Dell CloudIQ vs SolarWinds NPM comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Dell CloudIQ
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
42nd
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SolarWinds NPM
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
148
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (4th), Cloud Monitoring Software (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Dell CloudIQ is 1.1%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds NPM is 4.0%, down from 5.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
Unique Categories:
No other categories found
Network Monitoring Software
6.4%
Cloud Monitoring Software
7.7%
 

Featured Reviews

Yaswanth Yathaluru - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 17, 2022
Easily visualize your environment's performance and forecast its capacity
Our company uses the solution for forecasting capacity and performance via cloud visualization that is maintained by Dell.  The solution is a maintenance tool that is used by our storage and backup teams to view PowerScale and our cloud.  The tool for forecasting capacity is valuable.  PowerScale…
MR
Jul 19, 2022
Stable and scalable product for enterprise-level users
We use it for network monitoring, internet monitoring purpose and server monitoring purposes It allows me to see a summary of the network being monitored at a glance. SolarWinds dashboard is very fast. Also, their interface is very good, it looks very user-friendly. The time monitoring could be…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The tool for forecasting capacity is valuable."
"Fewer vulnerabilities have been observed in the four years we have used the solution."
"Mobile application is the most valuable feature for us. We can monitor all the storages on our phones. It's really good."
"The best thing about this solution is that you can check for the infrastructure and system updates that you might need to be compliant with the Cloud."
"Has really nice roll-up dashboards."
"From web interfaces to custom monitors and alarms, this product has a high level of flexibility that can be molded to suit your business needs, regardless of the size of your organization."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its graphical interface and reports."
"It covers everything from end to end, from the standpoint of endpoint machines and the routers and switches. The switch port also comes there."
"It gives us a map of the network setup and one console to see the entire network."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"Technical support has always been great. They are very responsive. We've been satisfied with their level of support."
"The product covers our needs for the basic care and feeding of servers, whether they are physical or virtual."
"A product that is well-tested and trusted in demanding situations."
 

Cons

"PowerScale is the only file system offered and that is limiting."
"Doesn't do well in terms of integrating with technologies other than Dell."
"The reporting capabilities of this solution could be improved."
"Supporting legacy systems is an area that can be improved."
"In terms of improvement, they should enhance the product range."
"If they could combine everything into one product, that would be very helpful."
"An area for improvement would be the use of modular licenses, which are not practical for big clients."
"The interface could be made more user-friendly."
"It would be nice if SolarWinds added some technical protocols like Modbus. The market needs a simple solution for monitoring a technical device."
"The solution is not always good with new features, so it's take a long time."
"I would like to have a Syslog server module for this product. That would make the solution better."
"The tool can only monitor up to 1000 instances in a single SolarWinds console. Customers may have over 1000 instances. Hence, it needs to support a minimum of 1500 instances. It should also improve support."
"There should be a little bit more integration in some of the other tooling and utilizing the APIs of devices or tools could be a little bit better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is more expensive than NetApp which offers file systems in various price ranges."
"It is expensive."
"I would rate the pricing a five out of ten"
"There's standard licensing, and then it depends on the size of the customer."
"The pricing needs to be improved. It is too high. One full engine costs around $10 000, which is why we don't have high availability right now."
"It was inexpensive when we installed it and gradually became more expensive, but it was a very inexpensive product at first."
"I think that the cost has risen, but the functionality and versatility is way above other products."
"The solution can become very expensive and commercially not viable in countries, such as India."
"I’d suggest that people be aware that licensing has tiers."
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Comparison Review

it_user174738 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 31, 2015
Nagios vs. Zabbix vs. PRTG vs. Spiceworks vs. Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor
I have researched a quite a few network monitoring tools which can be used for various monitoring purposes of not only the servers, but the intermediate routers as well. There are majorly three types of these softwares. Ones which are completely open-source, you can do almost anything you want…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Legal Firm
6%
Educational Organization
51%
Computer Software Company
7%
Government
5%
Manufacturing Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell CloudIQ?
Fewer vulnerabilities have been observed in the four years we have used the solution.
What needs improvement with Dell CloudIQ?
I observed that legacy systems are not supported. For example, the latest Dell EMC Unity series storage is supported, and the pioneer storage of Dell EMC, VNX unfortunately, is not supported on Del...
What is your primary use case for Dell CloudIQ?
Dell EMC's storage came with a proprietary solution. I deployed it in-house with Dell CloudIQ and integrated it with the EMC ESRS. Through that, we indirectly reached the cloud solution of IQ. We u...
What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?
It actually depends on the exact purpose or kind of devices (network devices, servers, something else). Some tools are better for only network devices while others are better for a cloud monitoring...
What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?
We are partners with SolarWinds and we sell a lot of Network management to large enterprises also because of scalability, products like Network Performance Monitor & Netflow Traffic Analyzer ar...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor, SolarWinds Network Bandwidth Analyzer
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

North Carolina State University
Microsoft, Federal Express, Hewlett-Packard, and MasterCard
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