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Entuity vs. SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Entuity

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AThe Entuity network monitoring tool from Park Place Technologies (acquired 2019) automates network discovery and uses workflows that enable users to see when something has gone wrong. Responsive dashboards allow users to take a high-level view to gauge network health or drill down to the component level to fix network problems.N/A

    SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is network diagnostics and troubleshooting technology, from Austin-based SolarWinds.N/A
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    EntuitySolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
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    EntuitySolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    EntuitySolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    Considered Both Products
    Park Place Technologies
    Chose Entuity
    The list above shows you some of the products that Entuity replaces.
    The good product and excellent support behind it make it a better choice from the admin's and EA's perspective. My customers have praised the short learning curve and the swift and professional support staff. F…
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    Key User Insights
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    92%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    95%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    94%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
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    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Entuity and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    Feature
    Entuity
    8.8
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
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    Ratings
    Automated network device discovery10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network monitoring10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Alerts9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network capacity planning8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Packet capture analysis9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network mapping10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Wireless infrastructure monitoring9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Hardware health monitoring8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    EntuitySolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (142 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    7.0
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (9 ratings)
    Online Training
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    10.0
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    Implementation Rating
    -
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    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    EntuitySolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Park Place Technologies
    I think that if your organization is network-oriented (such as telecom or ISP) deploying Entuity should be considered a mandatory step. Big organizations will benefit from the ITSM (ticketing, monitoring and CMDB) integrations.
    However, if your goal is to ensure that the server layer is monitored in great level (process and service monitoring, log parsing etc.) then Entuity will not suit your needs.
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    SolarWinds
    Network Configuration Manager is well suited for backing up configurations of all your devices. It also has a great comparison tool for seeing only the differences in config. Another great feature is it's ability to push a script to any number of devices. This is very handy for pushing changes to one, 10 or multiple devices. There are also some great reports that you can run against the devices in inventory
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    Pros
    Park Place Technologies
    • Exceptional network discovery and mapping.
    • Great CMDB integration capabilities.
    • Good event management integrations.
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    SolarWinds
    • 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.
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    Cons
    Park Place Technologies
    • Detailed server monitoring.
    • Detailed storage monitoring.
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    SolarWinds
    • 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.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Park Place Technologies
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    SolarWinds
    Medium complexity to set up in the beginning if using any non-standard devices or configurations, else fairly easy (e.g. Cisco Nexus or IOS-based devices). Reports are fairly straightforward to set up. Updates to the platform are fairly straightforward and don't take a major effort. Easy to add or remove devices.
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    Usability
    Park Place Technologies
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    SolarWinds
    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.
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    Support Rating
    Park Place Technologies
    Entuity support has always been quick to respond and the majority of the calls I had were resolved on the first call. In addition, the product documentation is easy to read and goes into great detail of how the product works. This is probably a reason why a support call is literally the last call for Entuity (no pun intended).
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    SolarWinds
    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.
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    Online Training
    Park Place Technologies
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    SolarWinds
    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
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    Implementation Rating
    Park Place Technologies
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    SolarWinds
    it was a fairly easy implementation and everything was pretty straightforward. only challenge we had was getting all the snmp communities updated on the networking equipment
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    Alternatives Considered
    Park Place Technologies
    The list above shows you some of the products that Entuity replaces.
    The good product and excellent support behind it make it a better choice from the admin's and EA's perspective. My customers have praised the short learning curve and the swift and professional support staff. From my own experience I can tell that this product is delivered with one of the finest sets of documentation I have ever seen.
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    SolarWinds
    At the time SolarWinds was the biggest player in the space and their whole portfolio was very comprehensive. As time progressed and newer technologies came about (i.e. SDWAN) their products couldn't keep up with the consumer demands and changing market. Security became such a big focus that once Solarwinds got hacked we had to remove all their products from our environment
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    Return on Investment
    Park Place Technologies
    • Reconciling multiple tools (netflow, configuration, monitoring and discovery) into one tool simplified the support agreement.
    • Root cause analysis (RCA) time has been greatly reduced thanks to having all information in a single interface.
    • Security of the network devices has improved thanks to the discovery provided by Entuity.
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    SolarWinds
    • Saves 100s of hours a year in man hours over manual configuration.
    • Saved easily 50k in lost revenue when a switch rebooted with months old unsaved configuration. NCM let us quickly restore a snapshot of the running config from the previous day.
    • Saves us several man hours per week of config auditing by reducing all changes to a summary email.
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    ScreenShots

    SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM) Screenshots

    Screenshot of Network Automation -  manage rapid change across complex and multi-vendor networks, reduce time needed to complete repetitive tasks, and maintain standards and service levels for uninterrupted ITScreenshot of Config Backup - rest easy knowing you can locate the most current configuration and quickly apply it to a replacement spare, or to roll back a blown configuration.Screenshot of Vulnerability Scanning - Take the hassle out of vulnerability scanning using NCM's integration with the National Vulnerability Database and access to the most current CVE’s to identify vulnerabilities in your Cisco devices.Screenshot of Inventory Management - Be able to know what devices are connected to your network, their hardware and software configurations, and when they approach end-of-service and end-of-life, with NCM device configuration management tool.Screenshot of User Management - Use NCM's integrated console to lock down devices from unauthorized access, delegate who can view device details and make configuration changes, and determine when network changes can occur.Screenshot of Baselines and Diffs - IT professionals can get a more comprehensive view by leveraging baselines across multiple nodes. Diff view in NCM’s network configuration management tool is designed to highlight only those lines that changed.