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    Overview
    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

    Sunbird DCIM

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASunbird Software headquartered in New Jersey offers their DCIM Suite of applications, available a la carte, as a total DCIM suite, in an asset and capacity oriented bundle or bundled for environmental and power consumption monitoring. The suite includes tools like Asset, Capacity, Change, Energy, Environment, Power, as well as BI & Analytics, to provide end-to-end administrative control over the data center.

    $47.88

    per year per node

    Pricing
    IntermapperSunbird DCIM
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Power IQ DCIM Monitoring
    $47.88
    per year per node
    dcTrack DCIM Operations
    $167.88
    per year per cabinet
    DCIM Suite Bundle
    $237.24
    per year per cabinet
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IntermapperSunbird DCIM
    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.—
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    Features
    IntermapperSunbird DCIM
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Intermapper and Sunbird DCIM
    Feature
    Intermapper
    7.2
    8 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Sunbird DCIM
    -
    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
    IntermapperSunbird DCIM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    IntermapperSunbird DCIM
    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.
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    Sunbird Software
    There are a few things that need work from flexibility within the asset process documentation. The interfacing with CMDB will be easier if the asset documentation had more flexibility in the standard fields. The product will support our need for a central depository of all assets, connections, and usage within our data centers, which at this time is managed by a spreadsheet with limited access. The ability to review and set goals of environmental and capacity has not been easy, with dcTrack this has become much easier than dealing with Excel tabs.
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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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    Sunbird Software
    • Inventory tracking.
    • Capacity planning.
    • Integration with PowerIQ - manages power, cooling and humidity status.
    • Provide power and network/SAN connect paths.
    • Statistics on the infrastructure within a given data center.
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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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    Sunbird Software
    • Connectivity simplified.
    • Flexibility in port and connection definition.
    • Asset documentation of owners, project and responsible teams.
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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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    Sunbird Software
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Sunbird Software
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Sunbird Software
    • Hard to say at this time what I will gain or the company will gain for the user but to understand all assets in a Data Center in a single location is a great tool for support and maintenance cost analysis.
    • To be able to see or understand the power needs of a given location provides the need of understanding cost impact under the different location cost models.
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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

    Sunbird DCIM Screenshots

    Screenshot of Full Power Path ManagementScreenshot of Isolated Cabinet View with Environmental ReportingScreenshot of Floor Map Search ResultsScreenshot of Zero-Configuration Business Intelligence DashboardsScreenshot of Multiple Floor Map ReportsScreenshot of Thermal Time Lapse Video