We performed a comparison between ManageEngine OpManager 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."
"The most valuable feature is the monitoring alerts. The administrators are immediately notified and can do the required action immediately. This is the feature we value and use the most."
"The alerting feature has improved our organization. We can create multiple alerts and refine them to how we need to use them."
"This is a good general monitoring system that has all the features we require and they constantly update with new capabilities."
"Defining thresholds and other alerting criteria is fairly simple and would not require a lot of training. This is very useful if you are managing a large environment."
"The dashboard, versatility and larger horizon are valuable."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its ability to reach most of our network devices and get the most from them."
"ManageEngine OpManager is user-friendly and easy to use. Additionally, useful for basic monitoring."
"The product is reasonably priced."
"We no longer have to manually search for problems because we are alerted when something in the network goes down."
"The solution effectively monitors network devices and servers."
"The interface in the last few years it has been a lot greater, they are much more user-friendly. I like the interface."
"It is stable."
"WhatsUp Gold is very easy to deploy."
"The most valuable features are network bandwidth monitoring and monitoring device health."
"Auto scanning is most valuable. It looks for rogue devices on your network."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The solution is a bit difficult to configure. There are quite a number of configurations and plugins that you must handle early in the process."
"The integration with various OEM products could be simplified."
"There are certain things that are not possible to do with Op Manager. It's a solution that still needs time to develop."
"The two views into the system are very good but could be extended to further customization to fit the need of end users in a variety of roles."
"There should be an option to get mobile notifications or SMS mirror notifications for critical issues. That way, when we don't have access to email, we can still receive notifications via our phones."
"We had some stability issues at the outset that have since been resolved."
"The storage level monitoring needs improvement. It needs storage level monitoring on the server itself. That feature is lacking right now."
"It would be great if there were some sort of artificial intelligence feature which would help us make improvements in the network once we find an issue, and do it automatically."
"The licensing model could be improved. Right now, the levels are too far apart. This causes the solution to be more expensive than it needs to be."
"The pricing for this solution has gone up quite recently, which has led some of our customers to buy an alternative product."
"The point system is not clear and clarity around this would improve our understanding of the system."
"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."
"Users want SMS available via Whatsapp Gold. They don't want to go through third party SMS servers. The solution should work to make this possible."
"The product is old and not updated."
"We can never achieve or get a good picture of the network topology."
"The initial setup of WhatsUp Gold is a medium range of difficulty levels. However, if it is your first time it could be difficult."
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ManageEngine OpManager is ranked 13th in Network Monitoring Software with 44 reviews while WhatsUp Gold is ranked 45th in Network Monitoring Software with 22 reviews. ManageEngine OpManager is rated 8.0, while WhatsUp Gold is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of ManageEngine OpManager writes "Helps us monitor all the infrastructure in our company but UI monitoring is not practical". 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". ManageEngine OpManager is most compared with SolarWinds NPM, Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, Nagios XI and Meraki Dashboard, whereas WhatsUp Gold is most compared with Grafana, SolarWinds NPM, Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor and SCOM. See our ManageEngine OpManager vs. WhatsUp Gold report.
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