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NetCrunch vs SCOM comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

NetCrunch
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
83rd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Server Monitoring (28th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (66th), Log Management (73rd)
SCOM
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
13th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
83
Ranking in other categories
Event Monitoring (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of NetCrunch is 0.3%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SCOM is 1.8%, down from 2.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

RP
A network monitoring platform with a useful reporting feature, but permission-based options could be better
The initial setup is fairly easy. Most of it's wizard-based. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to set it up. But if you don't know certain things related to protocols and everything else, it might be difficult. If you know how SNMP works, it'll be fairly simple to set up.
MarcMermuys - PeerSpot reviewer
Has efficient monitoring with robust integration capabilities
We use SCOM to configure different monitors using several management packs. It integrates systems like Active Directory and correlates them, and it is used for monitoring and managing systems SCOM allows integration of several systems, providing correlation between different systems such as…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Reporting on NetCrunch is pretty good. It's very similar to SolarWinds. It's just a different interface. The majority of everything there was beneficial."
"It takes a lot of the headache out of managing your data centers and software in other places."
"SCOM provides alerting capabilities and threshold settings, which are helpful for monitoring."
"The inbuilt management pack that Microsoft provides is really helpful. I know it's a mature product, and they keep upgrading the management pack."
"The solution's reporting engine has given me detailed information on which applications or services I've either failed or about to fail in terms of the predictive makeup on Azure cloud."
"Availability monitoring is the feature I have found most valuable, as well as the capacity and ability to send notifications."
"Setting up SCOM is straightforward and takes about an hour as long as you have all your firewalls and DNS settings in place."
"The most valuable feature is the extensibility, as there are really no limits as to what you can do with it."
"This solution allows us to standardize all of the reports for monitoring the network, so it helps a lot for auditing purposes."
 

Cons

"I didn't care for the role-based, permission-based options, which were not the best."
"There are some negative points about this product. Sometimes, the capabilities of the software don't appear, and you can't directly see the results. You have to wait for a long period to refresh the policy to push it to the software or other patches."
"Then there is also an issue with capacity and limited space. That is something that needs to be improved."
"The dashboard features are not user-friendly for our management team, only for the technical department."
"They could provide better dashboards, detailed logs, and reports crucial for monitoring services in real-time."
"The solution should have more tools for monitoring the cloud engine versus on-premise."
"The initial setup should be easier to complete."
"I would like to see more standard libraries for the market solutions, out of the box, that you don't need to do a lot of work on."
"It would be a much better product if Microsoft provided management packs with the product."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is more expensive than the competition."
"The pricing is good, and it's part of their system center suite."
"SCOM's pricing is average."
"We have to pay for a license and the price is fine for us."
"Our Enterprise Agreement includes the price."
"We have an enterprise agreement that includes this product as part of it."
"It is the cheapest product available in the market."
"I don't know the exact cost because it's managed by our sales team, but Microsoft is on the higher side."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Agriculture
11%
Educational Organization
9%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

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What do you like most about SCOM?
The tool helps to monitor Windows servers. It offers alerts from a central location.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SCOM?
I am not aware of the exact pricing as it is managed by my supervisor. As an academic institution, we receive substantial discounts.
What needs improvement with SCOM?
We believe that the dashboarding in SCOM needs to be improved or enhanced because it is not too expressive in reporting. We can work on deploying new ways of viewing things and modifying visualizat...
 

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System Center Operations Manager, SCOM 2012
 

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Sample Customers

AER Kooperation, AON Corpration, Advance Financial services, Airbus SAS, Bauer Net consult, Banco Soal, Bertelsmann, Burke County public, COF training services
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