IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact vs ScienceLogic comparison

IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact

Read 42 ScienceLogic reviews

632 Views
483 Comparison Views

93% willing to recommend

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Download the report

Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact and ScienceLogic based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Event Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact vs. ScienceLogic Report (Updated: December 2024).

IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact vs. ScienceLogic

December 2024

Download the complete report

Helped 824,067 peers since 2012

Categories and Ranking

IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact

Ranking in Event Monitoring

9th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

ScienceLogic

Ranking in Event Monitoring

8th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Unified Communications Monitoring (1st), Network Monitoring Software (32nd), Server Monitoring (12th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (26th), IT Operations Analytics (8th), Cloud Monitoring Software (21st), AIOps (9th)

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Event Monitoring category, the mindshare of IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact is 2.6%, down from 4.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ScienceLogic is 7.5%, up from 6.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Event Monitoring

Featured Reviews

Vijay-Daniel

Assistant Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Supports APA through ISPF and lets us easily integrate with other apps for ticketing purposes

For improvement, I'd say the dashboard and the overall GUI could use some work. Although, I don't think that there's much improvement that Netcool really needs to achieve in this area, because when we're talking GUI, Impact is able to integrate with any third-party system and it comes with ISPF APA. It's more beneficial than Netcool/OMNIbus in this respect, and it's quite easy to handle. Some statistics around the products would also be nice. For example, to see how it performs. So when the bulk copy has been processed by Impact, through a kind of dashboard, it could indicate to the user: ""This many events have been process this many times, and this particular event may cause trouble. This many events are in testing, etc." Basically, I'd like more visibility into the details and particulars through Impact itself, so that we can take action on what's happening, and we can automate. For instance, we could maybe send the events to some kind of server or monitoring program, and perform automation on them.

Read full review

GauravSingh4

CEO at Parker Digital

Great integrations, power flow, and good support

They need a little more self-service. Some of the places where there's still a dependency on defense logic. If those could be eliminated, that would be ideal. They've done a fantastic job eliminating a lot of those dependencies and there's a lot of self-service. However, some of the areas where we could have it connect to, for example, Splunk or ServiceNow, in a self-care version versus having to go back to their engineers, that's an area where they could do a little more. There are still a lot of engineers who get involved versus if it's a little more API-driven and self-served dashboard connections. Doing it the other way would just make life easier for users.

Read full review

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is great at being able to fetch almost any kind of file."

"It is easy to integrate with other models such as Oracle, other systems, external systems, and to reach events."

"The most valuable feature that comes with Netcool/Impact is the ISPF APA support. It is inherent to Netcool/Impact, so I can use the ISPF of any other product, which I can invoke and consume through Impact, and do integrations, which is great. I run the Netcool desktop application so I can integrate with other applications in the ticketing system. It's a great ability being able to invoke ISPF and integrate."

"This product allows us to make use of open-source products, including running Java code."

"Dynamic Component Mapping is key and unique."

"The best feature is the highly flexible graphs."

"The power flow is great."

"I'm satisfied with ScienceLogicfor for what they can offer today because they can offer both serverless connectivity and agent connectivity."

"ScienceLogic allows us to create and customize a user-friendly dashboard."

"It has good monitoring capabilities across cloud environments, data centers, and hybrid environments."

"The tool is quite easy to deploy, and it offers very good support."

"Science Logic provides distributed and all-in-one concept in monitoring, you can easily customize the features in this product."

More ScienceLogic pros

Cons

"IBM is not investing in the development of the on-premise version of this solution."

"For improvement, I'd say the dashboard and the overall GUI could use some work. Although, I don't think that there's much improvement that Netcool really needs to achieve in this area, because when we're talking GUI, Impact is able to integrate with any third-party system and it comes with ISPF APA. It's more beneficial than Netcool/OMNIbus in this respect, and it's quite easy to handle."

"The solution is somewhat complicated. It's not exactly straightforward."

"Stability-wise, this product needs to be improved."

"The product must educate its strategic partners for deployment."

"Addressing duplicate IPs: There is the ability to edit the DB and fix this, but adding some logic to understand them would be a plus."

"It doesn't have the complete application-level topology. It could have service topology and business service monitoring. I would like to see how business service monitoring will function with agent-based installation, and how flexible and business-oriented it is for service modeling and service infrastructure. I have a lot of experience in using business service monitoring, service topology, and service hierarchy functionalities in similar products from BMC and Micro Focus (OpenView), and I want to see how these functionalities will look like in ScienceLogic."

"The product is not user-friendly."

"They need a little more self-service."

"They should improve database issues in HA and Failover mode, and provide documentation for all users , even if they are not customers."

"It was challenging onboarding users."

"There are often bugs in new releases."

More ScienceLogic cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Licensing of IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact depends on the number of nodes on the element that you are monitoring."

"The licensing is yearly, and although I'm happy with the pricing I do think it could be better."

"The license of ScienceLogic is based on how many endpoints are used. The number of monitoring points you want to have."

"Plan for adding more to it. Once you see EM7 in action, you will want to keep adding systems to monitor."

"Its price could be lower, but for what you pay, you got a lot of value from its features and functionalities. Customers always want a discount or a cheaper solution."

"Pricing between the two is quiet large therefore you can save some money if you don't require to collect all info on each device."

"The solution is license-based. It's between $8 and $15, depending on what you need from the product."

"Decide what you want to monitor and only monitor those items. Absorb other elements as you grow."

"The pricing model for ScienceLogic could improve."

"I'm not the best person to discuss pricing, but what I do know is that it's a use-and-go structure. You use this much storage and pay this much for it. That's how it is. Every time, we continue to add a large amount of data to the environment."

More ScienceLogic pricing and cost advice

See which vendors are best for you

Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Event Monitoring solutions are best for your needs.

See recommendations

824,067 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

27%

Computer Software Company

Energy/Utilities Company

Real Estate/Law Firm

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact?

It is easy to integrate with other models such as Oracle, other systems, external systems, and to reach events.

What needs improvement with IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact?

IBM is not investing in the development of the on-premise version of this solution. They are only fixing bugs. Everything is now done on the new pack, Cloud Pak. Tivoli NetCool Impact was a good pr...

What is your primary use case for IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact?

The primary use case of NetCool Impact is event correlation. For example, we are able to manage all the events inside Omnibus. If we want to create an integration with a ticket, we cannot use Omnib...

What do you like most about ScienceLogic?

The tool is quite easy to deploy, and it offers very good support.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ScienceLogic?

My company has an enterprise-level contract with ScienceLogic, so it is available to my organization at a good price.

What needs improvement with ScienceLogic?

The product's reporting functionalities have certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required. The tool is more or less good. The tool needs to improve its APM capabilities.

IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus vs IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact

Comparisons

Compared 100% of the time

More IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact Competitors

Dynatrace vs ScienceLogic

Compared 15% of the time

Zabbix vs ScienceLogic

Compared 10% of the time

Datadog vs ScienceLogic

Compared 9% of the time

LogicMonitor vs ScienceLogic

Compared 9% of the time

SolarWinds NPM vs ScienceLogic

Compared 9% of the time

More ScienceLogic Competitors

Product Reports

Download IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact product report

Event Monitoring

November 2024

Download ScienceLogic product report

November 2024

Also Known As

Tivoli NetCool Impact

No data available

Learn More

Video not available

IBM

Overview

IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact is an enterprise and network management software that automates the support of business-critical functions. The software helps to enrich events with business context, provides an integrated view of data from multiple sources in context and enables custom automations.

ScienceLogic is a comprehensive IT infrastructure monitoring solution that supports networks, servers, cloud environments, and applications, suitable for private cloud and on-premises deployments.

Organizations leverage ScienceLogic for its robust capabilities in monitoring IT infrastructures of all sizes. It offers granular discovery, integration with CMDB, and ticketing systems. Valued for its flexibility, incident automation, remediation, and real-time relationship mapping, it supports hybrid environments with scalable and efficient monitoring functionalities. AI and machine learning enhance its feature set, while ease of deployment and strong support are crucial benefits.

What are ScienceLogic's most important features?

Agentless Configuration: Ensures easy deployment without the need for agents.
Third-Party Integration: Seamlessly integrates with various tools.
Dynamic Component Mapping: Offers real-time relationship and dependency mapping.
Flexible Graphs: Allows custom visual representation of data.
Role-Based Access: Provides tiered access for different user roles.
Infrastructure and Event Management: Efficiently monitors hybrid environments.

What benefits and ROI should users look for?

Scalability: Handles environments of all sizes efficiently.
AI and Machine Learning: Enhances automation and incident management.
Ease of Deployment: Streamlines initial setup and reduces time to value.
Customization: Custom dashboards and reports cater to specific needs.
Comprehensive Support: Access to excellent support services.

ScienceLogic is implemented across multiple industries, including large enterprises, for its capability to handle complex IT ecosystems. Its integration with CMDB and ticketing systems ensures it fits within existing workflows. Organizations use it to monitor diverse infrastructure landscapes, ensuring seamless performance and quick incident resolution.

Sample Customers

Claranet, Consolidated Communications, Telus, €sterreichische Bundesbahnen (€BB), Telekom Srbija, Bendigo Community Telco, Capgemini, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB)

Kellogg Company, Booz Allen, Cisco, Red Bull, Fidelus, Telstra, Comcast, CSC, Peak 10, HughesNet, Hosting, Datapipe, US Army, Equinix, Rite Aid, Carbonite, Sybase, Carpathia, AT&T, ePlus, Dimension Data, Virtustream, Boeing, Honeywell