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    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

    VuNet Systems

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AVuNet Systems headquartered in Bangalore offers an AIOps platform that aims to connect user experience, customer journeys, business transactions, infrastructure and IT operations, and is designed to provide a comprehensive bird’s eye view of the IT operations to derive real time business and operational insights on the platform.N/A
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    SolarWinds Engineer's ToolsetVuNet Systems
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    $1,585
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    SolarWinds Engineer's ToolsetVuNet Systems
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (11 ratings)
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SolarWinds Engineer's ToolsetVuNet Systems
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    VuNet Systems
    I definitely [recommend] VuNet Systems for the following. 1. Richness of reports. 2. Ease of use. 3. Strong support team. 4. Flexibility in changing the product road map according to our requirements. 5. Acknowledging and Appreciating our feedback. 6. Improving and prioritizing the product features. 7. Brings confidence and confirmations to the decisions.
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    Pros
    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
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    VuNet Systems
    • VuNet understands the customers requirement very well.
    • They have completed every requirement before the given deadlines.
    • Great customer communication and project tracking is good.
    • Overall, VuNet provides an excellent service and their product is also great.
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    Cons
    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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    VuNet Systems
    • Some of the items being worked on in the roadmap include automated discovery, improved correlation and automated resolution of incidents.
    • VuNet Systems platform does not provide code level visibility. They are not in this space.
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    Usability
    SolarWinds
    Very easy to use and intuitive. Just be careful with the WAN Killer...it does what it says.
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    VuNet Systems
    VuNet Systems is very easy to use and it's helping the business team to performance their data analysis work without dependent on IT team.
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    Support Rating
    SolarWinds
    Our organization uses it regularly. It is reliable, and we keep finding new uses for it
    Incentivized
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    VuNet Systems
    VuNet team architects fit for purpose solution for the landscape. The tool configuration and project execution is smooth. More the data you provide better you can exploit the feature functionality of VuNet. Be prepared to invest right amount of time during the data discovery and design phase. One needs to spend time in the type of report configuration, choosing the type of metrics required. Structure the support contract till the tool is adopted by your workforce.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    VuNet Systems
    • We can say it had a very positive impact if we are speaking in terms of ROI. As the result that we got for the time and efforts invested in implementing VuNet in our organization is really great.
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    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.