We performed a comparison between Microsoft System Center and SolarWinds NPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Many processes could be implemented out-of-the-box, and this helped to adopt processes in areas which we lacked."
"We like Microsoft System Center's Operations Manager. That is primarily why we use it."
"The availability performance matrix and the reporting capabilities are the solution's most valuable features."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft System Center is its GUI (graphical user interface)."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The detail in the alarms is great."
"Good for managing and administering the infrastructure."
"I like the automated features of it that let you schedule those updates and the ability of the product to focus on the specific updates, specific platforms, and products that we're interested in keeping up to date."
"I can do everything remotely, including running PowerShell scripts or performing standard updates."
"Provides a good level of tools and covers essential components."
"SolarWinds NPM provides an overview of network monitoring, extending its capabilities to cover other aspects, such as virtual machines and servers. The platform has features like NetPath, which is particularly beneficial for end-users, offering insights into issues like latency, packet loss, and connectivity problems with routers, switches, or servers."
"The most valuable features of SolarWinds NPM are network performance monitoring and the overall benefit for servers."
"The product is scalable."
"Network performance is the main issue clients are facing. SolarWinds checks if a node is down, and we can set thresholds for performance metrics. For example, we set it up to get an alert automatically if a value is over 80 percent. It has a full dashboard that covers CP, hard disk, and node monitoring."
"What I've found most valuable about the solution is that it's scalable."
"The other valuable system is the DSS (decision support system). If there's a fault in the network, SolarWinds is basically capable of rectifying and resolving that problem on its own without any intervention from an IP assistant or administrator."
"System Center hasn't updated to keep up with the industry. It needs improvements in the user interface, ease of use, and overall product functionality, particularly the cloud-monitoring features. It needs more capabilities to monitor AWS and Azure infrastructure."
"The solution's dashboard needs improvement."
"The platform's performance could be improved. Additionally, its UI needs to be well-upgraded and work faster."
"The multi-tenancy support needs to be improved. We need to have the ability to manage several different environments from one central point of administration."
"Something super important that we need is this integration via Intune Configuration Manager."
"They should have some customized solutions or internal development, then maybe it could be easier to use different solutions or some self-developed solution."
"In Microsoft System Center, it is difficult to follow the steps to create dataflows at times."
"Implementation and integration in the case of multi-tenant environments needs improvement."
"The only thing that can be improved is to continually add to the existing capabilities of the product."
"Application Performance Monitoring should be included in this solution."
"The tool can only monitor up to 1000 instances in a single SolarWinds console. Customers may have over 1000 instances. Hence, it needs to support a minimum of 1500 instances. It should also improve support."
"Fortigate firewalls are one example of a product that we are unable to monitor properly via SolarWinds NPM."
"The scalability can be better."
"Time: A worldwide deployment can be confusing for dispersed users with non-local times. Each node should have a local time (with summer offset if appropriate) & each user should view & report in their local time."
"The solution's network discovery and node addition processes need more work."
"SolarWinds NPM could improve by adding the deepest inspection, performance networking, and IP address discovery."
Microsoft System Center is ranked 29th in Cloud Monitoring Software with 17 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 6th in Cloud Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. Microsoft System Center is rated 7.8, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft System Center writes "Good review of configurations, effective antivirus administration, and has weekly reports". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". Microsoft System Center is most compared with Oracle SOA Suite, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity. See our Microsoft System Center vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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