ManageEngine OpManager vs. Power Admin PA Server Monitor

OpManager offers a set of advantages that allow it to adapt to the needs of the company, guaranteeing effective monitoring of the application networks used in our organization. It has an intuitive and easy-to-use interface. The initial setup went smoothly and in a decent amount of time.

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Power Admin PA Server Monitor works great for our needs. We do however wish that it worked for Linux Operating Systems.

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• 3D NOC Dashboard gives granular visibility on Port in error, which saves Technician time prior to Onsite troubleshooting.
• Separate modules such as Network Bandwidth, IPAM/SPM, APM, Server Monitoring can be opt-out Individually, huge cost saving for clients.
• MSP version gives flexibility for Service providers, to offer Uninterrupted Infrastructure services across to their wide clientele.

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• Alerts us when a server, storage device, or network device goes offline.
• Alerts us when a critical service running on a server stops running.
• Alerts us if files change, are removed, or are created.
• Alerts us if an unauthorized file type has been created on a monitored system
• Generate up-time reports for Executives.

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• Adding devices to existing groups and applying a group-wide parameter.
• Email alerts can be a bit challenging depending on how email is managed within a company, sometimes adding ManageEngine OpManager to the allowed relay list for Exchange is necessary to receive any alerts

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• It does have bulk settings tools to set up bulk settings for multiple devices, but to me it could be a bit easier to use. However, I ran into a snag and reached out to support and they are great.
• It does not support Linux Operating Systems.

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This product works very well for our organization, and it would be hard to not have a tool like this going forward

Excellent product, easy to use, many features, and fast/excellent support.

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All in one solution, easy to deploy and use. Web and mobile access.

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It is an excellent product that is much easier to use than many other open source type offerings. Easy learning curve.

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The support is generally good with options of live chat, e-mail, or call-in support. Support inquires via e-mail are responded to quickly and they are good about remoting in to assist if it should come to this without having to jump through hoops

Very fast, knowledgeable, and helpful support.

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Overall it is an easy install and setup and their support is very fast and helpful

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ManageEngine OPManager has already made its place in the market as compared to other tools available due to following reasons - 1. Monitoring capabilities for almost every infrastructure types such as Network, Servers, Virtualization etc 2. Medium Licensing Cost and not that aggressively increasing every year. 3. Good Support and steady pace of growth and marketing.

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We tried some open source solutions. But, they were much more difficult to set up and maintain. PA is easy to use "out of the box". We looked at other paid solutions also, but they were cost prohibitive, since we are a small institution.

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• Better visibility of the network
• Better visibility of server performance which helps us to take calls on increasing or exact utilization of server
• Report of ISP link helps us to calculate the exact bandwidth used by location which helps to take a call on fixing the requirements of each site

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• It has decreased our critical services downtime, because we are able to VPN in and fix issues as soon as Power Admin alerts us of an issue. ROI has been excellent.
• It allows us to catch issues before they become critical by alerting us on errors that show up in our Event Logs.

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