PathSolutions vs SolarWinds Comparison

Network glitches occur and your users get frustrated — Why does SolarWinds say that the network is healthy?

Network glitches occur and your users get frustrated — Why does SolarWinds say that the network is healthy?

SolarWinds will tell you about outages and show you utilization graphs on a few interfaces, but it really can’t help you troubleshoot problems because it doesn’t have enough information to know what’s actually wrong.

 

A Faster, Simpler Alternative to SolarWinds Orion

 

TotalView automatically discovers, analyzes, and explains network problems in plain English — without the servers, modules, or months of configuration required by SolarWinds.

  • Deploy in hours instead of months

  • Get root-cause answers, not just graphs

  • Run your entire monitoring stack on one server.

 

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Both platforms collect network data and generate alerts. The key distinction is how efficiently they translate that data into actionable root-cause insight.

Capability TotalView SolarWinds Orion
Deployment time Hours Weeks-months
Root-cause diagnosis Built-in heuristics engine Manual analysis
Servers required 1 server Multiple servers + SQL
Modules required None NPM, NCM, NTA, IPAM, etc
Path analysis Native Manual
Licensing model Perpetual or Subscription Subscription only

 

Why Does TotalView Make My Job Easier?

Stop Manual Troubleshooting

Traditional monitoring tools like SolarWinds show you metrics.  You must interpret the data to determine what’s happening.  This leads to lengthy troubleshooting sessions and missing data being considered.

 

Find the Real Cause of Network Problems Faster

TotalView automatically collects configuration, performance metrics, and 19 interface error counters across every device - enabling the platform to indentify the actual cause of issues that SolarWinds simply reports as alerts.



TotalView’s Heuristics engine tells you what the problem actually is.

  • “VLAN Tagging misconfigured on this interface”
  • “Cable fault detected”
  • “STP topology change causing intermittent connectivity”

Simpler Deployment Model

Typical SolarWinds deployments are complex, requiring:

  • Web Server
  • Primary Poller
  • Additional Pollers
  • SQL Database
  • NetFlow Server
  • Additional Modules

Most deployments have between 3 and 10 servers that have to be supported for the system to operate.

PathSolutions TotalView Requires:

  • One Core Server

This reduces support and licensing requirements (and makes it a lot easier to upgrade).

 

Simpler Licensing Model

With SolarWinds you buy modules like:

  • NPM
  • NetFlow Traffic Analyzer
  • Network Configuration Manager
  • IPAM
  • VoIP monitoring

Each module adds:

  • Cost
  • Servers
  • Configuration complexity

With TotalView:

  • All core network monitoring is included.

TotalView is offered as either Perpetual license or Subscription

One platform. One deployment.

Summary

SolarWinds tells you something is wrong.

TotalView tells you what to fix.

Instantly Improve Your Network Management and Troubleshooting

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