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Elastic Beats vs IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) comparison

Elastic and IBM are both solutions in the Log Management category. Additionally, 75% of Elastic users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of IBM users who would recommend it.
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    96% willing to recommend
     

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    Categories and Ranking

    Elastic Beats
    Average Rating
    8.0
    Number of Reviews
    2
    Ranking in other categories
    No ranking in other categories
    IBM SevOne Network Performa...
    Average Rating
    8.4
    Reviews Sentiment
    7.2
    Number of Reviews
    54
    Ranking in other categories
    Network Monitoring Software (46th), Server Monitoring (20th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (45th), Log Management (47th), Cloud Monitoring Software (30th)
     

    Featured Reviews

    reviewer1269834 - PeerSpot reviewer
    A great addition to our security monitoring system
    We haven't to this point had to scale very large, we want to continue to evolve, but it's a slow process for us. From what I've used so far, and my reading on it, I don't think we're going to have any problems scaling to really whatever size we need.
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    Grzegorz Nowak - PeerSpot reviewer
    Improves infrastructure planning by helping us analyze network traffic
    We use SevOne to collect and report on network flows SevOne improves infrastructure planning by helping us analyze network traffic. We can look at bandwidth for specific endpoints on the customer's network and analyze traffic to identify issues. For example, maybe some connectors are unavailable.…
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    Pros

    "There's a whole spectrum of features on the solution that users can take advantage of. It's a very robust product."
    "The security aspects in general have been very useful to use."
    "The network data collection has been very flexible for us. It's been thorough in areas that were lacking. They have a team that I've worked with to add other pieces to it. So if it's missing something out of the box, they work with me to add it. I was able to collect that data. It's not perfect, but it's pretty thorough."
    "Another useful feature is that SevOne gives you real-time insights into your network performance. It polls every five minutes. That is important for our customers because there are some network teams that are always monitoring their networks."
    "We have benefited mainly from the use of the dashboard interface. It makes the network visually interesting for other people who are not in the network. A lot of people are not network techies who understand streams in the network. Based on location, we have streams coming in and out. They can see visually when there is some problem. They don't need to understand all the network technology behind it to be able to understand if everything is working well or if there is a problem."
    "Its ability to monitor practically any type of network device via SNMP is most valuable. This is the main functionality that we're using. If a network device exposes a metric, such as interface utilization, SevOne will monitor it for us."
    "Scalability. I have never had to worry about how to handle really big environments."
    "It's a great solution for highlighting and discovering useful information regarding our network's elements."
    "SevOne provides support for all universal connectors. They internally work with other data sources to get features implemented. We have an SD-WAN implementation and use other app data to monitor performance. If you pull that data into one centralized location, that is very useful for management."
    "Flexible architecture: You can extend the system and its capacity by attaching another cluster pair."
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    Cons

    "The dashboard is not user-friendly. The solution, in general, isn't great from a user's perspective."
    "At some level, the documentation, the information as far as the components, it's sometimes a little difficult to find the information necessary to implement aspects."
    "The reports are easy to configure but they are a bit outdated in terms of appearance and visualization."
    "When I started using it, I tried adding one of the BroadWorks application servers into SevOne... it created thousands and thousands of objects from that one application server and we immediately ran out of license... It would help, when new objects are discovered, if there were a way to categorize those objects and to pick the part of the object you need..."
    "There are some tweaks and enhancements that I've already requested. One is to be able to make changes per device rather than as a global setting. That has to do with naming. It's minor."
    "There are a lot of pain points. My main problem is that we don't have a high availability system. There are 20 peers. We're going to lose the end-of-life appliances that are old. If we lose a peer and it doesn't come back, we lose all that data. The reason we don't have high availability is because it's double the charge."
    "I would like to see live maps as an added feature. Also, build modules on AI and EML to provide better data insights that would proactively tell us what we should be looking after."
    "High-frequency polling is data-intensive because you're pulling more. If SevOne could figure out a way to manage the impact of high-frequency polling on the system, that would be very popular."
    "Their virtualization solution is not compatible with our Kubernetes environment, which is one of the reasons we are ending our relationship with them."
    "With the administrative management of the appliance, if some object appears from SevOne because something changed in the network or whatever, then as an administrator you will not be aware. If you are using this object in a report, this object will disappear from the report and you will not be aware of it. So, if you have 1,000 reports, you cannot always check these reports everyday to see if objects are missing or information has disappeared. We don't have any information on alerts, saying that something is happening there and maybe we need to take action. If an object was replaced by another one, or if a link was replaced by another one, then the graph needs to be changed because it doesn't exist in the graph anymore. However, we don't have this information."
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    Pricing and Cost Advice

    "It wasn't cheap, but it was cost-effective compared to many of the other solutions."
    "The tool is not expensive. We were able to negotiate with SevOne on pricing."
    "For the value that you get from SevOne, it's worth the price. There are a lot of cheaper alternatives on the market, and even free options. But they require more staff, more resources, and engineers with more advanced knowledge of monitoring. That's what makes SevOne worth the price."
    "The pricing has been fair."
    "The pricing has not evolved with the market, which is one of the reasons we are moving to a new product."
    "Have a bank of licenses, because it is about the number of objects (RAM, ports, CPU, etc.)."
    "Choose a SevOne partner who can provide SevOne as a service and can deliver professional services and maintenance."
    "There are different options available for licensing, with the per-device option being more expensive but more flexible."
    "Although I don't have exact details in terms of cost, my experience has been that SevOne is willing to make a deal with the customer."
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    Financial Services Firm
    15%
    Manufacturing Company
    15%
    Computer Software Company
    12%
    Legal Firm
    6%
     

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    Questions from the Community

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    What needs improvement with SevOne Network Data Platform?
    There is room for improvement in the integration with different vendors and the reporting capabilities. It would be beneficial to have out-of-the-box integration with third-party vendors and improv...
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    What is your primary use case for SevOne Network Data Platform?
    The primary use case of IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) ( /products/ibm-sevone-network-performance-management-npm-reviews ) is network monitoring. It helps to maintain the infrastru...
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    What advice do you have for others considering SevOne Network Data Platform?
    To compete with custom-built tools, IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) should accommodate the desired features and be timely in the delivery of feature updates. I would rate the overal...
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    Overview

    Beats is the platform for single-purpose data shippers. They install as lightweight agents and send data from hundreds or thousands of machines to Logstash or Elasticsearch.

    Elastic

    The IBM® SevOne Network Performance Management (IBM SevOne NPM) solution helps you spot, address, and prevent network performance issues early with machine learning-powered analytics from a single source. Boost network performance and improve your user application experience by proactively monitoring your multivendor end-to-end network across enterprise, communication, and managed service provider networks.

    Transform raw network performance data into intelligent and actionable insights. The IBM SevOne NPM solution goes beyond detection, combining industry-leading expertise and advanced technology to help your IT team plan and optimize your network and act on what matters: improving network performance to provide an exceptional customer experience.

    For further information, please visit www.ibm.com/cloud/sevo...



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