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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Grasshopper

    Score6.1 out of 10
    N/AGrasshopper is an IP telephony business communication solution that provides companies with a toll-free or local phone number. It has both desktop and mobile applications and includes features such as custom greeting recording, call forwarding, call transfer, call reporting, and voicemail.

    $18

    per month for a single user

    SolarWinds Network Automation Manager (NAM)

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds Network Automation Manager is designed to scale to environments of all sizes while providing comprehensive performance, traffic, WAN, and switch port monitoring, automated change and configuration, and IP address management in a single, unified software solution. Key differentiators: Customizable, single-pane-of-glass network monitoring software Topology- and dependency-aware intelligent alerts Real-time config change…N/A
    Pricing
    GrasshopperSolarWinds Network Automation Manager (NAM)
    Editions & Modules
    True Solo
    $18
    per month for a single user
    Solo Plus
    $32
    per month
    Small Business
    $70
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GrasshopperSolarWinds Network Automation Manager (NAM)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details20% discount available for annual pricing.SolarWinds professional support is included to help customers on active maintenance 7 days a week, 365 days a year. We can help you get back up and running when issues occur to keep your systems meeting your needs. Ask your account manager for more information about SolarWinds Premier Support offerings.
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    Community Pulse
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    46 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    45 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    43 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    42 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    46 Answers
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    Features
    GrasshopperSolarWinds Network Automation Manager (NAM)
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Grasshopper and SolarWinds Network Automation Manager (NAM)
    Feature
    Grasshopper
    9.7
    46 Ratings
    20% above category average
    SolarWinds Network Automation Manager (NAM)
    -
    Ratings
    Hosted PBX9.423 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)10.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    User templates10.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call reports9.433 Ratings00 Ratings
    Directory of employee names9.434 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of Grasshopper and SolarWinds Network Automation Manager (NAM)
    Feature
    Grasshopper
    9.6
    51 Ratings
    15% above category average
    SolarWinds Network Automation Manager (NAM)
    -
    Ratings
    Answering rules9.247 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call recording9.622 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call park9.812 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call screening10.036 Ratings00 Ratings
    Message alerts9.243 Ratings00 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Grasshopper and SolarWinds Network Automation Manager (NAM)
    Feature
    Grasshopper
    7.9
    12 Ratings
    0% below category average
    SolarWinds Network Automation Manager (NAM)
    -
    Ratings
    Video conferencing7.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio conferencing7.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video screen sharing8.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant messaging8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of Grasshopper and SolarWinds Network Automation Manager (NAM)
    Feature
    Grasshopper
    8.9
    48 Ratings
    12% above category average
    SolarWinds Network Automation Manager (NAM)
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile app for iOS8.935 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android8.929 Ratings00 Ratings
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    GrasshopperSolarWinds Network Automation Manager (NAM)
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    Score9.7 out of 10
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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    Score7.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    GrasshopperSolarWinds Network Automation Manager (NAM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.8
    (56 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (42 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GrasshopperSolarWinds Network Automation Manager (NAM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    Grasshopper is well suited for basic needs of texting in and out as well as calling out if you would like to avoid using your personal line. It also eliminates the need to have a dedicated land land in your office or business. You can obtain a vanity number and forward calls through grasshopper.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    Well Suited Areas - 1. Network Fault and Performance Monitoring 2. Network Devices Configuration Backup and Configuration Push 3. Netflow Analysis 4. Call Quality Monitoring for Cisco and Avaya 5. Users Ports Management 6. DSN/DHCP Monitoring 7. Alerting and Integration Not Well Suited - 1. Predictive Intelligence based Alerting or data analysis 2. REST API Based Monitoring. 3. SD-WAN Monitoring
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    Pros
    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    • I like that there are differing voicemails for each extension, to keep up with the image of calling a separate line.
    • I love the voicemail text emails. I believe we pay a little extra, but worth every penny for those urgent calls while I am in a meeting.
    • The cost is very reasonable for the value added to our company.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    • Fault and Performance Monitoring
    • Devices Configuration Backup
    • IP Address Management
    • Voice Infrastructure Monitoring
    • Users Ports monitoring
    • Netflow Traffic Utilization
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    Cons
    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    • It would be nice to have the ability to transfer some calls to another Grasshopper IVR, for those customers who mistakenly dial the wrong number (we have two incoming numbers, one for corporate and one for sales).
    • Likewise, it would be nice to have the ability to forward to a toll-free number, which would have allowed us to work around the inability to transfer between IVRs (see above).
    • Lastly, it would be great to have an 'emergency' switch setting (default off but could be toggled on) that would let us override all IVR settings and transfer all incoming calls elsewhere (either to a direct dial or toll free number) for those rare times when we cannot take any calls (such as a weather emergency OR the one time each year we take all of our staff on a retreat) - that would allow us to send all calls to a backup answering service rather than just voicemail.
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    SolarWinds
    • Support for more call infra provider vendors
    • Cloud Network Monitoring
    • Event Management
    • Predictive Intelligence using AIOps and ML
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    Usability
    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    The admin functions are kind of confusing in the old interface which was my most recent experience on the admin side.
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    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    When I was setting up my account I contacted support a couple of times. They were also very professional, personable, and helpful. Their response is prompt and thorough. I'm confident I can get any question answered as well as help with any issue I might have. That's pretty important to me.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
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    Alternatives Considered
    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    I have not used any other phone services like Grasshopper. I know that there is another option out there called Ruby, which is more like a virtual receptionist but since I did not try it out I cannot compare the two. When I started my company I found the services that Grasshopper offers to be perfect. It still works for us and we have no need to change to anything else right now.
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    SolarWinds
    Well Solarwinds is placed much ahead of these products because of the following reasons - One single tool which can perform Fault, Performance Monitoring, Network Bandwidth Utilization, Devices configuration backup, IP Address Management, NetPath, Voice Infra Monitoring, Traps and Syslog Logging, Alerting's, Users Ports Monitoring, Rpeorting etc and hence this make Solarwinds a complete solutions. Whereas other products Like Microfocus requires multiple modules and installation is not easy. LogicMonitor on the other side is well competing (Specially SD-WAN Monitoring) with Solarwinds but it still lacks Devices Configuration Push feature, IP Address Management, NetPath, Users Port Monitoring etc.
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    Return on Investment
    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    • It's allowed us to keep cost down. Other phone systems can seriously get outrageous in implementation and monthly fees!
    • It's allowed our team the confidence to work in locations outside of the office and still be seen as professionals.
    • It's decreased the amount of time spent on unwanted sales calls via the call screening application.
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    SolarWinds
    • Our Network Health has improved with Proactive Monitoring
    • Cost reduction on additional products like PowerBI for Reporting
    • Service Now Integration was easy enough and hence less efforts and cost
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