We performed a comparison between SolarWinds NPM and WhatsUp Gold 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."
"The ability to quickly identify downtime is the most valuable."
"The initial setup was straightforward. We deployed the solution from new and completed the upgrades."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"I like the tracking feature to track devices and see where they are connected. This is very practical."
"Technical support has always been great. They are very responsive. We've been satisfied with their level of support."
"It's a very good tool and a very stable tool."
"The alerting and usage tracking notifications on disk space capacity, network and processor utilization."
"Auto scanning is most valuable. It looks for rogue devices on your network."
"We no longer have to manually search for problems because we are alerted when something in the network goes down."
"The installation and configuration process are easy."
"The most valuable feature of WhatsUp Gold is NetFlow and the virtualized maps."
"It is easy to access and discover devices, as well as monitor them automatically. The topology discover is also a useful feature."
"The most valuable features are network bandwidth monitoring and monitoring device health."
"WhatsUp Gold is very easy to deploy."
"The documentation is very good."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"We also had to be attentive to vulnerabilities, because SolarWinds NPM have some issues in that area. We had to work with our security team, so that they could help us check and backup the data, and check what they needed to secure."
"The reporting is good, but I want it to be a little easier when creating custom reports. The reports are all on the website now, but it takes some know how to get some to display the way you would like."
"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."
"Fortigate firewalls are one example of a product that we are unable to monitor properly via SolarWinds NPM."
"The integration needs to be improved."
"Robustness of network element mapping tool could be better"
"The price of the solution can be improved."
"The reporting module that got integrated into the system itself, used to be a standalone solution and I preferred that."
"The point system is not clear and clarity around this would improve our understanding of the system."
"I think there are a few bugs now. Although they give some resolution for this, we cannot share the network remotely because of our company policy."
"The initial setup of WhatsUp Gold is a medium range of difficulty levels. However, if it is your first time it could be difficult."
"The pricing for this solution has gone up quite recently, which has led some of our customers to buy an alternative product."
"Regional product team support is not very good."
"The interface needs some work."
"I might like to see a better interface in the future."
"The licensing model could be improved. Right now, the levels are too far apart. This causes the solution to be more expensive than it needs to be."
SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 146 reviews while WhatsUp Gold is ranked 41st in Network Monitoring Software with 21 reviews. SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2, while WhatsUp Gold is rated 7.6. 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 WhatsUp Gold writes "Accurate network monitoring, but tech support is lacking". SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and OpsRamp, whereas WhatsUp Gold is most compared with Zabbix, Grafana, Nagios XI, PRTG Network Monitor and ManageEngine OpManager. See our SolarWinds NPM vs. WhatsUp Gold report.
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