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SCOM vs System Center comparison

 

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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

SCOM
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
81
Ranking in other categories
Event Monitoring (4th), Network Monitoring Software (14th)
System Center
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Software Asset Management (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

SCOM and System Center aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. SCOM is designed for Event Monitoring and holds a mindshare of 7.8%, down 9.9% compared to last year.
System Center, on the other hand, focuses on Software Asset Management, holds 36.1% mindshare, up 27.8% since last year.
Event Monitoring
Software Asset Management
 

Q&A Highlights

it_user3483 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 13, 2015
 

Featured Reviews

MarcMermuys - PeerSpot reviewer
Has efficient monitoring with robust integration capabilities
We use SCOM to configure different monitors using several management packs. It integrates systems like Active Directory and correlates them, and it is used for monitoring and managing systems SCOM allows integration of several systems, providing correlation between different systems such as…
Hossam Hussein - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to manage, high availability, and scales well
We are using System Center for integration and deployment The most valuable feature of the System Center is the easy management of everything. The integration could improve in the future. Additionally, a single reporting feature for databases would be useful. I have been using System Center for…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"They have great integration with the active directory."
"The most valuable feature of SCOM is the capability of using classes within your management pack development."
"The monitoring features are the most valuable. We have seen a major benefit from that so far."
"Alerts notify the server or service owner of problems, allowing quick decisions or actions to keep the service running based on configured thresholds."
"The most valuable features for us are the monitoring, the health explorer, and the console."
"The product has helped our organization with in-depth monitoring."
"SCOM's most valuable features are the network path feature, reporting, and integration with business intelligence."
"Availability monitoring is the feature I have found most valuable, as well as the capacity and ability to send notifications."
"Everything, from patches to deployments, can be done remotely."
"System Center is easy to configure."
"The most valuable feature of System Center is remote deployment."
"System Center helps us manage everything in the company."
"The most valuable feature of the System Center is the easy management of everything."
 

Cons

"The interface is a little bit cumbersome and certain actions could be simplified."
"The solution should have more tools for monitoring the cloud engine versus on-premise."
"There could be more integration of SIM in the solution."
"Of course, price is always an issue with Microsoft and could be improved."
"The dashboard features are not user-friendly for our management team, only for the technical department."
"I would like to see more standard libraries for the market solutions, out of the box, that you don't need to do a lot of work on."
"SCOM is not as straightforward in terms of user interface or general experience, which could be improved."
"SCOM's feature that notifies us when a server is down is not present in recent updates, which has weakened the product."
"The way the backups can be done could be easier."
"The security of the System Center can be enhanced."
"System Center should make its interface and console easy to understand and operate."
"The integration could improve in the future. Additionally, a single reporting feature for databases would be useful."
"SCCM is expensive for me personally."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing and licensing are fair."
"We have to pay for a license and the price is fine for us."
"SCOM is very cheap because it's included in the license for the System Center suite, which is around $8,400 per CAL."
"It is more expensive than the competition."
"We have an EA with Microsoft, and it comes as part of the EA."
"SCOM is part of the System Center suite and I am satisfied with the pricing."
"The pricing is good, and it's part of their system center suite."
"There is a license needed to use this solution and it is paid annually."
"The licensing fee is yearly."
"I rate the price System Center a six out of ten."
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Answers from the Community

it_user3483 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 13, 2015
Aug 13, 2015
I believe the answer is "it depends". How much visibility do you need into your servers, network, applications? All of these questions need to be answered before you can justify the System Center Suite of products. A typical small business could live with a server going down or a misconfigured DNS server but if you need to put a magnifying glass up to any Microsoft product then the suite is ...
2 out of 5 answers
it_user149673 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 30, 2014
1. What kinds of VM you are running? if they are Hyper-V, good match. If they are any others, I guess there are better tools in the market. 2. Yes some products included in the suite is not applicable, but they are included and you have it no matter what... like DPM, even you have the licenses, you might still go for other tools like backup exec or so.... 3. For ROI... it is the same for all management software I believe, how critical is your application? How much downtime you can afford?
it_user78465 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 30, 2014
I have no experience in that regard.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about SCOM?
The tool helps to monitor Windows servers. It offers alerts from a central location.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SCOM?
I am not aware of the exact pricing as it is managed by my supervisor. As an academic institution, we receive substantial discounts.
What needs improvement with SCOM?
SCOM is not as straightforward in terms of user interface or general experience, which could be improved. Additionally, I would like to see a software-as-a-service version in Azure to eliminate the...
What do you like most about System Center?
System Center helps us manage everything in the company.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for System Center?
SCCM is expensive for me personally. However, I don't think it's unreasonable for a company.
What needs improvement with System Center?
I don't have administrator access, so I can't fully explore all the features, and it's hard for me to say what needs to be improved at this time.
 

Comparisons

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Also Known As

System Center Operations Manager, SCOM 2012
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Sample Customers

Dialog Telekom
PKP Energetyka S.A., Florida Atlantic University, Bank Alfalah Ltd., Dimension Data, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Wªrth Handelsges.m.b.H
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