We performed a comparison between Azure Cost Management and SolarWinds NPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about IBM, Microsoft, VMware and others in Cloud Cost Management."The cost analysis and exportability are the most valuable features of the solution."
"We use Azure DevOps, and the product helps us understand the cost with the help of the Azure DevOps center."
"My organization benefits from the tool's performance and time-saving features."
"Azure Cost Management is user-friendly compared to other competitors."
"The interface is good, and it's easy to manage."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Gives visibility into the cost of cloud-based solutions."
"I like the fact that you can set alerts on the predicted cost in Azure Cost Management."
"The initial setup is easy."
"I like the tracking feature to track devices and see where they are connected. This is very practical."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the alerts."
"The SolarWinds NPM framework, upon which most of their flagship products are built, empowers a wide variety of admins and users to quickly find value in their installed products."
"The most important feature is reporting. The reports that are generated are useful and they save a lot of time with respect to monitoring."
"A product that is well-tested and trusted in demanding situations."
"I like that SolarWinds NPM is a strong tool for monitoring network devices, switches, and routers. It's also a user-friendly tool. My team also likes how scalable it is."
"The biggest thing for me is that it provided enough information for me to monitor. It alerts and provides you with the information you need."
"The solution needs an automated dashboard and better reporting."
"We would like to see more flexibility added to this solution, such as being able to compare reservations, or compare costs across multiple financial years and report on the reasons for deviation in spend."
"It can be difficult to determine the cost associated with certain resources as it relies on a tagging progress. This means we need to drill down billing reports to highlight and fix missing tags."
"We have encountered delays in support."
"Improved integration with other solutions could definitely be beneficial."
"The product's licensing cost could be improved."
"I would like to see better customization."
"What would make Azure Cost Management better is a more flexible GUI that would allow users to provide more input. Another area for improvement in the solution is its reporting. The report it provides should be easy to understand."
"SolarWinds NPM could improve the graphics of the interface and more customized reporting."
"The reporting module that got integrated into the system itself, used to be a standalone solution and I preferred that."
"The integration with the APIs and the web servers deployed can definitely be improved."
"Consolidation of platforms would provide a smoother experience."
"The solution is not always good with new features, so it's take a long time."
"I think Solar Winds NPM needs to create a profile with documentation responsibility."
"The scalability can be better."
"The root cause analysis and installation faults are not clear."
Azure Cost Management is ranked 2nd in Cloud Cost Management with 41 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. Azure Cost Management is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Azure Cost Management writes "A good, but limited cost information solution with strong analytics but requiring more flexibility in its reporting functionality". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". Azure Cost Management is most compared with IBM Turbonomic, VMware Aria Cost powered by CloudHealth, AWS Savings Plans, Cloudability and Zabbix, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and LogicMonitor.
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