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SolarWinds NPM

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What is SolarWinds NPM?

SolarWinds NPM is a monitoring and performance management platform. It provides performance troubleshooting support, auto network discovery, customizable thresholds, and can be rapidly deployed.

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Popular Features

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  • Alerts (228)
    8.8
    88%
  • Hardware health monitoring (215)
    8.7
    87%
  • Network monitoring (231)
    8.7
    87%
  • Customizable reports (212)
    7.9
    79%

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Pricing

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NPM

$1,638

On Premise
per year

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

Why I Recommend SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)

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Features

Network Performance Monitoring

A network performance monitoring system monitors the entire network for performance problems and collects performance data such as network traffic analysis performance bottlenecks, etc.

7.9
Avg 8.2
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Product Details

What is SolarWinds NPM?

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) delivers comprehensive network fault monitoring and performance management that scales and expands with a company's network monitoring needs. Users can collect and view availability, real-time and historical statistics from routers, switches, firewalls, servers, and any other SNMP-, ICMP-, or WMI-enabled devices directly from a web browser.

The vendor states that SolarWinds users can get a full NPM installation up and running the same day they download, and that implementation does not require a team of consultants. NPM provides visibility into the health of network devices and servers on the network, ensuring that users have needed real-time information to keep their network running at peak performance.

Network Performance Monitor helps IT Pros:

  • Detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance issues and avoid downtime
  • Respond to multiple condition checks, correlated events, and device dependencies
  • Automatically calculate capacity exhaustion dates using customizable thresholds based on peak and average usage
  • Streamline network troubleshooting with a Web interface
  • View paths to critical business services hop-by-hop, even into the cloud, with the NetPath™ feature
  • Get deeper visibility into complex network devices with Network Insight™ features for Cisco ASA firewalls, Cisco Nexus switches, and F5 BIG-IP load balancers

SolarWinds NPM Features

Network Performance Monitoring Features

  • Supported: Automated network device discovery
  • Supported: Network monitoring
  • Supported: Baseline threshold calculation
  • Supported: Alerts
  • Supported: Network capacity planning
  • Supported: Packet capture analysis
  • Supported: Network mapping
  • Supported: Customizable reports
  • Supported: Wireless infrastructure monitoring
  • Supported: Hardware health monitoring

Additional Features

  • Supported: Seamless conversion upgrade to AIOps-powered Hybrid Cloud Observability
  • Supported: Multi-vendor device support for any router, switch, firewall, VPN concentrator, wireless access point and other devices that support standard protocols
  • Supported: Intelligent alerts for correlated events, sustained conditions, and complex combinations of device states
  • Supported: Insight on hardware health by monitoring, alerting, and reporting on the state of key device sensors
  • Supported: NetPath for hop-by-hop monitoring of critical business services, on-premises or into the cloud
  • Supported: Network Insight for Cisco Nexus switches, F5 BIG-IP load balancers, Cisco ASA firewalls

SolarWinds NPM Screenshots

Screenshot of Network monitoring software used to reduce network outages and detect, diagnose, and resolve multi-vendor network performance issues.Screenshot of See relationships for routers, switches, interfaces, volumes, and groups, updated automatically without user intervention to maintain the network, not network maps.Screenshot of Reduce visibility gaps into critical network switches, firewalls, and load balancers with Network Insight for Cisco Nexus, Cisco ASA, and F5 BIG-IP.Screenshot of Reduce the flood of unnecessary network alerts. Create alerts based on simple or complex nested trigger conditions, defined parent/child dependencies, and network topology.Screenshot of Identify dead zones and improve wireless coverage. With its network monitoring tool, users can access out-of-the-box wireless reports, including wireless availability and rogue access points.Screenshot of Configure alerts by calculating dynamic baseline threshold data with network performance monitoring software.

SolarWinds NPM Video

Network Performance Monitor overview

SolarWinds NPM Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Windows® Server 2016; SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2016 SP1 SQL Server 2017 (including installations on Linux)
Mobile ApplicationNo

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Frequently Asked Questions

SolarWinds NPM is a monitoring and performance management platform. It provides performance troubleshooting support, auto network discovery, customizable thresholds, and can be rapidly deployed.

Reviewers rate Alerts highest, with a score of 8.8.

The most common users of SolarWinds NPM are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

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Users recommend considering the whole stack of Network Modules on the SolarWinds platform instead of NPM as a standalone product. They believe the other modules are valuable additions for monitoring, managing, and analyzing the network. SolarWinds NPM is considered the best network performance monitoring solution on the market. Users suggest using it for network monitoring and exploring other modules for specific infrastructure monitoring. While NPM is a good tool for network monitoring, users advise looking into alternative options for advanced monitoring needs. Some users suggest improving the navigation to make it more fluid and user-friendly. Overall, users recommend SolarWinds NPM for managing and monitoring network infrastructures due to its reliability and cost-effectiveness. They also recommend trying the live action feature and Meraki for enhanced network analytics. Users suggest considering other products with better UI and capabilities. SolarWinds NPM is worth the price if affordable, especially with sponsorship. Working with third-party services or SolarWinds to properly set up the tool is recommended. Using multiple tools in conjunction with NPM provides more visibility. Users recommend signing up for Thwack and utilizing their resources for assistance with SolarWinds products. Trying the demo first before purchasing is advisable. NPM is considered a core module in every company that chooses SolarWinds as their monitoring tool. It is important to ensure that the server can handle the software. Experienced staff maximizes the benefits of the platform. Users suggest downloading a trial copy of NPM to test it out. NPM outperforms other tools according to user opinions. More theme options and additional ways to export data are requested. Other modules from SolarWinds that work well with NPM, such as Server & Application Manager, should be explored. Support team and Thwack community are highly praised by users. Users should not be overwhelmed by features and take advantage of free trial resources. SolarWinds is recommended for enterprise-level monitoring, but Loop1 consulting is advised for complex environments. Initial setup can be time-consuming. The 30-day evaluation of the full product is excellent. Becoming a Thwack member provides access to extensive resources and support. SolarWinds may have a higher cost but is considered worth it. Proper provisioning of hardware, software, and infrastructure is crucial before deploying SolarWinds. Users recommend setting up the trial version first and getting familiar with the product. SolarWinds NPM receives high recommendations from users and is praised for its great dashboards.

Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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Deirra J. Footman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Save us money on underutilized internet circuits - We were able to scale our internet pipes down at various locations based on the information we gathered.
  • Help Us Make Our Case to replace Aging Equipment - Some organizations have an "if it isn't broke, don't fix it." mindset. The Health reports gave the detailed data we needed to show upper management where investments needed to be made.
  • Targeted Dashboard - We have been able to build trust with our applications teams by providing them a view for network performance as it relates to their applications and servers.
Brian Anderson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Employee efficiency. With SolarWinds NPM, staff can pinpoint network issues much more quickly than without a high-level tool.
  • Issue time-to-resolution. Gaining high-level visibility in to the network at large allows staff to more quickly identify failures and address them.
  • Proactivity. With alerting, issues are often identified prior to them becoming critical allowing staff in some cases to address things before users even notice.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • We regularly identify problems with servers (often low free disk space) long before they become critical service-interrupting events.
  • We are able to monitor hundreds of nodes and interfaces without additional staff.
  • It does take care and feeding. Don't implement this on a large scale without dedicating some staff time to maintaining it.
January 14, 2020

Email alerts a plenty

Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • When we had to change servers this was running on we had to repurchase it.
  • So after buying it twice, it works as a way to send alert emails when pings stop to devices.
  • Probably could have been replaced with Cacti and a little scripting.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Getting assistance for setting up monitoring templates is primarily found through the user community (especially for unique devices). I would love to see a section in thwack that has a more organized approach to monitoring scripts that are organized by device (perhaps even company).
  • It would be nice if there was a way the interface details could give you a report of ports not in use based on the life of the switch, not the last reboot.
December 01, 2019

SolarWinds NPM Review

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Without SolarWinds, you really have no idea of what's going on in your network. So in times of issues, you have no idea where to start in certain situations.
  • Network monitoring is a must! You can never be proactive unless you have the right tools.
November 07, 2019

SolarWinds NPM Review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Positively helped multiple issues with networking equipment that has saved us over $10k in consulting fees.
  • Gave us capacity abilities to provide reporting to upper management when reaching bandwidth caps.
  • Helped scope out data center needs.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • The alerting system is very stable and reliable. It allows us to capture every issue before or as they occur and act immediately. We get a faster return to operations with the help of this tool.
Nicholas Drexel | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • It has allowed us to streamline the learning and documentation for new hires exponentially
  • It has allowed us to proactively act on custom thresholds for errored links in order to prevent hard down situations due to fiber breaks
  • It has allowed us to maintain the IP standard across the entire network with the ease of use of its IPAM database and network discovery
Aaron Oberman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • First and most importantly, we maintain networks in food manufacturing environments. Downtime means loss of product and is always incredibly costly to our company. Providing proactive support for our systems has helped keep our downtime costs low.
  • Reporting has given us an opportunity to communicate network statistics to our company executives. This focus aides targeting areas of our network that need investment as well as areas that do not.
  • Granularity in monitoring and alerting has been helpful in assisting other departments within the organization such as maintenance, laboratory and administrative. It has allowed us to consolidate monitoring solutions into one tool as opposed to various implementations through-out.
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • We really did not get a lot of ROI from the product for the first few years, but that was our own fault for not 1) licensing properly, 2) getting training, and 3) generally not looking at the data it was generating.
  • The amount of noise generated from the alerts caused us to ignore and then scale back the alerts. The usefulness of a monitoring (and alerting) tool diminishes greatly when you stop trusting the alerts. It has become more of a tool for "what happened?" as opposed to "something is happening and we need to look at it". We already have free/inexpensive tools that do that, so NPM is just another tool on the shelf, not the "go-to" tool that it should be at that price.
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