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Cygna Diamond IP Platform vs SolarWinds IPAM comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Cygna Diamond IP Platform
Ranking in IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools
7th
Average Rating
6.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SolarWinds IPAM
Ranking in IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
8.2
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools category, the mindshare of Cygna Diamond IP Platform is 10.3%, up from 4.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds IPAM is 15.6%, up from 15.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SolarWinds IPAM15.6%
Cygna Diamond IP Platform10.3%
Other74.1%
IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Ajmal Abbas - PeerSpot reviewer
System Consultant DDI Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Useful for DNS/DHCP management but needs a better GUI
The initial setup is a little difficult. I haven't ever built any good environment as-is. However, I have tried to develop some labs for my testing; and found that it was really difficult for me to spin up. Setting up everything correctly is the one thing. The deployment itself can be done in half an hour. That said, this is not going to be just one appliance, this is going to be a distributed environment, like hundreds of appliances all together work as a single unit, and that's how the solution is provided. I haven't done any cold deployments. That said, for my testing, I could do it by myself in my lab. Otherwise, to be frank, I don't know how many people would be needed to do a deployment in a well-deployed organization, a running organization. If you have to implement the solution, you're definitely going to be doing it as a shared effort with network security and everyone else.
Yashokanth Partkunan - PeerSpot reviewer
Managed Services Engineer at Loop1 Systems
Manages integrated IP and DHCP with ease and could improve with better alert customization and faster support response
I normally do not have other tools experience to compare with, but with SolarWinds IPAM, they actually integrate with the DHCP DNS server, allowing us to get the scopes, and from there, we can retrieve the information, which is a good feature for managing the DNS DHCP server. The automated discovery feature of SolarWinds IPAM is fine, but I am unable to compare it with other products from different vendors due to my lack of experience with them. It starts with discovery, and we can discover things through the gateway router or even subnet, so supernet, which is possible and a good feature. The benefit of integrated DHCP and DNS management in SolarWinds IPAM is significant. It can gather proper information such as MAC addresses from the DHCP server, so having DHCP and DNS servers integrated is vital to get complete information, otherwise some details may be missed. I commonly use the centralized dashboard for multiple products in SolarWinds IPAM. SolarWinds IPAM effectively helps resolve IP address conflicts. The centralized dashboard has significantly helped resolve IP address conflicts. SolarWinds IPAM has provided a centralized dashboard for a long time now rather than requiring separate management of individual features such as managing IP addresses across separate subnets, which used to be very difficult. Nowadays, there are tools to manage them easily, integrating them with the DHCP server, DNS server, and even IP request-related functionality, which helps a lot in management.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The DNS/DHCP side of the product is quite useful."
"We got a complete view of our network addresses, and we got rid of a lot of Excel sheets after introducing this solution."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds IPAM is its automated IP address management. Instead of working with Excel sheets, it's automated and saves a lot of time and effort. Additionally, it is adaptable, IT managers enjoy it, and it is high quality."
"SolarWinds IPAM has provided a centralized dashboard for a long time now rather than requiring separate management of individual features such as managing IP addresses across separate subnets, which used to be very difficult."
"I would recommend this solution for all companies that have to deal with a lot of networks."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The quality of the data with SolarWinds IPAM is very valuable to us."
"Its setup is simple. Its interface is simple. It's very easy to manage."
"The product is user-friendly and valuable."
 

Cons

"It's an older product. The GUI and everything is a little outdated."
"Sometimes we have to wait for screens to load, so faster operations would be better."
"The installation and storage could be improved."
"The product needs to improve its support. The response time is long and not very helpful."
"In terms of improving their technical support, it should focus on response time. SolarWinds directly seems to have response issues, and as a vendor, we are supporting quickly, but when we go to the direct SolarWinds support, the response is slow, so that needs to be improved."
"However, disabling the local SQL instance proved to be much more difficult than we anticipated. It’d be great to have a built-in method in IPAM to disable the local database components without impacting the application."
"The installation and storage could be improved."
"Because I'm still not able to utilize my IPAM on the AWS cloud environment, I would rate it a 7 out of 10, but I'm happy with it on the on-prem side."
"SolarWinds IPAM offers premium support, but the customer has to pay more money, and then they will have minimal response times."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product is costly."
"I would rate the product's pricing a six out of ten."
"It's on the costlier side. It's expensive."
"On a scale of one to five, where one is high and five is good, I would rate this solution as a four."
"The price of SolarWinds IPAM is good. After the second year, you have to pay additional for maintenance, because the first year is included with the license maintenance and support. It's from the second year on, you have to pay about 20% of the list price for maintenance and support."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
25%
Government
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Insurance Company
8%
Government
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

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What advice do you have for others considering SolarWinds IPAM?
I do not deal with the pricing of SolarWinds IPAM; my focus is solely on the technical side. I usually recommend SolarWinds IPAM for various types of companies. It is useful everywhere rather than ...
What needs improvement with SolarWinds IPAM?
In terms of improvement for SolarWinds IPAM, I think there needs to be a greater focus on the alert side. If they can work more on complicated alerts, that will be useful, and I believe we need to ...
What is your primary use case for SolarWinds IPAM?
I have been working with SolarWinds IPAM whenever there is a requirement, but it is not a day-to-day product. NTA, NCM, and NPM are the products I work with daily, while I work on SolarWinds IPAM o...
 

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Sample Customers

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