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WhatsUp Gold vs Network Performance Monitor Comparison (2026)

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Network Performance Monitor

Overview

Continuously monitor servers to identify developing problems and fix them before they impact critical applications.

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitoring software makes it easy to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve performance issues before outages occur. It delivers real-time views and dashboards that enable you to visually track and monitor network performance at a glance.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

1169

Per year

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

1638

One-time payment

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.5

228

5

4

3

2

1

122

91

12

3

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
80%
would recommend this app

4.5

76

5

4

3

2

1

44

28

4

0

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
85%
would recommend this app

Pros

“WhatsUp Gold is a reliable and cost-effective choice for on-premise and hybrid network monitoring. While it excels in traditional network monitoring.”
BG

Bhavinn G.

Manager

“Amazing dashboards, we can customize the dashboards to put exactly what type of information we need.”
jv

jesus v.

Server Administrator

“It’s particularly well-suited for SMBs and mid-sized enterprises looking for an intuitive way to monitor their network infrastructure.”
BG

Bhavinn G.

Manager

Pros

“It gives a clear view of our network in real-time, making it easy to spot and fix issues before they cause major downtime.”
PB

Prashant B.

Consultant

“I am impressed by the accuracy of Network Performance Monitor.”
AM

Ahmed M.

Human Resources Manager

“There was a lot of setup involved.”
MK

Michal K.

IT Engineer

Cons

“The setup of WhatsUp Gold is a bit cumbersome.”
MW

Matt W.

AM

“Our experience with utilizing the network monitoring, netflow, configuration backup, and syslog services caused our instance to crawl and at times and be completely unusable. ”
WH

Walter H.

Manager

“Needs more licensing tiers, paying for a 300 device license when we are barely over 100 is ridiculous”
TM

Tim M.

Network Engineer

Cons

“If you nee to see information like network traffic you need an extra license that is additional cost or if you need to see databases performance is other license, so to see the entire picture you will need pay more”
AP

Alejandro P.

IT Planning

“It does what you need it to but it requires more administration that it should and the performance is poor.”
JR

Joshua R.

Network Admin

“Building custom reports can be a challenge, it's not that easy.”
TM

Thatayaone M.

Director, Consulting Engineer

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review2 months ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review9 months ago

Key features

  • Total features58
  • API
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Management
  • Automatic Configuration
  • Bandwidth Monitoring
  • Baseline Manager
  • CPU Monitoring
  • Capacity Management
  • Color Codes/Icons
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Configuration Management
  • Connectivity Management
  • Content Caching
  • Credential Management
  • Customizable Dashboard
  • Customizable Reports
  • Dashboard
  • Data Discovery
  • Data Visualization
  • Device Auto Discovery
  • Diagnostic Tools
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Email Alerts
  • Email Monitoring
  • Endpoint Management
  • Event Logs
  • For MSPs
  • For Websites
  • Health Monitoring
  • Hierarchical Mapping
  • IP Address Monitoring
  • IT Asset Management
  • IT Reporting
  • Inventory Management
  • Load Distribution
  • Location-Based Mapping
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Map Exporting
  • Mobile Access
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Cloud Management
  • Network Analysis
  • Network Mapping
  • Network Monitoring
  • Network Resource Management
  • On-Demand Mapping
  • Patch Management
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Policy Management
  • Predefined Protocols
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-time Alerts
  • Redundancy Checking
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Remote Monitoring & Management
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Resource Management
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • SSL Offload
  • Scheduling
  • Security Management
  • Self-Updating Maps
  • Server Monitoring
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
  • Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
  • Software Management
  • Test Performance Metrics
  • Testing Scripts
  • Threshold Alerts
  • Troubleshooting
  • Uptime Reporting
  • Virtual Machine Monitoring
  • Virtualization
  • Web Traffic Reporting
  • Total features62
  • API
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Management
  • Automatic Configuration
  • Bandwidth Monitoring
  • Baseline Manager
  • CPU Monitoring
  • Capacity Management
  • Color Codes/Icons
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Configuration Management
  • Connectivity Management
  • Content Caching
  • Credential Management
  • Customizable Dashboard
  • Customizable Reports
  • Dashboard
  • Data Discovery
  • Data Visualization
  • Device Auto Discovery
  • Diagnostic Tools
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Email Alerts
  • Email Monitoring
  • Endpoint Management
  • Event Logs
  • For MSPs
  • For Websites
  • Health Monitoring
  • Hierarchical Mapping
  • IP Address Monitoring
  • IT Asset Management
  • IT Reporting
  • Inventory Management
  • Load Distribution
  • Location-Based Mapping
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Map Exporting
  • Mobile Access
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Cloud Management
  • Network Analysis
  • Network Mapping
  • Network Monitoring
  • Network Resource Management
  • On-Demand Mapping
  • Patch Management
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Policy Management
  • Predefined Protocols
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-time Alerts
  • Redundancy Checking
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Remote Monitoring & Management
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Resource Management
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • SSL Offload
  • Scheduling
  • Security Management
  • Self-Updating Maps
  • Server Monitoring
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
  • Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
  • Software Management
  • Test Performance Metrics
  • Testing Scripts
  • Threshold Alerts
  • Troubleshooting
  • Uptime Reporting
  • Virtual Machine Monitoring
  • Virtualization
  • Web Traffic Reporting

Integrations

  • Total integrationsN/A
    • Total integrationsN/A