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IDERA Uptime Cloud Monitor [EOL] vs SolarWinds NPM comparison

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Categories and Ranking

IDERA Uptime Cloud Monitor ...
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SolarWinds NPM
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
161
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (2nd), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (5th), Cloud Monitoring Software (7th)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user220110 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure Team Lead with 51-200 employees
There were issues with performing upgrades, however, we can now plan better for the future.
The insight on availability trends (CPU, Swap & IO) function is valuable We can now plan better for the future as a result of more insights about our server farm. Service monitoring Host vs virtual instance I've used if for over two years. There were none, but there were issues with…
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

"We were in the need of a fast-to-deploy solution for the external monitoring of our servers, and Copperegg gave us all the needed features plus the internal and custom metrics."
"If you need to have more insight about your data center, Copperegg is the way to go."
"SolarWinds Orion NPM tracks bottlenecks in your network infrastructure and lets you troubleshoot them before a disaster happens."
"We are frequently able to attend to issues before our user community and customers are aware that a problem exists."
"It did a good job of the collection and then an investigation of the net flow of information for understanding the applications that were being used at certain locations."
"This is a valuable and powerful product that will provide users with more than they expect, all in one place."
"This is a product that I recommend, although it requires technical skills in order to use it."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly interface and the ease of deployment."
"ROI for Solarwinds products is excellent."
"Overall, SolarWinds is a very good product."
 

Cons

"Yes, some days the service was down and we did not find an accurate response from the company."
"There were none, but there were issues with performing upgrades."
"You could question the scalability. It could be improved."
"The solution could be enhanced. It currently lacks integration with SMS services which is something we need."
"If we go for the NT license, then we have to purchase the NPM, Network Performance Monitor; that is a dependency."
"There should be a little bit more integration in some of the other tooling and utilizing the APIs of devices or tools could be a little bit better."
"The reporting module that got integrated into the system itself, used to be a standalone solution and I preferred that."
"Technical support and releases are not particularly reliable."
"The scalability can be better."
"Complex and overly detailed setup."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"There is a permanent license and also a subscription level which has annual fees. The price of the solution is fair."
"We pay a yearly licensing fee."
"We have a perpetual license for this solution, and my impression is that this solution is cheap."
"It is not an expensive product."
"The licensing model is such that you can purchase only what you need; and then grow into the next level by paying only the difference in price and the associated maintenance costs."
"There are a lot of sub-products and it just continued to increase the price."
"The solution can become very expensive and commercially not viable in countries, such as India."
"I think that the cost has risen, but the functionality and versatility is way above other products."
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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

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Outsourcing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
 

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Midsize Enterprise
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Small Business60
Midsize Enterprise33
Large Enterprise87
 

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What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?
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Also Known As

IDERA CopperEgg, CopperEgg
Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor, SolarWinds Network Bandwidth Analyzer
 

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