OP5 Monitor vs SolarWinds NPM comparison

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ITRS and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. ITRS is ranked #41 with an average rating of 9.0, while SolarWinds is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.3. ITRS holds a 0.6% mindshare in NMS, compared to SolarWinds’s 3.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of ITRS users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of SolarWinds users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

SolarWinds NPM and OP5 Monitor compete in the network management space. SolarWinds NPM may have the upper hand with its comprehensive feature set and user-friendly deployment, while OP5 Monitor's flexibility and scalability could make it a valuable choice for some businesses.

Features: SolarWinds NPM provides extensive network visualization, in-depth performance metrics, and customizable alerts. OP5 Monitor emphasizes open-source flexibility, scalability for large infrastructures, and integration with numerous plugins.

Room for Improvement: SolarWinds NPM could enhance its scalability for very large networks, offer more flexible pricing options, and expand its integration with third-party tools. OP5 Monitor may benefit from an easier initial setup process, improved user interface, and more streamlined out-of-the-box functionalities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SolarWinds NPM is known for its intuitive deployment and supportive customer service, making it straightforward for businesses to implement. OP5 Monitor requires more initial setup time but allows for high customization and flexibility, catering to specific network needs through its open-source structure.

Pricing and ROI: SolarWinds NPM offers a straightforward pricing model with a good ROI due to its ready-to-use solutions. OP5 Monitor demands a higher initial investment in terms of setup time and resources but provides a high long-term ROI with its adaptable and cost-effective technology. Exact pricing details for both products vary and should be directly obtained from the vendors.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

OP5 Monitor

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

41st

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

44th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

4.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SolarWinds NPM

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

3rd

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

8th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

161

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Monitoring Software (9th)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of OP5 Monitor is 0.6%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds NPM is 3.6%, down from 4.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SolarWinds NPM	3.6%
OP5 Monitor	0.6%
Other	95.8%

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Featured Reviews

Sumanth Arshanapally

Senior Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Monitoring ease and cost-saving benefits enhance operational efficiency

The monitoring in OP5 Monitor is very easy because we can directly use custom plugins. We can write custom scripts and use those scripts directly. It's very low cost, open, and the dashboards are easy to see. We can extract the reports easily, and this is very easy to compare. Real-time monitoring in OP5 Monitor provides data every one minute or every five minutes, enabling us to get live data from the last one minute or last five minutes. OP5 Monitor gave us proper server availability, so we can always check whether a server goes down or the server CPU and memory decreases. Before reaching a particular bottleneck situation, we identified and fixed the issue, which helped us from a cost-saving business perspective. It helped us avoid application downtime.

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Vivek Jaiswal

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.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"With limited hardware or a virtual machine, you can address a huge network, hundreds of thousands of elements that need to be monitored. Other commercial software is not on that level."

"The API makes it pretty easy to integrate with any system."

"The monitoring in OP5 Monitor is very easy because we can directly use custom plugins; we can write custom scripts and use those scripts directly, it's very low cost, open, and the dashboards are easy to see."

"The best feature is that it is very relatable, stable, and scalable. The logger is a part of the software, but it's not the most important point of it."

"Instead of checking the logs each Monday, or checking that applications are running, and checking your ticketing system for angry users, you put this system in place and it monitors and continuously tests everything that is of importance to you and your users."

"OP5 Monitor is a great choice due to its being built on an open-source monitoring tool and provides ample opportunity for customization based on specific support requirements. It is also user-friendly and easy to manage with a wide range of plugins available for use. In comparison to other enterprise tools, such as Micro Focus, OP5 Monitor stands out for its features and cost-effectiveness, making it the best tool in the market. Customization is one of the key strengths of the tool and provides a lot of capabilities. Additionally, it is easy to find support and plugins for the tool through online resources."

"It monitors and continuously tests everything that is of importance to you and your users. It could be everything from monitoring disk space to CPU usage to memory. It could include determining if the response time in your e-commerce platform is quick enough, or whether you have too many bounces from some of the pages on your website. You want to monitor anything that could cost you money or time or resources. You can do that with this system. It's very flexible."

"We can also observe whatever we want, and there are no limitations."

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"The most valuable feature of this solution is the alerts."

"Quick to launch. No agents required. Many configuration options."

"The ability to pick and chose modules per need, but at the same time close and seamless integration once deployed: While everything is pretty complicated and fast moving, we do not want the monitoring and management software to be complicated."

"It's the best solution on the market so far."

"In general, I think SolarWinds is one of the most stable solutions and it has a lot of useful features for network performance monitoring."

"SolarWinds NPM is generally used for network monitoring for all of the switches, networking equipment, as well as physical and virtual servers in the environment."

"SolarWinds is reasonably priced."

"Solarwinds NPM has lots of features not found in some other network performance monitoring tools e.g. seamless integration with Microsoft Active Directory."

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Cons

"They need to improve the dashboard interface."

"OP5 lacks some visualization, a feature that makes some other products nice. Op5 is built for purpose, which is fine, but if you compare it with some new products, the visualization is not so appealing, especially for management... If you don't need fancy visualizations, OP5 is fine."

"OP5 Monitor could include application monitoring in addition to infrastructure monitoring. If application business transactions were monitored, it would be helpful."

"The user interface is not what we are used to these days, and should be improved."

"IT environments today are in constant flux. This is driven by the newer cloud technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker, etc. The whole Nagios-based monitoring system that OP5 is created on top of, is based on a host-service model. There is a need for a strategy on what to do with more dynamic environments. There is some cool stuff going on in that direction."

"The solution is useful for tweaking. However, there have been some negative experiences, such as limited report capabilities. The only report available is in PDF format, making it difficult for teams managing multiple servers to extract data in Excel format. The speaker recommends that the team improve the report capabilities to better serve users."

"We do not get performance reports properly, which needs improvement."

"SolarWinds NPM needs to increase its elements. One polling engine can only support 10,000 elements then it becomes slow. There are limitations even if you have the full SLX version license."

"The evaluation time for the product is too short especially for large corporations."

"Consolidation of platforms would provide a smoother experience."

"It needs group views with performance metrics."

"Going through the wizard to create these new pollers is quite cumbersome if you don't understand what you're doing."

"In my opinion, the pricing model for SolarWinds NPM should be lower."

"There should be a little bit more integration in some of the other tooling and utilizing the APIs of devices or tools could be a little bit better."

"There isn't support available to us as they don't offer support in our country."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"OP5 has a very low price as a solution, compared to many other solutions out there."

"It was not expensive. And because it's less demanding in terms of hardware, you don't have to pay for another SQL or other database license, and you can have a huge installation on one machine..."

"The cost of the license and support are separate. If you want platinum call support, it will cost more than a regular call. I did not opt for it, as it is an additional cost."

"The cost of the personal perpetual license for SolarWinds NPM is approximately $2,000."

"SolarWinds NPM is very expensive, and we pay ten thousand yearly."

"USD $15,000 annually for maintenance."

"It was inexpensive when we installed it and gradually became more expensive, but it was a very inexpensive product at first."

"It is relatively inexpensive compared to other products in the same category."

"The licensing model is such that you can purchase only what you need; and then grow into the next level by paying only the difference in price and the associated maintenance costs."

"It's expensive and there are costs in addition to the standard licensing."

"Our customer reports that the solution is somewhat costly and licensing is a bit complicated."

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it_user174738

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…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

13%

Healthcare Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Large Enterprise	5

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	60
Midsize Enterprise	33
Large Enterprise	87

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for OP5 Monitor?

The price for OP5 Monitor is fine, but we don't know the exact price because it was managed by us; the customer themselves bought it and gave it to us to monitor.

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What needs improvement with OP5 Monitor?

OP5 Monitor could include application monitoring in addition to infrastructure monitoring. If application business transactions were monitored, it would be helpful. For application-related issues, ...

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What is your primary use case for OP5 Monitor?

Our previous use case for OP5 Monitor was server monitoring.

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What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?

It actually depends on the exact purpose or kind of devices (network devices, servers, something else). Some tools are better for only network devices while others are better for a cloud monitoring...

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What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?

From my point of view, SolarWind is the best tool.

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What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?

We are partners with SolarWinds and we sell a lot of Network management to large enterprises also because of scalability, products like Network Performance Monitor & Netflow Traffic Analyzer ar...

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Also Known As

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Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor, SolarWinds Network Bandwidth Analyzer

Overview

OP5 Monitor delivers real-time IT infrastructure monitoring with extensive customization options through open-source plugins. Its intuitive interface and cost-effectiveness make it a preferred choice for efficient performance monitoring and task automation.

OP5 Monitor integrates seamlessly with systems, offering customizable dashboards and efficient performance tracking for networks, servers, applications, databases, and cloud environments. It supports LDAP and local user accounts, providing timely insights to prevent downtime. The documentation enhances integration ease, though its user interface could benefit from updates. Improved APIs, better report capabilities, and enhanced platform integration are needed. Effective in healthcare, maritime, and diverse sectors, it provides global deployments with tailored monitoring solutions.

What are the key features of OP5 Monitor?

Real-Time Monitoring: Tracks performance and alerts users immediately on anomalies.
Seamless Integration: Works effectively with existing systems and infrastructure.
Extensive Customization: Offers open-source plugins for personalized configurations.

What benefits or ROI should users consider in reviews for OP5 Monitor?

Cost-Effectiveness: Provides robust features at a competitive price.
User-Friendly Interface: Simplifies monitoring processes for administrators.
Efficiency in Performance Monitoring: Automates tasks and optimizes resource use.

In industries like healthcare, maritime, and others, OP5 Monitor automates tracking and alerts, easing manual checks to enhance quality. Its global deployments provide tailored monitoring for CPU, memory, and disk space, efficiently managing both on-premise and cloud environments for large-scale operations.

ITRS

SolarWinds NPM is a network performance monitoring tool offering a user-friendly interface with customizable dashboards. It provides real-time tracking of device health, latency, and bandwidth utilization, supporting diverse integration and scalability needs.

SolarWinds NPM's robust features include real-time monitoring of network performance and efficient tracking of device health, latency, and bandwidth utilization. The tool is appreciated for its ease of deployment, scalability, and support for integration with other tools. Features like SNMP monitoring, NetPath, and comprehensive reporting enhance its diagnostic capabilities and network visibility. However, users identify areas for improvement such as real-time analytics, advanced customization options, and enhanced scalability for larger enterprises. Better customer support, improved integrations, and security measures are also desired.

What are the key features of SolarWinds NPM?

User-Friendly Interface: Simplifies navigation and operation.
Customizable Dashboards: Allows personalized data views.
Real-Time Monitoring: Provides instant updates on network performance.
Strong Alerting Capabilities: Offers immediate notifications for issues.
Scalability: Supports growth with ease.
Integration: Works smoothly with other tools for comprehensive monitoring.
SNMP Monitoring: Tracks device stats effectively.
NetPath: Helps visualize network paths and performance.

What benefits and ROI can users expect?

Improved Network Visibility: Enables proactive issue resolution.
Enhanced Diagnostics: Facilitates quicker troubleshooting.
Real-Time Performance Data: Supports informed decision-making.
Ease of Deployment: Reduces setup time and complexity.
Infrastructure Monitoring: Ensures network stability and reliability.
Custom Integration: Adapts to existing IT environments.

In enterprise environments, SolarWinds NPM is deployed to monitor network health and device status, sending alerts for any issues. It provides visibility into network performance, tracking bandwidth utilization and server metrics efficiently. Its applications span from monitoring routers, switches, and firewalls to supporting infrastructure monitoring across industries.

SolarWinds

Sample Customers

Svenska Spel, Carus, VGL, Tele2, Viking Line, Clas Ohlson, Vanderlande, Försäkringskassan

Microsoft, Federal Express, Hewlett-Packard, and MasterCard

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