We performed a comparison between Auvik Network Management (ANM) and SolarWinds Network Device Monitor based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"Credential management is the most valuable feature. It's helpful to have everything in one essential place."
"Auvik is easy to use. It took some time to set it up, and they were pretty good to us. They offered us around six sessions with a technician to help us set up the monitors we wanted. After we were trained properly, I had no issues using it."
"It does provide very useful metrics, and it has improved a large portion of our day-to-day operations."
"The most valuable feature for us in Auvik is the network topology."
"The stand-out feature is the automated config backup on networking devices. This automation is handy in a bind when a machine crashes, and you need to pull the config out of Auvik."
"The instant email alerts Auvik sends are valuable because every second counts when a device is down."
"The most valuable features include the inventory management and alerting capabilities."
"The most valuable feature in Auvik is that it lets us know when a network is down. It lets us know right away and we can find out what's causing it: whether it's the firewall, an AP, or there's a whole network outage. It makes things easier by giving us an "eye in the sky" when we're not on the site. It's great for monitoring."
"The alerts we are getting when we start losing connection access have been helpful."
"This product proactively tells us about issues before the users notice."
"The product is useful for switches and IP phones."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is monitoring."
"The solution and its interface are elaborate and fully integrate all monitored items for easy analysis and troubleshooting."
"I like the mapping that you could do and the dashboards were very pretty."
"I rate the product's initial setup process a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one means it is a difficult phase and ten is an easy process."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"They may need to add some more integration pieces with different vendors. For example, API keys aren't available for certain vendors. While everything that I have works with Auvik and gets monitored by it, there are a few network items I have that I would like to see deeper integration with..."
"Some of the automation pieces for discovery still need a little bit more improvement. I wouldn't mind seeing some more security features as that's the world we're driving into. I know Auvik probably wants to try to keep itself separate because that's its brand, but even if they brought on board another brand that was able to plug into them, it would benefit us. It would lower some more network security costs if as a company, they are a one-stop shop. They have already got the network piece going. If they improved in that area and focused a lot on that, they would gain me as a customer, and they would probably gain a lot of others."
"The ability to subcategorize our inventories, between physical and VM servers, for example, would be a welcome addition."
"When it tries to build the topology, it does it in a way that is usually incorrect. It cannot validate VLANs correctly, and it is a bit cumbersome. When we have a known topology, it makes it completely different. The network maps are not accurate."
"The one feature we need is that when something goes down, we need a phone call, a text message, or something like that, not just an email alert. This is something they don't do. So, we have another service that does that for us. It would be nice to have that integrated into this, but at the moment, we have a way around it, which is with another partner of ours."
"I like the auto-mapping feature, but I would like to see more layouts and predefined views."
"One thing I would like to see is more functionality designed for managed services, such as multi-tenancy, to better manage things from an MSP perspective."
"I'd like to see some enhancements to Auvik's network map, including the ability to focus on specific areas without viewing the entire map."
"The reporting feature needs improvement because we are unable to configure reports that were included during initial implementation."
"In terms of price, it could be less expensive."
"SolarWinds Network Device Monitor could improve by being more user-friendly. The network has so many features which make it difficult to find how to configure how to use it. It is not simple to customize."
"SolarWinds Network Device Monitor lacks the granularity of other monitoring tools like LiveNX."
"The initial setup of the SolarWinds Network Device Monitor could be easier. It took us approximately one month to complete the implementation."
"The security could always be improved."
"If everything were in the package so that everything was ready to go out of the box, that would be ideal."
"The way they are presenting the map of our devices needs to be improved."
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Auvik Network Management (ANM) is ranked 3rd in Network Monitoring Software with 139 reviews while SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is ranked 43rd in Network Monitoring Software with 16 reviews. Auvik Network Management (ANM) is rated 8.8, while SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Auvik Network Management (ANM) writes "Enables us to get on top of issues before they become an outage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor writes "An elaborate solution that fully integrates for easy monitoring and troubleshooting". Auvik Network Management (ANM) is most compared with PRTG Network Monitor, LogicMonitor, SolarWinds NPM, Zabbix and Kaseya Traverse, whereas SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is most compared with FortiMonitor, IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM), ThousandEyes, ScienceLogic and Meraki Dashboard. See our Auvik Network Management (ANM) vs. SolarWinds Network Device Monitor report.
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