Network / NMS
ManageEngine OpManager
ManageEngine (Zoho)
The main mid-market rival to SolarWinds — broad SNMP/WMI support, vSphere monitoring, quick setup, part of the wider ManageEngine suite.
- Category
- Network / NMS
- License
- Proprietary
- Deployment
- SaaS or self-hosted
- Cost
- Medium
- Free tier
- Yes
- Self-host effort
- Moderate
- Maturity
- Incumbent
- Popularity
- Widely deployed mid-market incumbent
The catch
Cheaper sticker price but heavily modularized — flow, config and app monitoring are separate paid add-ons, so the all-in cost creeps up, and the UI feels dated next to SaaS-native tools.
Monitors
NetworkServersMetricsCloud
Protocols
SNMPWMINetFlow / sFlow / IPFIXICMP / ping
Capabilities
AlertingDashboardsAutodiscoveryTopology mappingFlow analysisConfig backupAPI
Built for
Mid-marketEnterpriseMSP
The honest take
The default “we left SolarWinds but still want a GUI and a vendor to call” landing spot. Good value, broad coverage — just price the add-ons before you commit, because the base license is only half the story.