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SolarWinds ipMonitor vs. SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SolarWinds ipMonitor

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds ipMonitor is a lightweight performance monitoring tool. It enables monitoring from a single console and out-of-the-box visibility, with some automation available.

    $1,570

    installation

    SolarWinds NPM

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds NPM is a monitoring and performance management platform. It provides performance troubleshooting support, auto network discovery, customizable thresholds, and can be rapidly deployed.

    $1,638

    per year

    Pricing
    SolarWinds ipMonitorSolarWinds NPM
    Editions & Modules
    ipMonitor - 500 Monitors
    $1570
    installation
    ipMonitor - 1000 Monitors
    $2620
    installation
    ipMonitor -2500 Monitors
    $5770
    installation
    NPM
    $1,638
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SolarWinds ipMonitorSolarWinds NPM
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    SolarWinds ipMonitorSolarWinds NPM
    Considered Both Products
    SolarWinds
    Chose SolarWinds ipMonitor
    SolarWinds NPM provides more functionalities than ipMonitor. It is for medium - large enterprise and provides lots of monitoring options.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds ipMonitor
    I had some limited exposure to Zabbix that was provided by the client for monitoring the existing network. I found it not as informative as I previously experienced using ipMonitor and we were preparing for a network migration. I ended up setting up remote monitoring using …
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds ipMonitor
    There are some great free or low-cost tools out there. It all depends on your budget and size. We have used a wide variety of products over the years but we recently switched our entire monitoring backbone to SolarWinds products only. They cover just about everything and …
    Incentivized
    SolarWinds
    Chose SolarWinds NPM
    None.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    SolarWinds ipMonitorSolarWinds NPM
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of SolarWinds ipMonitor and SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)
    Feature
    SolarWinds ipMonitor
    6.7
    24 Ratings
    SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)
    8.2
    231 Ratings
    Automated network device discovery6.710 Ratings7.8210 Ratings
    Network monitoring8.024 Ratings8.8231 Ratings
    Alerts8.223 Ratings9.4228 Ratings
    Network mapping6.619 Ratings7.1190 Ratings
    Customizable reports4.223 Ratings7.9212 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation00 Ratings8.6201 Ratings
    Network capacity planning00 Ratings7.9188 Ratings
    Packet capture analysis00 Ratings7.2130 Ratings
    Wireless infrastructure monitoring00 Ratings7.6153 Ratings
    Hardware health monitoring00 Ratings9.4215 Ratings
    User Ratings
    SolarWinds ipMonitorSolarWinds NPM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (24 ratings)
    10.0
    (237 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.4
    (27 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (21 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (28 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)