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Netreo vs SolarWinds NPM comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Netreo
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
60th
Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software
36th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SolarWinds NPM
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
8th
Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
161
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Netreo is 0.8%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds NPM is 3.6%, down from 3.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SolarWinds NPM3.6%
Netreo0.8%
Other95.6%
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1803231 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a legal firm with 201-500 employees
Provides a stable solution but would improve by developing an all-in-one-solution
The advice I would give to anyone looking at implementing Netreo into their organization would be to do your market research and evaluate the product, do not just choose it because someone recommends it to you. Overall, from my perspective, I would rate the solution a seven out of ten.
Vivek Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager IT at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Central monitoring has improved outage alerts and now needs smarter detection and modern dashboards
Regarding the automated network topology and mapping feature in SolarWinds NPM, I am not satisfied with it. For static monitoring, it is acceptable. However, if it is possible, I would need a feature in SolarWinds in the future for some kind of malfunctioning detection, such as malware attacks or that type of environment. We did not have any facility to detect that in SolarWinds. I think it would be better to incorporate those types of features. Regarding customization options in SolarWinds, the ability to customize the dashboard has room for improvement. The dashboard is quite old, and we need some improvement in it. Nowadays, we have multiple tools with AI-based monitoring and web-based dashboards. SolarWinds also has a web-based dashboard, but I think there is scope for improvement in the UI. There may be other areas I would like to improve in SolarWinds NPM.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The technical support team at Netreo is pretty good."
"From web interfaces to custom monitors and alarms, this product has a high level of flexibility that can be molded to suit your business needs, regardless of the size of your organization."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the monitoring capabilities."
"It combines and presents information from many different sources, giving a corporate-wide vision on a single pane of glass."
"The ability to customize the views and dashboards is nice, and SolarWinds also allows us to access the data via the API, which is probably the feature I liked the most."
"Solarwinds NPM was always the one that could check most of the monitoring requirements."
"Can easily be interconnected with other management systems."
"Having all 3 products tied together gives me the data I need to accurately pinpoint a problem within moments, instead of collating data from various applications and servers."
"It is stable, scalable, reliable and not too expensive."
 

Cons

"The scalability of Netreo is lacking."
"The solution could be more secure."
"The evaluation time for the product is too short especially for large corporations."
"Application Performance Monitoring should be included in this solution."
"We encountered an inability to display graphical views of some customized reports."
"Dependencies: Created dependencies are not visible for management/editing by default until some tweaking is done. It would be better if this is enabled by default."
"Resource utilization is heavy so you need to analyze the server before using it for multiple roles."
"The solution could be enhanced. It currently lacks integration with SMS services which is something we need."
"Stability is an issue. We have installed SolarWinds (Server 2016) on a dedicated physical server and as a virtual machine in a brand new Hyper-V environment with brand new servers."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The standard licensing fees are what we're paying. It's about $20,000 a year for all our licensing."
"We pay approximately $700 per year for renewal of the license."
"We pay approximately $4,000 annually for SolarWinds NPM. There are no additional fees required other than the standard fees."
"It was inexpensive when we installed it and gradually became more expensive, but it was a very inexpensive product at first."
"Most of the licenses are perpetual, and the annual maintenance charges are not high."
"There is a permanent license and also a subscription level which has annual fees. The price of the solution is fair."
"The cost of the personal perpetual license for SolarWinds NPM is approximately $2,000."
"I would rate the pricing a five out of ten"
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Comparison Review

it_user174738 - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
13%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business60
Midsize Enterprise33
Large Enterprise87
 

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Also Known As

CloudMonix
Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor, SolarWinds Network Bandwidth Analyzer
 

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Sample Customers

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Microsoft, Federal Express, Hewlett-Packard, and MasterCard
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