We performed a comparison between Observer Apex and SolarWinds NPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"Network visibility is the most valuable feature."
"Reporting tools are a great feature along with the ability to create customized reports for you"
"The product covers our needs for the basic care and feeding of servers, whether they are physical or virtual."
"It combines and presents information from many different sources, giving a corporate-wide vision on a single pane of glass."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"All the features are very good. The monitoring of the equipment, the configuration manager, and the IP address monitoring are great."
"I like SolarWinds support because it's 24/7. You describe your issues, your situation and maybe two or three hours later you can discuss a solution with a technical engineer."
"Their support team is efficient, and it is easy to set up."
"Monitoring capabilities are at a high level and it is easy to see utilization, access ports, and CPU memory in real time or through a lens for long-term visualization."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The pricing and AI can be improved."
"Real-time analytics is the major weakness of the SolarWinds NPM platform today. They've done a fantastic job enabling the collection of data. Users are now demanding the ability to generate their own graphs, views, and so on; all of this must be done by an admin today."
"Robustness of network element mapping tool could be better"
"The price of the solution can be improved."
"The integration with the APIs and the web servers deployed can definitely be improved."
"Being able to detect devices that are trying to connect wirelessly would make using this solution much easier."
"Having more technical and support resources available in Saudi Arabia would be helpful."
"SolarWinds could offer more support and insights for a broader range of devices. Currently, it focuses on routers, switches, and some load balancers. However, it lacks an out-of-the-box dashboard for monitoring firewalls and some other modern network security devices. We have to customize it a lot."
"An area for improvement would be the use of modular licenses, which are not practical for big clients."
Observer Apex is ranked 94th in Network Monitoring Software with 1 review while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. Observer Apex is rated 0.0, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Observer Apex writes "Has good network visibility ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". Observer Apex is most compared with , whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity.
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