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IPAM: Total Awareness in IP Management
May 16, 2021

IPAM: Total Awareness in IP Management

Michael Gombosi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)

IPAM is a great tool to see how your IP networks are being used at a high level. You can check out what your DHCP utilizations are or how much of a specific subnet you are using. I put a huge emphasis on useability and organization, so it's great the way you can organize IPs in groups by the site to see the health of your specific locations at a glance.
  • Organization: Great seeing site IP utilization at a glance.
  • DHCP Management: If you pair this with the right alerting you will never run out of IPs at a site.
  • Subnet Management: Similar to DHCP, you can tell when you are going to need to expand your subnets.
  • Built in alerting would take a lot of the guess work out.
  • Sometimes the DHCP utilization doesn't appear to be 100% in sync.
  • As with all modules, theres a cost to use additional features.
  • Positive: Its saved us from headaches when dealing with scaling issues.
  • Positive: It has cut down on sites running out of IPs.
  • Positive: It generally makes the life of a network engineer easier.
My company used SolarWinds and WhatsUp. SolarWinds was always considered our defacto leader for monitoring and alerting. I have yet to come across another product that is as robust, consistent, or competent as Solarwinds. As they say, you get what you pay for. If you're willing to pay for Solarwinds, then you'll be paying to put your mind at ease.

Do you think SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)'s feature set?

Yes

Did SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) again?

Yes

I feel as though a program as lite as IPAM is useful no matter if you're big or small. Smaller companies will have to consider the overall cost of a Solarwinds suite that some cheaper programs may cover, but, if your company can support the cost, then typically the SolarWinds products are hard to beat.