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Alluvio NetIM vs SolarWinds NPM comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Alluvio NetIM
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
59th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
3.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SolarWinds NPM
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
160
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (2nd), Cloud Monitoring Software (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Alluvio NetIM is 0.3%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds NPM is 3.5%, down from 3.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SolarWinds NPM3.5%
Alluvio NetIM0.3%
Other96.2%
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

SK
Senior Technical Engineer at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Supports expert-level monitoring tasks but still requires improvements in usability and driver availability
Alluvio NetIM has significant room for improvement because the product is still on legacy systems. They need to improve their driver infrastructure. Their default driver needs to be developed. Other solutions have their own drivers, but I am not seeing that in this solution. They need to create a proper driver. For a product being sold to customers, it must have user-friendly features. Only an expert can utilize Alluvio NetIM effectively. I have been in the observability and monitoring space for the last ten years, and I am still facing issues with this solution. Working in professional services, when I encounter customers, they ask how this will be user-friendly, and honestly, it is not. Customers need proper training and proper certification to use this tool effectively. Even after training and certification, they can only utilize thirty to forty percent of the functionality. It takes one to two years for them to become proficient. A minimum of one year of experience is required before they can truly utilize this tool. Additionally, Alluvio NetIM lacks a default driver. Their application map does not work properly on the cloud. More Linux knowledge is required for troubleshooting. If someone is not an expert in Linux, they cannot use this tool effectively. There are many areas for improvement.
Vivek Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager IT at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Central monitoring has improved outage alerts and now needs smarter detection and modern dashboards
Regarding the automated network topology and mapping feature in SolarWinds NPM, I am not satisfied with it. For static monitoring, it is acceptable. However, if it is possible, I would need a feature in SolarWinds in the future for some kind of malfunctioning detection, such as malware attacks or that type of environment. We did not have any facility to detect that in SolarWinds. I think it would be better to incorporate those types of features. Regarding customization options in SolarWinds, the ability to customize the dashboard has room for improvement. The dashboard is quite old, and we need some improvement in it. Nowadays, we have multiple tools with AI-based monitoring and web-based dashboards. SolarWinds also has a web-based dashboard, but I think there is scope for improvement in the UI. There may be other areas I would like to improve in SolarWinds NPM.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Even after training and certification, they can only utilize thirty to forty percent of the functionality."
"With SolarWinds, it’s easy to monitor everything and, with a little setup, everyone can help out."
"We can proactively fix historical issues, so we won't face those problems in future."
"We don't have any issues with the stability of SolarWinds NPM."
"It's very easy to scale; the scalability is brilliant, and if you need additional monitoring resources or need to plug in your secondary data center, it takes thirty minutes and is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds NPM is the performance monitoring to see the memory, and CPU utilization."
"The reports are excellent; they give good graphical information and a lot of great details about everything that's going on in my network, and it's easy to read and understand due to its visual nature."
"If you are looking for something which is very customizable for the customization of your network, then you should go with SolarWinds."
"The benefit of this solution is the reporting; we're able to report on and see our network in a graphical form, and we are able to detect when a device is added to a network."
 

Cons

"For a product being sold to customers, it must have user-friendly features. Only an expert can utilize Alluvio NetIM effectively."
"Only an expert can utilize Alluvio NetIM effectively. I have been in the observability and monitoring space for the last ten years, and I am still facing issues with this solution."
"Customer service: I rate technical support everywhere from poor to great."
"We had scalability issues. We have several additional servers, too, so upgrading is kind of a pain, but that's with all the other modules, too."
"There isn't support available to us as they don't offer support in our country."
"The solution is not always good with new features, so it's take a long time."
"It would be nice to manage all network devces from just one single platform, instead of going to different platforms."
"For example, there have not been many updates to cloud monitoring, containerization or serverless environments."
"There are still huge concerns about security."
"They could make the process of adding various devices easier and more intuitive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"There is a permanent license and also a subscription level which has annual fees. The price of the solution is fair."
"The pricing is very expensive for SolarWinds. That's a huge disadvantage for it."
"The pricing is in the middle. It's not particularly cost-effective, but it's not overly expensive either."
"We pay approximately $4,000 annually for SolarWinds NPM. There are no additional fees required other than the standard fees."
"We pay a yearly licensing fee."
"You have to license it per year, for the support. You don't really need to have support once you've already set it up. Once you install SolarWinds, you can skip on the licensing. It will still work."
"SolarWinds NPM has different pricing models available. The cost of the solution is less than some competitors."
"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."
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Comparison Review

it_user174738 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
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
No data available
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
8%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business59
Midsize Enterprise33
Large Enterprise86
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Alluvio NetIM?
Alluvio NetIM has significant room for improvement because the product is still on legacy systems. They need to improve their driver infrastructure. Their default driver needs to be developed. Othe...
What is your primary use case for Alluvio NetIM?
I have worked on Alluvio NetIM, which includes NetProfiler and AppResponse. For other products, I am new. I am also pursuing certification on the other products, which is still in progress. If you ...
What advice do you have for others considering Alluvio NetIM?
I rate Alluvio NetIM a seven out of ten because of the default driver and interface issues.
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
 

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Sample Customers

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Microsoft, Federal Express, Hewlett-Packard, and MasterCard
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