Observer Apex vs SolarWinds Network Device Monitor comparison

"Network visibility is the most valuable feature."

"You can create an attractive dashboard and create a hierarchy."

"SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is a straightforward product with valuable functionality."

"SolarWinds is flexible and works with multiple vendor devices."

"Since our devices are spread out across the world, we can see the status of these devices without having to send someone physically to a remote location, which saves money."

"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is it shows you the utilization of devices to allow you to take proactive action before something goes down or reaches the saturation point. You can take proactive action to fix the problem before it occurs."

"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is monitoring."

"The product is useful for switches and IP phones."

"The deployment process is quick."

"The pricing and AI can be improved."

"Integration with different tools, such as ServiceNow and Excel, can be improved."

"The way they are presenting the map of our devices needs to be improved."

"It would be beneficial if SolarWinds Network Device Monitor could provide a feature to monitor CRC errors specifically on individual interfaces rather than the entire device. This would help in detecting intermittent issues and packet drops on main links more accurately, especially when there are CRC errors. It's important for us to be aware of these issues to avoid any voice quality problems or interruptions on our MTS links."

"The security needs improvement, which is why we are moving away from Solar Winds. We have security concerns."

"The initial setup of the SolarWinds Network Device Monitor could be easier. It took us approximately one month to complete the implementation."

"If everything were in the package so that everything was ready to go out of the box, that would be ideal."

"The solution lacks in performance monitoring."

"SolarWinds Network Device Monitor lacks the granularity of other monitoring tools like LiveNX."

"It's expensive."

"I find the cost of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor reasonable for our company. Though, I'm not aware of the exact licensing cost."

"I rate the product's price as three to three and a half or on a scale of one to ten, where one means low price, and ten means high price."

"Thankfully, it doesn't take a lot of manpower to install and deploy."

"SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is not an expensive solution."

"Well, we had a perpetual license and the renewal was $20 to $25,000."

"When compared with other solutions SolarWinds is more expensive."

"The price of the SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is good."

"The product is expensive."