Auvik Network Management (ANM) vs Azure Monitor comparison

Auvik Network Management (ANM) vs. Azure Monitor

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score

7.1

Auvik Network Management enhances ROI with time savings, efficiency, reduced labor costs, and consolidated monitoring for improved network management.

Sentiment score

6.4

Azure Monitor's ROI is mixed: some value its cost-effectiveness and insights, while others question its expense.

Auvik Network Management (ANM) has saved us time by being able to go to that single pane of glass and identify things collectively versus bouncing back and forth between different web portals.

DonaldWilcox

IT Director at Victory Church

Auvik Network Management (ANM) helped us find the source of the problem relatively quickly, and everything was resolved within the hour.

reviewer2349501

Manager, Technical Services at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Auvik Network Management has definitely helped reduce business disruptions related to network issues.

Sean Lombard

IT Manager at a educational organization with 501-1,000 employees

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Azure Monitor helps prevent impacts on their system.

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Cloud Solution Architect at Cloudzant

Customer Service

Sentiment score

7.7

Auvik Network Management's customer service is generally reliable and efficient with knowledgeable staff, despite occasional delays and documentation issues.

Sentiment score

6.1

Azure Monitor's customer service is praised for responsiveness, especially with premium support, but can improve on general knowledge and speed.

They were knowledgeable and responded quickly with accurate and useful information.

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Network Specialist at a university with 10,001+ employees

They introduced the product to us and explained how to deal with it.

Nizar Alyasin

Windows & Network System Administrator

I would give Auvik Network Management support a ten out of ten.

Ben-Wallace

Senior Engineer at Kearns Technology Inc.

However, the second-line support is good.

Snr. Infrastructure Architect (Data Centre) at LogicEra

Users end up getting no resolution from their team because they're outsourced vendors, and they don't have deeper expertise over any of the products they are referring to.

Muhammad Usman Khawar

Software Engineer (DevOps/ SRE) at Sensys LLC

I would rate the support for Azure Monitor as a seven.

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Cloud Solution Architect at Cloudzant

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.8

Auvik Network Management is scalable and adaptable for any environment, with flexible integration and costs based on network elements.

Sentiment score

7.8

Azure Monitor provides scalable solutions for businesses, supports auto-scaling, integrates with tools, but requires careful cost management.

The platform scales well and supports our organizational needs.

Syed Fasih Uddin

Core Services Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

It was capable of handling all those clients perfectly.

Nizar Alyasin

Windows & Network System Administrator

We keep adding sites into Auvik Network Management, and it doesn't seem to affect performance or anything on our end.

Zachary Grafton

Information Systems Manager at a healthcare company with 11-50 employees

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With APM, you can go heavy or you can go light. It just depends on what you want, what your use case is, and how reactive you want to be to system load or resilient to failure.

Andy Rabern

Consultant at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees

Azure Monitor is very scalable; there are no issues with scalability for different kinds of businesses.

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Cloud Solution Architect at Cloudzant

Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.0

Auvik Network Management is highly reliable with 99% uptime, minimal downtime, and effective communication during scheduled maintenance.

Sentiment score

8.3

Azure Monitor is highly stable and reliable, though less agile, with high user ratings and potential cost concerns.

I would rate the stability of Auvik Network Management (ANM) a perfect 10 because I have never found any problems.

AKASH PARASHAR

Senior Network Engineer at CAI-STA

A lot of platforms, especially when it comes to CRMs, CMSs, and ERPs, are still built on PHP and MySQL, which I feel is archaic now and slow to query.

Ben-Wallace

Senior Engineer at Kearns Technology Inc.

In terms of stability, I would rate Auvik Network Management as a ten out of ten, as it does not experience jitter or other major issues.

HardeepSingh2

Senior operation command center Engineer at a real estate/law firm with 10,001+ employees

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Azure Monitor is working fine, yet I face a costing issue as if there are a lot of logs collected in the workspace or in the center, it becomes very costly.

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Snr. Infrastructure Architect (Data Centre) at LogicEra

Room For Improvement

Auvik Network Management requires enhancements in reporting, customization, speed, alerts, pricing, compatibility, automation, server visibility, and real-time insights.

Azure Monitor struggles with user-friendliness, integration, complexity, multi-cloud support, proactive monitoring, and requires enhanced usability and cost transparency.

Auvik Network Management (ANM) does not have server monitoring and server hardware monitoring, which LogicMonitor has, and these features make me continue to use LogicMonitor.

RobertVergeer

Network Administrator at i-level automatisering

We were unable to integrate Auvik with a geographical map, which limited our ability to track issues to specific buildings on campus.

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Network Specialist at a university with 10,001+ employees

Enhancements in API functionality and wider tool support for integration with PSA or RMM tools.

Syed Fasih Uddin

Core Services Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

If Azure Monitor can independently add one gigabyte, two gigabytes, or five gigabytes at least to log storage, I can fix the logs without syncing with Log Analytics Workspace and Sentinel.

Snr. Infrastructure Architect (Data Centre) at LogicEra

The cost skyrockets once you start using it, and there are complaints that the actual cost of the Kubernetes cluster was less than the cost they were incurring for Azure Monitor.

Muhammad Usman Khawar

Software Engineer (DevOps/ SRE) at Sensys LLC

The challenges with Azure Monitor are that it's initially complex to set up because you need multiple components.

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Cloud Solution Architect at Cloudzant

Setup Cost

Auvik offers device-based pricing, ensuring cost efficiency for enterprises, with transparent billing and no hidden fees.

Azure Monitor offers cost-effective variable pricing, but careful management is essential to avoid high expenses for enterprise users.

Auvik is pricey, and we were paying a lot for it, especially when compared to SolarWinds.

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Network Specialist at a university with 10,001+ employees

The pricing for Auvik Network Management (ANM) is great; it is comparable to other solutions, and for what it does, it actually provides more value for the money than some of the other major competitors.

Nicholas Gore

Technician at Plainfield High School

Auvik Network Management (ANM) pricing or licensing is about 2,500 per year for approximately 4,000 endpoints, which is quite reasonable.

Ian MacFarlane

Owner at Elifiatek

When I export logs into the application, workspace, log analytic workspace, and into Sentinel to read reports, I need to add storage, which increases the cost.

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Snr. Infrastructure Architect (Data Centre) at LogicEra

Valuable Features

Auvik Network Management simplifies network management with features like mapping, auditing, and automated backups, enhancing efficiency and security.

Azure Monitor provides comprehensive real-time monitoring, alerting, and analytics, enhancing security and scalability for seamless infrastructure management.

Auvik Core's ease of use also enhanced troubleshooting speed and efficiency.

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Network Specialist at a university with 10,001+ employees

Its proactive monitoring and simplified troubleshooting have significantly impacted our efficiency in handling network management tasks.

Syed Fasih Uddin

Core Services Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

We can go to different places and monitor, check, configure, and analyze traffic.

Nizar Alyasin

Windows & Network System Administrator

The alerting features definitely help in reducing operational downtime for my customers by allowing us to get notifications in advance and take active actions.

Cloud Solution Architect at Cloudzant

I also appreciate the ability to measure feature activity, see what types of devices they are on, follow specific use cases, and measure the amount of traffic going to a particular application.

Andy Rabern

Consultant at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees

Resource monitoring is essential.

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Snr. Infrastructure Architect (Data Centre) at LogicEra

Categories and Ranking

Auvik Network Management (ANM)

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

4th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

209

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (3rd), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (3rd), Network Troubleshooting (1st), Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (2nd)

Azure Monitor

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

7th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (12th)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Cloud Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Auvik Network Management (ANM) is 1.9%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Azure Monitor is 2.5%, down from 6.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Auvik Network Management (ANM)	1.9%
Azure Monitor	2.5%
Other	95.6%

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Featured Reviews

reviewer2349501

Manager, Technical Services at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Real-time network visibility has transformed how we pinpoint LAN bottlenecks and resolve issues faster

The only area for improvement is pricing. Otherwise, the tool is great. I think the pricing is acceptable. If you are working with resellers, it makes it a little bit difficult sometimes for the reseller to be able to make too much, as the margin is not all that significant. However, we are not getting rid of Auvik Network Management (ANM). That is the only thing in my opinion that Auvik Network Management (ANM) can do a little bit better on—maybe just the pricing—but it is a great tool. We are not replacing it with anything and we are not removing it at all. It is a great tool, and we are able to monitor our own internal network as well as that of our customers. In most cases, we have not had any complaints about neither from my techs or from myself about its functionality, as it works really.

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Andy Rabern

Consultant at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees

Telemetry insights have improved how I track user behavior and application performance daily

I feel Azure Monitor does a fair job. I do feel it is not a streaming service in my opinion. There are advantages to having stream messaging and logging on that level. But for what it is, I feel it does well. My perspective is more based on an Application Insights agent running on a service or an app service and sending the telemetry via the agent, and also doing the filtering of telemetry at the agent level so you are not having a ton of telemetry. I believe Azure Monitor does pretty much the same thing. I have also used tools such as New Relic, and New Relic is a much more robust tool, but that is a different product and you are going to pay for that. It is a different offering altogether. The subscription that we had at the time allowed for a couple gigabytes of telemetry during the month, and I believe that telemetry only lives for about two months. You have to experiment with it to see how much you want to pay. I was not really involved in the pricing. It was more along the lines of we were running up against our limits in terms of the amount of free telemetry or telemetry that we get with our subscription, and so we either needed to scale back or turn specific telemetry types off or do some more sampling. It is nice that those capabilities are there so that you can reduce the amount of telemetry. I cannot really speak to pricing but I do believe that it is somewhat reasonable for Azure Monitor. New Relic is pretty expensive, I believe.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	148
Midsize Enterprise	32
Large Enterprise	23

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	23
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	29

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with Auvik?

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Overview

Auvik Network Management offers competitive pricing for essential network and infrastructure device management, providing robust features valued by enterprises.

Auvik Network Management delivers comprehensive network visibility and management through intuitive auditing, alerting, and discovery functionalities. It eases troubleshooting, automates configuration backups, and includes a user-friendly interface for effective monitoring and management. With real-time alerts and customizable notifications, IT operations are streamlined, while remote access capabilities enhance time efficiency. ANM supports integration with other platforms, effectively maintaining device inventories and visualizing network topology.

What are the key features of Auvik Network Management?

Auditing: Offers comprehensive network audits, ensuring accuracy and efficiency.
Network Discovery: Simplifies the process of identifying network components.
Alerting Modules: Provides real-time alerts and customizable notifications.
Configuration Backups: Automates backups, safeguarding configurations.
Remote Access: Streamlines network management from any location.

What benefits should users expect when evaluating Auvik Network Management?

Enhanced Network Visibility: Offers detailed insights into network operations.
Time Efficiency: Remote access and automated features save valuable time.
Proactive Issue Identification: Real-time monitoring aids in identifying issues quickly.
Integration Support: Works cohesively with other platforms, easing management.
Operational Efficiency: Automates management tasks for improved productivity.

In industries such as IT management and network administration, Auvik Network Management is predominantly utilized for overseeing and maintaining network infrastructures across multiple locations. It offers capabilities for monitoring network topology, receiving alerts on device downtimes, and managing performance metrics. Users employ its features for proactive issue identification, and auditing, helping maintain oversight of networks containing switches, routers, and firewalls. Auvik provides remote access and automated backups, which contribute to enhanced operational efficiency and network visibility.

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Azure Monitor delivers comprehensive monitoring across applications and cloud resources, integrating seamlessly with Azure services to enhance performance tracking and telemetry analysis.

Azure Monitor extends monitoring capabilities for applications, infrastructure, and security, featuring easy integration with Azure and third-party tools. It supports dynamic alerting and telemetry, offering log analytics and metrics gathering. Users benefit from its alert system and intuitive dashboards, making it a preferred choice for multi-cloud and infrastructure monitoring across diverse IT environments. While users seek improved query building and interface navigation, they appreciate its scalability and cost-effectiveness.

What key features does Azure Monitor offer?

Integration with Visual Studio: Enhances debugging and monitoring for developers.
Dynamic Alerting: Provides real-time notifications for critical conditions.
Telemetry Capabilities: Advanced data collection to analyze and optimize application performance.
Logging and Metrics Gathering: Offers detailed insights for better resource management.
Custom Queries and Log Analytics: Facilitates in-depth data exploration and analysis.

What benefits do users experience with Azure Monitor?

Ease of Integration: Streamlines operations across Azure and third-party services.
Scalability: Adapts to growing monitoring needs efficiently.
Cost-Effectiveness: Balances cost with enhanced performance visibility.
Reporting Features: Provides comprehensive reports to improve operational efficiency.
Multi-Cloud Support: Extends monitoring capabilities across different cloud environments.

Azure Monitor sees widespread use for infrastructure and application monitoring across industries. Companies rely on it for performance tracking and incident management, often integrating it with Application Insights for enriched data analysis. Organizations use it to monitor servers and cloud services, utilizing its capabilities in DevOps practices and during cloud transformation processes for analyzing database metrics and ensuring efficient application functioning.

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Sample Customers

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Rackspace, First Gas, Allscripts, ABB Group

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