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| Product | Cisco ThousandEyes by Cisco View product | SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor by SolarWinds View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | Cisco ThousandEyes by Cisco: BGP route monitoring. Ideal for end-to-end digital experience monitoring. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top NDR alternatives. | What does SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor do? It covers fault monitoring. See typical use cases, on-premises deployment and how it compares to rivals. |
| Product type | Digital Experience Monitoring & Network Visibility Platform | Network Fault & Performance Monitor |
| Best for | Cross-industry, Technology, Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, Telecommunications | Cross-industry, Enterprise IT, Telecom, Service Providers |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: yes | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment options | SaaSCloudOn-Premise | On-Premise |
| Deployment details | Cloud SaaS; SaaS cloud management platform with Cloud, Enterprise, and Endpoint Agents | On-premises Windows Server; On-premises Windows Server software |
| Data residency | Cloud hosting regions across North America and Europe | On-premises deployment |
| Key features | ||
| What it offers |
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| Platform & access | ||
| API access | API access: yes | API access: yes |
| Single sign-on (SSO) | SSO: yes | SSO: yes |
| Role-based access (RBAC) | RBAC: yes | RBAC: yes |
| Multi-tenant | Multi-tenant: yes | Multi-tenant: no |
| Mobile app | Mobile app: yes | Mobile app: no |
| Supported platforms | Global internet vantage pointsenterprise networksuser endpointsAWSAzureGCP | Enterprise Campus NetworksData Centers |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR | SNMPWMINetPathITIL |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | Cisco Catalyst SwitchesCisco SD-WANCisco WebexSplunkAppDynamicsServiceNowPagerDutySlack | SNMPWMIICMPCiscoJuniperServiceNow |
| Industries | Cross-industryTechnologyFinancial ServicesRetailHealthcareTelecommunications | Cross-industryEnterprise ITTelecomService Providers |
| Regions | Global | Global |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Cisco | SolarWinds |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, USA | Austin, Texas, USA |
| Company size | 80,000+ | 3,000+ |
| Founded | 1984 | 1999 |
Overview
What it is
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cisco ThousandEyes by Cisco: BGP route monitoring. Ideal for end-to-end digital experience monitoring. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top NDR alternatives.SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
What does SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor do? It covers fault monitoring. See typical use cases, on-premises deployment and how it compares to rivals.Product type
Cisco ThousandEyes
Digital Experience Monitoring & Network Visibility PlatformSolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Network Fault & Performance MonitorBest for
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cross-industry, Technology, Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, TelecommunicationsSolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Cross-industry, Enterprise IT, Telecom, Service ProvidersPricing
Pricing model
Cisco ThousandEyes
Contact VendorSolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Contact VendorFree trial
Cisco ThousandEyes
Free trial: yesSolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Cisco ThousandEyes
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Deployment details
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cloud SaaS; SaaS cloud management platform with Cloud, Enterprise, and Endpoint AgentsSolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
On-premises Windows Server; On-premises Windows Server softwareData residency
Cisco ThousandEyes
Cloud hosting regions across North America and EuropeSolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
On-premises deploymentKey features
What it offers
Cisco ThousandEyes
- Hop-by-hop network path visualization
- Synthetic transaction testing
- BGP route monitoring
- Internet Insights outage tracking
- Real-user browser experience monitoring
- Automated WAN anomaly detection
- API alerting
- End-to-end digital experience monitoring
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
- Fault monitoring
- Multi-vendor device tracking
- NetPath packet tracing
- PerfStack performance correlation
- Network fault monitoring
- Multi-vendor tracking
- PerfStack correlation
Platform & access
API access
Cisco ThousandEyes
API access: yesSolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Cisco ThousandEyes
SSO: yesSolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
Cisco ThousandEyes
RBAC: yesSolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Cisco ThousandEyes
Multi-tenant: yesSolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Multi-tenant: noMobile app
Cisco ThousandEyes
Mobile app: yesSolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Cisco ThousandEyes
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Compliance
Cisco ThousandEyes
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Cisco ThousandEyes
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Industries
Cisco ThousandEyes
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Regions
Cisco ThousandEyes
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Vendor
Company
Cisco ThousandEyes
CiscoSolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
SolarWindsHeadquarters
Cisco ThousandEyes
San Jose, California, USASolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Austin, Texas, USACompany size
Cisco ThousandEyes
80,000+SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
3,000+Founded
Cisco ThousandEyes
1984SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
1999