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Auvik Network Management (ANM) vs NetBrain comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 11, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.4
Auvik's support is praised for responsiveness and expertise, resolving issues quickly, despite occasional slow responses or escalation challenges.
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They were knowledgeable and responded quickly with accurate and useful information.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
5.4
Auvik Network Management requires better reporting, interface usability, alert configuration, third-party integration, and improved performance and feature support.
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We were unable to integrate Auvik with a geographical map, which limited our ability to track issues to specific buildings on campus.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
Auvik Network Management excels in scalability and deployment, efficiently managing multiple sites with minor limitations in large networks.
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Setup Cost

Sentiment score
7.2
Auvik Network Management offers value-driven pricing per network device, with flexibility and clear billing but increasing costs for more devices.
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Auvik is pricey, and we were paying a lot for it, especially when compared to SolarWinds.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Auvik Network Management is highly reliable, with excellent stability, proactive notifications, and minimal downtime, earning users' trust.
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Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.2
Auvik offers real-time mapping, alerts, automated backups, and remote management, enhancing network efficiency and facilitating rapid troubleshooting.
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Auvik Core's ease of use also enhanced troubleshooting speed and efficiency.
 

Categories and Ranking

Auvik Network Management (ANM)
Ranking in Network Troubleshooting
3rd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
185
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (3rd), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (3rd), Cloud Monitoring Software (3rd), Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (2nd)
NetBrain
Ranking in Network Troubleshooting
14th
Average Rating
7.2
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Network Automation (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Network Troubleshooting category, the mindshare of Auvik Network Management (ANM) is 2.7%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetBrain is 1.9%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Network Troubleshooting
 

Featured Reviews

Jeremy Campbell - PeerSpot reviewer
Enables us to get on top of issues before they become an outage
When I change IP addresses on a device or on a server, I have to wait for Auvik to figure out that change. It will tell me the device is offline until Auvik scans the whole subnet again and finds it. If I change 25 devices, I'll get 50 emails in a short time because they've gone offline. I'd love the ability to change that where I can update that device with the IP address without it going offline. That goes against the idea of a system that dynamically scans. It's information overload sometimes when you need to change a bunch of factors. You get inundated with emails. I would almost love a button whenever you first log in that says maintenance window, and then it would maybe take some of those alerts away. It's fairly intuitive but sometimes you have to search for things because it's hidden in the user interface, so I think that could be improved a little bit. The search could be better because they have these strange search terms. Instead of being able to look for what you want, you have to lay out the query in a specific way to get results. We've also been dealing with some weird bugs lately. We get alerts on miscellaneous items that go offline and online all the time. I've reached out to support, and they said that they've got a fix that they rolled out. However, we're still experiencing the issue, so I've got to work with them to fix that. They seem to be on top of the support.
Deborah Gamelin - PeerSpot reviewer
Good monitoring and troubleshoot capabilities, improves overall network traffic visibility
In my organization, we had 130,000 network devices that needed to be brought into the solution and mapped. NetBrain can handle the scale but the engineers that manage those devices have to go in and update all of them to allow NetBrain permission to poll them. It can get a little stressful for everybody when you're trying to roll out new stuff when you've got other issues that have to be addressed with other devices. In some cases, our devices had no automation at all. One example is the Cisco 3650. Right now, if you went through the inventory list, you see that we have different versions running. Some are on one version, whereas others are on another version. The problem with upgrading them is that they need to be done overnight because we don't want to disrupt any network traffic during business hours. Consequently, it could take us years to upgrade the versions before we can even get them onto these new tools. This may be an internal issue but it's a big one when you have a lot of devices. Even if you had 10,000 devices, it's still an issue. You have to consider the compatibility of the device against the tool, and being able to use certain commands to upgrade it.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
19%
Educational Organization
8%
Construction Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Auvik?
The most valuable feature for us in Auvik is the network topology.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Auvik?
Auvik is expensive, but given how much we use it and how many hours it is saving over the year, it is justified. There are no critical devices in our network that are monitored by Auvik at no charg...
What needs improvement with Auvik?
There are a couple of items here and there that float around disconnected from the network map. That is annoying because they are defined as something that they are not. For example, I have a coupl...
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CompuCon, TD Ameritrade, Move Inc.
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