We performed a comparison between SolarWinds NPM and Versa Director based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"Being able to easily, and quickly obtain disc space statistics from servers and determine how much was free or used on various volumes."
"With just three modules, I can monitor server performance (whether it’s a VM, in the cloud, or an on-premises server."
"There are a lot of options for customization of the dashboard, alerts, and reports."
"Network performance is the main issue clients are facing. SolarWinds checks if a node is down, and we can set thresholds for performance metrics. For example, we set it up to get an alert automatically if a value is over 80 percent. It has a full dashboard that covers CP, hard disk, and node monitoring."
"It covers everything from end to end, from the standpoint of endpoint machines and the routers and switches. The switch port also comes there."
"The solution is easy to install and it takes a couple of hours."
"The ability to quickly identify downtime is the most valuable."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The most valuable functionality is some of the policy pieces that are quite useful."
"Versa Director's best feature is the ease of configuration and customer and vendor management."
"Versa Director is the fastest engineering tool and is ideal for use without product management."
"The most valuable feature of Versa Director is analytics."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"There isn't support available to us as they don't offer support in our country."
"Technical support can be slow to respond."
"Fortigate firewalls are one example of a product that we are unable to monitor properly via SolarWinds NPM."
"The aesthetic widgets should be dynamic widgets, so the customization can be even more customizable."
"This product could improve by adding cloud monitoring. I want SolarWinds NPM to do much more integration, and have more involvement in cloud monitoring, like AWS or Google, or Azure. I feel like it requires lots of improvement for cloud monitoring in NPM."
"They have had a rather large security breach in the past. It's cost some companies customers."
"If they could combine everything into one product, that would be very helpful."
"Application Performance Monitoring should be included in this solution."
"It requires some simplification."
"Versa could be more AI-oriented."
"What needs improvement in Versa Director is maturity because, from an operating point of view, it's not mature enough. You'll still need to do a lot of research on Versa Director, so if it could mature faster, that would be very good."
"Versa Director's deployment process is not the best."
SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews while Versa Director is ranked 58th in Network Monitoring Software with 4 reviews. SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2, while Versa Director is rated 8.0. 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 Versa Director writes "User-friendly and simpler than its competitors". SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and LogicMonitor, whereas Versa Director is most compared with ThousandEyes, Zabbix and PRTG Network Monitor. See our SolarWinds NPM vs. Versa Director report.
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