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  • Likelihood to recommend8.29/10

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What i like most about SolarWinds RMM is the the integration of multiple software solutions in one location. Also the SSO to other RMM software like Backup is great.
We really enjoy the ease of use of this product, we're able to securely monitor all our customers workstation and be more proactive.
I like that this software is cost effective for a startup and can expand with many features to use. I can be sure that the clients have their machines up and running all the time.
I got a call that we would get extra charges and the value of the product dropped. I paid and asked to cancel.
Needs training to use, so many things to do, it can become easy to get lost or forget where the lesser tools are placed or what their called.
The biggest problem is that the agent can really take over CPU and memory.
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Ron S.

Education Management, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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Good Patch Management Software

Reviewed 3 years ago
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Easy to deploy and set up automation's.

Cons

Sometimes windows updates need to be manually pushed, this is common for this type of software.

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Matthew S.

Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Solarwinds RMM Review

Reviewed 5 years ago

We have been using Solarwinds RMM for quite a while now and have been very happy with they business relationship we have formed, easy, cost effective RMM with loads of features.

Pros

This RMM is cost effective and web based, no need to install a bunch of software to use it. The ability to turn on components as you want to upgrade and grow is brilliant.

Cons

I have to say I cannot think of anything that I like the least.

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john z.

Computer & Network Security, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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funtionality

Reviewed 5 years ago

Back Up & recovery Remote Support Path mgmnt Security

Pros

Teh functinallity , reports and easy to set up and use , multiplatform is one of the best features

Cons

Does not have a help desk & ticketing support dashboard integrated

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Thanks for your feedback! A reminder that SolarWinds RMM and MSP Manager integrate seamlessly to create a one-stop shop for remote monitoring and maintenance to ticketing, reporting, and billing. This makes it simple to create and manage tickets from the dashboard, remote directly into a device from a ticket, create workflow rules and more. It's a big time-saver for busy techs. Feel free to reach out if you would like more information!

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James K.

Machinery, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Works as a remote desktop for remoting into computers or servers

Reviewed 5 years ago

Overall it has been good. It has allowed me to remote into computers and servers and correct issues with no problems. Only if the agent eats up a lot of CPU and memory will you have an issue with slowness.

Pros

Easy to get setup. Install the windows agent on a computer or Server and then add a discovery job to find that device. Can also be used for cell phones, printers and any network device you need to monitor. Allows multiple options form Take Control to Remote Desktop, Java web control.

Cons

Can sometimes be flaky. The biggest problem is that the agent can really take over CPU and memory. Sometimes to the point of making the device you are remoted into really slow. Tried everything suggested on SolarWinds website to mitigate this to no avail. Location tracking for cell phones is also buggy. Soem phones report location correctly, others will not report at all, so if soemone loses a phone, good luck trying to find it. Good thing for Google tracking.

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Akbar A.

Consumer Services, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend5/10

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SolarWinds RMM MSP Software

Reviewed 5 years ago
Pros

Remote Access, Industry Standard Software for protection, quick install, Data collection

Cons

Loading of the RMM is slow, workstation drag and drop not available, does not provide much information like Kasaya does, and issues installing because its not showing up on the RMM Dashboard. Dashboard also could use a touch up. Support is slow to respond, Make this more like Kaseya, and you will have the Perfect RMM. Keep the pricing more lower then the others as well. make support easily accessable to partners like myself. And provide more training and help for setting up billing, and consumer side visuals.

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Jeremy K.

Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Good product for a small shop

Reviewed 5 years ago

Managed services, able to take control of computers and to keep an eye on important functionality.

Pros

Not expensive. Pay per use. Easy to use. Works well.

Cons

Some features like chat with the user have still not been built in. Patch management seems to fail on patches some times.

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Louis B.

Information Technology and Services, self-employed

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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An all-in-one solution for providing IT monitoring

Reviewed 5 years ago

This platforms allows me to manage about 50 customers with more than 20 servers and 100 desktops from one single location. Thanks to the remote access feature, I can solve more than 80% of my customer problems without having to go onsite.

Pros

Complete solution: rich monitoring features including SW updates management and backups Easy to deploy: o need to spend lots of time reading the documentation Flexible: it does what you need to do

Cons

Nothing really! The backup/restore option could probably be more user friendly The Android version is a bit disapointing today

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Liam B.

Construction, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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MSP RMM Review

Reviewed 5 years ago
Pros

Daily checks for errors have great functionality and when kept on top of reduce calls

Cons

Occasional issues with needing to reinstall the managed antivirus when installing on a system initially

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Jacob R.

Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Great for small to medium sized MSPs

Reviewed 5 years ago
Pros

The ease of use, and how everything just works.

Cons

I wish there was more integration with their ticketing software.

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Nate F.

Warehousing, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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SolarWinds RMM is Fantastic

Reviewed 5 years ago
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-Easy to Use -Easy to Manage -Great Customer Support -Provides lots of tools that make supporting a large environment with remote users easy

Cons

-Backup Tools are expensive -Some of the security reports that estimate the value of your data are a little exaggerated

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Grzegorz S.

Computer Software, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Good software

Reviewed 5 years ago
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Allows me quickly connecting to users machines without user interaction. Patch management feature allows to easy control all updates on all machines.

Cons

Its a bit slow sometimes and the web interface it's not as fast as it could be.

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John H.

Computer & Network Security, self-employed

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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SolarWinds RMM Works for the MSP

Reviewed 5 years ago
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This Software does all of the heavy lifting and will save you time and money from managing your network the manual way

Cons

This software does everything that I ask of it.

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ANTHONY H.

Financial Services, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Making my life easier.

Reviewed 5 years ago

Audit Compliance for DFI, FFIEC and SOX requirements

Pros

It is easy to use manage and maintain. The new dashboards are nice too.

Cons

I like it all. There is little to no like about this software. Everything you need in one place for a reasonable price.

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Joe D.

Nonprofit Organization Management, 201-500 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Almost the perfect solution

Reviewed 5 years ago

Our IT unit was in disarray when I took over and Solarwinds helped us get control of all aspects of systems management. From monitoring servers to patching workstations and protecting our users from CTD's. And on top of it all... inventory. We now know where all our assets are and who is using them.

Pros

Above all, this software gives you the tools you need to run an IT department. Patch management, Managed AV, Web filtering, Risk Intel etc..

Cons

There isnt much. If I had to gripe on something I would say the UI and UX could use a facelift/makeover. Hover menus, cleaner look. But this is just to pick something.

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Burt J.

Computer Networking, 501-1,000 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Optimal Network Monitoring

Reviewed 6 years ago
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Provides excellent traffic analysis evaluation that greatly assists in resolving network performance issues. Customer support is very professional.

Cons

Price can be somewhat of a challenge. Somewhat requires technical expertise experienced in network analysis and traffic studies to configure and optimally use the product.

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Matthew L.

Computer & Network Security, 1-10 employees

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They will take your money or ruin your credit trying.

Reviewed 6 years ago

I am about to file a lawsuit with this company because they gave me a free trial but now claim I owe them a few hundred dollars even though I never used their services but have failed to provide me any documentation proving their claim but are refusing to refund my nonexistent account.

Pros

Its a good idea for a platform that allows an MSN to operate in a competitive sense.

Cons

The customer support is abysmal and they will charge you for talking to them.

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Information Technology and Services, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Complete set of tool to monitor all your data center and cloud provider

Reviewed 6 years ago
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Solarwind offer a complete set of tool for managing your datacenter operations. It is including a mapping of your application in the last version, so now you can follow your dataflow and isolate all anomalies like security breach, network congestion, server unavailable ... and get all reported inside the same dashboard. I like that is also avalaible on premise, hosted or cloud

Cons

Pricing is only avalaible by request to a sale person, and licensing model are not available on their web site actually.

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Kevin E.

Information Technology and Services, self-employed

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Powerful, but complex monitoring and backup

Reviewed 6 years ago

I'm using the software to monitor and back up business servers across multiple clients. Other than an outage due to the removal of less secure SSL and TLS protocols from the servers I monitor, the software has been solid. In the case of the outage, support stuck with me for quite some time over multiple sessions to make sure the issue was resolved. TOP MARKS FOR SUPPORT!!

Pros

A wide array of sensors to monitor servers and workstations. A powerful dashboard provides a quick look at the state of systems being monitored. Integrated file and SQL backup and antivirus provides a one stop shop for protection and monitoring.

Cons

It can be challenging to resolve issues when they arise with the software, or underlying issues that affect the software. Given the complexity and nature of it, this can be expected to an extent.

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Bill B.

Information Technology and Services, self-employed

Used other for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend6/10

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There is no perfect RMM tool

Reviewed 6 years ago

Solarwinds was one of my stops on the way to the perfect RMM system. After trialing a number of them for months, I learned there is no perfect RMM. Each one has different strengths and weaknesses. Solarwinds RMM is strong on usability, integration, and pricing. They were, when I trialed it over a year ago, weak on patching and to a lesser degree, automation.

Pros

The trial period is a full 30 days. The sales and support teams are available to help with setup questions and problems during that time. My experience with sales was overall positive - they were not pushy. The product is cloud hosted, no option for self-hosting (they offer another RMM that can be.) The monitoring agent is unobtrusive on the target PCs. It's possible to remotely manage most of what you need to manage on a workplace PC. They offer integrated AV which is a must for MSPs. A documents-only backup is also available, although for full system backups you will need to use theirs or another add-on backup application. A large body of knowledge is available online, much of it from the days when the individual components were stand-alone companies. Once you learn the history of SW RMM, you can find answers to most problems in forums and blog posts. I can't comment on their phone support, as I only used it once or twice. I thought the pricing was quite fair. You can easily charge enough per PC to make the RMM cost small change. They offer month-to-month billing, which is great for small startups.

Cons

Running tasks and scripts is anything but real time. You might wait hours to learn if a script had run or not, or what the output was. Patch management gave the appearance of being complete and granular, but again, for me, confidence in the actual state of systems was not there, needed lots of double checking. AV and backup were reliable.

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Richard V.

Computer Software, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Solarwinds RMM software review

Reviewed 6 years ago

I consider Solarwinds RMM a powerful software for managing IT Services which combines a set of tools into a unique panel, making the network administration more flexible and intuitive , allowing remote access and scalability to incorporate more network and IT components into its service scope.

Pros

- Provides a set of tools for managing IT Services into an unique panel. - Last version includes NetPath which allows us knowing network performance and infrastructure from starting to finish points of our network. - Allows active monitoring and alerting . - Inlciude remote access that allows to monitor and administering the network wherever we are. - QoS analysis available.

Cons

- The configuration process for this software must be done by person with high level knowledge about Networking and IT Infrastructure.

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Guillermo R.

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Excellent and fast remote monitoring system

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

- The importance of automation reflects very solid characteristics to be taken into account. - The use of a centralized console makes our students clearly identify the managed services. - Allows to anticipate problems thanks to monitoring alerts. - Large amount of scripts in the network that serve as support.

Cons

- We have detected that sometimes the notification of the emails does not arrive. - The amount of information presented within mobile applications should be expanded, since today it is a very useful element for this type of user.

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Matthew D.

1-10 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Comprehensive platform for managed service providers

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

Single platform for managing windows updates, helpdesk, remote support, and monitoring. I really like the ability to run custom scripts, and scripts in reaction to issues identified. This saves us time and money and helps us stay ahead of the competition.

Cons

We often get false email alerts for failed checks sent to our helpdesk, which can cause a nuisance.

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Chris A.

Used monthly for 2+ years

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For advanced RMM needs

Reviewed 7 years ago
Pros

This product has a lot of features and some great add on such as IPSLA and Netflow. This gives you the ability to move beyond Real-time Monitoring and begin performance monitoring.

Cons

This is a complex tool so if you don't understand WMI and SNMP you will most likely not be able to get it to perform the way you want it to. In addition it is costly for small businesses if they plan to use it strictly as an RMM.

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Brian H.

Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Easy to use with all the functionality needed

Reviewed 7 years ago

This software helped us reduce the time needed to manage and confirm our customers backups and be more proactive for our clients.

Pros

We really enjoy the ease of use of this product, we're able to securely monitor all our customers workstation and be more proactive. The patch management system and take control features are a must for any small MSP companies starting out. Their capped server and workstation fee's are great so you know exactly how much you will be billed.

Cons

We do have some issues with the Vulnerability scanners not always scanning or sending us the data. We would like more custom reports settings available and more functionality with the managed anti virus.

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Jonathan H.

Computer & Network Security, self-employed

Used daily for 2+ years

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Super produit mais relativement couteux

Reviewed 3 years ago

Globalement très satisfait, je n'aurais pas forcément changé si leur politique de prix n'évoluait pas si souvent sans prévenir à l'avance.

Pros

Très complet, permet d'aller au bout des choses, Interface claire présentant l'essentiel rapidement

Cons

La politique de prix trop volatile. Certaines fonctionnalités plus difficiles à trouver, mettre en œuvre

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