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SolarWinds NPM vs Tintri Global Center [EOL] comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

SolarWinds NPM
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
161
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (2nd), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (6th), Cloud Monitoring Software (7th)
Tintri Global Center [EOL]
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Vivek Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
it_user828759 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Specialist at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Provides VM protection with scheduled snapshots and replication
A single pane of glass to our Tintri infrastructure with some Tintri VMstores protecting critical infrastructure with scheduled snapshots and replication to secondary sites The Tintri product line as a whole has freed up a lot of resources from constant administration of legacy enterprise…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Being able to easily, and quickly obtain disc space statistics from servers and determine how much was free or used on various volumes."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds NPM is the performance monitoring to see the memory, and CPU utilization."
"The most valuable features are language support and technical support."
"You can monitor performance counters effortlessly."
"This has helped us to monitor the availability of our routers, switches, servers, and virtual environments."
"Provides instant visibility to our support team across all the networks we monitor, allowing us to zero in on the most urgent issues and easily identify root causes of problems."
"This is a valuable and powerful product that will provide users with more than they expect, all in one place."
"CRC monitoring for each port is a valuable feature for us."
"The Tintri product line as a whole has freed up a lot of resources from constant administration of legacy enterprise storage."
 

Cons

"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 interface can be a bit cumbersome at times."
"If they’re going for a “cover everything” approach, then they need to do so and enable a bit more of the "cover everything approach" within every one of the tools."
"Better support and integration for vendors other than Cisco."
"They should increase its accuracy rate as SolarWinds's monitoring accuracy is not good if you compare it with other tools, like NNM/ScienceLogic/Zenoss."
"Sometimes there are issues when upgrading to a new version of the product."
"Customer Service: 0/10 as there were no knowledge base articles when I used it, and every new patch required customer login to apply."
"It needs group views with performance metrics."
"A better Tintri would be a "cheaper" one to get things started again."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is in the middle. It's not particularly cost-effective, but it's not overly expensive either."
"The pricing needs to be improved. It is too high. One full engine costs around $10 000, which is why we don't have high availability right now."
"I’d suggest that people be aware that licensing has tiers."
"We have a perpetual license for this solution, and my impression is that this solution is cheap."
"We pay a yearly licensing fee."
"I believe the original setup cost was around $3500 with an annual cost of around $1200-$1500 to renew the support license. This would bring the average day-to-day cost of around $5-$6 over three years."
"The solution's pricing is low compared to a lot of other tools in the market."
"SolarWinds NPM is very expensive, and we pay ten thousand yearly."
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Comparison Review

it_user174738 - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business59
Midsize Enterprise33
Large Enterprise87
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Also Known As

Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor, SolarWinds Network Bandwidth Analyzer
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Sample Customers

Microsoft, Federal Express, Hewlett-Packard, and MasterCard
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