SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) In-Depth Review

1. What does SolarWinds NPM do?
2. How much does SolarWinds cost?
3. How much does SolarWinds Orion cost?
4. Who competes with SolarWinds?
5. Is SolarWinds a SIEM?
6. Who uses SolarWinds Orion?
7. Are SolarWinds licenses perpetual?
8. How does SolarWinds licensing work?
9. What protocol does SolarWinds use?

What does SolarWinds NPM do?

SolarWinds® Network Performance Monitor (NPM) is a powerful and affordable network monitoring software that enables you to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance problems and outages.

How much does SolarWinds cost?

SolarWinds Server Health Monitor free tool supports monitoring of up to five server nodes and is available for download now. The pricing of SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor, that scales to support hundreds of servers and thousands of applications, starts at $2,995 USD* including the first year of maintenance.

How much does SolarWinds Orion cost?

Pricing and Availability

SolarWinds NPM pricing starts at $2,955*; SolarWinds NCM pricing starts at $2,895*; SolarWinds IPAM pricing starts at $1,995*; SolarWinds NTA pricing starts at $1,915*; and SolarWinds VNQM pricing starts at $1,615*.

Who competes with SolarWinds?

Competitors and Alternatives to SolarWinds

• ManageEngine.
• IBM.
• LogicMonitor.
• Nagios.
• VMware.
• Zabbix.
• Microsoft.
• Splunk.

Is SolarWinds a SIEM?

The SolarWinds Log and Event Manager is a product for security information and event management (SIEM). SolarWinds SIEM product collects security event log records from an enterprise's security controls, operating systems, applications and other software.

Who uses SolarWinds Orion?

It had about 300,000 customers as of December 2020, including nearly all Fortune 500 companies and numerous federal agencies. A SolarWinds product, Orion, used by about 33,000 public and private sector customers, was the focus of a large-scale attack disclosed in December 2020.

Are SolarWinds licenses perpetual?

PERPETUAL LICENSING

By purchasing a perpetual license to SolarWinds^® software, you have the rights to use the software indefinitely. ... After the end of the first year, you have the option to purchase yearly ongoing maintenance and support for an additional fee.

How does SolarWinds licensing work?

The SolarWinds NPM license is based on a number of items to monitor. Each license tier number provides the maximum limit of nodes, interfaces, and volumes to manage and monitor. Orion Platform products support both perpetual licenses and subscription licenses.

What protocol does SolarWinds use?

Monitor device fault, availability, and performance

SolarWinds^® Network Performance Monitor (NPM) uses SNMP monitoring to poll the management information bases (MIBs) on your devices to obtain critical performance metrics.