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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HP OpenView (Discontinued)

    Score4 out of 10
    N/AHP OpenView, later HP BTO was a system and network monitoring tool from Hewlett-Packard, and is now End of Life (EOL).N/A

    N-able N-sight RMM

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM) is a cloud-based system monitoring offering for Managed Service Providers. It provides a full monitoring and management suite, including automation and threat detection capabilities, and can integrate with other SolarWinds products.N/A

    SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds® Engineer’s Toolset (ETS) helps users monitor and troubleshoot a network with over 60 tools for network management. ETS allows users to monitor and receive alerts in real time on network availability and health, and perform network diagnostics for faster troubleshooting and resolution of complex network issues. With ETS users can deploy an array of network discovery tools including Port Scanner, Switch Port Mapper or advanced Subnet Calculator, manage Cisco® devices with specialized…

    $1,585

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    HP OpenView (Discontinued)N-able N-sight RMMSolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
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    $1,585
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    HP OpenView (Discontinued)N-able N-sight RMMSolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    HP OpenView (Discontinued)N-able N-sight RMMSolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
    Considered Multiple Products
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    N-able
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    SolarWinds
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    85%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    HP OpenView (Discontinued)N-able N-sight RMMSolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
    Monitoring Tasks
    Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of HP OpenView (Discontinued) and N-able N-sight RMM and SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
    Feature
    HP OpenView (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    N-able N-sight RMM
    9.2
    19 Ratings
    26% above category average
    SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
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    Ratings
    Remote monitoring00 Ratings9.319 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network device monitoring00 Ratings7.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Tasks
    Comparison of Management Tasks features of HP OpenView (Discontinued) and N-able N-sight RMM and SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
    Feature
    HP OpenView (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    N-able N-sight RMM
    9.2
    19 Ratings
    31% above category average
    SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
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    Ratings
    Patch Management00 Ratings8.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy-based automation00 Ratings9.019 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    HP OpenView (Discontinued)N-able N-sight RMMSolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    8.6
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.2
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    Support Rating
    -
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    7.4
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HP OpenView (Discontinued)N-able N-sight RMMSolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    HP Openview really helped us when we migrated our old SAP Data from IBM Platform to OpenText.
    Incentivized
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    N-able
    It's great for the basics of device management for Windows PCs, I wouldn't recommend it for Mac other than asset management. The patch management and monitoring templates are helpful for the day-to-day, and the "Take Control" feature for remote assistance allows us to provide fast service to clients - we often are on a machine within 5 minutes of receiving a ticket.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    I have found the toolset especially useful for scanning subnets to discover devices, and for setting up temporary real-time monitors when we are troubleshooting or setting up new connections. The most useful aspect has been the ability to apply the tools to help troubleshoot and pinpoint intermittent issues. More general tools like Orion often do not have the granularity to detect issues like intermittent packet loss which are especially impactful to applications like Voice. The toolset gives us another level of capability to dig into issues.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • SAP Batch Job monitoring.
    • File Systems
    • Database Montioring
    Incentivized
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    N-able
    • It provides fantastic remote access capabilities. The Take Control tool gives us a robust platform that is capable of remote controlling almost any endpoint we need to and the chat, file transfer, and screen recording tools are all exceptionally useful.
    • SolarWinds RMM is particularly useful as a single pane of glass solution that allows us to monitor and manage thousands of endpoints across dozens of different clients. It does a solid job of allowing us to sort, organize, and filter based off of who and what we want to see at any given time.
    • Due to its client based nature, the platform excels at in-depth monitoring of services, event logs, and the functionality of systems with custom script checks.
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    SolarWinds
    • Various monitoring
    • Stores history
    • Suggests indices
    • Helps to find the SQL query text
    • Helps to see what machines/users the bad queries are coming from
    • Shows current blocking session
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Monitoring interface should be more user friendly.
    Incentivized
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    N-able
    • UI speed and threading across multiple windows (1 window refreshing, causes all refreshes to hang).
    • Load times in certain menus, regardless of server specs.
    • Integration with 3rd party applications.
    • Speed of dev team response in regards to existing features malfunctioning, or major bugs that Solarwinds does not consider major.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    • The unifying component that is intended to be the initial interface to the tools seems clunky. I prefer to start the tools individually rather than using it.
    • The port scanner could use some improvements to make it easier to use.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
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    N-able
    The interface is easy to navigate. Setting up policies is straight forward. The antivirus and web filter are simple and exceptions are easy to make. Upgrading the agent is made simple and creating scripts is made fool proof. (Well, almost)
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    Very easy to use and intuitive. Just be careful with the WAN Killer...it does what it says.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
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    N-able
    The ease of use, full functionality, reliability and excellent support.[N-able RMM (formerly Solarwinds RMM)] gives users a full suite of tools with a single installable file. Unlike standard tools, you don't have to install several different executables to be able to have fully protected end points.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    Our organization uses it regularly. It is reliable, and we keep finding new uses for it
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    User friendly, easy to access and more detailed info during the monitoring.
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    N-able
    Ultimately, we chose to stay with N-able N-sight due to their competitive pricing and billing system that we integrated into our accounting. The other competitors do offer better-made modules/new technology, but we were not ready to make this big move because of the cost. In the future, perhaps, we will still consider NinjaOne.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    I haven't compared any tools similar to SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset. This might be because I'm pretty biased when it comes to monitoring, and reporting solutions. I've found that SolarWinds provides the biggest bang for the buck in my opinion. I'm sure there are other solutions on the market that compete, but I haven't tried any of them because I've been very satisfied with SolarWinds.
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Biggest support in maintaining 10,000 Linux servers.
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    N-able
    • The ROI is immediate for us. The advanced alerting alone makes this product an ace in our bag. The confidence you have in your network is wonderful.
    • Another big ROI we get from the advanced alerting is the peace of mind that our engineers feel. We are a 24/7 shop, so being on-call goes from being hectic to extremely manageable.
    • The only negative I can honestly say is when the time comes to patch the product. Micro-patches are easy enough, but jumping versions can be a bit taxing.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    • Spend less time downloading free buggy tools
    • All the tools in one spot, so you don't have to look around for tools
    • Get to the solution sooner
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    N-able N-sight RMM Screenshots

    Screenshot of N-able RMM Dashboard

    SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset Screenshots

    Screenshot of Perform network stress tests with Engineer's Toolset WAN Killer. You don’t need to use real traffic for studying network activities, like testing traffic and load balancing. Instead, deploy Engineer's Toolset WAN Killer to help interactively test connections and adjust the IP traffic generated to achieve the desired network load based on your requirements.Screenshot of Quickly troubleshoot your network with enhanced ping capabilities and packet route tracing, among other network bandwidth usage and monitoring tools included in ETS.Screenshot of Using ETS, you can run scans to gain insight into how routers, hubs switches, and other devices are configured by analyzing SNMP queries and viewing MIB attributes. ETS is designed to help you more easily understand whether your network and ports are using appropriate settings.Screenshot of Config Compare, a part of ETS, is built to compare the running configuration of a Cisco router with the startup configuration. With the Cisco configuration compare tool, you can easily detect the changes made to the network, switch, and router configurations that are not committed to non-volatile memory (NVRAM).Screenshot of Manage your IP network from discovery to address tracking. Discover subnets on a seed router and scan the subnet or a range of IP addresses, generate a list of subnets along with their mask, size, range, and broadcast address and actively monitor subnets to identify and track which IP addresses are in use on your network.