Item: ManageEngine OpManager
Rating: 10
Author: Rekha Yadav

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

ManageEngine OpManager is being used as full fledged tool for infrastructure fault and performance monitoring , infrastructure that is included here is Networks (LAN, WAN), Servers, Virtual Appliances etc. ManageEngine is the centralized tool for monitoring, alerting and reporting. Network Team, Server Team, Command Center team all [rely] on ManageEngine for availability and SLA monitoring.

Pros and Cons

Network Monitoring
Servers , Virtualization Infrastructure Monitoring
Services and other application related components monitoring
Alerting, Reporting

Scalability Options
Marketing of the product
More out of the integrations with 3rd party tools

Most Important Features

Network Monitoring
Servers Monitoring
Services Monitoring
Alerting, Reporting
API based and Script based monitoring

Return on Investment

One single tool to monitor most of the infrastructure type
Less maintenance required to maintain product stability in operations
Medium Licensing Cost and full features
Product is not enhancing its features that rapidly

Alternatives Considered

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (npm), Micro Focus Network Node Manager i (formerly HP Network Node Manager) and DX Spectrum (formerly CA Spectrum)

ManageEngine OPManager has already made its place in the market as compared to other tools available due to following reasons -
1. Monitoring capabilities for almost every infrastructure types such as Network, Servers, Virtualization etc
2. Medium Licensing Cost and not that aggressively increasing every year.
3. Good Support and steady pace of growth and marketing.

Key Insights

Do you think ManageEngine OpManager delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with ManageEngine OpManager's feature set?

Yes

Did ManageEngine OpManager live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of ManageEngine OpManager go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy ManageEngine OpManager again?

Yes

Other Software Used

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (npm), DX Spectrum (formerly CA Spectrum), Micro Focus Network Node Manager i (formerly HP Network Node Manager)

Likelihood to Recommend

There were some market leader monitoring products [until] this year which were hard to replace due to their customer base even when ManageEngine had equivalent capability similar to other vendor products but still ManageEngine was not the top. I think its time ManageEngine [OpManager] can become number 1 monitoring choice as a replacement of existing market leader tool due to following reasons -
1. Powerful capabilities.
2. Same Licensing Cost.
3. Product maturity

Allrounder Monitoring Tool

Overall Satisfaction with ManageEngine OpManager