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OpenNMS Meridian vs. ServerAssist

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
OpenNMS Meridian
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
OpenNMS Meridian is a scalable open source network management platform with network traffic analysis, network discovery, alerting, and monitoring. It's presented as a solution to monitor enterprise network performance and ensure the availability and performance of critical network services.
$42,000
per year Up to 2 Meridian and cores Up to 25 Minions
ServerAssist
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$9
per month
Pricing
OpenNMS MeridianServerAssist
Editions & Modules
Essential
$42,000
per year Up to 2 Meridian and cores Up to 25 Minions
Premier
$56,700
per year Up to 4 Meridian cores and Up to 100 Minions
Premier+
Custom
Basic
$9
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
OpenNMS MeridianServerAssist
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAdd-Ons: -24/7 Emergency Support: $24,000 / year -Mini OpenNMS Appliance: $750 ea.—
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Community Pulse
OpenNMS MeridianServerAssist
Considered Both Products
OpenNMS Meridian
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose OpenNMS Meridian
Although Grafana is in no way an alternative to OpenNMS's full functionality, it can be integrated with other solutions (including OpenNMS itself) to offer the graphing and data visualisation aspects of OpenNMS. In this regard, Grafana is more flexible, and some would say …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose OpenNMS Meridian
With the cost of OpenNMS, it is totally worth it. Additionally, the system works on most platforms which is great. The system can be configured following how to guides and Google searches and is open so it doesn’t require specialized admins. I prefer this system and it’s …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose OpenNMS Meridian
I've setup and administered Zabbix at past jobs and now just use OpenNMS from an end user perspective while working as a Sr. Network Engineer. I think both are great products, both have steep learning curves when it comes to initial setup and installation. From the end user …
Derrick Barnsdale | TrustRadius Reviewer
Derrick Barnsdale
System Administrator
Chose OpenNMS Meridian
OpenNMS's more attractive GUI and its price break were the main reasons our company chose to explore and use this product. However, it never managed to actually replace Nagios which had a much more established hold within the company. Perhaps we were over-monitoring, but our …
ServerAssist

No answer on this topic

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User Ratings
OpenNMS MeridianServerAssist
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
OpenNMS MeridianServerAssist
Likelihood to Recommend
Large network environments with few types of devices. The system is great but getting all of the MIBs loaded and to try and create unique rules /alarm type. Alarm correlation is doable but it takes too much manual work and XML configuration. I do enjoy the dashboard and surveillance categories.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Pros
  • When we used OpenNMS you could download the base package for free and configure it fairly easily for your own environment. You can't beat that kind of price break.
  • OpenNMS had a very nice looking GUI that was easily navigated and fairly straightforward to understand and configure.
  • There were a wide variety of add-ons available for download and implementation.
Derrick Barnsdale | TrustRadius Reviewer
Derrick Barnsdale
System Administrator
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Cons
  • It takes a fair amount of experimentation to fine tune information collection.
  • Configuration can be quite cumbersome with a steep learning curve. It would be nice if more of this could be done via the web dashboard.
  • The reliance on Java will put some users off. However, in fairness, it does mean it runs on a wide variety of hardware.
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Anonymous
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Alternatives Considered
Although Grafana is in no way an alternative to OpenNMS's full functionality, it can be integrated with other solutions (including OpenNMS itself) to offer the graphing and data visualisation aspects of OpenNMS. In this regard, Grafana is more flexible, and some would say prettier, than OpenNMS's graphing. For the best of both worlds, I'd recommend using them both!
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Anonymous
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Return on Investment
  • We've been able to improve our customers' experience.
  • Because we're able to respond to issues quicker, we're able to better meet our SLAs.
  • We are able to see smaller problems and address them before they become big problems.
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Anonymous
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