We performed a comparison between SolarWinds NPM and ThousandEyes 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 interface is user-friendly, making it easy to use."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"The most valuable features are language support and technical support."
"Their support team is efficient, and it is easy to set up."
"I believe the ease of setup and use, including everything, from the initial installation to the discovery of devices is the most valuable."
"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 product covers our needs for the basic care and feeding of servers, whether they are physical or virtual."
"The product is scalable."
"ThousandEyes gives companies better visibility."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"It's fairly easy to set up."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution was the ability to see how the connection quality is between the sites and get an alert if it was turning bad."
"The authentication overall - including to the VPN and LAN - is excellent."
"The company provides excellent service."
"The solution's initial setup process was straightforward...In terms of ROI, the solution is worth the money."
"The installation process is not hard at all."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The solution's network discovery and node addition processes need more work."
"The solution is not always good with new features, so it's take a long time."
"This solution would benefit from expanding on the capabilities within the API."
"The console could be more user-friendly. It would be better if SolarWinds updated the user interface."
"Application Performance Monitoring should be included in this solution."
"Robustness of network element mapping tool could be better"
"Consolidation of platforms would provide a smoother experience."
"Scalability is a bit tricky because it requires more gateways in order to get the performance you may need. It also requires a lot of licensing."
"It's an expensive solution."
"ThousandEyes could improve the dashboards by adding more features."
"Once I fully use the tool 100%, I'm sure I would have something to critique, however, for now, I'm happy with it."
"The guest portal is hard to use."
"Presently, it lacks the ability to integrate with other Cisco products."
"They only offer synthetic requests."
"The tool does not provide features for application-level monitoring."
"I would like the product to offer more agility."
SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews while ThousandEyes is ranked 12th in Network Monitoring Software with 11 reviews. SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2, while ThousandEyes is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ThousandEyes writes "Reliable. simple to set up, and offers fast monitoring capabilities". SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, Entuity and LogicMonitor, whereas ThousandEyes is most compared with Cisco Secure Network Analytics, Accedian Skylight, Dynatrace, AppDynamics and Fortinet FortiSIEM. See our SolarWinds NPM vs. ThousandEyes report.
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