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ManageEngine OpManager vs SolarWinds NPM comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

ManageEngine OpManager
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SolarWinds NPM
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
158
Ranking in other categories
IT Infrastructure Monitoring (5th), Cloud Monitoring Software (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of ManageEngine OpManager is 1.7%, down from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds NPM is 4.7%, down from 5.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

MUBDIUL ISLAM - PeerSpot reviewer
NetFlow monitoring has improved operations but needs better configurations
For the implementation part, I am facing issues when configuring the business view. When I create the business view, I experience problems with the port interface. When I add the interface, I am confused about which interface is connected to which endpoint. If identifying the interface was easier, it would take less time to configure. Another issue is with threshold values; sometimes, it shows kilobytes (kB) while our threshold is set to gigabytes. This can be confusing. Improving this aspect would be beneficial. In URL monitoring, there is room for enhancement.
MohitKumar - PeerSpot reviewer
High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface
The solution needs to integrate with additional SDN technologies that are part of the hyper market. The solution supports many vendors by default and just included Meraki SDN with the new release, but continued expansion is important. We created a custom method to pair with unsupported vendors but that can produce a lag in performance so future releases should expand SDN support. The solution does a good job of automating features but could expand that even more.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Device monitoring is a good tool of this solution."
"The solution is scalable."
"Defining thresholds and other alerting criteria is fairly simple and would not require a lot of training. This is very useful if you are managing a large environment."
"The most valuable feature of ManageEngine OpManager makes it easy to monitor all the network alerts on the application."
"We find the networking aspect of this solution to be the most valuable."
"The solution's most valuable features are reporting, event notifications, and alert management."
"ManageEngine OpManager is user-friendly and easy to use. Additionally, useful for basic monitoring."
"Some of the useful features are NetFlow and analytics."
"It's a very good tool and a very stable tool."
"The ability to customize the views and dashboards is nice. SolarWinds also allows us to access the data via the API. That's probably the feature I liked the most."
"The most valuable feature is the vital states of the devices as it provides overall CPU and device health information."
"The set up was very easy. We didn't have any problems with the setup. The deployment took less than an hour."
"Reporting tools are a great feature along with the ability to create customized reports for you"
"The alerting and reporting capabilities of the tool are impressive"
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"The initial setup was straightforward. We deployed the solution from new and completed the upgrades."
 

Cons

"I would like to see more enhancements made to the product."
"I would like to see more capabilities and specific profiles built for the manufacturing sector."
"This product is little bit slow sometimes. It may be that we need to change the configuration to improve performance."
"The storage level monitoring needs improvement. It needs storage level monitoring on the server itself. That feature is lacking right now."
"They should add more features to URL monitoring."
"It would be great if there were some sort of artificial intelligence feature which would help us make improvements in the network once we find an issue, and do it automatically."
"WMI and SNMP integration with the domain controller should be seamless"
"The pricing could be cheaper. The initial integration does cost a bit."
"The solution's network discovery and node addition processes need more work."
"It would be beneficial if NPM offered support for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), as currently, it does not support this and we are migrating our services there."
"Time: A worldwide deployment can be confusing for dispersed users with non-local times. Each node should have a local time (with summer offset if appropriate) & each user should view & report in their local time."
"GUI needs improvement with a more graphical dashboard."
"If they could combine everything into one product, that would be very helpful."
"The response time of the support team needs to improve"
"The solution is considered expensive."
"Fortigate firewalls are one example of a product that we are unable to monitor properly via SolarWinds NPM."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing costs depend on the number of devices and accounts that are being monitored by the solution."
"We have a standard license for ManageEngine OpManager. We purchased the license for one year and now we are upgrading it soon."
"In terms of pricing, I would rate it a two out of five. It was expensive."
"As far as cost, it was around six hundred thousand rands ($40,500) for the year, for the renewals. That's the total cost for a four thousand node system including support and maintenance."
"ManageEngine OpManager is cheaper than SolarWinds."
"The tool's licensing costs are yearly."
"The solution's licensing costs are yearly and based on the number of applications."
"The pricing is moderate."
"It is too expensive."
"I find that the pricing is acceptable."
"The pricing is in the middle. It's not particularly cost-effective, but it's not overly expensive either."
"It was inexpensive when we installed it and gradually became more expensive, but it was a very inexpensive product at first."
"We pay for SolarWinds NPM yearly. We buy it and then we renew it, but it's not subscription-based. I don't remember the value exactly, because it's my manager who manages pricing, but we pay $60,000 per year for all the solutions. Pricing will also depend on the number of devices. We have a lot of devices."
"The solution can become very expensive and commercially not viable in countries, such as India."
"The price points are more than competitive when compared to other vendors."
"The price is more expensive than some other products, such as ManageEngine."
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Comparison Review

it_user174738 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 31, 2015
Nagios vs. Zabbix vs. PRTG vs. Spiceworks vs. Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor
I have researched a quite a few network monitoring tools which can be used for various monitoring purposes of not only the servers, but the intermediate routers as well. There are majorly three types of these softwares. Ones which are completely open-source, you can do almost anything you want…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
49%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Educational Organization
58%
Computer Software Company
6%
Manufacturing Company
4%
Financial Services Firm
4%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ManageEngine OpManager?
The pricing was okay. However, it has been increasing a lot lately. The product is not worth the money.
What needs improvement with ManageEngine OpManager?
For the implementation part, I am facing issues when configuring the business view. When I create the business view, I experience problems with the port interface. When I add the interface, I am co...
What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?
It actually depends on the exact purpose or kind of devices (network devices, servers, something else). Some tools are better for only network devices while others are better for a cloud monitoring...
What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?
We are partners with SolarWinds and we sell a lot of Network management to large enterprises also because of scalability, products like Network Performance Monitor & Netflow Traffic Analyzer ar...
 

Also Known As

OpManager
Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor, SolarWinds Network Bandwidth Analyzer
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Bonita, Thorp Reed & Armstrong, Galaxy, Fiserv Credit Union Division, Universitas 21 Global, ERP Suites LLC
Microsoft, Federal Express, Hewlett-Packard, and MasterCard
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