IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor vs vRealize Network Insight comparison

IDERA and Broadcom are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. IDERA is ranked #73, while Broadcom is ranked #41 with an average rating of 8.0. IDERA holds a 0.5% mindshare in IM, compared to Broadcom’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IDERA users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

vRealize Network Insight and IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor compete in network management and infrastructure monitoring. vRealize Network Insight holds an edge in scalability and integration, while IDERA excels in comprehensive monitoring features.

Features: vRealize Network Insight specializes in network analytics, offering network optimization and advanced integration with VMware. It enhances security by providing network-specific insights. IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor offers robust infrastructure monitoring, comprehensive alerting, and extensive reporting capabilities for a wide range of IT infrastructure.

Room for Improvement: vRealize Network Insight could enhance ease of deployment and simplify its user interface. It may also expand its integration beyond VMware for broader compatibility. IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor can improve its scalability, integration with third-party systems, and advanced analytics capabilities for more detailed insights.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: vRealize Network Insight requires complex deployment with a need for technical expertise but offers comprehensive customer support and extensive resources. IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor provides simpler, quicker deployment and reliable customer service.

Pricing and ROI: vRealize Network Insight involves a higher initial investment, justified by detailed network analytics and optimization. IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor offers a cost-effective pricing model, providing high ROI through extensive infrastructure monitoring capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

IDERA Uptime Infrastructure...

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

87th

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

73rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

vRealize Network Insight

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

35th

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

41st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is 0.5%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of vRealize Network Insight is 0.8%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
vRealize Network Insight	0.8%
IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor	0.5%
Other	98.7%

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

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Nafiu Garba

Special Assistant to the Governor ICT COO at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

It offers different licensing types that allow you to extend the services to clients; it lets you look into device performance and optimization and helps apply best practices

What I like best about IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is that it offers different licensing types. Hence, it allows my organization to extend the services to clients and not just use the solution within the organization. My organization can leverage IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor to learn more about how clients perform because the solution lets you monitor and optimize devices and apply best practices.

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Shaijith KB

Senior System Specialist at General Directorate of Residence and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA)

Comprehensive management and detailed reports benefit operations while improvements are needed in support and maintenance

We have Tanzu and OpenShift. We have OpenShift, Canonical, and the Tanzu one. The Tanzu platform from VMware is a Kubernetes platform. We haven't completely installed Tanzu yet; we installed the vROps part. vRealize Network Insight is beneficial because you can control the East-West traffic. vRealize has a component called NSX, which has East-West traffic controlling and micro-segmentation, that is one of the best options, and we have the layer extension, layer 2 extension possible through NSX. If you have anything accountable in any business, even in a candy business, having proper accountability on what you are selling and buying will save a lot. If you don't know what you're selling and buying, you will end up with a loss. My team does not use the flow analytics feature; we have a security and network monitoring team, which is a different SOC team. I am using it as an administrator internally. We perform different tasks including costing analysis, capacity management, and many other things. vRealize Network Insight has a concern about the maintenance part, as it requires a person to monitor it completely. It's not something you install and your report will be generated automatically. You have to work on this properly to get the insights. vRealize Network Automation, vRealize Operations, and vRealize Network Insight are completely related to the network. I cannot say much about these network aspects because I am on the operations side, but overall, the vRealize suite is good for reporting perspective or any ISO-related documentation; this is very helpful. The product is called vRealize Operations Manager, and now it is referred to as Aria or vAria. I am now a Senior System Specialist. We use different metrics because we have multiple departments, and we can monitor utilization and comparisons with the previous year. On a scale of one to ten, I rate this solution a seven.

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Pros

"My organization can leverage IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor to learn more about how clients perform because the solution lets you monitor and optimize devices and apply best practices."

"Customer Service: 5 stars! Excellent. Technical Support: 5 stars! Excellent."

"Now with the features given through up.time we have over 300 + monitors constantly checking every environment that we have and also checking databases for errors."

"Easy to setup and begin monitoring."

"The most valuable feature for me is the different views that you can get when selecting an application or a VLAN. It shows you the traffic flows. It gives you a visual representation of something that, in text, just may not make as much sense."

"It gives the visibility that was either broken or there in pieces only, provides a unified view of the whole system back and forth, and has helped to reduce time to value, increase performance, more easily manage networks, and provide deep visibility."

"Without that, you're going to introduce additional latencies and problems into your environment that you don't want."

"The most valuable feture is NetFlow to help us understand how VMs communicate with each other over ports that are known and ports that are also unknown to us. Our company is a security company, so it's very important for us to know exactly which VMs are doing what at all times."

"I love what we can do with this and I love everything it gives to us."

"It's very user-friendly in the sense that the querying is just regular language like you and I speak or write. You don't need to know any SQL-query type of language to be able to get what you want out of it."

"The most valuable feature is the profiling of the applications for micro-segmentation... It has made the migration to NSX much easier. Most of the sys admins within the smaller silos, they have no idea what ports are needed to run their stuff at all. I am pretty sure the micro-segmentation would never, ever have occurred without it."

"The most valuable features are the monitoring and tracking. It's also intuitive and user-friendly. The screen looks exactly the same as the other appliances for VMware, so it's easy to navigate."

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Cons

"What I want to improve in IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is the community aspect, where IDERA would provide customers with updates on functionalities, what comes next, what IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor upgrades would be released, etc. I also want the sustainability of IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor to improve."

"Maintenance windows need to be streamlined."

"While you can restrict particular users to only see subsets of the reports, it isn't as easy as it could be."

"The virtual appliance has rebooted."

"It needs improvement in terms of its efficiency."

"When we talk about those micro-segmentation rules, there's an Export function. It is very macro-segmentation oriented instead."

"It needs to be a little easier to use and to understand the information it's putting out. That would make it more helpful. If you're not a network person you need to understand things like network policies and concepts. If you gave it to a regular admin, it would be nice if it were easier for them to pick up what is going on, understand the flows and whether or not stuff should be talking to each other, as opposed to just port groups and IP addresses."

"While it's not exactly a feature, what normally happens when we are trying to look at the VM flow portion is - although Network Insight does have options to integrate a few physical switches into it - we can't really get an end-to-end flow of the network."

"I would like to see more interoperability on the firewall and low balancer sides."

"Since Broadcom acquired VMware, it has been experiencing challenges. Many sales processes are not well defined."

"The only reason I would not give it a nine or a 10 is for cost reasons. It seems to be one of those things that really belongs as part of the product inherently and not as an add-on. That would be my only concern."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I'm based in Nigeria, and the conversion rate affects the pricing for IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor, but globally, pricing is reasonable. I'm rating pricing for the solution seven on a scale of one to ten."

"It has brought more money into our company."

"The solution has helped us to reduce time, increase performance, reduce costs, and even easily manage networks. We are probably seeing 10 to 20 percent labor savings because we are able to be very specific and focused on what we want to do. It ends up saving the customer money and makes us be more efficient on our cost deliveries."

"It's a little expensive, but for what you're getting out of the product, you often see the trade-off. It depends on the type of licensing you have. It might be a little too pricey for some."

"We have spent less time investigating network flows, so it is absolutely cost-effective."

"Cost always has room for improvement, you could always make it cheaper. But I think it's a good value for what you pay for it."

"The solution has reduced the time that we spend on other products. For example, with NSX, we were able to quickly find things that we would normally spend days trying to figure out."

"I rate vRealize Network Insight's pricing a seven point five out of ten."

"vRealize Network Insight is expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

24%

Comms Service Provider

20%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	43

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for vRealize Network Insight?

In VMware you have to buy a separate license for it. We have VVF and VCF-type of licenses, and if you want to go with this NSX and sort of higher-end professional services, you need to go with VCF....

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What needs improvement with vRealize Network Insight?

There is room for improvement as not all cases are getting resolved, and we often do not get L3 support directly, having to go through L1 and L2, resulting in delays that usually are a headache for...

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What is your primary use case for vRealize Network Insight?

We have Tanzu, and we also work with multiple Kubernetes services such as Nutanix and Google. We are working on these Kubernetes services on the operations side. For Tanzu, we have several componen...

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IDERA UIM, uptime software up.time

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Overview

IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor efficiently monitors and manages IT infrastructure, offering real-time analytics and alerts to optimize performance and prevent downtime.

IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor provides comprehensive monitoring for servers, apps, and networks, ensuring seamless operations. It delivers detailed insights through customizable dashboards, offering full visibility into enterprise IT health. Users benefit from automated alerting, performance metrics, and capacity planning tools that enhance reliability and reduce risks of outages.

What are the key features of IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor?

Real-time monitoring: Continuously tracks system performance to detect issues immediately.
Custom dashboards: Users can configure dashboards to display critical metrics relevant to their infrastructure.
Automated alerts: Delivers instant notifications on performance problems, allowing for swift action.
Capacity planning: Analyzes trends to predict future utilization needs and support decision-making.
Comprehensive reporting: Generates detailed reports for performance analysis and capacity planning.

What benefits and ROI can reviews highlight?

Increased uptime: Continuous monitoring reduces the likelihood of system failures, enhancing operational continuity.
Improved resource management: Efficient capacity planning leads to optimized resource allocation.
Cost savings: Proactive alerts minimize the costs associated with downtime and emergency fixes.
Enhanced decision-making: Accurate data analysis enables informed strategic planning.

IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is implemented across industries like finance, healthcare, and retail where maintaining high availability is critical. It supports IT teams in proactively managing infrastructure, ensuring systems are responsive, secure, and capable of meeting growth demands.

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vRealize Network Insight provides deep visibility into network flows, intuitive visualization, and real-time monitoring. It identifies communication patterns and offers insights into east-west traffic within data centers, simplifying complex network analysis and troubleshooting.

This platform enhances efficiency in firewall management and supports microsegmentation with an intuitive interface. Its integration with VMware products and natural language querying adds value. Users use it for optimizing network flows, planning NSX deployments, and visualizing traffic. It assists in applying security policies, tracking data center flows, and building network architecture by providing advanced insights for policy refinement, ensuring network performance and compliance.

What are the key features of vRealize Network Insight?

Deep Network Visibility: Offers detailed insights into network flows and communication patterns.
Intuitive Visualization: Simplifies monitoring with clear, real-time graphics.
User-Friendly Interface: Facilitates easy navigation for complex network analysis.
Integration with VMware: Seamless alignment with existing VMware products.
Natural Language Querying: Offers insights with easy-to-use query capabilities.

What benefits should users consider in reviews?

Efficiency in Firewall Management: Streamlines and optimizes firewall operations.
Supports Microsegmentation: Enhances security through improved policy enforcement.
Advanced Network Insights: Provides valuable data for performance optimization.
Compliance Assurance: Ensures adherence to security and performance standards.

In specific industries, vRealize Network Insight is implemented to optimize network architecture, manage application dependencies, and enhance security measures. Companies utilize its analytical capabilities to refine policies and ensure robust network performance and security compliance, particularly in complex and hybrid cloud environments.

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Sample Customers

TeleComputing; Manitoba Hydro; Blevins Inc.; City of Malmö

NTTi3, VCIX-NV, VMware Networking and Security Business Unit, Illumio, CompuNet

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