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Progress WhatsUp Gold vs. SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Progress WhatsUp Gold

    Score7.2 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    WhatsUp Gold developed by Ipswitch (acquired by Progress Software May 2019) offers network performance monitoring and mapping. It supports core monitoring features, including automated workflows and network capacity planning, and monitors across hybrid environments.N/A

    SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is network diagnostics and troubleshooting technology, from Austin-based SolarWinds.N/A
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    Progress WhatsUp GoldSolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
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    Progress WhatsUp GoldSolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
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    Progress WhatsUp GoldSolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    Considered Both Products
    Progress Software
    Chose Progress WhatsUp Gold
    Ease of deployment and use the product. Friendly user interface and quick network discovery with a large number of monitors.
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    SolarWinds
    Chose SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM) was by far the easiest to implement and it just started working right out of the box. Within a few hours were we populating our config backup repository and soon after that, we were writing scripts to audit our configurations. …
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    Chose SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    SolarWinds NCM was much more dynamic and full featured than WhatsUpGold.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager provides better discovery and integration of our Cisco devices.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    For the last 8 years, SolarWinds has been our solution in network management and monitoring. We run Network Performance Monitor, NetFlow Analyzer and Engineers Toolset. We evaluated WhatsUp Gold, ManageEngine and Service Desk. We use Nagios for our alerting system and Service …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    User Ratings
    Progress WhatsUp GoldSolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (13 ratings)
    9.4
    (141 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    7.1
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.2
    (2 ratings)
    7.7
    (9 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    9.1
    (2 ratings)