ITRS Geneos vs SolarWinds NPM comparison

ITRS and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. ITRS is ranked #74 with an average rating of 5.0, while SolarWinds is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.4. ITRS holds a 0.6% mindshare in NMS, compared to SolarWinds’s 3.6% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of ITRS users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of SolarWinds users who would recommend it.

ITRS Geneos

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

SolarWinds NPM and ITRS Geneos are competing in the network monitoring tools category. SolarWinds NPM seems to have the upper hand with its flexibility in environment adaptability and vendor support.

Features: SolarWinds NPM provides automatic device discovery, customizable dashboards, and the ability to schedule network scans. It supports multiple vendors and offers integration with mobile views along with a powerful REST API. SolarWinds' alerting system is highly adaptable, ensuring strong monitoring of network devices across various operating systems. ITRS Geneos is equipped with a range of plugins suitable for the financial sector. Its real-time monitoring via a lightweight NetProbe minimizes system resource usage. Geneos allows for customized views and alerts, focusing on configurability and real-time data management ideal for regulated markets.

Room for Improvement: SolarWinds NPM may need to boost its real-time analytics and scalability for enterprise use. Enhancements in alert setups and integration with more vendor tools have been suggested. Users seek better documentation and simpler setup for complex alerts. ITRS Geneos could improve its dashboard features, mobile integration, and cloud support. Users desire more intuitive log file handling and predictive analytics capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SolarWinds NPM is versatile with both on-premises and cloud deployment options, receiving generally positive customer feedback, though improvement in technical support response time is noted. ITRS Geneos is mainly used on-premises, praised for customer service but may demand specialized knowledge for deployment due to complex configurations.

Pricing and ROI: SolarWinds NPM offers competitive modular pricing across various tiers, providing flexibility and potential affordability based on organizational needs. Its pricing strategy delivers a positive ROI by managing costs and reducing downtime effectively. ITRS Geneos, primarily focused on financial sectors, is perceived as expensive, reflecting its advanced real-time monitoring capabilities. While the cost is justified for features and customization, users express a desire for flexible pricing for cloud and smaller applications.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

ITRS Geneos

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

74th

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

50th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (48th)

SolarWinds NPM

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

4th

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

5th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

160

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Monitoring Software (9th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of ITRS Geneos is 0.6%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds NPM is 3.6%, down from 4.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SolarWinds NPM	3.6%
ITRS Geneos	0.6%
Other	95.8%

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Sanket

Chief Manager at a marketing services firm with 501-1,000 employees

With the help of the solution, we can predict and prevent failures

Currently, the most valuable thing for an individual is a mobile device. Since that is where people are currently tracking everything, we have multiple applications or apps that are for various products. I would like ITRS Geneos to develop an app, where instead of going to specific login terminals or logging into laptops or desktops to check alerts, we can have visibility in the app itself. Using the ITRS Geneos app, we could see the error message during our travels or wherever we are. I would like to see the capacity of messages for forecasting increased. Since the NSE is the number one derivative stock exchange in the work for three consecutive years, the number of messages is important. We use the capacity planner in ITRS to forecast our data needs for the next two months. The planner is important because the volume of data we produce is becoming more and more volatile compared to when we first started using ITRS Geneos in 2014.

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Vivek Jaiswal

Manager IT at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Central monitoring has improved outage alerts and now needs smarter detection and modern dashboards

Regarding the automated network topology and mapping feature in SolarWinds NPM, I am not satisfied with it. For static monitoring, it is acceptable. However, if it is possible, I would need a feature in SolarWinds in the future for some kind of malfunctioning detection, such as malware attacks or that type of environment. We did not have any facility to detect that in SolarWinds. I think it would be better to incorporate those types of features. Regarding customization options in SolarWinds, the ability to customize the dashboard has room for improvement. The dashboard is quite old, and we need some improvement in it. Nowadays, we have multiple tools with AI-based monitoring and web-based dashboards. SolarWinds also has a web-based dashboard, but I think there is scope for improvement in the UI. There may be other areas I would like to improve in SolarWinds NPM.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The 'start of day' (SOD) and 'end of day' (EOD) checks were automated by using this tool, thus reducing the amount of manual work needed by almost two hours per day."

"We previously used Nagios, but switched to Geneos as it has better monitoring for applications, and it has more features and better configuration possibilities."

"For my application, Geneos is detecting and helping us avoid outages at least once a day."

"One of the benefits is to have 24/7 automated monitoring of our most critical services; in general, it has drastically increased the visibility of our estate, definitely improved our response times to issues, and enabled us to proactively detect issues and prevent outages as well."

"Real-time log monitoring with desktop alerts is valuable as it tells us immediately when there is an issue."

"Geneos gives us visibility on all of our systems at once and we can build dashboard views to monitor transactions moving from one system to another."

"ITRS is significantly better than PRTG and saves us a lot of time in development."

"The remarkable feature of Geneos is the dashboard. Geneos' flexible dashboard sets it apart from other monitoring tools. Other solutions have limitations in their dashboard design and can't be customized as much. The Geneos dashboard allows unlimited creativity."

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"We were able to unify our entire company under one monitoring solution that works for everybody, saving a ton of time and significantly speeding up problem-resolution time."

"One of my clients is a bank; SolarWinds is primarily used in banking to limit network downtime to less than one or two minutes, with all the ATMs connected so the bank can respond quickly when the network is down."

"With SolarWinds, it’s easy to monitor everything and, with a little setup, everyone can help out."

"It combines and presents information from many different sources, giving a corporate-wide vision on a single pane of glass."

"The product is lightweight in terms of memory use, requiring only 10 megabytes or less."

"The biggest thing for me is that it provided enough information for me to monitor. It alerts and provides you with the information you need."

"The most valuable features of SolarWinds NPM are network performance monitoring and the overall benefit for servers."

"Monitoring capabilities are at a high level and it is easy to see utilization, access ports, and CPU memory in real time or through a lens for long-term visualization."

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Cons

"It needs to have better middleware integration for things such as application and Microsoft SQL servers."

"There is are issues with the compatibility of plugins with AIX servers."

"We were a little bit confused but once we found out what was needed, it was smooth."

"Mobile phone integration is probably not as rich as it could be."

"I would also like to see suggested guidelines to accomplish a monitoring task. The issue is that ITRS is so flexible that there is more than one way to complete a task, each with benefits and disadvantages."

"For the last year or two, I've been asking the vendor about the mobile app."

"For the solution to stay relevant in the cloud-based monitoring environment Geneos needs more plug-ins with more features. Instead of offering clients workarounds, the solution should have a cloud-based out-of-the-box version."

"I would like better access to the data that is being collected."

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"Stability is an issue. We have installed SolarWinds (Server 2016) on a dedicated physical server and as a virtual machine in a brand new Hyper-V environment with brand new servers."

"Better offline license management. I’ve had to get in touch with customer support several times simply to remove an expired license from our NPM servers."

"We also had to be attentive to vulnerabilities, because SolarWinds NPM have some issues in that area. We had to work with our security team, so that they could help us check and backup the data, and check what they needed to secure."

"SolarWinds NPM needs to increase its elements. One polling engine can only support 10,000 elements then it becomes slow. There are limitations even if you have the full SLX version license."

"It is difficult for stakeholders to translate technical requirements, which results in difficulties selecting a platform or implementing a solution."

"There are some issues when trying to monitor multiple networks with the same IP ranges. The solution for this is to purchase additional modules."

"I would like to see some enhancement on the reporting side, such as making it a little bit easier to create reports or having a larger assortment of canned reports."

"There needs to be more integration of widgets, especially for reporting purposes."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I can say it's not that cheap because the licensing is a little bit costly"

"The organization is not just purchasing a license for the product, but also managing services and professional services from ITRS. Another factor is if the implementation is going to be in production, non-production, or both."

"Pricing is the touchy subject, even here. Upper management always wants us to find a cheaper solution. But we have so much integrated with ITRS... It's expensive, but it does its job very well. And you set it and go."

"You will get the best price if you get a single global deal."

"Based on feedback from colleagues and friends working in the financial sector, Geneos is relatively costly. Many companies have been switching from Geneos to Dynatrace, Sysdig, or other monitoring tools in the past two years because of the price."

"The pricing is fairly market-related. They have been very lenient because we have been working with them for so long. An example is that we're currently migrating some of our services to AWS, and they've given us a grace period for some of the things to help with the migration and not to grow additional costs while we are migrating, but it's still on par with the market."

"The pricing seems reasonable. We're happy enough with it."

"Its price is reasonable. It isn't too expensive, and it isn't too cheap, but it also depends on a company's volume and negotiation."

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"Excluding the costs of running VMs and physical blade servers, our licensing costs run around US$200,000/year for over 60 polling engines."

"The licensing is based on the number of nodes, interfaces, and volumes."

"I would rate the pricing a five out of ten"

"We pay approximately $4,000 annually for SolarWinds NPM. There are no additional fees required other than the standard fees."

"The cost of the personal perpetual license for SolarWinds NPM is approximately $2,000."

"We have a perpetual license for this solution, and my impression is that this solution is cheap."

"There is a permanent license and also a subscription level which has annual fees. The price of the solution is fair."

"The solution's pricing is low compared to a lot of other tools in the market."

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IT Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

May 31, 2015

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I have researched a quite a few network monitoring tools which can be used for various monitoring purposes of not only the servers, but the intermediate routers as well. There are majorly three types of these softwares. Ones which are completely open-source, you can do almost anything you want…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

65%

Computer Software Company

Construction Company

Outsourcing Company

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Government

Computer Software Company

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	39

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	59
Midsize Enterprise	33
Large Enterprise	85

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Also Known As

Geneos

Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor, SolarWinds Network Bandwidth Analyzer

Overview

ITRS Geneos offers a customizable platform for real-time monitoring with minimal system impact, facilitating insights across multiple platforms. Known for its scalability, it efficiently integrates with other tools, supporting industries with its proactive monitoring capabilities.

ITRS Geneos allows users to effectively manage financial services infrastructure by monitoring trading systems, treasury management, and FX operations. It provides real-time dashboards to track server uptime, application performance, and health metrics. Users benefit from its enterprise-wide data aggregation, alerting features, and script adaptability while needing improvement in cloud monitoring and AI-based predictive functionalities. The tool's setup requires some expertise, suggesting a need for more intuitive solutions.

What are the most important features of ITRS Geneos?

Customizable Dashboards: Enables real-time analytics across platforms.
Lightweight Netprobe: Facilitates efficient data aggregation with minimal impact.
Plugin Support: Ensures extensive compatibility and integration.
Proactive Monitoring: Allows for early issue detection and resolution.
Script Adaptability: Supports tailored solutions for specific requirements.

What benefits and ROI should be considered?

Minimized Manual Intervention: Automation features reduce manual tasks.
Scalability: Easily accommodates growing enterprise needs.
Integration Capabilities: Works seamlessly with existing tools.
Insightful Dashboards: Provides actionable metrics for decision making.

ITRS Geneos is prominently utilized in financial sectors. Banks and financial institutions leverage its capabilities to monitor infrastructure and application performance, optimizing trading systems and FX operations. It builds comprehensive dashboards, offering valuable insights into server health, application logs, and network performance, contributing significantly to operational efficiency.

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SolarWinds NPM is a network performance monitoring tool offering a user-friendly interface with customizable dashboards. It provides real-time tracking of device health, latency, and bandwidth utilization, supporting diverse integration and scalability needs.

SolarWinds NPM's robust features include real-time monitoring of network performance and efficient tracking of device health, latency, and bandwidth utilization. The tool is appreciated for its ease of deployment, scalability, and support for integration with other tools. Features like SNMP monitoring, NetPath, and comprehensive reporting enhance its diagnostic capabilities and network visibility. However, users identify areas for improvement such as real-time analytics, advanced customization options, and enhanced scalability for larger enterprises. Better customer support, improved integrations, and security measures are also desired.

What are the key features of SolarWinds NPM?

User-Friendly Interface: Simplifies navigation and operation.
Customizable Dashboards: Allows personalized data views.
Real-Time Monitoring: Provides instant updates on network performance.
Strong Alerting Capabilities: Offers immediate notifications for issues.
Scalability: Supports growth with ease.
Integration: Works smoothly with other tools for comprehensive monitoring.
SNMP Monitoring: Tracks device stats effectively.
NetPath: Helps visualize network paths and performance.

What benefits and ROI can users expect?

Improved Network Visibility: Enables proactive issue resolution.
Enhanced Diagnostics: Facilitates quicker troubleshooting.
Real-Time Performance Data: Supports informed decision-making.
Ease of Deployment: Reduces setup time and complexity.
Infrastructure Monitoring: Ensures network stability and reliability.
Custom Integration: Adapts to existing IT environments.

In enterprise environments, SolarWinds NPM is deployed to monitor network health and device status, sending alerts for any issues. It provides visibility into network performance, tracking bandwidth utilization and server metrics efficiently. Its applications span from monitoring routers, switches, and firewalls to supporting infrastructure monitoring across industries.

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Sample Customers

ITRS Geneos is used by over 170 financial institutions, including JPMorgan, HSBC, RBS, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs. Clients range from investment banks to exchanges and brokers.

Microsoft, Federal Express, Hewlett-Packard, and MasterCard

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