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IDERA

Based on 92 reviews.

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Based on 181 reviews.

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IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor vs. NetFort LANGuardian

September 2025

NetFort LANGuardian vs. IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor

Updated: September 2025

Buyer's Guide

IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor vs. NetFort LANGuardian

September 2025

IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor vs. NetFort LANGuardian

Updated: September 2025

Overview

Idera Software is a computer software provider, headquartered in Houston, Texas and founded in 2004. Idera is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. In June, 2010 Idera Software acquired iDevFactory. Idera has won several awards for fast growing technology company.

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Sample Customers

IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor

TeleComputing; Manitoba Hydro; Blevins Inc.; City of Malmö

NetFort LANGuardian

City of Armadale, NCG Group, King Faisal Hospital

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Quotes From Member Reviews

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

Most Helpful Reviews

Jaime Caballero
Tech Support Analyst at Cibernética, S.A.
Some use the solution as a day-to-day tool for querying databases to have information.
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Nafiu Garba
Special Assistant to the Governor ICT COO at a tech services company
We're using IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor for infrastructure monitoring, particularly for monitoring devices,...
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reviewer3261598
Business Solutions Specialist at a energy/utilities company
I have been working with data modeling tools. Personally, I have been working with Erwin for many years now....
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Anonymous User
Automation Test Engineer Il at a computer software company
I used to work with Selenium at the start of my career, but right now, from the last almost four and a half years,...
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Anonymous User
Database Administrator at a insurance company
Auditing. We mainly use it to follow up on changes to the individual databases. We audit exactly what the database...
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Shritam Bhowmick
Vulnerability Management Lead at garrett
Our main use case for Rapid7 InsightAppSec is to perform internal assessment of applications and external facing...
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ChennaRao Vemula
Senior Cloud Security Engineer at a educational organization
We have been using it for almost four years. We are one of the top first customers who implemented it. It's a cloud...
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FurqanLatif
Senior Manager - Pre-Sales at Trillium Information Security Systems
The main use case is the vulnerability assessment of their assets. Assets include Windows or Linux platforms. This is...
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Anonymous User
Head of Sales Services Department at a comms service provider
I use Rapid7 Metasploit as a distributor, as an integrator, and as a user. I use Rapid7 Metasploit in my company...
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Hiroshi Watanabe
Marketing Expert at J's communication
The typical use case for Rapid7 MDR is that it is highly valued. It is not so bad, but competition with EDR is tough....
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Customer Service

Aaron Cutshall
Enterprise Data Architect & Senior Manager at Health First Inc.
The solution's technical support is good. Sometimes, getting the support team to respond takes time.
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Deepan M
Senior DevOps Engineer at a computer software company
We have not needed to contact the technical support team.
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Nafiu Garba
Special Assistant to the Governor ICT COO at a tech services company
Before my organization subscribed to IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor, it had issues with the support, but after...
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Khurram Jamil Khan
Head of SQA, Project Manager at Vroozi
The technical support must be improved. There is a lot of to and fro before our issues get resolved.
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Anonymous User
Asst. Director, Data Management & Analytics at a healthcare company
Technical support is good. Whatever inquiries I submit, I get a response. I haven't seen any lack of response from...
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Anonymous User
Senior Consultant
I have received answers to issues within a week from a report.
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Anonymous User
Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer
I was not the point person.
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Anonymous User
Database Administrator at a insurance company
To be honest, technical support has gotten worse. It was really fine in the beginning, but it's not what it used to...
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Anonymous User
Database Administrator at a healthcare company
Tech support is pretty good. They resolve issues right away, I usually don't have to wait too long.
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Anonymous User
Quality Assurance Manager at a financial services firm
I have not contacted technical support.
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Anonymous User
Database Administrator at a consultancy
Customer Service: Poor. Still waiting (for 2 weeks now) to learn who our 3rd sales/customer representative will be....
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Anonymous User
Data Management Specialist at a government
Customer Service: It's good. Technical Support: It's good.
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Anonymous User
Systems Administrator & CSA at a tech company
Regular. They are good in the sales and e-mail support, but they failed at very important failover times.
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Anonymous User
Database Architect at a insurance company
Good.
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Anonymous User
Senior DBA Lead at a government
I would evaluate tech support as "fair." It has declined over recent years. It's not what it once was.
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Anonymous User
ProQuest Development and Quality Assurance Support at a tech services company
Customer Service: 10/10. Technical Support: 10/10.
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Anonymous User
Senior Consultant
Customer Service: Very good. They're pretty easy to work with. Technical Support: Excellent. Over the years as I've...
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Jamie Vasser
IT Specialist at a government
Tech support is a sticking point with me. I am really disappointed in the tech support. We pay for the Platinum...
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Anonymous User
Database Architect at a healthcare company
Customer Service: Customer service is very good but they're a west coast company and we're on the east coast and I...
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Anonymous User
IT Infrastructure Team Lead
Customer Service: I'd give them four stars. Technical Support: I'd give them four stars.
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Stuart Barker
Test Architect at Zest Consulting
Customer support could be enhanced. All the support is provided via chat and emails. Sometimes, you really need to...
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Anonymous User
Business Intelligence Analyst DBA at a government
Customer Service: 9/10. Technical Support: 9/10.
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Anonymous User
Database Designer at a manufacturing company
Tech support has been good. I have no complaints about it. We haven't needed to use tech support in quite a while....
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Anonymous User
Database Administrator at a energy/utilities company
Tech support has been okay. I ran into an issue earlier this year where my collection had stopped for a week. I had a...
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Недашковский Евгений
Senior SQL DBA at a financial services firm
Customer Service: Idera is just interested in selling you something. Afterwards you can do what you want, they forget...
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Anonymous User
Database Administrator at a government
The technical support has been fine. I have only used them for licensing issues.
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Anonymous User
Senior SQL Server Developer at a tech vendor
Customer Service: It was pretty good once the licensing phase was completed. Technical Support: It's good.
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Anonymous User
DBA at a consultancy
Tech support hasn't been as good lately as it was in the past. It is down to "average."
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Anonymous User
Data Architect at a financial services firm
I have not been in contact with technical support.
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Anonymous User
Senior DBA Lead at a government
By and large, their tech support has been pretty good over the years. Recently, because we have been a customer of...
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Krzysztof Witko
IT Security Engineer at a financial services firm
Technical support has been very helpful and responsive. We are satisfied with their level of support.
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SonNguyen3
Technical Manager at a computer software company
The technical support from Rapid7 is not bad, but the response time can be quite slow sometimes. I would rate it a...
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Oluwaseun Sonaike
Head, Networks and Security at First City Monument Bank Limited
The support is quite responsive. We often jump on calls for onboarding assets and custom configurations like log...
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Mani Bommisetty
Infrastructure patching Manager at a manufacturing company
The customer support is excellent, and I have a very positive impression of it.
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SamiAyyash
Threat Intelligence Engineer at a tech services company
Rapid7's customer support is awful. They didn't respond at all. Tenable's support is always available. I didn't have...
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Anusha Sadasivani
Enterprise Security Architect at a energy/utilities company
Their support could be better. I would rate them a three out of five.
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JensWolf
Systems Administrator at Gernandt & Danielsson Advokatbyrå KB
The speed of response from the technical support team may vary since I purchased it from a reseller in Sweden and not...
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Andrei Bigdan
Executive Manager at B2B-Solutions LLC
Technical support is responsive, but it requires patience as you may have to wait for several days before they...
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Nixon Bagalkoti
Cyber Security Lead at a printing company
When I joined, the agreement with Rapid7 was already in place. They have only email support, and if they have 24/7...
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AdeelAgha
Team Lead - Cyber Security & Compliance at Al Tuwairqi Group
We raised some tickets concerning the system features, as they have some bugs or technical issues. This was done by...
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Anonymous User
0 at a tech vendor
I haven't interacted with Rapid7's technical support.It is crucial for tech support to resolve issues as quickly as...
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Anonymous User
Security Manager
The technical support can be considered competent. However, they can be slow to discover solutions to tricky problems.
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Anonymous User
Security Architect/Staff Engineer at a consultancy
You will get good support if you pay for good licensing options. It depends on the vendors.
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Chiko Phiri
System Engineer at Starlabs Limited
I rate Rapid7 support nine out of 10.
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Anonymous User
Security Specialist at a financial services firm
We have two dedicated technicians to assist us.
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FurqanLatif
Senior Manager - Pre-Sales at Trillium Information Security Systems
I cannot comment specifically regarding the support part because I have never needed Rapid7 support for the InsightVM...
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Anonymous User
IT Security & Operations Manager at a wholesaler/distributor
I'm not impressed with their support right now. Their support model is not really good. They have a portal or forum,...
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Anonymous User
Director of Information Technology at a government
I never actually got in touch with technical support. I wouldn't be able to speak t their level of service.
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Anonymous User
ITSM & AntiFraud Consultant at a tech company
Customer Service: i'll rate is 10/10. I had some presentation with them, and the person who presented us the solution...
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Hiroshi Watanabe
Marketing Expert at J's communication
Support is slow. I'm not satisfied with the support so far.
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Hiroshi Watanabe
Marketing Expert at J's communication
In the past, the support offered for the product was good. Unfortunately, over a period of time, the support offered...
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Ryan Witt
IT Security Architect at a government
The technical support have been a pleasure to work with.
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Anonymous User
IT Security Analyst at a financial services firm
Their customer support is really bad. On a scale of 1 to 10 I would probably give it a 1.
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Anonymous User
Manager at a financial services firm
The technical support is good, however, there can be improvements in response time and support levels.
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Anonymous User
Network Support Engineer at a tech services company
The technical support team is good.
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Anonymous User
Systems Administrator at a university
Great.
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Anonymous User
Works
I would rate the technical support from Rapid7 a ten, indicating high-quality support.
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Anonymous User
Director of Solutions and Alliances at a tech services company
Our company mostly receives fast and suitable support from Rapid7 InsightIDR, but sometimes the response arrives...
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Anonymous User
Cyber Security Engineer at a manufacturing company
Technical support is good.
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Girish Kikkeri
Cyber Security Consultant at Relevance Lab
The tech support from Rapid7 AppSpider is good. They contact us online in case of any open issues.
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