We performed a comparison between SolarWinds Network Automation Manager and VMware NSX 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."
"The performance is good."
"The product has valuable features for security and network extension."
"From a distributed firewall perspective, it's a solid solution."
"The organization of it is logical, useful, and intuitive."
"We are happy with the scalability."
"We secured our organisation with Micro-segmentation."
"I am impressed with the tool's protection."
"It's very important for them to have small footprints and have as much services in their servers, as possible."
"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."
"It still needs to grow. There are still some features that it doesn't do, like it doesn't do multicasting."
"It could be more user-friendly, but it's manageable. When we add a specific node to this particular NSX and the configuration changes, it won't push through the errors where required, but it'll accept it. However, while using it, we will have issues. It can also be more stable."
"If you're worried that NSX is too complex, I would tell you to take another look. If you compare NSX to a similar solution you might find it to be a bit more complex. Usually, the guy that comes in to implement NSX isn't the network guy and will lack the knowledge for the program. He can lack the knowledge for this program and will therefore think it's complex. You need somebody with network experience."
"It lacks full knowledge of physical side of the network topology."
"Occasionally the licensing is not very clear. They should make it easier to understand."
"Everybody needs a network to connect to, and VMware doesn't readily provide one."
"The solution could benefit from improvements in its pricing and scalability."
"I would like them to make integration with other vendors easier."
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SolarWinds Network Automation Manager is ranked 13th in Network Automation while VMware NSX is ranked 4th in Network Automation with 93 reviews. SolarWinds Network Automation Manager is rated 5.6, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. 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 VMware NSX writes "Allows for seamless micro-segmentation and the support is exceptional". SolarWinds Network Automation Manager is most compared with NetBrain, whereas VMware NSX is most compared with Nutanix Flow Network Security, Illumio, Cisco ACI, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Cisco Secure Workload.
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