SolarWinds IPAM works great as a part of your normal monitoring solution.
November 25, 2025

SolarWinds IPAM works great as a part of your normal monitoring solution.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)

We have multiple super nets that have many subnets within them. We needed a way to just keep tabs on available IPs, so when a customer came asking for one, we didn't have to guess or begin looking at ARP tables to find an available IP. It also allowed for documenting the intermission time where another Network Engineer gave an IP, but that device wasn't installed (so it wouldn't be in the ARP table yet) - saving us from the headache of duplicate IPs.

Pros

  • IP Management.
  • Simple
  • Straightforward.
  • IP Conflict Alerting.

Cons

  • Hostname identification is hit or miss.
  • Lack of integration with the rest of the SW (i.e., if I have a monitored device at 10.1.1.1 - IPAM should have the option to pull that data automatically into IPAM).
  • Struggles with the same thing all monitoring tools struggle with - team buy-in (if not everyone uses it, it's unreliable). Some automated/easier-to-use capabilities may help bridge that gap.
  • IP management simplified.
  • IP Conflict monitoring.
  • Provides basic details on some aspects it scans.
Very easy to use. The tool will scan a lot on its own, but you can always manually assign IPs or reserve them. This is honestly where we've found the most use for it, as we'll get requests asking for IPs, then we can hop over to this and be like "yup -this is open". The Help Desk team has also been known to use it to track down IP conflicts proactively as well.

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?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

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

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

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

Yes

This tool does what it needs to very well. As previously stated, it is a tool the entire team needs to buy into. One person not using it will make it an unreliable source of truth. What makes it also very desirable for our team was that it's a part of the normal SolarWinds monitoring tool, so the IT team didn't need to build out and manage a separate software just to fulfill our IPAM functionalities.

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