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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 (6th), 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

"If you need to have more insight about your data center, Copperegg is the way to go."
"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."
"The most valuable features of SolarWinds NPM are network performance monitoring and the overall benefit for servers."
"For end-user performance monitoring, we like features such as availability of our all devices."
"SolarWinds is reasonably priced."
"Quick to launch. No agents required. Many configuration options."
"It provided visibility into network performance, which at the time we really did not have."
"There are a lot of options for customization of the dashboard, alerts, and reports."
"It paid for itself within six months, when compared to our previous solution."
"The most valuable feature is the graphical user interface."
 

Cons

"There were none, but there were issues with performing upgrades."
"Yes, some days the service was down and we did not find an accurate response from the company."
"Wireless monitoring needs improvement. We need to get a little bit more information from the thin clients or wireless LAN controllers than we already do."
"I have not had a good experience with technical support because most of the time when I contact them, they first want to know whether you have a license."
"The solution could be enhanced. It currently lacks integration with SMS services which is something we need."
"Better support and integration for vendors other than Cisco."
"SolarWinds is expensive. That's why it's primarily banks using the solution."
"Currently lacks integration with SMS services."
"Two or three of the core functions are still nested in Win32 apps on the server; but it seems that the foundation was laid in the current website for porting those functions over in the near future."
"We also had to be attentive to vulnerabilities, because SolarWinds NPM have some issues in that area. We had to work with our security team, so that they could help us check and backup the data, and check what they needed to secure."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Our customer reports that the solution is somewhat costly and licensing is a bit complicated."
"I think that the cost has risen, but the functionality and versatility is way above other products."
"It is not an expensive product."
"SolarWinds is expensive. That's why it's primarily banks using the solution. Small businesses can't afford it. Due to its pricing, most smaller enterprises like manufacturing companies are not interested. For example, we have a client who is also interested in traffic monitoring, but they are not purchasing SolarWinds because of the cost."
"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."
"There's standard licensing, and then it depends on the size of the customer."
"When I compare the cost of CA Spectrum to that of SolarWinds NPM, the cost of CA Spectrum is way too high, and the cost of SolarWinds NPM is pretty low."
"I would rate the pricing a five out of ten"
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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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Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

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Small Business59
Midsize Enterprise33
Large Enterprise87
 

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Also Known As

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

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