What is OpenText Network Node Manager?
OpenText Network Node Manager provides a comprehensive set of features that enable network operations centers to monitor, evaluate, and visualize modern network infrastructures in real-time. By consolidating fault and performance data into a unified platform, it utilizes continuous spiral discovery to maintain accurate topology maps and device inventories. Moreover, it improves monitoring functionality across specialized areas through the use of Smart Plug-ins. The platform's intelligent automation capabilities, including automated root-cause analysis, visual event correlation, and customizable dashboards that integrate both historical and real-time data, significantly reduce the mean time to repair while boosting staff productivity. Its distributed and federated architecture supports scalable, multi-tenant deployments, which reduces infrastructure overhead and lowers overall ownership costs. Furthermore, with a range of flexible deployment options, it ensures high availability in both enterprise and service-provider environments. This adaptability makes OpenText Network Node Manager an ideal choice for organizations looking to address the evolving challenges of network management effectively. Ultimately, the platform stands out as a sophisticated solution crafted to fulfill the intricate needs of contemporary network operations.
What is AdRem NetCrunch?
NetCrunch is commercial, self-hosted, agentless network and IT infrastructure monitoring software for Windows Server. It monitors network devices, servers, virtualization platforms, cloud services including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, applications, websites, logs, telemetry, and custom data using technologies such as SNMP, WMI, REST APIs, and scripts.
NetCrunch supports 680+ monitoring targets and provides 270+ ready-to-use Monitoring Packs for devices, applications, and operating systems. Policy-based monitoring automatically applies monitoring settings, Monitoring Packs, thresholds, and alerts to matching devices and systems. Licensing is based on monitored nodes and network interfaces rather than individual sensors, checks, or metrics.
Real-time dashboards and automatic Layer 2 and routing topology maps provide visibility into network status and performance. NetCrunch supports event correlation, dependency-aware alert suppression, predictive thresholds, escalation, and 40+ automated response actions, including script execution, notifications, webhooks, and integrations with external IT and collaboration tools.
NetCrunch also provides hardware and software inventory, network device configuration backup and change tracking, bandwidth monitoring, and network traffic analysis using NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX, and other flow technologies. Distributed Monitoring Probes extend monitoring to remote and isolated locations, while REST APIs support integration and automation with external systems.
NetCrunch is self-hosted on Windows Server and can monitor on-premises, air-gapped, cloud, and hybrid IT environments.
Pricing Information
$1600 for NetCrunch 50 nodes
NetCrunch licensing is based on the number of monitored nodes and network interfaces. Each node license includes one monitored interface, and additional interface licenses can be added when more network interfaces need to be monitored. Licensing is not based on individual sensors, checks, or metrics.