IBM Tivoli NetCool vs SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager comparison

"The solution has very good integration capabilities."

"Support is one of the best aspects of this solution. NetCool is a good product that has good flexibility. There are a lot of documents available online which is one of the best features of IBM Tivoli Suite. Whenever an issue happens, rather than going to technical support, if you find the exact issue in Google, you can get tech notes for that particular issue."

"It's very easy to use."

"The scalability of monitoring, the breadth of supported network components, the scale of the number of monitoring events, and the flexibility in customization make this a well-rounded product."

"It's very easy to use."

"Anything is possible with Tivoli. It's quite a robust system."

"NetCool has a huge database that can collect and process about one million alarms a day."

"The feature I have found most valuable with NetCool is how it collaborates all the alarms, and then it does a predictive analysis, providing a consolidated alarm view and management."

"SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager improves the mean time to repair significantly, bringing measurable benefits to customers."

"It allows us to manage backups in big companies. It is also useful in managing the configuration changes."

"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."

"It is pretty straightforward to set up."

"NCM also helps with vulnerability assessment and remediation."

"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."

"The solution's view is very nice, and they have a great customized dashboard."

"The tool is useful for security purposes."

"The installation could be simplified, and technical support could be faster."

"In terms of improvement, I would like to see more AIOps, Artificial Intelligent Operations in the next release. IBM develops new features for Power BI or Cognos Analytics, which is good. As of now, we use Cognos Analytics, we are not using Power BI. They have the Insight concept but we don't like that."

"UI is outdated, very old legacy."

"Tivoli NetCool's has medium scalability - there are some problems with its replications not being mature."

"Tivoli NetCool is based on a Linux platform, it would be beneficial if they moved it to Windows because not everyone is acquainted with Linux."

"Customization and integration that you need to do to make the product fit your needs is very complex. It is not a product that somebody could easily pick up without any prior training or experience."

"The solution is not user-friendly."

"The solution is too expensive."

"The third-party plugins available in the solution could improve. I have received some issues with the templates."

"It would be great if they include a network service manager, network performance manager, or a privileged assessment in the next release."

"The network flow is a problem for this solution."

"The AI features do not work well."

"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."

"The Network Configuration Manager needs to improve the access control list compliance."

"Our experience has shown that most of the problems we've had with SolarWinds NCM are related to software issues."

"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."

"The price of the product is too expensive."

"Customers are required to pay a licensing fee."

"It costs around 100k for every ten servers, which is lower than similar products from other vendors."

"With a minimal bundle, we pay about $3000 a year in licensing costs. If you have multiple devices in your network, you must buy the bundle, which is 100% identical for your infrastructure. If you have 15 devices, you need 15 licenses, for example. That's one bundle. You don't pay for anything over and above that."

"The price of the solution is high compared to other solutions."

"We have to pay additionally for its support and maintenance."

"The pricing is good."

"There is a license needed to use SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager."

"Available at a moderate price"

"Additional costs beyond the standard licensing fee are inevitable."

"There is a license for the use of this solution and it is priced well, there is a lot of value for the money."