LogicMonitor vs SolarWinds Network Device Monitor comparison

LogicMonitor and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. LogicMonitor is ranked #24 with an average rating of 9.3, while SolarWinds is ranked #30 with an average rating of 7.8. LogicMonitor holds a 1.9% mindshare in NMS, compared to SolarWinds’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of LogicMonitor users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of SolarWinds users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

SolarWinds Network Device Monitor and LogicMonitor compete in network monitoring. LogicMonitor has the upper hand with advanced features, while SolarWinds is preferred for affordability and support.

Features: SolarWinds Network Device Monitor offers intuitive device tracking, an effective alerting system, and a user-friendly interface. LogicMonitor provides automated alerts, detailed reporting, and integration with cloud storage, making it preferable for those needing comprehensive monitoring capabilities.

Room for Improvement: SolarWinds can enhance its feature set to appeal to enterprises requiring advanced functionalities, expand its integration capabilities, and improve on its scalability options. LogicMonitor could simplify its interface for easier navigation, streamline initial setup to reduce complexity, and offer more cost-effective solutions for small enterprises.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SolarWinds Network Device Monitor offers an efficient installation process with straightforward instructions and quick customer service. LogicMonitor, despite a complex setup due to extensive features, provides personalized guidance and superior support to facilitate new installations.

Pricing and ROI: SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is favored for its cost-effectiveness, making it an excellent choice for small to medium-sized businesses. LogicMonitor requires a higher upfront investment but offers extensive features that can yield significant long-term benefits. SolarWinds is ideal for budget-conscious businesses, while LogicMonitor provides greater strategic value for those who can invest more upfront.

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Categories and Ranking

LogicMonitor

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

24th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (27th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (23rd), Container Monitoring (7th), Cloud Monitoring Software (18th), AIOps (13th)

SolarWinds Network Device M...

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

30th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of LogicMonitor is 1.9%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is 0.6%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
LogicMonitor	1.9%
SolarWinds Network Device Monitor	0.6%
Other	97.5%

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Maxwell Miya

IT Infrastructure Engineer at Ethical Trade SErvices Africa

Has improved service reliability and reduced downtime by providing full visibility into infrastructure

I wish the user interface would be customizable to allow users to create personal context-specific workspaces to hide irrelevant data, rather than trying to have a one-size-fits-all interface. This would go a long way, as would introducing a usage-based pricing model for data ingestion, per GB of metrics or logs alongside a device-based model similar to New Relic, which would be more attractive for cloud-native companies with dynamic infrastructure. While dynamic alerting is great, the overall alerting system can be complex to configure. If LogicMonitor looks into going beyond the topology-based correlation to include AI that can group related alerts from different parts of the stack into a single probable cause incident, that will significantly improve the system.

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Vijay Samant

Assistant Manager at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Monitor network utilization and manage bandwidth efficiently with live monitoring and reliable fault management capabilities

I use SolarWinds Network Device Monitor for monitoring network utilization, bandwidth utilization, uptime, and downtime. It also assists in incident management SolarWinds Network Device Monitor provides live monitoring capabilities, which are very useful. Its fault management capabilities are…

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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 most valuable feature of LogicMonitor is the infrastructure monitoring capability."

"I really appreciate the reporting function because it allows me to create dashboards that will be emailed to me during the morning so that I have a complete overview of my client's health, within a specific time frame."

"One thing that's very valuable for us is the technical knowledge of the people who work with LogicMonitor. We looked at several products before we decided to use LogicMonitor, and one of the key decision-making points was the knowledge of the things that they put in the product. It provides real intelligence regarding the numbers that you see on the product, which makes it easy for us technical people to troubleshoot. Other products don't provide you with such information. You see a value going up, but you don't know what it means. LogicMonitor provides such information. For instance, if a value goes up, it says that it is probably because your disk area was too low."

"It is easy to set up and monitor an entire facility. This is crucial because we have around 80 facilities that require monitoring. LifePoint is a hub-and-spoke environment, so it is essential to understand all of the WAN interfaces."

"LogicMonitor improved on-premises infrastructure monitoring in several ways. One key feature was dynamic resource allocation, although we didn't utilize it much in our system. The main functionalities we benefited from were email alerts, network mapping, and dashboards."

"We have very fine-tuned alerting that lets us know when there are issues by identifying where exactly that issue is, so we can troubleshoot and resolve them quickly. This is hopefully before the customer even notices. Then, it gives us some insight into potential issues coming down the road through our environmental health dashboards."

"The concept of developing a dashboard template for ourselves, then cloning it for every single customer, and only having to change one piece of information, is a godsend. That's one of the strengths. We can develop a template that fits every customer and just change the information that is presented."

"The dashboards are the big seller for us. When our customers can see those graphs and are able to interact with the data, that is valuable. They can easily adjust time ranges and the graphs display the data fast. We've used other tools in the past, where you'd say, "Hey, I want the last three months of data on a graph," and it would just sit there and crunch for five minutes before you'd actually see the data. With LogicMonitor, the fast reliability of those dashboards is huge."

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"This product proactively tells us about issues before the users notice."

"Since our devices are spread out across the world, we can see the status of these devices without having to send someone physically to a remote location, which saves money."

"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is monitoring."

"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is it can alert you when a device is not working."

"The alerting functionality in SolarWinds Network Device Monitor helps us stay informed during off-hours by sending alerts if our main links or devices are impacted, allowing us to quickly address any issues."

"In terms of general network monitoring features, I find SolarWinds Network Device Monitor very flexible and comfortable to use. The software itself is extremely useful when it comes to monitoring how our data moves between different networks and environments."

"You can create an attractive dashboard and create a hierarchy."

"I rate the product's initial setup process a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one means it is a difficult phase and ten is an easy process."

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Cons

"I'd like to see more automation in the tool, especially around remediation."

"LogicMonitor should improve its logging features. It can become expensive and should be cost-effective. It would be great to see prebuilt templates for alerting methods in LogicMonitor that are similar to the prebuilt dashboards. Currently, users have to build their alerting configurations."

"One of the areas that I sometimes find confusing is the way that the data is presented. For example, a couple of weeks back I was looking at bandwidth utilization. That's quite a difficult thing to present, but they should try to dumb down how the data is presented and simplify what they're presenting."

"LogicMonitor has good features, but the ease of use is a little bit confusing. Additionally, we are looking for workflow automation, which is a little bit tricky for LogicMonitor."

"There is a lack of automation, especially in terms of remediating problems. The problem is seen and identified, but there is a need and a gap where LogicMonitor can help us automate the remediation of the problem."

"There are some very specific things that need improvement in LogicMonitor. One is the lack of formatting for customized alerts, particularly the delivery of them to our email channel. We'd also like to see further customization of dashboards. Finally, something that is specific to us as an MSP that uses LogicMonitor, is white-labeling or skinning of the product, so we can make it look more customer-focused for our customers."

"One drawback of LogicMonitor is its licensing model, which requires an additional license for each module. For example, if you need to use Azure monitoring, you'll need an additional license on top of the base license."

"Dashboarding capabilities could be enhanced. It is cumbersome, you must do it all at once, and then you must repeat the process every now and then."

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"In terms of price, it could be less expensive."

"SolarWinds Network Device Monitor could improve the features. We don't have the complete model for the database, and the monitoring for the database is up and down. We expect that we could monitor the blocking items on the database but we don't have that feature."

"The solution lacks in performance monitoring."

"The initial setup of the SolarWinds Network Device Monitor could be easier. It took us approximately one month to complete the implementation."

"Although I haven't explored all of the features available, I wouldn't mind if the software were made to be a bit more customizable."

"The way they are presenting the map of our devices needs to be improved."

"When an organization's network grows, the complexity of the dashboard becomes an area of concern where improvements are required."

"The reporting feature needs improvement because we are unable to configure reports that were included during initial implementation."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's an enterprise-grade solution and competitively priced compared to the other solutions that are out there... Our organization is not huge, but LogicMonitor is worth every penny that we pay for it. I've never heard anyone say, "I'm not sure that we're getting good value for money from this product." It's integral to our business."

"We are on an enterprise license plan, we are paying $7.75 per device a month. That is for a commitment of 350 devices. Anything that is over the 350 is charged at 1.2 times the rate; 1.2 times $7.75 would be the overage charge. We are looking at increasing our commitment to either 450 or 500 devices. It changes our pricing if we go to 450 devices, bringing it from $7.75 down to $7.70. If we go for 500 devices, it brings it from $7.75 down to $7.50. We will probably factor in the volume discount drop from $7.75 to $7.50 in our decision of whether we uplift or not. We also have some cloud monitors, which are about $500 a month."

"It's affordable. The price we get per license is a lot cheaper than what we were getting with some of the other tools. There are other monitoring tools out there that are cheaper, but what you get with LogicMonitor, out-of-the-box, makes it worth the cost."

"It definitely pays for itself in the amount of time we're not spending with false errors or things that we haven't quite dealt with monitoring. It has been good cost-wise."

"We have definitely seen ROI with LogicMonitor. We used to provide 24/7 IT support for our users. We have since been able to change to operating just within normal business hours for IT support, and LogicMonitor was a large part of being able to accomplish that."

"The tool's pricing falls into the middle range."

"I know we are saving at least several hundred thousand dollars in that we're not buying Cisco Prime."

"As a managed service provider, we have the highest level of licensing that they offer, so we don't have any extra fees. I believe there are some add-ons for some of the lower tiers of LogicMonitor service, but that's not something that we use with our agreement."

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"Well, we had a perpetual license and the renewal was $20 to $25,000."

"The price of the SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is good."

"The enterprise license is good for the SolarWinds Network Device Monitor. However, it is expensive, they should reduce their price."

"When compared with other solutions SolarWinds is more expensive."

"SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is not an expensive solution."

"The product is expensive."

"Thankfully, it doesn't take a lot of manpower to install and deploy."

"I rate the product's price as three to three and a half or on a scale of one to ten, where one means low price, and ten means high price."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	8

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	14

Questions from the Community

What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?

It actually depends on the exact purpose or requirements. Some tools are better for only network devices while others are better from a cloud monitoring or APM monitoring perspective. You can check...

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What do you like most about LogicMonitor?

LogicMonitor helps us prevent potential downtime. It's pretty good. It generates low-level warnings that aren't necessarily preemptive but can still alert us to issues we should investigate. These ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for LogicMonitor?

The pricing can vary yearly or monthly, depending on the clients we're working with and their size and scale. For example, the pricing for a customer with ten thousand licenses versus a hundred lic...

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What do you like most about SolarWinds Network Device Monitor?

I rate the product's initial setup process a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one means it is a difficult phase and ten is an easy process.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SolarWinds Network Device Monitor?

I am not a positive person regarding SolarWinds Network Device Monitor.

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What needs improvement with SolarWinds Network Device Monitor?

There are solutions that can perform better, but due to pricing for our corporate implementation, we had to stay with this solution. It accomplishes the necessary tasks, but there is room for impro...

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Overview

LogicMonitor offers flexible IT monitoring with customizable dashboards and robust alerting capabilities. It integrates seamlessly with third-party apps like ServiceNow and provides a single-pane view for diverse IT environments, aiding in proactive issue resolution and enhancing operational efficiency.

LogicMonitor stands out with its capability to monitor diverse infrastructures including Cisco Voice systems, data centers, and virtual environments. Supporting servers, storage, networking devices, and applications, it provides seamless integration with cloud services like AWS and Azure. Users leverage its scalability and flexibility, benefiting from dynamic thresholds, anomaly detection, and detailed visualization. All these features contribute to improved management of IT assets and streamlined operations. Users suggest improvements in mapping, reporting, and automation for remediation, desiring more customizations and an expansive application performance monitoring toolset.

What are LogicMonitor's key features?

Customizable Dashboards: Allows personalization of monitoring views.
Robust Alerting: Offers advanced alert configurations.
API and Plugin Support: Ensures integration with apps like ServiceNow.
Dynamic Thresholds: Facilitates proactive issue resolution.
Anomaly Detection: Aids in identifying potential issues early.

What ROI should users look for in reviews?

Operational Efficiency: Enhanced by detailed visualizations and dashboards.
Scalability: Supports growing IT environments effortlessly.
Proactive Management: Facilitated by flexible alerting and monitoring.
Flexibility: Customization in monitoring diverse environments.

LogicMonitor is widely implemented across industries, providing monitoring for infrastructure in sectors like telecommunications, cloud computing, and managed services. Managed service providers particularly value its ability to track client environments, deliver proactive alerts, and generate comprehensive reports, while its integration with cloud platforms like AWS and Azure offers users centralized management and visibility into IT assets worldwide.

LogicMonitor

Network Device Monitor is a free tool that makes it easy to monitor the real-time performance and health of a single device on your network with a desktop dashboard that alerts you when your device is in trouble.

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