We performed a comparison between SCOM and WhatsUp Gold based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"This solution satisfies all of the requirements that we need for our Windows-based systems, so if you are using the Windows platform then this is an easy solution."
"Being able to make and customize management packs and send out notifications is very valuable."
"The solution's reporting engine has given me detailed information on which applications or services I've either failed or about to fail in terms of the predictive makeup on Azure cloud."
"It is a user-friendly product that requires almost no maintenance."
"SCOM has helped us to monitor all the VMs in our environment, especially the Windows servers."
"It can send messages to our ticketing system."
"The most valuable features in SCOM are Azure monitoring and integration with Azure Monitor for monitoring Azure-hosted servers from SCOM on-premises."
"I like the historical reporting of observer metrics."
"Auto scanning is most valuable. It looks for rogue devices on your network."
"It is easy to access and discover devices, as well as monitor them automatically. The topology discover is also a useful feature."
"WhatsUp Gold is very easy to deploy."
"This is a good, stable network monitoring solution for devices."
"The documentation is very good."
"The product is reasonably priced."
"It handles the basics of monitoring."
"The threshold alerting is the most valuable feature."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"On-prem network monitoring is something that could be improved drastically."
"It could use some system enhancements, such as better dashboards."
"The interface is a little bit cumbersome and certain actions could be simplified."
"We didn't know the solution enough, and therefore, it took a while to set everything up correctly. There was a learning curve."
"System Center just provided upgrade and update features for Windows clients, and Windows systems, and did not support Linux, Android, or iOS, and other operating systems. They need to provide better integration with other operating systems if they don't already."
"Then there is also an issue with capacity and limited space. That is something that needs to be improved."
"The solution’s initial setup is difficult."
"Stability and some performance issues exist and they need improvement."
"The point system is not clear and clarity around this would improve our understanding of the system."
"One of the biggest things that made us start to look at another product is we're not able to have an end to end monitoring from a user perspective throughout the system and back to the user. All the monitoring is from inside out, we need something that also can give us from outside in."
"The interface needs some work."
"The initial setup of WhatsUp Gold is a medium range of difficulty levels. However, if it is your first time it could be difficult."
"The new release cadence needs to be improved. It takes a while for them to add new features and functionality. There should be a quicker turnaround with new versions."
"The technical support does not bother to respond."
"I might like to see a better interface in the future."
"We can never achieve or get a good picture of the network topology."
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SCOM is ranked 10th in Network Monitoring Software with 78 reviews while WhatsUp Gold is ranked 35th in Network Monitoring Software with 22 reviews. SCOM is rated 7.8, while WhatsUp Gold is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of SCOM writes "Has a good reporting engine, but its monitoring of the cloud-based environment could be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WhatsUp Gold writes "If CPU, memory, or disk space is over-utilized, it alerts us immediately via text or email if there is an issue". SCOM is most compared with Dynatrace, Zabbix, Datadog, Nagios XI and OpenText SiteScope, whereas WhatsUp Gold is most compared with Grafana, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, PRTG Network Monitor and Splunk Enterprise Security. See our SCOM vs. WhatsUp Gold report.
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