We performed a comparison between VMware vCenter and WhatsUp Gold based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Server Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We manage practically everything using the solution."
"It has significantly impacted our organization by facilitating troubleshooting and monitoring processes."
"The most valuable features of VMware vCenter for our organization include its centralized management capabilities and the ability to handle virtual machines across multiple ESXi hosts efficiently."
"One feature I really like about VMware vCenter is its ability to change hosts easily. It is highly available and very useful for our operations."
"It's a very good tool for centralized management."
"VMware vCenter has significantly improved our infrastructure management by enabling virtualization. We can virtualize our infrastructure, eliminating the need to access servers physically. Everything can be managed remotely."
"We typically manage VMs after the OS is installed. vCenter simplifies VM management by allowing for the configuration and operation of VMs once an OS, like Windows, is installed."
"The most valuable feature of VMware vCenter is the centralized management that allows us to see resources from different data centers and VMware clusters in a single dashboard."
"The most valuable feature is the monitoring of resources."
"I use it on premises to monitor my network database. We monitor the link up/down and use the SNMP traps as well."
"We no longer have to manually search for problems because we are alerted when something in the network goes down."
"WhatsUp Gold is very easy to deploy."
"The most important features of WhatsUp Gold are the server health and uptime it provides. Additionally, WhatsUp Gold is a Windows-based solution which is a benefit."
"It is stable."
"This is a good, stable network monitoring solution for devices."
"The interface in the last few years it has been a lot greater, they are much more user-friendly. I like the interface."
"One notable area for enhancement revolves around cost considerations, as introducing features such as DDoS protection or data compression could reduce expenses."
"There is a feature called Fault Tolerance (FT), which has been part of vCenter servers since the product's inception. However, it has a lot of complexity, and when my team tested it, we found it difficult to manage. It also has some bugs. Consequently, we decided not to offer any fault tolerance features to our customers."
"VMware vCenter does not have a centralized security dashboard, and it is pretty tedious to configure."
"It could display the status of the storage space in terabytes, the number of VMs, etc."
"The support for the Linux operating system wasn't great when we used it."
"Enhancing the product's capabilities on the backend could be beneficial."
"They could provide an easier way to learn NSX and troubleshooting processes for the product."
"One area where VMware vCenter has room for improvement is its transition to Broadcom. The change in licensing structure and pricing, particularly the shift from perpetual licenses to subscription-only models, is a significant drawback."
"The product is old and not updated."
"The pricing for this solution has gone up quite recently, which has led some of our customers to buy an alternative product."
"The technical support does not bother to respond."
"I might like to see a better interface in the future."
"The point system is not clear and clarity around this would improve our understanding of the system."
"Users want SMS available via Whatsapp Gold. They don't want to go through third party SMS servers. The solution should work to make this possible."
"Integrations with other devices. I want to have a product that has full integration with my active directory so I can track user activity. I want to track my complete user activity, so I'm looking for a product to implement in the near future, which will have full integration with my network and active directory users. It became very difficult to track user activity."
"We can never achieve or get a good picture of the network topology."
VMware vCenter is ranked 8th in Server Monitoring with 26 reviews while WhatsUp Gold is ranked 15th in Server Monitoring with 22 reviews. VMware vCenter is rated 8.6, while WhatsUp Gold is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of VMware vCenter writes "Offers highly valuable centralized features and has significantly simplified VM deployment and management processes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WhatsUp Gold writes "If CPU, memory, or disk space is over-utilized, it alerts us immediately via text or email if there is an issue". VMware vCenter is most compared with , whereas WhatsUp Gold is most compared with Grafana, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, PRTG Network Monitor and Nagios XI. See our VMware vCenter vs. WhatsUp Gold report.
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