UVexplorer by UVnetworks vs. VMware Skyline

UVexplorer by UVnetworks

VMware Skyline

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
UVexplorer	Score 0.0 out of 10	N/A	UVnetworks' focus is to provide simple solutions that help IT administrators identify, track, and troubleshoot their IT infrastructure. UVexplorer automatically discovers information about the devices on a network and the connections between them. It can be used to monitor the status of critical devices and services, and users can receive notifications when problems arise, tracking the network's performance using UVexplorer's Ping monitors, CPU monitors, Disk monitors, and Web Site monitors.	$1,795 per year 2500 network interfaces
VMware Skyline	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	VMware Skyline is a suite of products that provide proactive findings and recommendations for vSphere, NSX, vSAN, vRealize Operations and Horizon that aim to provide proactive intelligence that helps users avoid problems before they occur and reduces the time spent on resolving active support requests.	N/A

Pricing

UVexplorer by UVnetworks

VMware Skyline

Editions & Modules

UVexplorer: starting at $1,795
per year 2500 network interfaces
UVexplorer Server: starting at $3,395
per year 2500 network interfaces

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
UVexplorer	VMware Skyline
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

$1,000 one-time fee per installation

No setup fee

Additional Details

Volume tier available above 2,500 network interfaces.

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Community Pulse
	UVexplorer by UVnetworks	VMware Skyline
Considered Both Products	UVexplorer No answer on this topic	VMware Skyline Verified User Anonymous Chose VMware Skyline VMware Skyline has a strong Network Performance Monitoring support. It can also automatically and securely collects, aggregates, and analyzes product usage data which proactively identifies potential problems and helps VMware Technical Support Engineers improve the resolution … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose VMware Skyline I've used other products such as VMAN and such yet Skyline is different. This is not aimed at your virtual machine's internal usage but at the VMware / Hypervisor level. This looks and monitors at hardware drivers, VMtools versions, and VM hardware versions. If you have … Incentivized Helpful? CH Chris Hein Systems Engineer Chose VMware Skyline I'm not sure what to compare against since I'm not aware of any competing products. Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	UVexplorer by UVnetworks	VMware Skyline
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	UVexplorer by UVnetworks	VMware Skyline
Likelihood to Recommend	No answers on this topic	Well suited to analyze DDoS attacks on my application. This helped me to gain visibility into the traffic. Enhanced reactive and proactive support, Privacy and Security, Dashboard view, Inventory, Proactive findings, Skyline log assist, Upgrade recommendations & Operational Summary Report (OSR). Its Holistic view and Integrated reporting also helps a lot. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	No answers on this topic	Easy setup Stable Data collection Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	No answers on this topic	Sometimes the recommendations do not make sense. Sometimes the advice is general, but not for us. Incentivized CH Chris Hein Systems Engineer Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	It's super easy to use. Incentivized CH Chris Hein Systems Engineer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	No answers on this topic	I've used other products such as VMAN and such yet Skyline is different. This is not aimed at your virtual machine's internal usage but at the VMware / Hypervisor level. This looks and monitors at hardware drivers, VMtools versions, and VM hardware versions. If you have Horizon it will look at versions and current vs minimum driver versions. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	No answers on this topic	VMware Skyline has no cost except for the small footprint the appliance VM uses. Zero cap cost, unlimited returns. WIN WIN! Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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