# ManageEngine OpManager - Top 10 Reasons to Buy OpManager

## Ten reasons why IT administrators love OpManager

## 1. Start monitoring your network within minutes of installation

- [Point-and-click install and setup](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/installing_opmanager.html?top-10-resns) eliminates the need to hire a product expert or a paid consultant to do the job.
- OpManager installs on [standard operating hardware](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/?top-10-resns#hardware-and-software-requirements) and supports multiple operating systems.
- No agent installation hassles: OpManager provides 100% agent-less monitoring.
- [Wizards and Templates](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/network-monitor-templates.html?top-10-resns)-based configuration to quickly apply your corporate monitoring policy.
- [Reliable discovery](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/network-device-discovery.html?top-10-resns) and monitoring using industry-standard protocols such as SNMP, Telnet, SSH, and WMI.

## 2. Visualize your network based on type or logical groups

- [Network maps](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/network-mapping.html?top-10-resns), category-wise D provide quick visibility into a network or device level outage.
- Visualize your WAN resources across locations using the [Business Views](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/business-view.html?top-10-resns) and you can restrict user access to select Business Views.
- Flexibility to define more infrastructure maps for new device types, e.g. Environment Sensors, IP Phones etc
- [NOC views](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/cctv.html?top-10-resns) enable rotational display of the dashboards that you want to see.

## 3. One-point configuration using Device and Interface Templates

- Multi-vendor support with over 11,000 [device templates](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/device-discovery/?top-10-resns) out-of-the-box. You can add your own templates as well.
- Share new templates with the OpManager Users Community.
- Interface templates for all types of interfaces, facilitating one-point configuration.
- Templates for [process monitoring](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/process-monitoring.html?top-10-resns), [file monitoring and folder monitoring](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/file-folder-monitor.html?top-10-resns).
- Quick Configuration Wizard to apply a configuration on multiple devices in one go.

## 4. Monitor network performance, server performance and application performance

- OpManager leverages industry standard protocols for monitoring such as SNMP, WMI, CLI, NetFlow, sFlow, IP SLA, etc.,
- [Monitor WAN RTT](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/wan-management.html?top-10-resns) (Round Trip Time) to spot WAN latency with hop graphs showing the exact point of delay.
- Quickly find out if it is the [network](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/network-performance-management.html?top-10-resns), [server](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/server-performance-management.html?top-10-resns), or the [application](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/application-monitoring.html?top-10-resns) that is eating up the bandwidth.
- Monitor [CPU, Memory, and Disk usage](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/cpu-memory-disk.html?top-10-resns) on mission critical servers and see which applications/processes are using the most resources. This helps you decide on the hardware upgrade.
- Monitor the [health and performance of servers](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/server-monitoring.html?top-10-resns), switches, UPS and other infrastructure.

## 5. Quickly resolve network faults by getting to the root of the problem

- Set [performance thresholds](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/fault-monitoring.html#Alerts) for proactive monitoring; avert potential downtime.
- Receive alerts as email, SMS, Tweets, and access over your SmartPhone GUI.
- Provision to execute self-healing scripts to resolve faults automatically and [suppress unwanted alerts](https://www.manageengine.com/it-operations-management/help/suppress-alarms.html?top-10-resns).
- Over 90 powerful widgets and [customizable dashboards](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/network-management-console.html?top-10-resns) for easy management.
- Consolidates alerts from [SNMP Traps](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/snmp-trap-monitor.html?top-10-resns), [Windows Event Logs](https://www.manageengine.com/it-operations-management/help/monitor-windows-eventlogs.html?top-10-resns), and [Syslogs](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/syslog-monitoring.html?top-10-rens) as well.
- [Downtime scheduler](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/scheduling-downtime.html?top-10-resns) to suspend monitoring and alerting during network maintenance.

## 6. Tools to troubleshoot on the fly

- [Real-time](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/real-time-network-monitoring.html) instant reports on the performance of resources on a device for quick troubleshooting..
- [MIB Browser](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/mib-browser.html?top-10-resns) lets you find out if the device has SNMP and does an SNMP walk to check if a resource responds.
- Access devices from OpManager over Telnet, SSH or RDP and quickly troubleshoot a fault.
- Ping/Traceroute to a device lets you check the device availability and response time.
- [Switch Port Mapper](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/networking-tools.html?top-10-resns) lets you check the connectivity between a switch and other devices in a network

## 7. Power-packed add-ons and plug-ins for specific network and IT infrastructure monitoring needs

- WAN RTT monitoring pack to using Cisco IP SLA technology to troubleshoot WAN link latency even at the ISP end.
- [VoIP monitoring add-on](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/voip-monitor.html?top-10-resns) again leveraging Cisco IP SLA to troubleshoot poor VoIP quality and VoIP QoS reports.
- [Netflow add-on](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/network-traffic-analysis.html?top-10-resns) to identify the top talkers and in-depth traffic analysis.
- [NCM add-on](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/network-configuration-management.html?top-10-resns) for comprehensive, integrated network configuration management.
- [Add-ons](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/opmanager-addons.html?top-10-resns) to manage IP addresses and switch ports, and to monitor firewalls, WLCs, URLs, and storage systems.

## 8. Advanced reporting with provision to schedule and automatically email or publish the reports

- [Top 10 reports](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/network-performance-reports.html?top-10-resns) shows the top 10 poorly performing resources at one glance.
- Detailed reports on resource utilization trends and forecast, and capacity planning, help you make informed storage decisions.
- Exclusive reports on the health and availability of WAN, VoIP, WLCs, Meraki devices, load balancers, storage systems and virtual servers.
- Provision to [schedule reports](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/schedule-reports.html?top-10-resns) on a daily or weekly basis or for a custom period, with the option to email or publish the reports.

## 9. Seamless integration, making it the one-stop-shop for all your IT Management needs

- [Integration with the helpdesk software](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/helpdesk-integration.html?top-10-resns), ServiceDesk Plus, enables trouble ticketing, define customer SLAs etc.
- [Easy integration](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/integration.html?top-10-resns) with other related applications in the ManageEngine suite.
- Other integrations include Webhook, REST:API, Slack, Teams, and custom integrations.

## 10. The 90 : 10 ManageEngine advantage - Lots of Features, affordable price-points

- [Different editions](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/opmanager-editions.html?top-10-resns) (including a [free edition](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/download-free.html?top-10-resns) for monitoring 3 devices) to choose from with a start price of $245.
- Reliable enterprise-ready software that does not mandate consulting.
- Constant [upgrades](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/service-packs.html?top-10-resns) by way of Service Packs and Hotfixes at no extra cost.
- [24 X 5 technical support](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/support.html) with free technical support during trial: Unlimited email, phone, and online support.

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