SolarWinds NPM vs Stackify comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

SolarWinds NPM and Stackify compete in the network management category. While SolarWinds NPM has the upper hand in network analytics, Stackify stands out with intuitive application insights.

Features: SolarWinds NPM offers comprehensive network monitoring capabilities, delivering detailed performance metrics and customizable alerts. Stackify is known for application performance monitoring, centralized logging, and a user-friendly interface, focusing on in-depth application insights.

Room for Improvement: SolarWinds NPM could improve its user interface to be more intuitive, enhance its scalability for smaller organizations, and offer more streamlined updates. Stackify can expand its feature set to include more advanced network monitoring, improve integration with third-party software, and provide enhanced data export options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SolarWinds NPM provides a robust deployment process with comprehensive support, suitable for extensive enterprise environments. Stackify offers a simpler deployment model with efficient customer service, ideal for smaller teams seeking quick and effective implementation.

Pricing and ROI: SolarWinds NPM requires a higher initial setup cost, delivering substantial ROI through powerful network analytics. Stackify provides a more cost-effective setup, focusing on application insights to drive value with a solid price-performance balance.

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SolarWinds NPM vs. Stackify

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Categories and Ranking

SolarWinds NPM

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

7th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

161

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (3rd), Cloud Monitoring Software (9th)

Stackify

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

68th

Average Rating

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (62nd), Log Management (56th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of SolarWinds NPM is 3.5%, down from 3.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Stackify is 0.7%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SolarWinds NPM	3.5%
Stackify	0.7%
Other	95.8%

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

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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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Moses Arigbede

Head of DevOps at Partsimony

Easy to set up with great custom dashboards but needs to improve non-.NET infrastructure

They need to improve non-.NET infrastructure. We always had difficulty when it comes to reporting or metrics that come from Linux operating systems and Docker containers. For anything that runs within the Unix environment, we always had problems with them, however, if it was a document-based application, Stackify was 100%, it gave everything. Now, the aggregation agent, the metric agent for Stackify for Linux, collects everything. When I say everything, I mean, everything. It collects so much information that we now started to term it as useless data as all that ingestion will just come in and overwhelm your log retention limit for the month and really this spike up your cost at the end of the month. You'll need to do a lot in order to train down the data coming in from all your Linux environments, to get to what you really need, which actually takes some time as well. I would like to be able to see metrics about individual running containers on the host machines. Stackify has not really gotten that right, as far as I'm concerned. Netdata has done a better job and New Relic has also done a better job. They need to improve on that. We need to be able to see the individual resource usage of containers running within a particular host.

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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

"As a large school district, I can tell you that NPM is very valuable to us."

"SolarWinds NPM has specific modules for monitoring different network capabilities, which provides rich features for carrying out specific tasks."

"Implementing this product has given us detailed visibility and understanding of our network, and small teams are able to manage large enterprises with this tool."

"CRC monitoring for each port is a valuable feature for us."

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

"The alerting and reporting capabilities of the tool are impressive"

"Our search finally ended at this Orion’s NPM tool which has great scalability and reliability."

"SolarWinds NPM has a colorful UI and many easy-to-use features. It does not need to be configured as much and is also easy to install."

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"The deployment is very fast."

"What stood out to us were the metrics and granular details we received."

"The performance dashboard and the accurate level of details are beneficial."

"We switched from New Relic and Loggly as it provides us more info at a lower price."

"It is very simple and very easy to configure."

"My advice to anyone who wants to use Stackify is to go for it because my experience with it is good."

"Within few hours of install we've identify the source of issue we've been investigating for few days and couldn't pin point."

"The solution is stable and reliable."

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Cons

"The console could be more user-friendly. It would be better if SolarWinds updated the user interface."

"Two or three of the core functions are still nested in Win32 apps on the server; but it seems that the foundation was laid in the current website for porting those functions over in the near future."

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

"SolarWinds NPM offers limited customization options. Users and developers may find restrictions in modifying or customizing the dashboard and adjusting monitoring features such as polling intervals or SLAs for different nodes."

"Technical support is average. Sometimes it took days to get responses and the responses were via email."

"I faced a problem with GRE over IPSec tunnel traffic, it was not showing Netflow enabled traffic and without IPSec tunnel traffic Netflow was working fine."

"The solution could improve in many areas, such as the marketing and description of the products, providing areas of improvement, cloud capabilities, and being able to be more streamlined with the current integration points with other applications."

"There were some version releases that had stability issues but the support team was very good at letting us know what we needed to do to fix the issues."

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"I would like to be able to see metrics about individual running containers on the host machines."

"Better mobile support."

"Another improvement would be the agent memory utilization, which led to our recent reevaluation."

"I'm looking to see more performance tools, but heard that they are going to release some."

"One thing that happens as a new user on Stackify is when you install the agent it pulls everything and if you're not careful, your log allowance will just be exhausted as you are actually pulling too much data."

"The search feature could be improved."

"I've not used Stackify for a while, and I'm currently using a solution now that's not as good as Stackify. Among the solutions I've been using so far, Stackify has been one of the best for me, but there's always room for improvement. For example, I don't know if it's just me, but when I try to get the log from Stackify, sometimes it doesn't appear in real-time. It takes a few minutes before the logs appear. When I redeploy my solution and the application starts, I don't see the logs immediately, and it would take two to three minutes before I see the logs. I don't know if other customers have a similar experience. It's the wait time for the logs to appear that's a concern for me, could be improved, and is what the Stackify team should be looking into. In terms of any additional feature that I'd like added to the solution, I'm not sure if Stackify has a way to export logs out. I've been trying to do it. On the solution, you can click on a spiral-like icon and it shows you the entire error, and I'd prefer an export button that would let me download the error and save that into a text file, for example, so it'll be available on my local machine for me to reference it, especially because the log keeps going and as you're using the solution, the system keeps pushing messages on to Stackify, so if I'm looking at a particular error at 12:05 PM, for example, by the time I go back to my system and would like to revisit the error at 12:25 PM, on Stackify, the logs would have gone past that level and I won't see it again which makes it difficult. When you now go back to that timestamp, you don't tend to see it immediately, but if the solution had an export feature for me to save that particular error information on my local machine for reference at a later time, I won't have to go back to Stackify. I just go to that log, specifically to that particular export that I've received on my local machine. I can get it and review it, and it would be easier that way versus me going back to Stackify to find that particular error and request that particular information."

"It should be easily scalable and configurable in different instances."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price points are more than competitive when compared to other vendors."

"Most of the licenses are perpetual, and the annual maintenance charges are not high."

"Though I don't remember the price for SolarWinds NPM, its price is somewhat okay when you compare it with other tools in the market. The price isn't too high and isn't too low, so it's okay."

"It is expensive."

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

"Licenses depend on the number of devices, but all license levels come with technical support."

"We have a multi-year license for the use of this solution. There are additional costs for recourses in the environment."

"The NPM component of the system costs approximately $1,000 USD per year."

More SolarWinds NPM pricing and cost advice

"The price is variable. It depends on how much data we have received in that particular month. Usually, it goes up to $2,000, or, at times, $3,000 USD per month."

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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

Outsourcing Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Construction Company

19%

Comms Service Provider

19%

Outsourcing Company

Media Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	2

Questions from the Community

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

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Also Known As

Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor, SolarWinds Network Bandwidth Analyzer

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Overview

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.

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Stackify enhances application performance monitoring with features like detailed logging and effective filtering options, integrating capabilities to eliminate the need for multiple tools, and providing rapid deployment and stable performance.

Stackify offers a comprehensive solution for business insight through custom dashboards, error monitoring, load management, and application scoring. Its ability to visualize performance by creating responsive dashboards helps connect business and technical teams. Despite its strengths, users seek improvements such as better mobile support, real-time log appearance, and Docker documentation. Enhanced Linux support and agent memory optimization are also desired, along with better visibility into container and application performance metrics. Integrating more plugins and options would make Stackify a more robust monitoring tool.

What are the key features of Stackify?

Detailed Log and Error Data: Provides in-depth traces and logs for error and data analysis.
Custom Dashboards: Offers business insights and application scoring through tailored dashboards.
Performance Metrics: Monitors application and server performance effectively.
Simple Configuration: Ensures easier setup and deployment without complexities.
Filtering Options: Enables effective management of logs and errors through filters.

What benefits should be expected from using Stackify?

Improved Performance Monitoring: Provides tools to identify root causes and enhance application and server monitoring.
Resource Management: Manages server utilization and handles resource spikes efficiently.
Proactive Alerts: Allows setting up alerts across platforms like AWS and Docker.
Log Aggregation: Compiles logs for testing and analysis to improve system performance.

Organizations across industries use Stackify for extensive application performance monitoring, particularly in testing environments. It is crucial for analyzing database calls, third-party requests, and aggregating logs. Its capabilities in monitoring across AWS and Docker environments make it especially valuable for dynamic and distributed infrastructures.

Sample Customers

Microsoft, Federal Express, Hewlett-Packard, and MasterCard

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