ManageEngine OpManager vs vRealize Network Insight comparison

ManageEngine and VMware are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. ManageEngine is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.4, while VMware is ranked #23 with an average rating of 8.8. ManageEngine holds a 1.6% mindshare in NMS, compared to VMware’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 83% of ManageEngine users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of VMware users who would recommend it.

ManageEngine OpManager

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83% willing to recommend

vRealize Network Insight

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845 Comparison Views

89% willing to recommend

ManageEngine OpManager

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

ManageEngine OpManager and vRealize Network Insight offer significant benefits in network monitoring and management. OpManager is praised for its pricing and support efficiency, while vRealize Network Insight stands out in features and integration.

Features: ManageEngine OpManager includes network device monitoring, robust server monitoring, and an alerting system for real-time failure detection. It offers detailed network visibility and capacity management tools. Its integration capabilities and FIM and SIEM features are highly regarded. vRealize Network Insight is known for rich visualization of network flows, an intuitive interface, and microsegmentation facilitation. It provides extensive monitoring and analysis capabilities, crucial for network planning and troubleshooting.

Room for Improvement: ManageEngine OpManager needs better support, enhanced dashboard customization, and improved documentation. Stability during upgrades and a more intuitive configuration process require attention. vRealize Network Insight could benefit from expanded third-party support, simplified integrations, and reduced costs. Enhancements in microsegmentation rules and interoperability with multi-vendor environments are also necessary.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ManageEngine OpManager is mainly deployed on-premises and receives mixed feedback regarding support. Some users have excellent experiences, while others encounter delays. Technical assistance is generally responsive. vRealize Network Insight, also primarily on-premises, has excellent customer and technical support, though there is a need for 24/7 coverage and quicker escalation processes.

Pricing and ROI: ManageEngine OpManager is cost-effective, with a competitive pricing model offering quick ROI through reduced staffing needs and improved uptime. vRealize Network Insight is more expensive, but the cost is justified through its comprehensive features, providing immediate ROI through enhanced uptime and reduced troubleshooting time with its monitoring capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

ManageEngine OpManager

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

8th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

vRealize Network Insight

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

23rd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Infrastructure Monitoring (23rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of ManageEngine OpManager is 1.6%, down from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of vRealize Network Insight is 0.6%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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ShaheenKapery

Solutions Architect at Altron

Reporting is good, monitors well and stable product

The pricing could be cheaper. The initial integration does cost a bit. Jira seems to be making a comeback on the Service Desk side, as well as Zendesk and Freshservice. I know that ServiceNow integration is very easy, like a three- or four-step process. But with the others, you need developers to do API-based integration, which takes longer and requires a different skill set. Even a monkey can follow a four-step process, but API integration can be more complicated here.

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NiteshKumar1

Principle consultant at Infosys

The tool's configuration is easy and artifacts are easily accessible through professional services and the web

The product is highly regarded, and many customers have been using it along with other VMware products like vSphere and VMware vCloud Usage Insight. However, recently, there's been a trend among customers, especially those using VMware for a considerable period, to explore the potential of migrating to the public cloud. The common concern among these customers is how the VMware products will perform in the public cloud environment. Migrating instances from VMware to different platforms is not easy, especially when dealing with many instances across multiple customers. Customers are keen to maintain the functionality of their existing VMware products but prefer to run them on the public cloud instead of on-premise servers. Our clients for vRealize Network Insight are enterprise businesses. I rate it a nine out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I am satisfied with ManageEngine OpManager's monitoring features."

"Device backups are smooth and managed centrally, with a nice dashboard, so you can quickly see the status."

"The solution is scalable."

"OpManager can monitor network utilization, downtime, and services in real time."

"The features we found most valuable in ManageEngine OpManager are the probe server and reporting because they're pretty good features."

"ManageEngine OpManager is user-friendly and easy to use. Additionally, useful for basic monitoring."

"The setup was easy."

"The ease of use and comprehensive integration are the most valuable features"

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"The solution is extremely intuitive and user-friendly. When you log in to the application you are presented with a dashboard that is very reasonable for an initial user, and you can then customize it to your specific needs. But for all the data that we've found, we've only had to go through two or three drill-downs to get into that information."

"The graphical interface of this environment is so good with all the views, the graphics, and everything in them. It's really easy for me. It doesn't need an engineer to work on it. It's easy enough that anyone can get into the environment and look for issues or look at how communication is going on across the VMs. It's pretty much straightforward."

"The most valuable feature for us is that insight into what our network is really doing - it's a fairly complex network. Not having to go through thousands of lines of network configuration to find firewall ports that were open or closed, for various ports, was very valuable. It went out and found everything we need very quickly."

"The tool's ease of configuration and use and the availability of information and artifacts through professional services and the web are key factors that customers find valuable."

"It's very user-friendly in the sense that the querying is just regular language like you and I speak or write. You don't need to know any SQL-query type of language to be able to get what you want out of it."

"It's user-friendly. It's similar to the GUI that most VMware products are moving to, and the consistency across those makes it easy to switch from one product to another. Also, the search bar at the top is plain text and it helps you, it guides you along with your search query, so that helps. The first day you're in there you can start building actual queries."

"It is user-friendly. It's pretty simple to deploy and to run. It gives you pretty easy-to-understand reports, very graphically intense, so you can visualize what's going on in your network."

"I find it user-friendly and intuitive. With the GUI interface that we do use on a regular basis, it's easy to navigate, it's easy to see, easy to query. We get reports. It's easy to use."

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Cons

"The dashboard could include more features."

"Real user and UI monitoring are not practical."

"For the implementation part, I am facing issues when configuring the business view."

"The integration with various OEM products could be simplified."

"The two views into the system are very good but could be extended to further customization to fit the need of end users in a variety of roles."

"You cannot resolve 100 percent of the issues yourself. You would need to reach out to the support. It needs to be cheaper."

"WMI and SNMP integration with the domain controller should be seamless"

"We had some stability issues at the outset that have since been resolved."

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"The solution is very much viewer centric and it would be nice if it would transcend just the virtual infrastructure."

"Support could be much better."

"The UI, even though once you get to know it, it's easier, still it's hard to figure out by yourself. You have to go read, watch videos. It has a lot of data on it. So that is an issue."

"There is room for improvement when it comes to pricing because we pay here in Brazil, and all the costs are based on the dollar."

"There's enough information there, especially in the visualizations, but I would love to see this in a kiosk mode, where I could have a dashboard for interested stakeholders to see and appreciate what's going on. Then, moving on to a more practical level for our Help Desk, our operations team could benefit by seeing, in real-time, a visual view of the network."

"The virtual appliance has rebooted."

"In a very general way, I would like to see an improvement in interoperability with third-party product, from other vendors."

"After you use it for a little while you become accustomed to it but the layout doesn't feel very intuitive. You have to dig around and find the exact place where you can find the information, where you can actually see your east-west traffic, etc. I would like them to bring that information more to the forefront, instead of having to find it."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is reasonably priced."

"The licensing is on a yearly basis and the pricing is on the cheaper side."

"The price for ManageEngine OpManager is average."

"The solution's pricing is very low compared to other products."

"We have a standard license for ManageEngine OpManager. We purchased the license for one year and now we are upgrading it soon."

"ManageEngine OpManager is cheaper than SolarWinds."

"The pricing is moderate."

"The tool's licensing costs are yearly."

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"It reduces costs. It takes something that may be challenging and makes it more usable and visual by being able to bring in tools, seeing what their impact is, such as microsegmentation and application rationalization, and seeing it quickly."

"The solution has helped us to reduce time, increase performance, reduce costs, and even easily manage networks. We are probably seeing 10 to 20 percent labor savings because we are able to be very specific and focused on what we want to do. It ends up saving the customer money and makes us be more efficient on our cost deliveries."

"It's an expensive product because we have a lot of nodes."

"I rate vRealize Network Insight's pricing a seven point five out of ten."

"It has brought more money into our company."

"The solution has reduced the time that we spend on other products. For example, with NSX, we were able to quickly find things that we would normally spend days trying to figure out."

"We have spent less time investigating network flows, so it is absolutely cost-effective."

"It's a little expensive, but for what you're getting out of the product, you often see the trade-off. It depends on the type of licensing you have. It might be a little too pricey for some."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Educational Organization

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ManageEngine OpManager?

The product provides intensive reports.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ManageEngine OpManager?

The pricing was okay. However, it has been increasing a lot lately. The product is not worth the money.

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What needs improvement with ManageEngine OpManager?

For the implementation part, I am facing issues when configuring the business view. When I create the business view, I experience problems with the port interface. When I add the interface, I am co...

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What do you like most about vRealize Network Insight?

The tool's ease of configuration and use and the availability of information and artifacts through professional services and the web are key factors that customers find valuable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for vRealize Network Insight?

Broadcom is known for increasing product prices, making them expensive compared to what people used to pay. I liken the subscription model to not truly owning what you pay for.

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What needs improvement with vRealize Network Insight?

Right now, I do not see a specific area for improvement. My main concern is understanding the intentions of Broadcom, which has acquired VMware. Broadcom should improve by going back to what was wo...

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Also Known As

OpManager

Arkin

Overview

ManageEngine OpManager is a network, server, and virtualization monitoring software that helps SMEs, large enterprises and service providers manage their data centers and IT infrastructure efficiently and cost effectively. Automated workflows, intelligent alerting engines, configurable discovery rules, and extendable templates enable IT teams to setup a 24x7 monitoring system within hours of installation.

ManageEngine

VMware vRealize Network Insight delivers intelligent operations for software-defined networking and security. It helps customers build an optimized, highly-available and secure network infrastructure across multi-cloud environments. It accelerates micro-segmentation planning and deployment, enables visibility across virtual and physical networks and provides operational views to manage and scale VMware NSX deployments.

VMware

Sample Customers

Bonita, Thorp Reed & Armstrong, Galaxy, Fiserv Credit Union Division, Universitas 21 Global, ERP Suites LLC

NTTi3, VCIX-NV, VMware Networking and Security Business Unit, Illumio, CompuNet

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