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55 Ratings
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Based on 55 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
Network Performance Monitoring

Datadog
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
8.2
SolarWinds ipMonitor
82%
SolarWinds ipMonitor ranks higher in 5/5 features
SolarWinds ipMonitor ranks higher in 5/5 features
Automated network device discovery

N/A
0 Ratings
8.4
84%
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
8.0
80%
19 Ratings
Customizable reports

N/A
0 Ratings
6.9
69%
23 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Datadog is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Usability
- Datadog and SolarWinds ipMonitor are tied in 1 area: Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend

9.0
Datadog
90%
19 Ratings
7.8
SolarWinds ipMonitor
78%
23 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

Datadog
N/A
0 Ratings
8.2
SolarWinds ipMonitor
82%
1 Rating
Usability

10.0
Datadog
100%
1 Rating
8.2
SolarWinds ipMonitor
82%
6 Ratings
Support Rating

8.8
Datadog
88%
10 Ratings
8.8
SolarWinds ipMonitor
88%
8 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Datadog
Datadog is a no-brainer for any environment that relies on multiple servers. Even for one server, it's so much better to use for monitoring and alert capability than anything else I remember looking at before we started using Datadog. Teams can even use it to track their progress of investigating an alert so multiple people aren't unknowingly looking into the same exact issue unnecessarily.

Verified User
Director in Research & Development
Financial Services Company, 1-10 employeesSolarWinds 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
Datadog
- APIs, the ability to interact with the data we pull into data dog is key. We port the information over to Servicenow, so the ability to pull everything into DataDog, then Servicenow, is a key component of our success here at Wayfair.
- Simple Interface - clean, useful, effective. Allows users to use DataDog for one reason, get work done.
- Lightweight agent on hosts
ServiceNow Lead Engineer/Architect
WayfairInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ 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
Datadog
- User interface could be improved in some areas, looking for host information and the agent install link takes a bit of time.
- Configuration of the agent is generally done via a config file which is a pro and a con. It would be nice to have some UI to configure various agent options.
- Billing isn't entirely straightforward, they could use more reports to figure out the source of your monthly costs.
Software Architect
SpringAheadInternet, 51-200 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
Datadog
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
Starting Price
$0 Up to 5 hosts
Datadog Editions & Modules
On-premise Edition
Infrastructure | $15.001 |
---|---|
Log Management | $1.272 |
APM | $31.003 |
- Per Host Per Month
- Per Million Log Events
- Per Host Per Month
SaaS Edition
Free | $01 |
---|---|
Standard | $15/host2 |
Enterprise | Custom3 |
- Up to 5 hosts
- Up to 500 hosts
- 500+ hosts
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 |
---|---|
ipMonitor - 1000 Monitors | $26201 |
ipMonitor - 500 Monitors | $15701 |
- installation
Additional Pricing Details
—Likelihood to Renew
Datadog
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
Datadog
Datadog 10.0
Based on 1 answer
The user interface is quite intuitive with the exception of the network map. As a deployer of software, it is trivial to setup.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 501-1000 employeesSolarWinds 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
Datadog
Datadog 8.8
Based on 10 answers
The support team usually gets it right. We did have a rather complicate issue setting up monitoring on a domain controller. However, they are usually responsive and helpful over chat. The downside would be I don’t think they have any phone support. If that is important to you this might not be a good fit.

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Consumer Goods Company, 51-200 employeesSolarWinds 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
Datadog
We are still trying other products, but people still like Datadog. After setting up a dashboard, it's great for monitoring instances on Datadog. Also, the DevOps team had a good time setting up Datadog. It means Datadog was way easier to set up compared to those others.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 201-500 employeesSolarWinds 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
Datadog
- One of our critical production databases went down a couple of weeks back. Just because we had the Datadog monitoring enabled for that database, Datadog sent the alerts to PagerDuty and we were instantly notified via pager and email alert. We could act right away and bring up the database within a few mins.
- Ability to create custom screenboards have allowed us to track the critical and warning alerts in front of our eyes all the time
Systems Analyst, Engineering
Dreamworks AnimationEntertainment, 1001-5000 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