NetCrunch vs VMware Aria Operations for Logs comparison

"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."

"What I like is that you can have different storage locations for different applications."

"It is a very useful tool if you have a VMware environment."

"We are using it because we have a VMware product. It has its own built in dashboards for VMware products, and that's a good thing."

"VMware Aria Operations for Logs is a very stable product."

"The events are notably more descriptive, aiding in security and event analysis. We've also integrated Sky Collector, providing valuable insights and solutions for troubleshooting."

"The most valuable features are log centralization and long-term retention for logs."

"It is very scalable and can handle a large workload."

"One of the most valuable features of vRealize Log Insight is that it gives you a clear forecast about your existing machines, for example, how long your machines could be supported and how long the remaining capacity is to host your machines. This is one of the best options available within vRealize Log Insight. Another valuable feature of the solution is automation. My company deploys a lot of automation when required in a very, very short period, and in a very uniform manner, and even if the automation is being deployed for different processes and departments, it's pretty much the same across the environment, so vRealize Log Insight helps reduce a lot of ambiguities and helps my company manage operational efficiencies well."

"I didn't care for the role-based, permission-based options, which were not the best."

"The response time and quality need improvement. It takes too long to prove a problem and get a solution."

"It needs better integration with third-party analytics tools."

"I think that it should be able to integrate with other third-party backup and recovery solutions, more that it does now."

"I don't use the solution on a day to day basis, so I'm not sure what specifically can be improved."

"The solution should be more user-friendly. The user interface and dashboard could be simplified."

"From an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made more user-friendly."

"What I'd like to improve in vRealize Log Insight is the licensing model. VMware provides vRealize Log Insight along with the VMware Cloud Foundation, but customers who would like to go for the native VMware would have to procure vRealize Log Insight separately. Today, vRealize Log Insight is offered on two different licenses, one is based on the number of VMs, and the other is based on the number of physical codes on the machine. If VMware can provide a bundle offer for customers who procure more than ten licenses, where you can have an option to run, for example, three hundred machines on vRealize Log Insight with no extra cost, this would encourage more people to adopt the solution. What I'd like to see in the next release of vRealize Log Insight is for a cloud option to be available, which would be a pay-as-you-go licensing model that would allow me to pick and choose what I'll monitor. For example, I have one thousand and three hundred critical servers, and the seven hundred servers for basic development, I don't want to monitor on vRealize Log Insight today, so I should be able to pick what I need to monitor on the solution and only pay for that specific instance. If VMware can apply these changes, it would help VMware customers to procure more or adopt more of vRealize Log Insight even in smaller projects."

"The product's price falls on the higher end of the spectrum, making it an area of concern."

"The licensing cost for vRealize Log Insight is a little higher, so in terms of cost, it all depends upon what kind of environment you have. If you have a complete virtualized environment, or at least you're using a ninety-five percent virtualized environment, then vRealize Log Insight will play a very good role because it is a VMware component, so it has very tight integration with other VMware components and systems. This means you don't have to procure any other monitoring and management tool, and you don't need a separate automation tool. vRealize Log Insight will have an upper hand if your environment is purely virtualized on VMware. If you're using a mix of physical and virtual components, for example, a 50:50 ratio, then you need to have a third-party component to manage overall monitoring."

"It is not cheap. But it is worth it."

"The product's price is reasonable, but when it comes to SQL licensing, it's a bit expensive."

"The pricing has been updated recently."

"Pricing could always be lower. If it were free, I would be more satisfied."

"I am not sure what the exact cost is. However, I believe the vRealize suite costs $2,500.00 per year."

"I rate the product's price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

"The license cost for any other monitoring tool is too high compared to this product."