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I like it
Tom Condo
If CPU, memory, or disk space is over-utilized, it alerts us immediately via text or email if there is an issue
Using WhatsUp Gold has helped to improve the IT team's productivity. Once we were able to equip the staff to be able to look at the WhatsUp... Read more →
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  • "Pricing is reasonable compared to other products."
  • "I'm not sure, but it's expensive. We don't pay any additional fees."
  • "The choice of version depends on the number of points, or devices, that you want to monitor, and this makes the product expensive."
  • "The pricing can be on the expensive side when considering competing products."
  • "There are some subscription charges that are quite heavy. I need to pay for support every year and these charges can be quite expensive. Aside from the initial cost for the tool, you need to pay additionally for support."
  • "It is per device, per year. The pricing is very clear. If you have a service agreement, you get all of your major upgrades and minor upgrades. It was under $10,000 to go all-in with all of the different add-ons for it."
  • "The most valuable feature is the cost compared to other solutions."
  • "This is a well priced solution."

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    What do you like most about WhatsUp Gold?
    Top Answer:The solution effectively monitors network devices and servers.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WhatsUp Gold?
    Top Answer:I cannot provide a price rating because we purchased a one-time perpetual license. It's all ours, and we're still enjoying it. We renewed support until last year, but we didn't get benefits from it.
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    What needs improvement with WhatsUp Gold?
    Top Answer:There is room for improvement in server management and application monitoring. An additional feature I would like to see in the next release would be more detailed application monitoring capabilities.
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    Ranking
    60th
    out of 111 in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
    Views
    315
    Comparisons
    273
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    31st
    out of 111 in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
    Views
    912
    Comparisons
    715
    Reviews
    6
    Average Words per Review
    464
    Rating
    7.5
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    Also Known As
    Precise Application Performance Platform, Precise APM, Precise for SAP, Precise for Peoplesoft
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    Overview

    Precise for Databases helps database administrators to find and fix database performance problems in physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Unlike its competition, it provides deep database optimization, isolation of problems and causes, scalable deployment, what-if analysis for changes, and history, trending, and planning.

    Precise for Applications helps IT administrators to find and fix application performance problems in physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Unlike its competition, it provides deep database optimization, end-to-end transaction view, isolation of problems and causes, scalable deployment, what-if analysis for changes, and  history, trending, and planning.

    Explore and manage your entire network infrastructure effortlessly with WhatsUp Gold's robust layer 2/3 discovery, creating a detailed interactive map from the edge to the cloud. Monitor devices, wireless controllers, servers, virtual machines, applications, and traffic flows across various environments. Real-time alerts ensure optimal performance, allowing you to meet or exceed SLAs. The platform offers customizable maps, dashboards, and alerts for easy network management. Quickly resolve issues with intuitive workflows, reducing Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR). WhatsUp Gold's integrated log management provides easy visibility and control of device log data, allowing monitoring, filtering, searching, and alerting on syslogs or Windows logs. Archive logs to comply with regulatory requirements and preserve historical data, all through a user-friendly interface. Streamline network monitoring and issue resolution with WhatsUp Gold, making network management efficient and hassle-free.

    Sample Customers
    Banco Bradesco; Bank of America; Carrefour; Energy Future Holdings; Fedex; Marriott International; Nestle; Reed Elsevier Group; Bank Leumi; Beijing Giftedstuffs Information Company, Ltd.; Daiwa Capital Markets, London; Magnitogorsky Iron Plant; Europa Sports; Mobistar Enterprise Services NV/SA; Air France; Casino IT; SoftBCom, Ltd.
    Artoni Trasporti, Austin Independent School District, Banca Marche, Burke County North Carolina, Cambridge University School of Clinical Medicine, Clayco, Community Integrated Care, Desca, Deutsche Bergbau, Flexi-Van, Gropper, Hamleys, Hammonds Furniture, Knowledge IT, Idras S.P.A., Sibeg, Swann Engineering, Trivium Lindenhof
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company24%
    Healthcare Company13%
    Real Estate/Law Firm13%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Government16%
    Energy/Utilities Company11%
    Retailer11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Government11%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise60%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise56%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise59%
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    IDERA Precise is ranked 60th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability while WhatsUp Gold is ranked 31st in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 22 reviews. IDERA Precise is rated 9.0, while WhatsUp Gold is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IDERA Precise writes "I like it". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WhatsUp Gold writes "If CPU, memory, or disk space is over-utilized, it alerts us immediately via text or email if there is an issue". IDERA Precise is most compared with Dynatrace and New Relic, whereas WhatsUp Gold is most compared with Grafana, SolarWinds NPM, Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor and Nagios XI.

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