We performed a comparison between Flowmon and SolarWinds NPM 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."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"The artificial intelligence and automatic detection system in Flowmon Solution are perfect for every, type of customer, such as government and commerce."
"It is an open platform, so in terms of integration, we are quite happy. We can integrate it with other SNMP solutions. We can also integrate it with security solutions, such as a SIEM solution."
"The solution is stable."
"The ability to customize the views and dashboards is nice. SolarWinds also allows us to access the data via the API. That's probably the feature I liked the most."
"The people in technical support are very good."
"I like SolarWinds support because it's 24/7. You describe your issues, your situation and maybe two or three hours later you can discuss a solution with a technical engineer."
"The alerting and usage tracking notifications on disk space capacity, network and processor utilization."
"A product that is well-tested and trusted in demanding situations."
"It's easy to understand, even if you are not too technical."
"The most valuable feature is the graphical user interface."
"All the features are very good. The monitoring of the equipment, the configuration manager, and the IP address monitoring are great."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"If there was better visualization in Flowmon Solution it would be good."
"The licensing price could be better."
"It would be helpful to have more details about the monitoring of the infrastructure. It should have support for SNMP. This is something that is currently not there in the product."
"Robustness of network element mapping tool could be better"
"We'd like to see a bit more automation in the future."
"We also had to be attentive to vulnerabilities, because SolarWinds NPM have some issues in that area. We had to work with our security team, so that they could help us check and backup the data, and check what they needed to secure."
"The solution does not offer much customization so is somewhat inflexible."
"There isn't support available to us as they don't offer support in our country."
"Consolidation of platforms would provide a smoother experience."
"This solution would benefit from expanding on the capabilities within the API."
"If they’re going for a “cover everything” approach, then they need to do so and enable a bit more of the "cover everything approach" within every one of the tools."
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Flowmon is ranked 70th in Network Monitoring Software while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. Flowmon is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Flowmon writes "A stable and scalable solution allowing for the visibility of and the blocking of threats". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". Flowmon is most compared with Darktrace, SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, Cisco Secure Network Analytics, WhatsUp Gold and NETSCOUT nGeniusONE, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity. See our Flowmon vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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