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Mindshare comparison

Network Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
ManageEngine OpManager	1.9%
Zabbix	5.0%
SolarWinds NPM	3.6%
Other	89.5%

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Server Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor	3.3%
Zabbix	13.4%
Checkmk	6.6%
Other	76.7%

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Network Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Zabbix	5.0%
SolarWinds NPM	3.6%
PRTG Network Monitor	3.3%
Other	88.1%

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Featured Reviews

Charles A

Deputy Director at Access Healthcare Services Pvt Ltd

Reporting features improve operational efficiency while weekend support needs enhancement

Support is moderate and needs improvement, especially during weekends when technicians perform upgrades. During weekends, they need to provide more support to ensure a smooth transition. There is a call for ManageEngine OpManager to scale better in automation and AI functionality. Although the product stability is good, support enhancement is necessary to enable better planning for upgrades and maintenance activities.

Monitoring over a thousand systems has improved decision making and operational visibility

NikhilKalwint

Technical Specialist at ServiceIO

From an advantage perspective, SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is comparatively cheaper from a commercial point of view. It is easy to install and configure, very user-friendly, and quick to get up and running, allowing you to see the early value adds in your organization. It is compatible with most technologies for monitoring with very few chances of incompatibility. Configuration also allows us to monitor all the technical parameters we are looking for, making it a very good experience for us. The alerting feature in SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is a main advantage, as it alerts based on threshold breaches and can raise tickets to the ticketing system, send SMS, and email notifications, allowing engineers to work on those tickets to resolve issues and avoid further impact. The visibility into server health is a beneficial feature that I am utilizing. We widely use various application performance metrics in SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor such as database monitoring and server monitoring, which are quite good enough for any monitoring solution. We utilize the customizable dashboards in SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor.

Helps reduce response time but has room to improve customization complexity

KamranBhatti

Network Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

We are not working on simple standalone solutions like Kaspersky DDoS Protection or Hybrid Cloud Security. Once you understand Zabbix, then it is easy to customize those web pages and graphs for our customer use. It is fully automated to your requirements. Zabbix is working fine with no issues, and I am satisfied with it. We have combined Zabbix and SolarWinds. The integration works fine, and it is easy to integrate Zabbix with the IT environment. We were trying to purchase MDR (Managed Detection and Response), but we are not working on that. I don't have real experience with MDR. We are using Falcon software for that. We are working with Falcon Complete, not with Sandbox. We are not using Kaspersky for business or cloud protection. For that, we are using Zabbix CrowdStrike Falcon Complete solution. I have given this review an overall rating of 8.

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

Pros

"It helps us a lot for monitoring our servers in one console, instead of going to individual servers."

"Some of the most valuable features are the accessibility of the solution and the fact that it is simpler than other products, and discovering devices in the network is very simple, making it user-friendly."

"The solution offers very good integration capabilities."

"The solution is scalable."

"The initial setup of OpManager is very easy and straightforward."

"The solution's most valuable feature is its ability to reach most of our network devices and get the most from them."

"I am satisfied with ManageEngine OpManager's monitoring features."

"ManageEngine OpManager positively impacts organizations by allowing users to practically manage their network, so they can understand exactly what's happening and where the problems are coming from, ensuring proactive monitoring."

"SAM has altered the way monitoring is being looked at - from just being able to monitor CPU, Mem, Disk and network utilization levels we have moved to the next levels of finding out process related issues, service related issues and specific application related issues to identify root cause of performance issues."

"This product can monitor application environments no matter where they reside and provides capabilities for deep insight into infrastructure."

"SolarWinds is a very stable platform compared to others on the market."

"If a company would really like insight into its database utilization or performance and why their servers are slow or why the database is not giving a proper response, this solution will help."

"It's good at monitoring system-specific things like ports, services."

"I have found the visibility into server health with SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor very beneficial, which we use on a daily basis."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its interface, which is used for monitoring."

"The solution is great for monitoring. If something is going wrong, we can immediately find the root cause."

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"Before we didn't really have a centrally managed monitoring solution, so adding this product has been a blessing as we are able to actively monitor and react accordingly."

"In our opinion Zabbix is an amazing monitoring solution which allows for any service or device to be monitored."

"Simple, we know everything about our infrastructure, problems, etc."

"We have thrown everything at it, and it has managed to keep going, and I am very impressed with the tool, and I would shake their hand very hard if I got to say the compliments to the Zabbix team."

"Zabbix is fully scalable, with no limitations in that regard."

"It has good graphs of what is going on within the operating system."

"It's the best solution. Great. I would rate the overall solution ten out of ten."

"The pricing of the product is reasonable."

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Cons

"Based on the high cost, I'd rate the solution six out of ten. I don't know if I would recommend it."

"The pricing of the solution is high."

"There are certain things that are not possible to do with Op Manager. It's a solution that still needs time to develop."

"The storage level monitoring needs improvement. It needs storage level monitoring on the server itself. That feature is lacking right now."

"The dashboard could include more features."

"Stability regarding upgrades, sometimes impacting database issues."

"The main area for improvement for ManageEngine OpManager is its performance."

"The installation of ManageEngine OpManager was difficult mainly due to the business view feature, as many customers in Vietnam want the team to develop more detailed capabilities regarding the business view."

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"It lacks a user experience for measuring things like the end-to-end time for which a user waits for a specific response in the system."

"The stability, flexibility, and ease of use could be improved."

"PerfStack can be made more effective."

"The technical support is nothing special."

"SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is not stable. We have to maintain the platform and it goes down frequently."

"SAM AppInsight for SQL: The ability to ignore fragmentation of specific indexes."

"The major concern in the product revolves around application performance monitoring since end-to-end application monitoring is not possible with the tool."

"Having two places to build and manage alerts is not efficient and not all alerting tools are available in the trap manager."

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"I am not giving them a higher rating because they don't have analytics."

"Reporting is weak, if you want something better you must write your own SQL scripts."

"I would like to better be able to monitor Oracle processes."

"It's OK for me as is, but some frontend improvements would be nice."

"Zabbix has it all except for predictive trending."

"The dashboard and the graph section could be a little bit more professional."

"They should open an SSH session from the web interface."

"It hasn't really been that stable, but I think that has a lot to do with the specs. It could be more stable."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is moderate."

"The licensing costs depend on the number of devices and accounts that are being monitored by the solution."

"The licensing is on a yearly basis and the pricing is on the cheaper side."

"It is not really expensive; it is nominal licensing."

"The price for ManageEngine OpManager is average."

"The initial cost is low and the add-ons are reasonable."

"In terms of pricing, I would rate it a two out of five. It was expensive."

"Pricing for ManageEngine OpManager depends on the number of nodes you onboard and whatever pricing is reflected on the ManageEngine portal which offers discounts from ten percent to fifteen percent. It purely depends on the sales volume and the negotiation. In my organization, there are about one thousand two hundred nodes which cost around $29,000 per year. There's no additional support fee or maintenance fee from ManageEngine OpManager. Pricing for the solution is highly competitive and I would rate it five out of five. ManageEngine OpManager is one of the most competitive options out there."

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"Its licensing is on a yearly basis. It is just the standard price, but it can vary depending on the current rate of the dollar."

"When compared to other licensed models in the market, it stands out as one of the more cost-effective options."

"SAM is not per server so the pricing model can be deceiving. If you have an enterprise environment, you will quickly exceed your licensing quickly. You should know this before going in."

"The product is expensive."

"The solution's price is reasonable. Though it's on the higher side, the tool is worth the money."

"I would rate the pricing for this solution a three out of five."

"The product might cost you $30,000 USD to buy, but scaling this solution requires the purchase of additional polling engines at $20,000 USD each."

"When planning for the number of licenses to purchase, make sure you understand all of the elements within an application required to really understand performance well. In our case, we quickly came to the conclusion that an unlimited license for SAM was the way to go."

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"Zabbix is free but if you use it in production then you have to pay for it."

"I use the tool's free version."

"If you have 20,000 hosts, the support costs around €95,000 for a year."

"The product is an open source and free solution."

"It’s free of cost."

"This solution is open-source and free to use."

"We pay the subscription for support by year."

"Zabbix is an open-source tool, and it's free to use."

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

May 31, 2015

Nagios vs. Zabbix vs. PRTG vs. Spiceworks vs. Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor

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

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

Educational Organization

12%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	17
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	27

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	17
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	21

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	56
Midsize Enterprise	23
Large Enterprise	34

Questions from the Community

Based on my experience and use case, the setup cost and price of ManageEngine OpManager is good. However, if it were ...

What needs improvement with ManageEngine OpManager?

ManageEngine OpManager could improve by adding network device control capabilities. The control feature would be more...

What is your primary use case for ManageEngine OpManager?

I am using ManageEngine OpManager for network and server reliability. We have multiple locations, so integrating all ...

What do you like most about SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor?

Identifying the problem statement is easy.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor?

The initial cost is quite high, but the renewal cost is reasonable.

What needs improvement with SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor?

There is definitely room for improvement besides simplifying its setup. As a non-technical person, I believe the dash...

What do you like most about Zabbix?

The template system in Zabbix is very beneficial as it saves time in configuration.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zabbix?

I think Zabbix is economical, whereas SolarWinds is expensive. SolarWinds has a lot of secure features, but Zabbix is...

What needs improvement with Zabbix?

The potential and customization is a little difficult because you have to learn scripts. I think Zabbix needs to impr...

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Overview

ManageEngine OpManager is a network, server, and virtualization monitoring software that helps SMEs, large enterprises and service providers manage their data centers and IT infrastructure efficiently and cost effectively. Automated workflows, intelligent alerting engines, configurable discovery rules, and extendable templates enable IT teams to setup a 24x7 monitoring system within hours of installation.

ManageEngine

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM) delivers powerful application and server monitoring capabilities for IT pros, enabling them to diagnose and troubleshoot performance issues faster. Do not let slow applications and downtime impact your end-users and business services. Pinpoint the root cause of application issues across various layers of the IT stack. SolarWinds SAM is affordable and easy to deploy, use, and customize. You can automatically discover your system's environment and start monitoring in about an hour. No professional services or consultation needed.

SolarWinds

Zabbix is an open-source monitoring software that provides real-time monitoring and alerting for servers, networks, applications, and services.

It offers a wide range of features including data collection, visualization, and reporting.

With its user-friendly interface and customizable dashboards, Zabbix helps organizations ensure the availability and performance of their IT infrastructure.

Sample Customers

Bonita, Thorp Reed & Armstrong, Galaxy, Fiserv Credit Union Division, Universitas 21 Global, ERP Suites LLC

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