SolarWinds NPM is a monitoring and performance management platform. It provides performance troubleshooting support, auto network discovery, customizable thresholds, and can be rapidly deployed.
$1,638
per year
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Observium
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)
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NPM
$1,638
per year
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Observium
SolarWinds NPM
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Yes
Free/Freemium Version
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No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No
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Observium
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)
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Chose Observium
SolarWinds does when Observium can do but for a much larger price tag. That is what the decision came down to.
There are tradeoffs in all of these tools. I really like Observium, but it's alerting seems far below SolarWinds NPM. The Nagios-based tools have tons of flexibility, but require a lot more configuration to provide value.
I didn't select NPM as it was already here, but I've …
We tested Observium as an alternative to Solarwinds in the past and it required all host to be added by DNS instead of IP addresses which we prefer. We have over 2000 devices so creating DNS records for all of these was a deal breaker.
I mentioned that tool is a bit complicated but its still easy to understand whats going on, cant say same on mentioned tools, which are mostly for admins.
Of all the network monitoring solutions out there, SolarWinds Network Performance monitor is easily the most complete and the easiest to convince management on. For our team, the ability to install on premises was a firm requirement. Follow that up with everyone's familiarity …