Item: SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor is used to monitor all network devices (switches, routers, firewalls,...), manage SLAs and alerting. We build dashboards to monitor main link usages, implement complex alert rules and use Netpath to monitor end to end paths. It is helping us have a clear view about our network and very useful for troubleshooting

Pros and Cons

Devices monitoring
Alerting
Graphs

Scaling (each node is limited)
Cloud monitoring
Dashboards

Return on Investment

Very reliable so no need to have a lot of people checking network devices
Helps techs to solve problems quickly
Easy to upgrade with new centralized feature

Alternatives Considered

PRTG Network Monitor and Zabbix

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor is dedicated to network devices so it's really efficient, Zabbix or PRTG are trying to do too many things and it's very complicated to achieve same things as with SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor.

Key Insights

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

Other Software Used

Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution, Cisco DNA Center, Zabbix

Likelihood to Recommend

Monitoring network devices (status, performance) and manage alerts with specific schedules as per device type (datacenter, user, ups, ...). SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor is less appropriate for wireless devices. For network devices you can monitor everything that's read by SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (all versions) and create graphs.

Complete network monitoring for large organisations

Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)