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IDERA

Based on 92 reviews.

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Based on 178 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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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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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
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

Deepan M
Senior DevOps Engineer at a computer software company
We have not needed to contact the technical support team.
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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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Gonçalo Teixeira
Business Development and Product Owner at wrightia
I used only online materials and online support. I never contacted the tech team directly.
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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
ProQuest Development and Quality Assurance Support at a tech services company
Customer Service: 10/10. Technical Support: 10/10.
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Ioana Haralamb
Project Manager at a computer software company
We've never needed any technical support, so I can't evaluate it.
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Anonymous User
Data Architect at a computer software company
We bought premium support and so far it is good. The normal technical support is okay; I would not rate it too high....
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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
Sr. Data Engineer at a computer software company
While they weren’t always able to solve my issue (feature limitations not bugs/education issues), when I did reach...
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Anonymous User
Database Administrator at a media company
I don't have any issues with their technical support.
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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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Anonymous User
Data Management Specialist at a government
Customer Service: It's good. Technical Support: It's good.
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Anonymous User
Software Enginner at a tech company
We had a few issues with the deployment, but it was mostly due to our lack of experience. We were able to get online...
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Uros Gavric
QA Automation Engineer at a computer software company
I haven't used their tech support directly because all I needed was info that I was able to find in their knowledge...
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Anonymous User
Infrastructure Expert at a tech services company
Good, although they don’t always contact you with a solution to problems if they think it’s your problem.
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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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Mike Grove
DBA at a consumer goods company
Tech support is very helpful. I have only had to engage with them once, as far as I can remember, during an upgrade....
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Anonymous User
Software Engineer in Research & Development at a tech consulting company
Very good.
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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
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
Associate Director, Enterprise Data Management, Practice Lead for Life Sciences UK&I at a tech services company
Customer Service: We are fully satisfied. Technical Support: We are fully satisfied.
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Anonymous User
Automation Test Engineer Il at a computer software company
My team who manages licensing and administrative tasks, including HR people and IT people, escalate their queries 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 Developer at a financial services firm
The only thing I had an issue with was licensing, and the support was very good. They replied very quickly and it was...
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Anonymous User
Software QA Tester / Team Lead at Brightest NV
I’m rating technical support a nine out of 10.
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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
IT - Server Administration
Customer Service: Although I haven't contacted customer service often, the response has always been prompt, courteous...
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Anonymous User
Senior DBA
Tech support has been okay, not that great, but they made sure that we got what we were looking for.
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reviewer3261598
Business Solutions Specialist at a energy/utilities company
I cannot comment on customer service as we haven't purchased the tool yet and are still in the evaluation process.
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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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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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Chad Kliewer
Information Security Officer at PTCI
The technical support folks at Rapid7 are a great bunch of folks. I haven’t had much need to contact them, but when I...
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Anusha Sadasivani
Enterprise Security Architect at a energy/utilities company
The response time for customer service needs improvement.
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Agustinus DWIJOKO
Network & Security Engineer at PT. Centrin Online Prima
Customer service has been quite good.
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Mahmoud Elhamaymy
Professional services team lead at a tech services company
We have not opened any tickets, as we have not experienced any issues. Also, the free version does not offer support,...
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Karthick Selvam
Senior Software Engineer at Saama
Rapid7 provides timely support using direct chat or contact with support. We have enterprise support, which includes...
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Aakash Shankar
Senior Cybersecurity Solutions Engineer at Trillium Information Security Systems
Regarding technical support for Rapid7 InsightAppSec, they usually respond within one or two days. I think the...
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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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MuhammadMurtaza
Information security engineer at Cyberisk
I have not needed to contact technical support. I have not faced any issues that required assistance.
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Prasanth Prasad
Chief Technology Officer at a tech vendor
I rate the technical support a six to seven out of ten.
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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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Md. Shahriar Hussain
Information Security Analyst at Banglalink
The solution's technical support is very poor. Their responses are delayed and don't meet the timelines.
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Anonymous User
Information Security Senior Expert (Founding member, African Cybersecurity Center) at a financial services firm
Technical support is good and responsive.
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Anonymous User
Material Coordinator at a energy/utilities company
The support that we are receiving at this time is from our partner who handles the issue with the vendor if needed.
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Damir Miklavčič
Security Analyst at Zavarovalnica Triglav dd
Approximately a year ago, we had an issue with the dashboard. We contacted technical support to ask a question....
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Mat Greensides
Secury Administrator at a comms service provider
The technical support is very helpful. I have used them in the last month.
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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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Chiko Phiri
System Engineer at Starlabs Limited
I rate Rapid7 support nine out of 10.
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Anonymous User
Project Director at a tech services company
As it's a free product, the community edition doesn't include any technical support. I haven't used the commercial...
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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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Anonymous User
Enterprise ICT Security Architect at a tech services company
The technical support is very nice. They are good and they listen to the customers, which is very important in my...
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Zain Rehman
Manager SecOps at a financial services firm
The technical support is very helpful, but too slow. Overall, it usually takes 24 hours for them to reply, but the...
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Anonymous User
Director of Cyber Security (CISO) at a marketing services firm
We have a client service manager for Rapid7 tech support. He is an appointed customer service manager where we have...
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Anonymous User
Security Solution Engineer II at a security firm
They are responsive, but there is scope for improvement. I would rate them an eight out of ten.
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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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Pongtosaporn Junlobol
Vice President at INET Managed Services Co.,LTD.
I think the support is okay. They responded very quickly, and it was sufficient.
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Anonymous User
Cyber Security Engineer at a manufacturing company
Technical support is good.
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Midhun Kumar
Head of Infrastructure at Pearl Data Direct
The support for InsightConnect and InsightAppSec is very good. However, I am not very satisfied with the InsightIDR...
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Anonymous User
Information Security Senior Expert (Founding member, African Cybersecurity Center) at a financial services firm
The technical support for this solution is responsive.
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Anonymous User
Works at a insurance company
The tech support is quite good.
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