Auvik Network Management (ANM) vs Sysdig Monitor comparison

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The compared Auvik and Sysdig solutions aren't in the same category. Auvik is ranked #5 in NMS , with an average rating of 8.6, and holds a 1.2% mindshare in the category. Sysdig is ranked #9 in DCM , with an average rating of 9.0, and holds a 3.3% mindshare. Additionally, 99% of Auvik users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of Sysdig users who would recommend it.

Auvik Network Management (ANM)

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80% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Sysdig Monitor and Auvik Network Management compete in the network monitoring and management space, each tailored to distinct needs. Sysdig Monitor seems to have the upper hand in cloud-native strategies with its container management and security insights, while Auvik is better suited for on-premise and hybrid environments with its comprehensive network visibility and automation.

Features: Sysdig Monitor offers deep integration with Kubernetes, real-time threat detection, and detailed container performance analysis, providing scalability and flexibility crucial for dynamic environments. Auvik provides automated network mapping, robust monitoring capabilities across various devices, and simplified management through automation, which is ideal for infrastructure-focused IT environments. These features highlight Sysdig's focus on container ecosystems, whereas Auvik emphasizes network automation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Sysdig Monitor supports various cloud integrations with a deployment model requiring technical proficiency and provides a robust support system for ongoing optimization. Auvik features a straightforward deployment with its agentless setup and extensive documentation, along with intuitive tools for small and medium-sized businesses. The decisive factor here is Sysdig's alignment with cloud-native setups compared to Auvik's ease of integrating with existing networks.

Pricing and ROI: Sysdig Monitor has a flexible pricing model aligned with cloud resource usage, offering predictable scaling costs. Auvik features a more traditional pricing model with potentially higher initial setup costs but provides significant ROI through automated management efficiencies. The distinction lies in Sysdig's value for cloud-centric models against Auvik's cost-effectiveness linked to on-premise networks.

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Categories and Ranking

Auvik Network Management (ANM)

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

216

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (5th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (6th), Network Troubleshooting (1st), Cloud Monitoring Software (6th), Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (2nd)

Sysdig Monitor

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Container Monitoring (9th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Systems Management solutions, they serve different purposes. Auvik Network Management (ANM) is designed for Network Monitoring Software and holds a mindshare of 1.2%, up 1.1% compared to last year.
Sysdig Monitor, on the other hand, focuses on Container Monitoring, holds 3.3% mindshare, up 1.3% since last year.

Network Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Auvik Network Management (ANM)	1.2%
Zabbix	3.7%
SolarWinds NPM	3.7%
Other	91.4%

Network Monitoring Software

Container Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Sysdig Monitor	3.3%
Dynatrace	21.0%
Splunk AppDynamics	19.3%
Other	56.4%

Container Monitoring

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AmanThakkar

Software Engineer at Titanslab Inc.

Network automation has reduced troubleshooting time and supports faster issue resolution

The biggest and best feature I have experienced with Auvik Network Management (ANM) is automatic network discovery, along with features such as topology map, instant alerts, real-time monitoring, easy remote access, and simple dashboards. Among those features, I find automatic network discovery to be the most useful because it gives a clear picture of the entire network without having to create manual diagrams. It is very easy to use Auvik Network Management (ANM), so even a new team member can quickly understand the network because everything is displayed in a very clear way. Auvik Network Management (ANM) has positively impacted our organization by reducing troubleshooting time, improving network visibility, providing a very clear picture, and helping us support multiple client networks and environments very efficiently. We have noticed a 35 to 40% improvement in troubleshooting speed, less manual work in documenting any network system, faster responses to network issues, and better uptime with the client networks.

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Bharath Nadar

Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees

Centralized host monitoring has reduced operational overhead and provides trusted dashboards

Sysdig Monitor could be improved, particularly regarding application monitoring. There are specific areas or features where improvement is needed, specifically in application-level monitoring. While other monitoring solutions provide APM capabilities, Sysdig Monitor does not and targets only host-based monitoring. Many applications require APM support, and we want to introduce OpenTelemetry into some applications to gain more insights, but with Sysdig Monitor, we could not implement this functionality, so we have to opt for solutions from other vendors for those applications. Beyond the APM and OpenTelemetry support limitations, I would appreciate seeing Sysdig Monitor offer a unified solution for all monitoring needs, including logging as well, eventually bringing whole observability under one roof. That would be ideal.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The benefit outweighs the cost because we're able to see everything in one central location."

"The integration with other vendors, not just using their SNMP feature, but the actual integration to other cloud-based solutions is also valuable. We use Cisco Meraki, and integration into that has been very helpful."

"I love the ability to remote into network gear such as switches and firewalls directly from the Auvik dashboard. We do not have to get into a jump box or VPN to a client. We can get a nice, secure terminal session straight to any network that we are monitoring and managing through Auvik. I can access that directly from the Auvik dashboard."

"The dashboard and the network map give a real-time picture."

"The alerting feature has been a very key piece for us, especially in the data center because we manage it ourselves... Within the data center, we have an RDS farm that all the users from the facility connect to. Whenever something may be slow, we can look at the alerting and it helps us troubleshoot whether the issue is at the facility level or at an infrastructure level."

"The most valuable feature of Auvik is its ability to drill down and identify unusual activity on the network, such as unauthorized devices connecting to our Wi-Fi."

"Its network discovery capabilities are pretty good. It kind of spiders out and detects pretty much everything on the network, e.g., things that we are using and not using anymore. Its network discovery capabilities allow me to detect these things so I can track them down and shut them off."

"If you are looking to manage your network, Auvik Network Management (ANM) is a very good tool."

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"Sysdig Monitor has positively impacted my organization by significantly reducing operational costs and improving our ability to monitor our systems effectively."

"Docker containers are completely supported, kind of like "first class citizens"."

"The ability to stop/pause and capture logs when something happens is the most valuable feature."

"Sysdig Monitor impressed me with its in-depth visibility into my infrastructure."

Cons

"I'd like to see an improvement in how we target individual devices."

"The pricing model could also be improved, as the unlimited selection isn't unlimited. The billing work on the build devices and components, and I've tried to set up the solution in a few different configurations, resulting in multiple build devices each time. Therefore, I question the cost-effectiveness for a business of our size."

"Another issue is that to use Auvik you have to have a dedicated machine, either a virtual or Windows machine."

"The biggest area for improvement is the speed of the website because it's not something we host. Each of our clients hosts an agent that gathers the logs and pushes it up. The website can be slow to click around in or click through."

"The automation side needs improvement... A really important one was about a SonicWall firewall that needs to be rebooted every single month. You can do that in the SonicWall GUI, but you can't do it in Auvik. Hundreds of people have endorsed the idea of having an automated command line interface command run on any device that supports it."

"Auvik could include more customization options and the ability to efficiently manage additional features like printer monitoring."

"If such functionality is supported, it would be beneficial to leverage Auvik's capabilities to monitor Group Policy Objects on our servers."

"I wish their bandwidth monitoring were more real-time than it currently is."

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"I had difficulty installing Sysdig Monitor on Windows."

"Sysdig Monitor could be improved, particularly regarding application monitoring."

"It is needs to automate the actions to take when an alert is triggered."

""Events" reporting (errors, crashes, etc.) is not clear at all in a Mesos environment (i.e., it's not clear what specific container is the one that went down). In a Docker Compose environment, it may be way better."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its licensing is very fair. The devices that stand to gain the most benefit from this product are the ones that are billed. In the case of routers, switches, and firewalls, I won't necessarily have the ability to put a management agent on them to gather errors and activity logs. This type of solution is a requirement for me to properly monitor and manage these devices. The devices that aren't being billed are workstation servers, etc. For those devices, I can put agents on them to monitor their health. It has a fair billing structure."

"The initial offer was high, but I was able to negotiate it down."

"Auvik offers two publicly available pricing tiers, but there are also additional options that require contacting a sales representative."

"The pricing is pretty reasonable for what we get. It's billed by certain, core network devices that it monitors, but I'm not billed for all the devices it monitors. For example, wireless access points and small things like that, throughout the network, are not billed."

"The cost for all the devices that we were billed at in my last job was about $2500 annually. It wasn't much. It has the most reasonable pricing as compared to any product out there. I can't complain. It is amazing. It allows me to bundle inside the package what I charge customers per user per month. I don't charge them per device anymore. That's not how we do things in the industry. It is per user per month. The way Auvik is charging us allows me to do it. For example, if they charge $250 for a certain number of seats, I'm just going to write the costs onto per user per month. I have a few leftover licenses to use, which allows me to go out and make some more sales and give some freebies at some shows. So, it makes me very flexible. I am very happy with it. It is billed by network devices. You could choose which billable device you want. What is really nice is that if you don't want one switch to be billable and the other one to be billable, you can do that. You just won't have the features that the billable switch has, which isn't horrible. Sometimes, you don't need that. What I'm really happy about is that Auvik doesn't force things on you and doesn't say, "You have to have all of this," and that's a great business model."

"As an individual IP company, Auvik is a little bit pricey. It is a little expensive, but as an MSP owner, I have a small side business. So, I'm an Auvik customer in that sense too. In that, I think it's reasonable to pay $10 to $15 a device or less depending on the endpoint. For the amount of capability that it has, it is very reasonably priced."

"Auvik is not cheap. They've done a great job, it's a developed product, but you pay for it. When you compare, it's definitely in the upper-tier of pricing."

"For small businesses with many devices, the tool is potentially unaffordable. Auvik Networks Inc. is competing with other companies offering very expensive products. Still, there's a gap in the market and potentially a lot of lost revenue for smaller customers, especially those with complex IT environments."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Outsourcing Company

14%

Construction Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

15%

Outsourcing Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Construction Company

11%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	156
Midsize Enterprise	32
Large Enterprise	25

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Auvik?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is average. The cost is typically higher for these kinds of tools, so it is moderate.

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What needs improvement with Auvik?

Auvik Network Management (ANM) can be improved with better reporting options. While there are options for reporting, having more clarity would be helpful, along with more advanced analytics and mor...

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What is your primary use case for Auvik?

Our main use case for Auvik Network Management (ANM) is to monitor and manage the client networks, helping us to track the network devices and identify issues quickly to monitor the performance and...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sysdig Monitor?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was good. Before moving forward with Sysdig Monitor, we analyzed many other tools, and the costing was more transparent and significantly bette...

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What needs improvement with Sysdig Monitor?

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What is your primary use case for Sysdig Monitor?

Sysdig Monitor has become essential for overseeing a vast array of hosts and EC2 instances across our environment. We initially tried Grafana, but it fell short in operational capabilities. Managin...

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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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Sysdig Monitor is a comprehensive cloud-native performance monitoring and troubleshooting tool designed to optimize container and microservices environments through advanced data capture and analysis technology.

Ideal for professionals seeking robust visibility in containerized environments, Sysdig Monitor leverages service intelligence to simplify collecting, analyzing, and visualizing data across dynamic infrastructures. It enhances monitoring accuracy by integrating seamlessly with container platforms like Kubernetes and OpenShift, providing actionable insights that help teams identify and address performance bottlenecks quickly.

What are the essential features of Sysdig Monitor?

Real-Time Visibility: Offers continuous insights into system performance across different layers.
Kubernetes Monitoring: Dedicated features to streamline Kubernetes performance analyses.
Prometheus Metrics: Supports Prometheus to manage and visualize metrics seamlessly.
Custom Dashboards: Allows tailored dashboards for specific monitoring needs.

Which benefits or ROI should be expected?

Improved Troubleshooting Efficiency: Reduces time spent solving performance issues.
Cost Management: Optimizes resource allocation to prevent overspending.
Enhanced Collaboration: Strengthens team cooperation through shared insights.

Sysdig Monitor is adaptable across industries including finance, healthcare, and retail. In finance, it supports regulatory compliance by maintaining data integrity. Healthcare uses it to ensure system reliability for critical patient data applications. Retail benefits from its capacity to handle seasonal traffic spikes effectively.

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SAP Concur, Goldman Sachs, Worldpay by FIS, Cisco, Experian, Home Office, Societe Generale, Sunrun. More here: https://sysdig.com/customers/

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