SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM): A Great Tool Including NetPath
Updated March 06, 2023
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM): A Great Tool Including NetPath

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)
SolarWinds Network Performance (NPM) is used to monitor the health of our switches and other network devices, from several brands including Cisco, Aruba, and HPE and (I) OT devices. We use it to monitor when devices are offline, when interfaces have status changes, and also interface bandwidth on devices to identify potential issues.
Pros
- Alerting network device status down/up
- Monitor devices for hardware status
- Monitor bandwidth usage
Cons
- No improvements needed
- Better alerting with defined thresholds
- Network alerts
- Network utilization
Do you think SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)'s feature set?
Yes
Did SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) again?
Yes
SolarWinds NPM Feature Ratings
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SolarWinds NPM ROI Questions
- Product Features
Product features is the most important factor in our decision for SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM). All the required feature were available at the moment of purchasing. After purchasing lots of new features were added which even gave the SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor more powerful tools, in order for us to better operate our infrastructure.
Feature Questions
- Alerting
- Reporting
- Network mapping
Using SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)
6 - Application management functions, to check applications functionality, network status and availability based on network protocol and access. Network and System administrators, to manage, maintain and operate the network infrastructure environment. Business unit managers and operations to be informed about their equipment and it's network status. Trouble shooting and root cause issue diagnosis for all mentioned functions.
2 - Network and System administrators, support SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM). NPM is quite easily to manage now a days. Updating the system to a latest release is easily supported by the SolarWinds update manager, which is included in the deployment.
Adding new systems to NPM can be done using the build interactively wizard. There is also the possibility to scan system, to be added as result of the scan.
Adding new systems to NPM can be done using the build interactively wizard. There is also the possibility to scan system, to be added as result of the scan.
- in depth performance analyzes of nodes
- Quick stats
- OT devices to be integrated
Evaluating SolarWinds NPM and Competitors
evaluation and selection process will not change, decision will be made identical.
SolarWinds NPM Implementation
Not sure - change management is not a part of the implementation
SolarWinds NPM Support
Pros | Cons |
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Quick Resolution Knowledgeable team Problems get solved Kept well informed No escalation required Support understands my problem Support cares about my success Quick Initial Response | None |
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) isn't available with premium support.
we only required standard support at this moment we didn't had any issues that require exceptional support from SolarWinds support team
Using SolarWinds NPM
Pros | Cons |
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Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Technical support not required Well integrated Consistent Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using Familiar | None |
- Discovery tool
- Different methods for authentication
- Saved credentials or add new credentials
- None i would know
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