VMware Aria Operations for Logs vs WhatsUp Gold comparison

Broadcom and Progress Software are both solutions in the Log Management category. Broadcom is ranked #26 with an average rating of 7.8, while Progress Software is ranked #35 with an average rating of 8.7. Broadcom holds a 1.4% mindshare in Log Management, compared to Progress Software’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 85% of Progress Software users who would recommend it.

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92% willing to recommend

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85% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between VMware Aria Operations for Logs and WhatsUp Gold based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Log Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

VMware Aria Operations for ...

Ranking in Log Management

26th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

WhatsUp Gold

Ranking in Log Management

35th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (29th), Network Monitoring Software (21st), Server Monitoring (15th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (18th), Configuration Management (20th), Cloud Monitoring Software (22nd), Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (10th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of VMware Aria Operations for Logs is 1.4%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WhatsUp Gold is 0.6%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Log Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
VMware Aria Operations for Logs	1.4%
WhatsUp Gold	0.6%
Other	98.0%

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reviewer2668767

Cloud Solution Engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Dashboard personalization enhances troubleshooting capabilities

A valuable feature of VMware Aria Operations for Logs is its ability to allow personalization of dashboards and requests. This personalization capability is crucial because it helps tailor the tool to specific needs. It also has many effective features for log analysis, making it a competent tool despite not having a comprehensive comparison with other tools.

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Erik Cheng

Technical Manager at Quan Hung Gourmet

Efficient monitoring with detailed customization, yet complexity remains

The best feature of WhatsUp Gold is the automatic generation of topology and its integration with virtualization and wireless. I have used the automated device discovery with this topology feature. The interactive map feature helps me manage the topology because sometimes we cannot draw the topology correctly, so we need to manually edit the connections. The alerting system is very tunable and customizable, but it's a little complicated to use. Many customers cannot manage it by themselves and need support from us, the provider. We always use the dashboards in the SOC, where we constantly display a dashboard or multiple dashboards. This allows us to know immediately if the connection or bandwidth is full or if the connection is broken.

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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

"The solution's simplicity, flexibility, and extensibility are valuable features as we can integrate everything in vRealize."

"The ability to narrow into a specific time to filter heavy hitters and anomalies is extremely valuable."

"It is a scalable solution; I can say that I agree with the claims that it can be scaled, it is an awesome product, and organizationally it is able to cover our needs completely."

"One of the things I like about it is its interface. When it comes to generating reports on VMs and stuff, it's very quick. This is very handy for the technical team, who need to generate reports quickly. So that's really good."

"What I like is that you can have different storage locations for different applications."

"Overall, I would recommend VMware Aria Operations for Logs because it is a good tool with many valuable features."

"Our current costs are too high, and this tool will help us to better optimize our infrastructure."

"It is a highly stable solution...It is a highly scalable solution."

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"We've been using it for many years and we use it typically for early warning, as it notifies customers of problems prior to failure."

"The user interface is good enough."

"The interface in the last few years it has been a lot greater, they are much more user-friendly. I like the interface."

"The product is reasonably priced."

"We primarily use the solution to check the state of the network, monitoring thousands of devices and all of the internal network, and it is the first tool we use to see the state of the network for real-time monitoring."

"It handles the basics of monitoring."

"The most valuable features are network bandwidth monitoring and monitoring device health."

"It is stable."

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Cons

"I give it a seven because it isn't easy to scale, and the cost is too high, but it's a good product overall."

"The solution isn't user-friendly for admins."

"The tool could benefit from improved filter settings and dashboarding."

"Paid or free does not matter, but it is complex to find good training material for vRealize Log Insight."

"They should improve their web interface to make it more user-friendly."

"Technical support should be improved."

"The solution is a very good tool, but it has a lot of limitations."

"My experience, however, is that Log Insight is not user friendly."

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"The tool should focus on increasing its market share, as it is the only area of concern where improvements are needed."

"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."

"This product should add other options for monitoring. It does not currently meet the broader needs of the banking industry in the version we have deployed."

"Pricing is too high relative to how many devices we use. The price list is not linear to number of devices."

"One of the biggest things that made us start to look at another product is we're not able to have an end to end monitoring from a user perspective throughout the system and back to the user."

"We can never achieve or get a good picture of the network topology."

"There are some subscription charges that are quite heavy. I need to pay for support every year and these charges can be quite expensive."

"The product is old and not updated."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product's price is reasonable, but when it comes to SQL licensing, it's a bit expensive."

"The licensing cost for vRealize Log Insight is a little higher, so in terms of cost, it all depends upon what kind of environment you have. If you have a complete virtualized environment, or at least you're using a ninety-five percent virtualized environment, then vRealize Log Insight will play a very good role because it is a VMware component, so it has very tight integration with other VMware components and systems. This means you don't have to procure any other monitoring and management tool, and you don't need a separate automation tool. vRealize Log Insight will have an upper hand if your environment is purely virtualized on VMware. If you're using a mix of physical and virtual components, for example, a 50:50 ratio, then you need to have a third-party component to manage overall monitoring."

"Pricing could always be lower. If it were free, I would be more satisfied."

"Pricing is good because it is part of the suite package. It comes in a bundle for us."

"I am not sure what the exact cost is. However, I believe the vRealize suite costs $2,500.00 per year."

"I think it is a reasonably priced product."

"It is not cheap. But it is worth it."

"The license cost for any other monitoring tool is too high compared to this product."

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"The price of WhatsUp Gold is good."

"The most valuable feature is the cost compared to other solutions."

"The pricing can be on the expensive side when considering competing products."

"There is a license needed to use WhatsUp Gold."

"Pricing is reasonable compared to other products."

"This is a well priced solution."

"There are some subscription charges that are quite heavy. I need to pay for support every year and these charges can be quite expensive. Aside from the initial cost for the tool, you need to pay additionally for support."

"It is per device, per year. The pricing is very clear. If you have a service agreement, you get all of your major upgrades and minor upgrades. It was under $10,000 to go all-in with all of the different add-ons for it."

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Top Industries

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Government

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

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Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	12

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Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	14

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for vRealize Log Insight?

The cost of using VMware Aria Operations for Logs was very high, around two to three million dollars, although the exact figure is uncertain. The price was proving to be too much, especially with t...

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What needs improvement with vRealize Log Insight?

VMware Aria Operations for Logs is not a cost-effective tool. Changing any telemetry requires creating a new template, such as changes to the VM disk size. Always having to create a new template ma...

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What is your primary use case for vRealize Log Insight?

I work as a Server Virtualization and Data Storage Solutions specialist for Debilisim. We use VMware products, and as an outsourced personnel, I transitioned our virtualization platform to Proxmox ...

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What do you like most about WhatsUp Gold?

The interactive mapping interface for scrolling, zooming, and drilling down on an element to learn about a network issue is good. When we see a network there will sometimes be a spot that has one l...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WhatsUp Gold?

Clients find the licensing calculator confusing, but we simplify this for them by collecting relevant information first. The licensing is based on devices, providing better cost-effectiveness than ...

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What needs improvement with WhatsUp Gold?

It would be great if WhatsUp Gold could add features that simplify management with AI, as it is currently too complicated to manage.

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Overview

Manage data at scale with centralized log management, deep operational visibility and intelligent analytics for troubleshooting and auditing across private, hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Broadcom

Explore and manage your entire network infrastructure effortlessly with WhatsUp Gold's robust layer 2/3 discovery, creating a detailed interactive map from the edge to the cloud. Monitor devices, wireless controllers, servers, virtual machines, applications, and traffic flows across various environments. Real-time alerts ensure optimal performance, allowing you to meet or exceed SLAs. The platform offers customizable maps, dashboards, and alerts for easy network management. Quickly resolve issues with intuitive workflows, reducing Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR). WhatsUp Gold's integrated log management provides easy visibility and control of device log data, allowing monitoring, filtering, searching, and alerting on syslogs or Windows logs. Archive logs to comply with regulatory requirements and preserve historical data, all through a user-friendly interface. Streamline network monitoring and issue resolution with WhatsUp Gold, making network management efficient and hassle-free.

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Sample Customers

Wildlands Adventure Zoo, Medic Mobile, IBM, Seventy Seven Energy, Baystate Health, Osis, Oxford University, Columbia University, Siemens, Cardinal Health, Ashdod Port, Vasakronan, Sydney Adventist Hospital, University of Derby

Artoni Trasporti, Austin Independent School District, Banca Marche, Burke County North Carolina, Cambridge University School of Clinical Medicine, Clayco, Community Integrated Care, Desca, Deutsche Bergbau, Flexi-Van, Gropper, Hamleys, Hammonds Furniture, Knowledge IT, Idras S.P.A., Sibeg, Swann Engineering, Trivium Lindenhof

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