LiveAction vs. SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) Comparison


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About End-to-end visibility of network and application performance from a single pane of glass. LiveNX – Enterprise Network Monitoring Software Platform: Gain comprehensive visibility that spans the entire network – campus, branch, data center, public Cloud, WAN, and SD-WAN. Get confidence that your network is meeting business objectives and reduce the cost to operate your network. Optimize IT network management with fully scalable and customizable network monitoring solutions. Deliver a superior user experience with insights into the underlying network infrastructure, policies, and protocols that ensure the successful delivery of critical applications. Get a true picture of application performance across multiple network segments, domains, and fabrics. See the real-time impact of network issues on application performance and delivery. Reduce MTTR by effectively diagnosing and resolving application performance problems.	About Network Performance Monitor (NPM) by SolarWinds delivers advanced network troubleshooting for on-premises, hybrid, and cloud services using critical path hop-by-hop analysis. Powerful and affordable, this modern network monitoring software enables IT organizations to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve network issues and outages, thereby improving network performance. SolarWinds’ Network Performance Monitor offers a host of features such as Performance analysis dashboard, NetPath critical path visualization, Intelligent alerts, Multi-vendor network monitoring, Network Insight for Cisco ASA and F5 BIG-IP.
Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported	Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Not Supported On-Premises Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience IT teams looking for a complete Network Monitoring solution	Audience SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) supports network engineers, administrators, and managers as well as IT administrators and generalists.
Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported	Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Supported Online Supported
API Offers API Not Supported	API Offers API Not Supported
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Pricing No information available. Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Supported	Pricing $2895.00/one-time Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Supported
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Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Supported In Person Not Supported	Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Not Supported
Company Information LiveAction Founded: 2009 United States www.liveaction.com	Company Information SolarWinds Founded: 2000 United States www.solarwinds.com
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Categories Network Assessment Supported Network Bandwidth Monitoring Supported Network Management Supported Network Monitoring Supported Network Troubleshooting Supported	Categories Network Bandwidth Monitoring Supported Network Discovery Supported Network Mapping Supported Network Monitoring Supported Packet Analyzers Supported SNMP Monitoring Supported WiFi Analyzers Supported
Network Monitoring Features Bandwidth Monitoring Supported Baseline Manager Supported Diagnostic Tools Supported Internet Usage Monitoring Supported IP Address Monitoring Supported Real Time Analytics Supported Resource Management Supported Server Monitoring Supported SLA Monitoring Supported Uptime Monitoring Supported Web Traffic Reporting Supported	Show More Features Network Mapping Features Color Codes / Icons Supported Compliance Management Not Supported Device Auto Discovery Supported Hierarchical Mapping Supported Location-Based Mapping Supported Map Exporting Supported On-Demand Mapping Supported Reporting/Analytics Supported Self-Updating Maps Not Supported Web Traffic Reporting Not Supported
Integrations 7SIGNAL Not Supported Axonius Not Supported Cherwell Software Not Supported GigaSECURE Supported LT Browser Not Supported ManageEngine AlarmsOne Not Supported Opsgenie Not Supported SMSEagle Not Supported ServiceTeam ITSM Not Supported SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer Not Supported SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager Not Supported SolarWinds Network Discovery Tool Not Supported SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor Not Supported Splunk On-Call Not Supported ThirdEye Supported WebPurify Not Supported netTerrain DCIM Not Supported xMatters Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 2 Integrations	Integrations 7SIGNAL Supported Axonius Supported Cherwell Software Supported GigaSECURE Not Supported LT Browser Supported ManageEngine AlarmsOne Supported Opsgenie Supported SMSEagle Supported ServiceTeam ITSM Supported SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer Supported SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager Supported SolarWinds Network Discovery Tool Supported SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor Supported Splunk On-Call Supported ThirdEye Not Supported WebPurify Supported netTerrain DCIM Supported xMatters Supported Show More Integrations View All 16 Integrations
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