ManageEngine OpManager vs WhatsUp Gold comparison

ManageEngine and Progress Software are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. ManageEngine is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.1, while Progress Software is ranked #28 with an average rating of 9.5. ManageEngine holds a 1.6% mindshare in NMS, compared to Progress Software’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 82% of ManageEngine users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 85% of Progress Software users who would recommend it.

ManageEngine OpManager

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82% willing to recommend

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85% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

WhatsUp Gold and ManageEngine OpManager are competing network management solutions. WhatsUp Gold has the upper hand in pricing and customer support, while ManageEngine OpManager offers robust features justifying its higher cost.

Features: WhatsUp Gold offers intuitive network monitoring, efficient real-time alerts, and customizable dashboards. ManageEngine OpManager provides extensive network analysis, comprehensive configuration options, and versatile scalability.

Room for Improvement: WhatsUp Gold could enhance feature depth, support larger environments, and expand automation capabilities. ManageEngine OpManager can improve ease of use, reduce complexity for smaller networks, and offer more budget-friendly scaling solutions.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: WhatsUp Gold is known for straightforward installation with prompt customer support. ManageEngine OpManager requires more technical deployment but benefits from detailed documentation.

Pricing and ROI: WhatsUp Gold presents an accessible setup cost with quick ROI for tighter budgets. ManageEngine OpManager demands a higher initial cost, providing ROI through its comprehensive capabilities.

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ManageEngine OpManager vs. WhatsUp Gold

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Categories and Ranking

ManageEngine OpManager

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

9th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

WhatsUp Gold

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

28th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (28th), Server Monitoring (16th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (29th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of ManageEngine OpManager is 1.6%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WhatsUp Gold is 1.2%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Charles A

Deputy Director at Access Healthcare Services Pvt Ltd

Reporting features improve operational efficiency while weekend support needs enhancement

Support is moderate and needs improvement, especially during weekends when technicians perform upgrades. During weekends, they need to provide more support to ensure a smooth transition. There is a call for ManageEngine OpManager to scale better in automation and AI functionality. Although the product stability is good, support enhancement is necessary to enable better planning for upgrades and maintenance activities.

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Tom Condo

Supervisor Information Services Operations at Seminole County Public Schools

If CPU, memory, or disk space is over-utilized, it alerts us immediately via text or email if there is an issue

When it comes to the intuitiveness of the topology mapping feature, our network architect created a vision diagram of our entire network and then created the links tied into the WhatsUp active monitoring to different spots on our topology map. It's one of the more critical functions we do here. We have the map displayed in different places in our room and help desk. We get alerted via emails but we can also see it visually. It does what it says it's going to do. We find this feature very helpful. The interactive mapping interface for scrolling, zooming, and drilling down on an element to learn about a network issue is good. When we see a network there will sometimes be a spot that has one link. You can go into a particular part of the topology map, scroll in, and see exactly which module it is. All the information is provided. This feature really helps. You can see the correlation between that link and what failed. This feature is very helpful. The interface is fairly intuitive. Some of our users used SolarWinds and Nagios, and WhatsUp is easy in comparison. Once you get set up, the look, feel, and configuration are good. Our network architect had never used it before but he was able to create the Visio and map. It was very simple. He has no problems with it.

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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

"The traffic monitoring and the traffic analysis are great."

"You can put all of your work on there, they'll send you an email or send you a text. That functionality as a network engineer is the one I like the most. I do like the fact that we can schedule reports. That works too because that's a lot fewer spreadsheets that I have to create."

"The solution gives pretty good network visibility. I am also impressed with it's monitoring."

"The most valuable feature is the network-related reporting."

"The detections are fine when they work."

"The solution is finely stable."

"It helps us a lot for monitoring our servers in one console, instead of going to individual servers."

"The dashboard, versatility and larger horizon are valuable."

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"NetFlow monitoring, real-time monitoring, and surveys have been the most valuable features for our business."

"The most valuable feature is the monitoring of resources."

"The solution effectively monitors network devices and servers."

"The most valuable features are network bandwidth monitoring and monitoring device health."

"The most valuable feature is the auto-discovery function."

"The user interface is good enough."

"The tool's most valuable feature is the visibility it offers of everything in the network and infrastructure."

"The product is reasonably priced."

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Cons

"The pricing of the solution is high. They should work to adjust the pricing model to see if they can help reduce costs."

"We get a lot of false alerts."

"The main area for improvement for ManageEngine OpManager is its performance."

"The solution is a bit difficult to configure. There are quite a number of configurations and plugins that you must handle early in the process."

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

"I would like to see more capabilities and specific profiles built for the manufacturing sector."

"This product is little bit slow sometimes. It may be that we need to change the configuration to improve performance."

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

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"The product is old and not updated."

"You have to invest a few days to become an expert in this solution."

"The initial setup of WhatsUp Gold is a medium range of difficulty levels. However, if it is your first time it could be difficult."

"The technical support does not bother to respond."

"One of the biggest things that made us start to look at another product is we're not able to have an end to end monitoring from a user perspective throughout the system and back to the user. All the monitoring is from inside out, we need something that also can give us from outside in."

"The new release cadence needs to be improved. It takes a while for them to add new features and functionality. There should be a quicker turnaround with new versions."

"We can never achieve or get a good picture of the network topology."

"I think there are a few bugs now. Although they give some resolution for this, we cannot share the network remotely because of our company policy."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We had perpetual licenses. The cost was around 36,000 for OPManager, and then you'd have the yearly maintenance fee of 2,000 or 3,000."

"The pricing is moderate."

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

"The solution's licensing costs are yearly and based on the number of applications."

"It is not really expensive; it is nominal licensing."

"The product is not worth the money."

"In terms of pricing, I would rate it a two out of five. It was expensive."

"Pricing for ManageEngine OpManager depends on the number of nodes you onboard and whatever pricing is reflected on the ManageEngine portal which offers discounts from ten percent to fifteen percent. It purely depends on the sales volume and the negotiation. In my organization, there are about one thousand two hundred nodes which cost around $29,000 per year. There's no additional support fee or maintenance fee from ManageEngine OpManager. Pricing for the solution is highly competitive and I would rate it five out of five. ManageEngine OpManager is one of the most competitive options out there."

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"The price of WhatsUp Gold is good."

"There are some subscription charges that are quite heavy. I need to pay for support every year and these charges can be quite expensive. Aside from the initial cost for the tool, you need to pay additionally for support."

"There is a license needed to use WhatsUp Gold."

"It is per device, per year. The pricing is very clear. If you have a service agreement, you get all of your major upgrades and minor upgrades. It was under $10,000 to go all-in with all of the different add-ons for it."

"I'm not sure, but it's expensive. We don't pay any additional fees."

"Pricing is reasonable compared to other products."

"The pricing can be on the expensive side when considering competing products."

"The tool's price is reasonable. WhatsUp Gold is cheaper than SolarWinds."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Government

11%

Computer Software Company

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 of ManageEngine OpManager is high concerning the licensing cost, and many clients express a preference for a one-time payment option without renewals, as the ongoing costs affect their ...

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What needs improvement with ManageEngine OpManager?

I cannot see the impact of ManageEngine OpManager's bandwidth management feature on optimizing network resources because I am not the client who primarily uses it.

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What do you like most about WhatsUp Gold?

The interactive mapping interface for scrolling, zooming, and drilling down on an element to learn about a network issue is good. When we see a network there will sometimes be a spot that has one l...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WhatsUp Gold?

Clients find the licensing calculator confusing, but we simplify this for them by collecting relevant information first. The licensing is based on devices, providing better cost-effectiveness than ...

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What needs improvement with WhatsUp Gold?

Improvements are needed in integration, especially for WhatsApp call and messages. Our region heavily uses WhatsApp Messenger for communication, and integration with this platform would be benefici...

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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

Explore and manage your entire network infrastructure effortlessly with WhatsUp Gold's robust layer 2/3 discovery, creating a detailed interactive map from the edge to the cloud. Monitor devices, wireless controllers, servers, virtual machines, applications, and traffic flows across various environments. Real-time alerts ensure optimal performance, allowing you to meet or exceed SLAs. The platform offers customizable maps, dashboards, and alerts for easy network management. Quickly resolve issues with intuitive workflows, reducing Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR). WhatsUp Gold's integrated log management provides easy visibility and control of device log data, allowing monitoring, filtering, searching, and alerting on syslogs or Windows logs. Archive logs to comply with regulatory requirements and preserve historical data, all through a user-friendly interface. Streamline network monitoring and issue resolution with WhatsUp Gold, making network management efficient and hassle-free.

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Sample Customers

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

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