IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) vs Microsoft System Center comparison

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We performed a comparison between IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) and Microsoft System Center based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM SevOne Network Performa...

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

28th

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (39th), Server Monitoring (16th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (35th), Log Management (37th)

Microsoft System Center

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

27th

Average Rating

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Infrastructure (14th)

Featured Reviews

Grzegorz Nowak

Solution Architect at Wingu

Apr 29, 2024

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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reviewer2125122

Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Analyst at Daiichi Sankyo Brasil Ltda

Mar 9, 2023

Good review of configurations, effective antivirus administration, and has weekly reports

The most important aspects of the solution includes: * Effective antivirus administration, weekly reports, and Windows Defender update monitoring; * Generate KPIs and management reports with monthly presentations on activities and updating the environment (success and failure); * Review of all configurations and implementation of best practices; * Integration configuration with Microsoft Intune; * App store setup in Microsoft Intune; * Daily check of patches generated by Microsoft; * Release of patches after alignment with DSBR; * Windows Defender updates, with immediate release; When the patch is not installed automatically, SCCM needs to identify that the patch has not been updated and automatically opens calls to the local field.

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Pros

"The feature that I have found most valuable is the scale-up and scale-down. The scale-up is an operation where the CPU boosts-up and then the memory will boost-up. That works awesomely."

"The SMP and the xStats, which is for flat file integration, are both useful for integrating the various metrics that the device provides to monitor the performance of those systems."

"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."

"The most valuable feature as of late has been the API integration with ServiceNow."

"Flexible architecture: You can extend the system and its capacity by attaching another cluster pair."

"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."

"The monitoring of the network is very customizable. That is its unique feature."

"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."

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"The detail in the alarms is great."

"The most valuable feature of Microsoft System Center is its GUI (graphical user interface)."

"Managment Packs for Microsoft-specific products, help us implement the best practices for each product."

"We like Microsoft System Center's Operations Manager. That is primarily why we use it."

"The installation process is easy."

"I like the automated features of it that let you schedule those updates and the ability of the product to focus on the specific updates, specific platforms, and products that we're interested in keeping up to date."

"Many processes could be implemented out-of-the-box, and this helped to adopt processes in areas which we lacked."

"Good for managing and administering the infrastructure."

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Cons

"The customizations are very hard. The person doing it has to be very good at analytics and has to be very good in all languages"

"Some similar solutions offer end-to-end visibility."

"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."

"There is no service mode setup in this monitoring tool if you want to snooze alerts for any specific amount of time, to account for any activity change or major incident."

"We previously have had discussions on some reporting enhancements. So, we raised a feature request, which was delivered from SevOne."

"The tool needs improvement in non-Cisco SD-WAN."

"The reporting of NMS is good, but it could be better."

"Telemetry is hot these days, and IBM can improve SevOne's support for telemetry correction. Reporting is another feature that could be better. It provides the bare minimum functionality, which is good enough for most engineers, but the management isn't advanced. The new portal provides a much lighter view and better visualization, but the management is not so good."

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"They should have some customized solutions or internal development, then maybe it could be easier to use different solutions or some self-developed solution."

"Microsoft System Center should be easier to manage. However, it is complex to deploy, so people hesitate to use it. Though it has many features, such as licensing, asset tracking, and software deployment, we mainly use it for Windows updates. It protects many screens and integrates with databases, but it's complex compared to other solutions. Many now use cloud-based products or other tools like Automox to deploy updates and manage vulnerabilities."

"The platform's performance could be improved. Additionally, its UI needs to be well-upgraded and work faster."

"For me, the tool's UI seems to be too old."

"System Center hasn't updated to keep up with the industry. It needs improvements in the user interface, ease of use, and overall product functionality, particularly the cloud-monitoring features. It needs more capabilities to monitor AWS and Azure infrastructure."

"The solution’s pricing could be improved."

"Implementation and integration in the case of multi-tenant environments needs improvement."

"Something super important that we need is this integration via Intune Configuration Manager."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Prices per license are not huge, but they exist."

"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."

"Many tools price things based on the number of KPIs that you're collecting around a device. In many cases, there could be hundreds of metrics that you need to collect. SevOne provides device-level pricing. That gives us the flexibility to turn on, and expand on, the metrics that we're collecting around those devices, without taking a financial hit."

"Have a bank of licenses, because it is about the number of objects (RAM, ports, CPU, etc.)."

"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."

"A blocking point is the high upfront cost because it is challenging to get it accepted and the purchase approved."

"The tool is not expensive. We were able to negotiate with SevOne on pricing."

"It is inexpensive compared to other monitoring tools."

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"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten."

"Microsoft System Center's licensing is costly."

"I rate the product price as five to six on a scale of one to ten, where one means it is cheap and ten means it is expensive."

"I know that sometimes there is some reduction in the prices of Microsoft System Center because of the costs of Microsoft SQL Server, which can be advantageous."

"It's rolled into our enterprise subscription. The entire subscription is around $25,000 a year, however, that covers all the products that we use."

"We maximized our license investment."

"Microsoft System Center is quite expensive."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about SevOne Network Data Platform?

I like the tool’s scalability and real-time reports. Earlier, we struggled to give real-time reports to clients. I also like the tool’s deployment model where we can deploy it either on-premises or...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SevOne Network Data Platform?

The tool is not expensive. We were able to negotiate with SevOne on pricing.

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What needs improvement with SevOne Network Data Platform?

SevOne could improve its flexibility because it isn't fully customizable and its out-of-the-box configuration doesn't cover all use cases.

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What do you like most about Microsoft System Center?

The product's initial setup phase was easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft System Center?

There is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing charges attached to the product. I rate the product price as five to six on a scale of one to ten, where one means it is cheap and ten ...

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What needs improvement with Microsoft System Center?

For me, the tool's UI seems to be too old. The product's UI needs improvement. The integration features and smoothness of the tool can be improved. Integration can be improved. Maybe Microsoft can ...

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Overview

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...

System Center helps customers realize the benefits of the Microsoft Cloud Platform by delivering unified management. Experience fast time-to-value with out-of-the-box monitoring, provisioning, configuration, automation, protection and self-service.

Sample Customers

ATOS, Devereux, Spark New Zealand, Access4, Rogers Communication, Lumen (formerly known as CenturyLink)

Kassen_rztliche Vereinigung Nordrhein, Magyar Telekom Nyrt., Adeka, QualCare, Aeriandi, UniCredit Bank d.d., Mostar, Allianz Australia Ltd., Grupo Familia

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