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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    OnPage

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AOnPage Corporation headquartered in Waltham offers their IT alert management solution.

    $16.99

    quarterly per user

    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

    Per Instance

    Pricing
    OnPageSolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
    Editions & Modules
    OnPage Mobile
    $13.99
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Enterprise Silver
    $22.99
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Enterprise Gold
    $28.99
    per month (billed annually) per user
    One Time Price
    $1,585
    Per Instance
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OnPageSolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAdd-ons, such as Live Call Routing and Dedicated Lines are available at an additional cost.—
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    Community Pulse
    OnPageSolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
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    OnPage Corporation
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    31 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    23 Answers
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    30 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    20 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    User Ratings
    OnPageSolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (31 ratings)
    8.6
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OnPageSolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
    Likelihood to Recommend
    OnPage Corporation
    The best solution for OnPage is a small company with a small On-Call Team. The reason for this is because of how many it can trigger in a 30-minute time span. It's really good with us IT people as we understand the urgency of the call and we can react with the ticket. This gives the end-user peace of mind. This product would not be good for a large-scale company. It would not scale well for thousands of users.
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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.
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    Pros
    OnPage Corporation
    • Delivers prompt messages with important information for patient call back
    • Overrides phone ring settings if needed to ensure a sound is made if desired and no pages are missed
    • Repeats pages frequently if not opened initially, so they are not forgotten
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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
    OnPage Corporation
    • Not really a "downside": because it works so well, any details we haven't documented from our initial setup are probably lost. It's been almost four years since our initial configuration, and I can no longer easily navigate the OnPage site because I literally haven't logged in since the initial implementation.
    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.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    OnPage Corporation
    It works and is reliable
    Read full review
    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    OnPage Corporation
    Easy to use both web and phone based application.
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    SolarWinds
    Very easy to use and intuitive. Just be careful with the WAN Killer...it does what it says.
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    Reliability and Availability
    OnPage Corporation
    Some outages for updates
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    OnPage Corporation
    I have done well with the service
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    OnPage Corporation
    When we have issues we have fast response and willingness to help
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    SolarWinds
    Our organization uses it regularly. It is reliable, and we keep finding new uses for it
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    OnPage Corporation
    I had no part of the implementation
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    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    OnPage Corporation
    OnPage is the first we chose and would not change that. The ability to link to our CSM, RMM, and technicians on the road has made this the best solution. Our team is able to use the current setup to make custom alerts based on the ticket details. This allows for all of our future needs to be covered.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    OnPage Corporation
    I have had no concerns
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    OnPage Corporation
    • Eliminated the concern that on-call personnel were not notified of an issue at all or on a timely basis
    • The reasonable cost, ease of use and reliability reassured management that any issues arising would be handled quickly
    • Users disliked carrying the bulky, unreliable and battery operated pagers. Today all users carry cell phones and can easily install and manage OnPage software
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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

    OnPage Screenshots

    Screenshot of where to deliver high-priority alerts to the on-call staff through the OnPage app. This mobilizes teams on critical issues through secure messaging. The persistent, alert-until-read technology ensures that alerts are never missed.Screenshot of the interface to create and manage multiple on-call schedules for distributed teams. Schedule creation can be done by employees through OnPage’s fail-safe scheduler while ensuring continuous, error-free coverage.Screenshot of how to extend OnPage's Incident Alert Management capabilities to ITSM solution providers such as ServiceNow, ConnectWise, Jira and Autotask to synchronize messages, notes, and actions along the incident lifecycle, driving seamless incident management.Screenshot of a bi-directional integration with Slack and MS Teams, allowing users to initiate and manage critical alerts/pages from within their Slack instance. Elevate critical notifications from Slack into loud, audible push notifications on the phone app, distributing them to the right on-call staff. The integration allows responders to send, receive, and respond to critical alerts without leaving their familiar workspace.Screenshot of the analytics that offer real-time visibility into the incident resolution progress and response times. After an incident is resolved, detailed reports are generated that uncover critical insights and identify gaps in incident response for process improvements.Screenshot of OnPage’s centralized contact management system, which provides a centralized directory to manage all the enterprise contacts and their privileges, on-call schedules, communication workflows and escalation policies, and critical messages. Platform administrators can also mobilize teams using the two-way dispatcher to accelerate incident resolution.

    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.