SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)

Score8.4 out of 10

201 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Convenient Integration: Many users have found IPAM's integration with the SolarWinds suite to be convenient for tracking multiple sites and subnets. This feature has been praised by several reviewers as it allows them to easily manage their IP address allocation and DNS updates in one centralized solution.

Efficient IP Management: The ability of IPAM to manage IP addresses and update DNS as soon as a device is discovered has been highly valued by users. This functionality has proven useful for managing IP address availability and ensuring accurate DNS updates, according to numerous reviewers.

Effective Capacity Planning: Users appreciate IPAM's ability to reserve and comment on IP addresses for effective IP address allocation and capacity planning. Several reviewers have noted that this feature helps them allocate IPs efficiently, avoid conflicts, and plan for future network expansion.

Reviews

91 Reviews

Great tool for keeping track of IP addresses

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

April 15, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SolarWinds IP Address Manager Eliminates IP conflicts and saves time managing DHCP, DNS, and IP Addresses. It also scans subnets to show the open IP address, and adds and removes subnets. The disadvantage is the ability to select multiple IP addresses at one time and it some it overkills for smaller network and little high price.

Pros

Great tool for keeping track of IP addresses.
Dynamic IP lists and documentation.
Nice integration with other SolarWinds suite tool.

Cons

Try to integrate with service now
It showed the MAC addresses of the devices it finds on the scans.
Specific IP can be complicated

Likelihood to Recommend

It is easy to use, and I recommend to try in any organization. It can manage so many groups of networks. One of the great features I like is it keeps a history of what it was used for x number of days, Gui based interface, and manage my DHCP and DNS from the same console.

Dipak Patel

Sr DBA in Information Technology at evicore (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

No gimmicks, it just works!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 29, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use SolarWinds IPAM to keep a watchful eye over my DHCP scopes and IP ranges. It helps me manage my IP address schemes so that I have the ability to focus on other areas. Without this tool, I would have to validate via manual methods.

Pros

Automates IP address tracking
IP address alerting, troubleshooting, and reporting
DHCP Management
IP address management

Cons

Likelihood to Recommend

I can't live without SolarWinds IPAM. No matter your environment size, you can benefit from proper IP address management. SolarWinds makes it easy to manage with its intuitive interface and scheduled scans.

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

An IPAM that does what it's supposed to.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 27, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It does it's job well, it's easy to use it to see what IP's are available and can be assigned. The scans work as expected, subnets are easy to add and remove. It's not flashy but I find it does exactly what we want it to do.

Pros

Scan subnets to show open IP address
Add and remove subnets
Add/track DNS and DHCP servers

Cons

The ability to select multiple IP address at one time and clear their settings

Likelihood to Recommend

We aren't using it to it's fully potential, but for what we use it for it works great. All subnets are scanned and updated; if you are reserving an IP, you have to make sure the scan doesn't wipe it out (easy to do, just need to remember it). It has been simple to use and has made my job easier. It would not work as well if you don't have access to scan those subnets.

Verified User

Technician in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

Best IP Management Software

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 27, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The university I work at has at least 26 DHCP servers each managing multiple scopes, and it can get messy fast. SolarWinds IP Address Manager is an awesome tool to monitor the IP networks at a high level from one dashboard. I can easily determine DHCP utilization within each location and subnet with a glance at SolarWinds IP Address Manager.

Pros

IP address monitoring
IP address alerting for duplicates
DHCP Management lets me know when how scopes are being used
Sunbet Management lets me know when I need to look at increasing my subnet space

Cons

DHCP utilization sometimes has a delay before being in sync but is still accurate enough at all times for a broad understanding of the environment

Likelihood to Recommend

SolarWinds IP Address Manager is very useful the bigger and more complex the environment. Smaller organizations will have to consider the cost as it provides little benefit over monitoring maybe 2-3 servers. But I have over 24 DHCP servers with on average 15 subnets each so tracking and monitoring all that was very time-consuming. As a result, it was generally ignored until there was an issue. With SolarWinds IP Address Manager, I was able to set alerts to monitor scope utilization and duplicate IP addresses.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

8 years of experience

IPAM is a fully functional IP address manager

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 27, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use IPAM to track subnet and host IP address assignments for our entire network. Primarily used for static IP assignments in our data centers and as a way to track dynamically assigned addresses from our DHCP infrastructure. This allows us to avoid assigning a duplicate IP addresses to static devices. The user interface is very intuitive and the color-coded icons allow us to quickly look down the list to see what addresses are being used and unused. Solarwinds also added a nice feature to test to see if the IP address is active elsewhere before reserving it. the search engine allows us to quickly focus on IP addresses at the subnet or host level.

Pros

Ease of use to assign/register IP addresses.
Easy search utility.
Intuitive.
Integration with Solarwinds Orion.

Cons

I do not see any holes in the product.
Ability to customize the user interface for management.
Ability to generate management graphical reports on IP status.
The ability to delegate user access to specific subnet or ranges.

Likelihood to Recommend

An easy-to-use IP address manager that is integrated with Orion. This is a fully-featured application that is supported by the vendor's knowledgeable support staff. The graphical interface is intuitive and easy to navigate. We access the IPAM application throughout our network with a secure web connection and leverage the AD user account integration to lower our administrative overhead of the product.

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

IPAM Review

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 27, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) to manage IP addresses in the organization. IPAM allows us to quickly provide IP addresses to our various teams within the organization.

Pros

Manage IP addresses
Allocate free IP addresses
Update the IPAM records in a very orderly manner.

Cons

The process of teams assigning IP addresses themselves need to be more streamlined.
Ability to see used subnets needs to be further simplified in the dashboard section.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is easy to use and quick to allocate/reserve IP addresses. Which provides for greater visibility in our network environment.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

10 years of experience

SolarWinds IPAM is the Easiest Way to Manage Multiple Subnets and Office Location IP Addresses

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 26, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use SolarWinds IPAM to manage the subnets at our many office locations across the world. It allows us to quickly see subnet status, IP availability, and update our DNS quickly. This prevents us from duplicating IP addresses and causing communication errors.

Pros

IP address availability
DNS updates
Capacity planning

Cons

Customizable dashboards
Resolution automation
Better scripting base

Likelihood to Recommend

If you already have SolarWinds Products, there's no other product that I have seen on the market that incorporates all network management and IPAM tools so seamlessly. No longer having to have several consoles open to manage DHCP, DNS, and Subnets saves so much time and makes the whole process much more manageable.

Jacob Bradley

UC Manager in Information Technology at T. D. Williamson (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)--Because spreadsheets can only take you so far

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

January 23, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Managing IP address allocation has previously been done in spreadsheets but due to growing size and complexity, a proper system was required to manage all our internal IP addressing. SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) has proved to be immensely useful in improving our systems and processes with regard to IP address and VLAN management across our hybrid environments.

Pros

Automated discovery and alerting
Request-based allocations possible
DNS and DHCP support

Cons

Great as a standalone but would be good if it was just included with other parts of Orion

Likelihood to Recommend

Spreadsheets can only take you so far with IP address management, and SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) adds so much more once you have a considerable IP address space you are trying to manage and, as a bonus, you can manage a number of other resources in the product, too, such as VLANs.

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

SolarWinds IPAM is Beneficial to Our Company!

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

January 22, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

This module has really helped us in tracking devices on our different subnets, especially the ones that have static IP addresses. The setup is simple and the discovery is rather quick. I would recommend this module to others who need to have more visibility in a centralized location to view devices that are on your network.

Pros

It integrates with DHCP to help identify end devices that have dynamically assigned IP addresses.
The subnet scans are quick and efficient.
It tracks statically assigned devices.

Cons

The summary page layout could be more efficient.
The network view does not display the correct number of available IP addresses for the subnet size.
The request IP address functionality is not needed in our environment and it would be nice to turn the link off on the dashboard.

Likelihood to Recommend

In an environment where Network Engineers are separate from Server Administration, you may not be allowed to view/add/change any DHCP scopes or DNS records. With SolarWinds IPAM, you can integrate the DHCP and DNS servers into the SolarWinds environment to have the visibility to view these DHCP scopes or DNS records.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

SolarWinds IPAM Provides Great Overview of IP Networks' Usage and Management

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

January 21, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) to monitor the usage of our IP networks. We monitor, assign, and reserve IP addresses for the networks not using the DHCP server. For the networks that do use the DHPC server, we use SolarWinds IPAM for monitoring only. We also use SolarWinds IPAM to give an overview of our network's used IP address.

Pros

Overview of IP networks
Managing IP networks
Scanning of IP networks

Cons

We don't miss any functions.

Likelihood to Recommend

SolarWinds is well suited in our environment while using IP networks without DHCP and when using static IP assignments. SolarWinds IPAM helps us to monitor, manage, assign, and overview the static IP address in our networks. With the network overview, we are able to directly see the usage percentage of each IP network.

Verified User

Professional in Engineering (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

8 years of experience