We performed a comparison between SolarWinds Network Automation Manager and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Red Hat, SolarWinds and others in Network Automation."The installation is easy."
"The solution offers so many great resources, it makes them a powerhouse in the market."
"Compared to other vendors, like NetBrain, managing the solution is easy. They made it very user-friendly."
"It is a stable solution."
"The installation is straightforward."
"It is pretty straightforward to set up."
"Configuration refers to the specific settings and options that determine how a device or system behaves. It can include things, such as network settings, security settings, and other options that are specific to the device or system in question. One of the most valuable features of the solution was its ability to track and monitor changes to the configuration of devices on a network. This can be useful for troubleshooting and identifying potential issues. By keeping track of who made changes to the configuration and when it can be easier to determine the cause of any problems that may arise."
"The solution's view is very nice, and they have a great customized dashboard."
"It allows us to manage backups in big companies. It is also useful in managing the configuration changes."
"The most valuable Real-time fault detection is beneficial as it enables the identification of changes made to a device's configuration through the SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager. This makes it easy to pinpoint which configurations were added or removed, potentially causing network issues. Such changes are saved in logs for future reference."
"We did not like SolarWinds because it was not able to communicate between UPSA and our accounting system. They should have better integration."
"The price could be a bit lower."
"Its look and feel can be improved. They can also put in more effort into building the THWACK community and use the information about various customer issues and requests to build the new releases."
"The network flow is a problem for this solution."
"It would be great if they include a network service manager, network performance manager, or a privileged assessment in the next release."
"The solution could improve by being more secure."
"The interface of solar winds could be improved."
"For each device, when you open the network performance monitor, it will give you all of the information about the device, but many of the natural configuration management features are not on that page."
"When we run the SolarWinds NCM jobs at the cellular line, it runs in the morning. They're just not finishing. We're getting false processing."
"When it comes to the way of managing the network devices, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager should provide the simplest way that devices can relate to the server. For example, when we want to get the devices on board, we go by SSH to make the SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager create the connectivity with the device. After that, we pull the configuration. It would be helpful if they could combine both so that everything will be done in one step."
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SolarWinds Network Automation Manager is ranked 13th in Network Automation while SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is ranked 3rd in Network Automation with 22 reviews. SolarWinds Network Automation Manager is rated 5.6, while SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SolarWinds Network Automation Manager writes "Threat detection failures, poor technical support, and expensive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager writes "Network configuration is done well; great pricing". SolarWinds Network Automation Manager is most compared with NetBrain, whereas SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, Cisco Prime, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, OpenText Network Node Manager i and VMware NSX.
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