- Adding an endpoint to be monitored requires a lot of steps (since there are a lot of functions and features). A quick-add feature would be nice. If the settings are similar, the interface allows you to duplicate an existing setup and tweak the settings.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Computer Hardware Company, 501-1000 employeesSolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
- For our use case, it does everything great and some of the features we underutilize but I would like to be able to set a configuration baseline when initially adding a node instead of after the configuration is pulled but it's not a particularly big deal to let it pull the configuration then set it as the baseline.
Senior Network Engineer
Synergy FiberComputer Networking, 51-200 employees
Pricing Details
Catchpoint
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
Starting Price
—Likelihood to Renew
Catchpoint
Catchpoint 9.1
Based on 1 answer
Great and convenient to use.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 1001-5000 employeesSolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM) 7.7
Based on 4 answers
I simply love this product for what it does. it backups our configs and stores them so i don't have to worry about if we have current configs. It allows me to recover from a cisco failure in a matter of minutes rather than hours. I only have to copy and paste instead of recreate. so the maximum downtime we have is the time it takes to get the physical hardware replaced
Systems Administrator
Scott Equipment Company, LLCConstruction, 501-1000 employees
Usability
Catchpoint
Catchpoint 5.5
Based on 2 answers
It's hard to find the functionalities that I am looking for in the application. Even if I did something in the past, after a time I have to re-learn again where the functionalities are. This is a powerful tool, but not user-friendly. Texts in the buttons and menus are not always meaningful or easily comprehensible.

Verified User
Analyst in Quality Assurance
Internet Company, 201-500 employeesSolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM) 7.1
Based on 8 answers
The user interface is lacking. It is difficult to navigate at times and things can be done multiple ways. Quite often I am confused by how their notification structure works. It is not very intuitive. They do offer a free Academy. They also offer a community of other technical folks. I have enjoyed both.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Design Company, 51-200 employeesSupport Rating
Catchpoint
Catchpoint 9.0
Based on 48 answers
I have supported 20-30 different vendor tools in my career and Catchpoint, by far, has the best customer service that I have ever experienced. They are very responsive and thoroughly track and provide visibility on progress. Their level one resources are generally very knowledgeable. Also, support is more than happy to join bridge calls to help troubleshoot application issues if requested. Finally, the scope of service provided by support is not just typical support activities - they will also help in creating new monitors, providing training/education, etc... I am extremely happy with Catchpoint support!

Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 5001-10,000 employeesSolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM) 7.7
Based on 13 answers
To be fair, I have not had to involve Support in a number of years, but when I did, I was greeted with enthusiastic engineers who wanted to understand and solve the issue. It was a fairly complex scenario and I have discovered in my most recent implementation that engineering included that option as a standard now.
Network Engineer
AAICInsurance, 51-200 employees
Online Training
Catchpoint
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM) 10.0
Based on 1 answer
Solarwinds has actually produced new training since I last used it that is available on their site at any time. Their previous training was more than enough to get us started but now there is significantly more content. Since I'm comfortable with the Orion platform and the products we use I haven't checked the new training out yet but we have new staff go through portions of that training and they always come away with an understanding of the platform and ready to use it
Senior Network Engineer
Synergy FiberComputer Networking, 51-200 employees
Implementation Rating
Catchpoint
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM) 9.1
Based on 6 answers
Change management played a key role in our organisation. We didn't have any major downtime but it was crucial for us to get his product.
Network Engineer
Commonwealth of MAInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
Alternatives Considered
Catchpoint
Primary reason we went with Catchpoint is that they offered us actual backbone testing locations. All the other features like a filmstrip and traceroutes have been very beneficial as well and were not available in the competitors' solutions.
Team Lead - Operations Technology
Cox AutomotiveAutomotive, 10,001+ employees
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is a great tool and matches much of the functionality of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager. Nothing about Ansible will likely be overwhelming to an engineer with a little time to spare, but that spare time combined with SolarWinds already being our monitoring tool made the decision easy. Time is at a premium in small teams and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is very easy to use right out of the box without all the tweaking required by powerful command line driven tools like Ansible.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Medical Practice Company, 1001-5000 employeesReturn on Investment
Catchpoint
- The ROI has been very good with this product, we have seen multiple folds of time-saving by using this tool and preempting any risk associated with non-performant times of our server, hence increasing the team's capability to respond to certain downtime scenarios and the level of action that needs to be taken.
- Catchpoint’s observability solution makes it easier to have global visibility of our website's performance and to fix issues quicker
- I don't have any negatives, every good product comes with a cost, that is the fact but the Catchpoint tool has ultimately improved our ROI much beyond the changes that we pay

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Cosmetics Company, 10,001+ employeesSolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
- The time savings from automatic daily backups is significant
- The compare configuration tool is super helpful at spotting errors when small changes occur that are hard to detect otherwise.
- The compliance check tool saves countless hours going through configurations for errors.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Airlines/Aviation Company, 501-1000 employees