We performed a comparison between Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, HPE Aruba Networking and others in Network Management Applications."I really like Visual RAF. I use that a lot and then I use the up and down status reports because it'll send me emails and text messages when access points go up or down. That way, I'm aware of what's going on."
"Network management solution that's very stable and scalable. It has a straightforward installation, fast technical support, and multiple features such as reporting, network health analysis, etc."
"The most valuable feature of Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista is the monitoring of wired and wireless equipment."
"Being able to see the health of the network is most valuable. It is very strong in terms of stability and scalability. Their technical support is also good."
"The reports are good."
"It is a good investment for features."
"Configuration refers to the specific settings and options that determine how a device or system behaves. It can include things, such as network settings, security settings, and other options that are specific to the device or system in question. One of the most valuable features of the solution was its ability to track and monitor changes to the configuration of devices on a network. This can be useful for troubleshooting and identifying potential issues. By keeping track of who made changes to the configuration and when it can be easier to determine the cause of any problems that may arise."
"Compared to other vendors, like NetBrain, managing the solution is easy. They made it very user-friendly."
"What's nice with NCM is you can set up policies that you can then check against the configs to ensure that your device configs adhere to a baseline or standard that you've set in place."
"This solution has helped our organization by allowing us to store all the device configurations for the various network devices in NCM and making it easy for us to retrieve and look them over."
"The most valuable features the solution offers are compliance, reliability, and information about reliability."
"The feature that I really enjoy is the ability to script changes across all of your devices."
"It is pretty straightforward to set up."
"It allows us to manage backups in big companies. It is also useful in managing the configuration changes."
"It needs to be infused with more artificial intelligence and machine learning."
"I would like to see a little better reporting, not reporting features, the report maker to be a little better."
"They should add more security features."
"Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista could improve by adding more cybersecurity features."
"Adding a reliable and proper heatmap for the access points would make this solution better."
"The location of the WiFi connection should be available to all users."
"Its look and feel can be improved. They can also put in more effort into building the THWACK community and use the information about various customer issues and requests to build the new releases."
"Our experience has shown that most of the problems we've had with SolarWinds NCM are related to software issues."
"The network flow is a problem for this solution."
"The solution could improve by being more secure."
"The Network Configuration Manager needs to improve the access control list compliance."
"The interface of solar winds could be improved."
"The network logs could be improved. When the error logs come across with those false positive alarms in the error logs."
"When it comes to the way of managing the network devices, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager should provide the simplest way that devices can relate to the server. For example, when we want to get the devices on board, we go by SSH to make the SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager create the connectivity with the device. After that, we pull the configuration. It would be helpful if they could combine both so that everything will be done in one step."
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Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista is ranked 18th in Network Management Applications with 6 reviews while SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is ranked 11th in Configuration Management with 22 reviews. Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista is rated 9.0, while SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista writes "Helpful support, useful monitoring, and reliable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager writes "Streamlines network configuration and compliance processes through its centralized dashboard, although its compatibility with multi-vendor devices may present limitations". Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista is most compared with Alcatel-Lucent ClearPass, Cisco DNA Center and Aruba Airwave, whereas SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, Cisco Prime, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, OpenText Network Node Manager i and VMware NSX.
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