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SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability vs SolarWinds NPM comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
4.5
SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability cuts costs with unified monitoring, alerting, and downtime reduction, but some prefer Grafana.
Sentiment score
6.8
SolarWinds NPM is praised for reducing costs, offering quick ROI, and enhancing network management with reliable alerts and reporting.
The primary return comes from its effectiveness, leading to significant cost savings, especially since we can create tenants and allow multiple countries to utilize the nodes through shared tools.
IT Network Coordinator (Northern Region) at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
It saves time by issuing alerts that notify engineers about problems or incidents.
Business Developement Manager at I.ua
The return on investment is significant as the solution effectively reduces costs while being worth its expense.
Network Administrator at PT Bni Life Insurance
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.4
SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability support is adequate, with varied response times and tailored needs in specific markets.
Sentiment score
6.9
SolarWinds NPM's customer service is praised, but technical support varies, with some users noting slow responses and availability issues.
the support is quick and meets service-level agreements
Business Developement Manager at I.ua
I get an instant response and on-call support as well.
Solutions Architect at Cognizant
The complexities and internal processes in approvals necessitate a more tailored support approach, ensuring that assistance is relevant and timely.
IT Network Coordinator (Northern Region) at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
If there is no timely response, getting a resolution is more difficult.
Network Security Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Regarding technical support from SolarWinds, I find it excellent.
Assistant Manager at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
We had contact with SolarWinds regarding the implementation, and they were helpful.
Network Administrator at PT Bni Life Insurance
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.6
SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability offers seamless scalability and high performance, with users praising its flexibility and robust hybrid model.
Sentiment score
6.9
SolarWinds NPM efficiently scales in large environments, but may require extra polling engines and face complex licensing challenges.
The product is very easy to scale.
Business Developement Manager at I.ua
A single polling engine with enterprise supports up to 100 additional polling engines, monitoring up to 100,000 elements per instance.
Senior Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The scalability of SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability is great.
IT Network Coordinator (Northern Region) at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
SolarWinds NPM is scalable and effective in handling large network infrastructures.
Solutions Architect at Boch Systems Company Limited
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.3
SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability is generally stable, with rare downtimes mainly due to improper deployment and necessary upgrades.
Sentiment score
7.5
SolarWinds NPM is praised for stability, with resource allocation and documentation adherence mitigating most upgrade-related issues.
In my current environment, we have experienced instability likely due to the deployment not meeting required standards.
IT Network Coordinator (Northern Region) at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
We have to put a lot of communication in place because if we are trying to take SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability down for upgrades, then obviously the entire observability or infrastructure monitoring is paused.
Associate Vice President at Wissen infotech
For stability, I rate SolarWinds NPM as a ten, which is the best.
Assistant Manager at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
The NPM product is stable, particularly when used for simple network monitoring.
Network Security Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
 

Room For Improvement

SolarWinds needs AI enhancement, smoother integration, better support, intuitive dashboard, expanded compatibility, and improved documentation and setup.
SolarWinds NPM requires enhancements in analytics, scalability, UI, security, integration, customization, monitoring, automation, stability, and cost-effectiveness.
The solution could improve in areas such as CICD observability.
Business Developement Manager at I.ua
The initial setup and configuration can also be complex for new users.
Quality Auditing Associate at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I think deeper integration into Kubernetes, serverless functions, and cloud-native tracing can be implemented as these matter to many organizations.
Senior Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
SolarWinds needs to upscale on observability and add full-fledged observability features, including security features.
Solutions Architect at Boch Systems Company Limited
Customers have given feedback about the delayed response times from the technical team.
Network Security Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
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.
Manager IT at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

SolarWinds offers reasonable node-based pricing, but renewal changes and regional variations necessitate strategic negotiations for optimal investment.
SolarWinds NPM offers a flexible licensing model with competitive pricing, though costs may rise for extensive setups.
We approached SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability directly and the quotation that they gave was a very expensive one.
Associate Vice President at Wissen infotech
The pricing is mid-segment, which means it is neither cheap nor expensive compared to other products.
Business Developement Manager at I.ua
The new pricing models lack clarity in communication, bundling services that we may not actually need, leading to unnecessary costs.
IT Network Coordinator (Northern Region) at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The solution is considered expensive.
Network Administrator at PT Bni Life Insurance
Pricing-wise, SolarWinds NPM is more expensive than PRTG.
Solutions Architect at Boch Systems Company Limited
It is not too pricey and is adequate.
Manager IT at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability provides comprehensive monitoring, proactive insights, and rapid troubleshooting for efficient multi-location network management.
SolarWinds NPM provides intuitive network monitoring with advanced customization, scalability, and proactive alerts, suiting diverse business needs.
It is easy to scale by increasing the count of observable objects, adding additional servers, and polling engines, which is crucial for enterprise-level projects.
Business Developement Manager at I.ua
It has an alerting engine where I can define thresholds and configure custom alerts, which can also be integrated with ITSM or a ticketing system to auto-create tickets.
Solutions Architect at Cognizant
Smart Alerts in SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability has been really helpful for our team. For instance, one day, a switch interface started hitting high utilization, which would have caused slowness in network traffic. SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability sent an alert immediately, so we could check the devices and fix the issue before users noticed any problem.
Quality Auditing Associate at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Whenever any node is down in our network, whether it is a server or any network device, we receive information through email that the device is down.
Manager IT at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The ability to customize the dashboard in SolarWinds NPM provides key benefits like saving time and money, and streamlining some processes.
Assistant Manager at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
The most valuable feature for us is the database performance analyzer, which we use a lot.
Network Administrator at PT Bni Life Insurance
 

Categories and Ranking

SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Obs...
Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software
17th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SolarWinds NPM
Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software
7th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
161
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (2nd), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Cloud Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability is 1.2%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds NPM is 4.5%, up from 4.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SolarWinds NPM4.5%
SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability1.2%
Other94.3%
Cloud Monitoring Software
 

Featured Reviews

Kalyan Kothali - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Vice President at Wissen infotech
Unified dashboards have improved hybrid infrastructure monitoring and support daily operations
The dashboard and reporting can be improved. The way the dashboards are being configured and presented in SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability has certain challenges. The look and feel and ease of configuring are areas where we see difficulties. There are certain limitations where we are not able to select the range or live details. Specifically, I want to have a trend analysis on certain thresholds, but those are tricky and we are not able to do that. We are currently downloading that and then using Excel to represent it. Those kinds of features are missing as of now. AI features in SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability, we only started this in 2024. We are still stabilizing the environment. AI is the next thing, so we did not start looking into that yet. Even the dashboards that we are trying to build to understand the trend analysis in SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability show always the live information. What is the current state, how many monitors, how many are green, how many are amber, where we have warnings, what are at risk, is the live information that we could build from the dashboard. When trying to analyze the thresholds or how much increase we need to make, or what the trend is happening, getting into those details is difficult. Building those kind of reports is a tricky one. We struggle a lot in that area.
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.
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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
Construction Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business59
Midsize Enterprise33
Large Enterprise87
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability?
SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability is device-based. How many devices we want to bring on board determines the cost. Technically, we have built multiple clusters based on the regions that we want...
What needs improvement with SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability?
Regarding AI features in SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability, we currently depend on other AI features such as BigPanda and other tools. There are some improvements in correlation, but it is stil...
What is your primary use case for SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability?
Most valuable features of SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability compared to the previous platform are not immediately apparent. However, since we have not fully moved to SaaS, I cannot comment on t...
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
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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