We performed a comparison between SolarWinds NPM and Splunk APM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"I love the GUI. Almost everything is accessible through the web interface. It is very user-friendly. It is easy to drag and drop resources wherever you want them."
"We have configured multiple alerts for our network devices, including routers and switches, so that we are notified if any interface goes down."
"The solution is extremely stable. We haven't had any issues in that regard. We haven't had issues with bugs, glitches, or crashes."
"The most valuable feature is the way it monitors the environment, and how user-friendly the console is for the end-user. The interface is also very easy and it captures all the information very well."
"The people in technical support are very good."
"It's easy to understand, even if you are not too technical."
"It covers everything from end to end, from the standpoint of endpoint machines and the routers and switches. The switch port also comes there."
"Being able to easily, and quickly obtain disc space statistics from servers and determine how much was free or used on various volumes."
"Splunk APM has helped us to standardize logging and monitoring procedures."
"The most beneficial aspect of Slunk APM is the ATM, which is the map displaying the inbound and outbound relationships of the microservices, as well as the traffic between these dependencies. This feature provides us with valuable insights and helps us understand the interactions between different microservices."
"The volume it handles is very good, including the number of metrics, the volume number of traces, and more."
"The most valuable features are troubleshooting and optimizing application performance."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The features are pretty much ready out of the box."
"Detectors are a powerful feature."
"It is a good tool. It allows you to set alerts for application and infrastructure monitoring, and it allows you to create dashboards."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"A feature I would ask for is for them to have this solution available for Linux systems instead of Windows."
"The console could be more user-friendly. It would be better if SolarWinds updated the user interface."
"Robustness of network element mapping tool could be better"
"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."
"There needs to be more integration of widgets, especially for reporting purposes."
"The tool can only monitor up to 1000 instances in a single SolarWinds console. Customers may have over 1000 instances. Hence, it needs to support a minimum of 1500 instances. It should also improve support."
"There isn't support available to us as they don't offer support in our country."
"The solution could be more secure."
"Primarily, the logs in Slunk APM can be challenging to navigate and comprehend, making it difficult to understand the details within each log. Compared to other tools like LogDNA, which are more intuitive in this aspect, the logs in Slunk APM can require more effort to understand."
"It is essential for the monitoring tool to deliver quick response times when generating analytical reports, instead of prolonged delays."
"I've been using the Splunk query language, and it can be a bit time-consuming to set up the queries I need."
"The licensing model is expensive. We need to monitor the amount of data ingested because the cost is based on the data collected."
"The cardinality is pretty low."
"The UI enhancements could be a way to improve the solution in the future."
"There are some predefined metrics.......we may want to create customized metrics."
"Splunk APM should include a better correlation between resources and infrastructure monitoring."
SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews while Splunk APM is ranked 13th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 12 reviews. SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2, while Splunk APM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk APM writes "Provides great visibility, analysis, and data telemetry". SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity, whereas Splunk APM is most compared with Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence), Sentry, Elastic Observability, Monte Carlo and Dynatrace.
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