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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Intermapper

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AIntermapper is a network monitoring and mapping software for hybrid environments. Intermapper provides real-time performance alerts and bandwidth monitoring with cross-platform functionality.N/A

    SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AAustin-based SolarWinds offers Internet Protocal address management (IPAM) networking service.N/A
    Pricing
    IntermapperSolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    IntermapperSolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional DetailsIntermapper pricing is based on number of devices monitored. Intermapper is free for 5 devices or less. Subscription pricing starts at $303 for 25 devices. Device-based pricing starts at $765 for 25 devices.SolarWinds professional support is included to help customers on active maintenance 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
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    Community Pulse
    IntermapperSolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)
    Considered Both Products
    Fortra
    Chose Intermapper
    Some of these other packages have some very sophisticated capabilities that Intermapper lacks. The problem is, not too many IT departments have the bandwidth to set them up properly and us the sophisticated features and maintain them. So why not get something that does what you …
    Incentivized
    SolarWinds
    Chose SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)
    SolarWinds IP Address Manager runs slower than the other applications but provides more information than just the IP and hostname. SolarWinds IP Address Manager also has a graphical representation of the used, reserved, unused, etc. The cost is greater than the others but …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    94%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    57 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    69 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    57 Answers
    Features
    IntermapperSolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Intermapper and SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)
    Feature
    Intermapper
    7.2
    8 Ratings
    10% below category average
    SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)
    -
    Ratings
    Automated network device discovery7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network monitoring8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Alerts7.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network capacity planning7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Packet capture analysis7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network mapping8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Wireless infrastructure monitoring7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Hardware health monitoring7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IntermapperSolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    8.0
    (94 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    8.3
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    Usability
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    8.0
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    Availability
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    Performance
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    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
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    10.0
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    Product Scalability
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
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    User Testimonials
    IntermapperSolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Fortra
    Intermapper is a light weight, quick and easy to use monitoring application. It will get you up and monitoring key infrastructure devices with a simple management interface and effective alert system that doesn't generate a lot of noise. It provides mobile device access through a web interface and is relatively inexpensive.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    SolarWinds IP Address Manager is very useful the bigger and more complex the environment. Smaller organizations will have to consider the cost as it provides little benefit over monitoring maybe 2-3 servers. But I have over 24 DHCP servers with on average 15 subnets each so tracking and monitoring all that was very time-consuming. As a result, it was generally ignored until there was an issue. With SolarWinds IP Address Manager, I was able to set alerts to monitor scope utilization and duplicate IP addresses.
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    Pros
    Fortra
    • The best thing about Intermapper is that it is map-based. You start by building your map, which is done completely automatically. I've used many different monitoring software packages, Solarwinds, Nagios, Opmanager, and it is a royal PITA to create live maps with those.
    • Another great feature is that it shows you, visually, the bandwidth utilization of your network by using "ants" and color codes. Incredibly useful.
    • Alarms are very easy to setup, again much easier than the packages mentioned above.
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    SolarWinds
    • With IPAM automated address scanning, we can be confident that we are looking at an up-to-date, accurate snapshot of our network.
    • The built-in alerts are a great safety net. We know that even if we aren't paying close attention to our IP address space, IPAM is. If a range is nearly full, IPAM lets us know before it becomes a real problem.
    • IPAM's event logging gives us insight into any and all changes made by our network engineers.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Fortra
    • Setting up probes in bulk can be difficult, so it can take a long time to get the system set up correctly to start.
    • Sometimes the probes can be sensitive and report false positives.
    • Interface can be a little clunky and non intuitive at times.
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    SolarWinds
    • The user experience is not as intuitive as other products. We have to be more restrictive around level 1 help desk access compared to NCM or NPM in SolarWinds.
    • Making and enforcing changes, not just monitoring, has been hit or miss in some instances.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Fortra
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    We are heavily invested in SolarWinds. We currently own Network Performance Monitor, Netflow Traffic Analyzer, User Device Tracker, Server Application Monitor and Network Configuration Manager. We have NOC mode setup for deskside support for monitoring any down devices that may effect our network across the globe. This application gives us the information we need when we need it.
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    Usability
    Fortra
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    SolarWinds IPAM is like what SolarWinds itself says, i.e. easy to use and simple. SolarWinds has really made their orion and non-orion platform products so simple that any newbie can give a try and make the best use out of it. I learned SolarWinds IPAM by myself in a POC environment, and not just IPAM but other modules and now I own 6 certifications. You see how easy to use this product is.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Fortra
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    We don't have any issues with availability. Our cluster setup provide us a 99,9% availability that is enough for us.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Fortra
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    We do not integrate IPAM into other systems other than the standard Orion integration. The performance is reasonable, however, we are running all the SolarWinds applications on a very large server.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Fortra
    The product works well and is very easy to maintain. As such, we haven't had many occasions to use support. When we have called them they were easy to contact and responsive to our questions. We have had the product for years and it may have been a year or better since the last time we contacted them.
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    SolarWinds
    I have not contacted customer support and therefore have no experience in this area. I know we have some issues with our VAR support at this time for Orion, but I don't know if the IPAM falls into the same support structure. Perhaps others in the organization may know more regarding the support area.
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    Implementation Rating
    Fortra
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    Know the full scope of what you will be installing. Solarwinds can be a very complex installation. IPAM is just one fairly simplistic piece.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Fortra
    Intermapper is a cross between WhatsUp Gold and Nagios. WhatsUp Gold being for a less technical end-user and Nagios doing more than just SNMP scans and up down monitoring.
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    SolarWinds
    SolarWinds IP Address Manager was cheaper than both alternatives and far easier to manage. Device42 interface is years behind what Solarwinds offers. It is very outdated; BT Diamond required remote management and we constantly had to message support, it reached a point where it was better not to have the product at all.
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    Scalability
    Fortra
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    We have not experienced any scalability issues with this product. However, SolarWinds needs to allow users to scale horizontally without any license restrictions. For example, we would like to separate Netflow and Orion onto different platforms but are unable to due to license restrictions.
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    Return on Investment
    Fortra
    • Downtime costs money. Every minute we can get ahead of an outage is time that a plant is not sitting there waiting. We don't need to wait for a call from a plant, we know they are down immediately and we can begin troubleshooting.
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    SolarWinds
    • IPAM has saved countless hours of running scripts and gathering data to compile reports to plan re-subnetting globally.
    • IPAM has reduced helpdesk incidents by immediately spotting bad DNSR and IP conflicts.
    • IPAM has helped eliminate blocks on projects whereas there is not currently enough address space requiring major changes to accommodate more IP'ed servers, gear, etc.
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    ScreenShots

    Intermapper Screenshots

    Screenshot of Intermapper maps are flexible to configure exactly to your liking.Screenshot of See your devices on a Google map. Access on any device with our web-based version.Screenshot of Device statuses give you real-time information about how your equipment is performing

    SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) Screenshots

    Screenshot of Customize your IP address management dashboard to quickly focus on your top priorities.Screenshot of Manage your DHCP and DNS services in one place.Screenshot of Streamline IP requests with a simple intake and approval wizard.Screenshot of Automatically scan for subnets or manually add.