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Alluvio NetIM vs SolarWinds NPM comparison

 

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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
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
160
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (3rd), Cloud Monitoring Software (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Alluvio NetIM is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds NPM is 3.4%, down from 3.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SolarWinds NPM3.4%
Alluvio NetIM0.2%
Other96.4%
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

"I have been in the observability and monitoring space for the last ten years, and I am still facing issues with this solution."
"I have been in the observability and monitoring space for the last ten years, and I am still facing issues with this solution."
"I have been in the observability and monitoring space for the last ten years, and I am still facing issues with this solution."
"Even after training and certification, they can only utilize thirty to forty percent of the functionality."
"If your infrastructure is big, and requires a good kind of reporting tool, then SolarWinds fulfills all these requirements."
"The solution is easy to install and it takes a couple of hours."
"One of my clients is a bank; SolarWinds is primarily used in banking to limit network downtime to less than one or two minutes, with all the ATMs connected so the bank can respond quickly when the network is down."
"The most valuable features of SolarWinds NPM are network performance monitoring and the overall benefit for servers."
"What I've found most valuable about the solution is that it's scalable."
"I like SolarWinds support because it's 24/7. You describe your issues, your situation and maybe two or three hours later you can discuss a solution with a technical engineer."
"The simplicity of this product is a valuable feature; everything you need is easily accessible and the maintenance is low."
"We don't have any issues with the stability of SolarWinds NPM."
 

Cons

"For a product being sold to customers, it must have user-friendly features. Only an expert can utilize Alluvio NetIM effectively."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"If we go for the NT license, then we have to purchase the NPM, Network Performance Monitor; that is a dependency."
"I would like to see more information on design, customization from the community, and a better certification department."
"It is difficult for stakeholders to translate technical requirements, which results in difficulties selecting a platform or implementing a solution."
"The solution is considered expensive."
"The SolarWinds notification and alerting configuration could be simplified as it would be easier to find if it was within the NPM web application instead of in a separate client application."
"The solution could improve in many areas, such as the marketing and description of the products, providing areas of improvement, cloud capabilities, and being able to be more streamlined with the current integration points with other applications."
"If they’re going for a “cover everything” approach, then they need to do so and enable a bit more of the "cover everything approach" within every one of the tools."
"It is too expensive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"The cost of the personal perpetual license for SolarWinds NPM is approximately $2,000."
"I would rate the pricing a five out of ten"
"Most of the licenses are perpetual, and the annual maintenance charges are not high."
"We have a perpetual license for this solution, and my impression is that this solution is cheap."
"I find that the pricing is acceptable."
"Excluding the costs of running VMs and physical blade servers, our licensing costs run around US$200,000/year for over 60 polling engines."
"There can be fees in addition to the licensing fees if you add on."
"Quite highly priced"
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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
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business59
Midsize Enterprise33
Large Enterprise85
 

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
 

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Sample Customers

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