SolarWinds simply works!
Updated July 17, 2020

SolarWinds simply works!

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

Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)

It is being used across the whole organization. The product helps the IT department monitor systems and applications, which would allow IT to respond and address issues more timely and in a proactive manner.
  • System monitoring
  • Application monitoring
  • Update node properties
  • Certain query functions in reporting
  • Centrally hosted IT monitoring solution, reducing cost for departments and schools
  • A community based support and learning environment
We used PRTG for several years before switching to SolarWinds.
It is good at monitoring computing systems and applications. I have not used very much, but I think it can improve with reporting and taking corrective actions when alerts occur.

SolarWinds NPM Feature Ratings

Automated network device discovery
Not Rated
Network monitoring
8
Baseline threshold calculation
Not Rated
Alerts
9
Network capacity planning
Not Rated
Packet capture analysis
Not Rated
Network mapping
Not Rated
Customizable reports
7
Wireless infrastructure monitoring
Not Rated
Hardware health monitoring
9

Using SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)

They are mainly IT staff including systems admins, network engineer, developers and IT managers.
  • Custom poller to monitor Docker container
  • Synthetic transactions to monitor and benchmark application performance
  • Take corrective actions for certain alerts
  • System profiling and capacity planning
  • Forecast
It meets our needs and has proved reliable and relatively easy to use. The organization has invested in staff to support this product.

Evaluating SolarWinds NPM and Competitors

Our evaluation process was pretty thorough and very formalized. I don't see that we really need to change anything.