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Alluvio NetIM vs SolarWinds NPM comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Alluvio NetIM
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
59th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
3.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SolarWinds NPM
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
161
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (2nd), Cloud Monitoring Software (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Alluvio NetIM is 0.3%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds NPM is 3.5%, down from 3.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SolarWinds NPM3.5%
Alluvio NetIM0.3%
Other96.2%
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

SK
Senior Technical Engineer at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Supports expert-level monitoring tasks but still requires improvements in usability and driver availability
Alluvio NetIM has significant room for improvement because the product is still on legacy systems. They need to improve their driver infrastructure. Their default driver needs to be developed. Other solutions have their own drivers, but I am not seeing that in this solution. They need to create a proper driver. For a product being sold to customers, it must have user-friendly features. Only an expert can utilize Alluvio NetIM effectively. I have been in the observability and monitoring space for the last ten years, and I am still facing issues with this solution. Working in professional services, when I encounter customers, they ask how this will be user-friendly, and honestly, it is not. Customers need proper training and proper certification to use this tool effectively. Even after training and certification, they can only utilize thirty to forty percent of the functionality. It takes one to two years for them to become proficient. A minimum of one year of experience is required before they can truly utilize this tool. Additionally, Alluvio NetIM lacks a default driver. Their application map does not work properly on the cloud. More Linux knowledge is required for troubleshooting. If someone is not an expert in Linux, they cannot use this tool effectively. There are many areas for improvement.
Vivek Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager IT at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Central monitoring has improved outage alerts and now needs smarter detection and modern dashboards
Regarding the automated network topology and mapping feature in SolarWinds NPM, I am not satisfied with it. For static monitoring, it is acceptable. However, if it is possible, I would need a feature in SolarWinds in the future for some kind of malfunctioning detection, such as malware attacks or that type of environment. We did not have any facility to detect that in SolarWinds. I think it would be better to incorporate those types of features. Regarding customization options in SolarWinds, the ability to customize the dashboard has room for improvement. The dashboard is quite old, and we need some improvement in it. Nowadays, we have multiple tools with AI-based monitoring and web-based dashboards. SolarWinds also has a web-based dashboard, but I think there is scope for improvement in the UI. There may be other areas I would like to improve in SolarWinds NPM.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Even after training and certification, they can only utilize thirty to forty percent of the functionality."
"The connectivity of the solution is very good."
"Simplicity in use, in administration and the ability to present anything that management or the business wants is a killer to other products."
"SolarWinds is reasonably priced."
"SolarWinds NPM has a colorful UI and many easy-to-use features. It does not need to be configured as much and is also easy to install."
"At the moment, our main tool is SolarWinds NPM, and we keep using it, especially for monitoring cloud devices."
"Our ability to locate the source of a network issue has dramatically reduced our mean-time-to-resolve."
"The product covers our needs for the basic care and feeding of servers, whether they are physical or virtual."
"We moved from nGenius to Orion NPM about 3 years ago and are very happy with the performance, features, and pricing, the company is very pro-active, as in adding additional features and being responsive to customer requests."
 

Cons

"Only an expert can utilize Alluvio NetIM effectively. I have been in the observability and monitoring space for the last ten years, and I am still facing issues with this solution."
"For a product being sold to customers, it must have user-friendly features. Only an expert can utilize Alluvio NetIM effectively."
"I would like to see some enhancement on the reporting side, such as making it a little bit easier to create reports or having a larger assortment of canned reports."
"This product could improve by adding cloud monitoring. I want SolarWinds NPM to do much more integration, and have more involvement in cloud monitoring, like AWS or Google, or Azure. I feel like it requires lots of improvement for cloud monitoring in NPM."
"The solution's database performance could be improved."
"They don't have a local support team."
"Stability is an issue. We have installed SolarWinds (Server 2016) on a dedicated physical server and as a virtual machine in a brand new Hyper-V environment with brand new servers."
"Better support and integration for vendors other than Cisco."
"Yes, plenty of those that our systems team has spent hours on the phone with Solarwinds support with trying to rectify."
"Bulk Node attach is chaos."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"Our customer reports that the solution is somewhat costly and licensing is a bit complicated."
"Some solutions are open source and free."
"The solution's pricing is low compared to a lot of other tools in the market."
"I believe the original setup cost was around $3500 with an annual cost of around $1200-$1500 to renew the support license. This would bring the average day-to-day cost of around $5-$6 over three years."
"I would rate the pricing a five out of ten"
"It is not an expensive product."
"There's standard licensing, and then it depends on the size of the customer."
"The pricing is in the middle. It's not particularly cost-effective, but it's not overly expensive either."
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Comparison Review

it_user174738 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
May 31, 2015
Nagios vs. Zabbix vs. PRTG vs. Spiceworks vs. Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor
I have researched a quite a few network monitoring tools which can be used for various monitoring purposes of not only the servers, but the intermediate routers as well. There are majorly three types of these softwares. Ones which are completely open-source, you can do almost anything you want…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
No data available
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business59
Midsize Enterprise33
Large Enterprise87
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Alluvio NetIM?
Alluvio NetIM has significant room for improvement because the product is still on legacy systems. They need to improve their driver infrastructure. Their default driver needs to be developed. Othe...
What is your primary use case for Alluvio NetIM?
I have worked on Alluvio NetIM, which includes NetProfiler and AppResponse. For other products, I am new. I am also pursuing certification on the other products, which is still in progress. If you ...
What advice do you have for others considering Alluvio NetIM?
I rate Alluvio NetIM a seven out of ten because of the default driver and interface issues.
What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?
It actually depends on the exact purpose or kind of devices (network devices, servers, something else). Some tools are better for only network devices while others are better for a cloud monitoring...
What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?
We are partners with SolarWinds and we sell a lot of Network management to large enterprises also because of scalability, products like Network Performance Monitor & Netflow Traffic Analyzer ar...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor, SolarWinds Network Bandwidth Analyzer
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Information Not Available
Microsoft, Federal Express, Hewlett-Packard, and MasterCard
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