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Head-to-head · Network Monitoring

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor vs Progress Flowmon

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 4 checks side by side
Higher score SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor #5 in Network Monitoring 8.9/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 3 features Visit SolarWinds
Progress Flowmon #8 in Network Monitoring 8.6/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 2 of 3 features Try Progress Flowmon

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor leads on 0 checks, Progress Flowmon on 0, and 4 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 4 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreSolarWinds Network Performance Monitor · 8.9/10
  • Free trialboth
  • Most featuresSolarWinds Network Performance Monitor · 3 of 3

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor scores higher on our rubric for network monitoring: 8.9 against 8.6 out of 10; our editors rank them #5 and #8.

On deployment, Progress Flowmon gives you Hybrid where SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor offers Self_hosted.

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor is the better fit for established self-hosted enterprise monitoring. Progress Flowmon is the better fit for flow analytics and capacity planning.

  • SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor fits best

    Established self-hosted enterprise monitoring

  • Progress Flowmon fits best

    Flow analytics and capacity planning

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Side by side

Feature SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor 8.9/10 Visit ↗ Progress Flowmon 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.9 8.6
Ranking #5 in Network Monitoring #8 in Network Monitoring
Best for Established self-hosted enterprise monitoring Flow analytics and capacity planning
Pricing model Paid Paid
Starting price Pricing on request · 30-day trial Pricing on request · 30-day trial
Free plan — —
Free trial 30 days 30 days
Free trial length 30 days 30 days
Deployment Self-hosted Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms Web Web
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor 3/3 · Progress Flowmon 2/3
Synthetic checks ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Traffic monitoring ✓ ✓
Topology maps ✓ ✓
Specs
Device limit 100 devices Not checked yet
Alert channels Not checked yet Email
Deployment Self_hosted Hybrid
Our review
Pros
  • Tracks availability, packet loss, bandwidth, and hardware health
  • Combines topology maps, NetPath, and PerfStack correlation
  • Adds wireless, syslog, SNMP traps, forecasting, and capacity reporting
  • Ingests NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, jFlow, cflowd and NetStream
  • Combines topology, response-time measurement and predictive capacity analysis
  • Adds ML anomaly detection, packet capture and REST API automation
Cons
  • Starts at $2,829
  • Has no free plan
  • Self-hosted deployment limits platform coverage
  • Pricing is quote-based and routed through Progress's partner network
  • No perpetual free plan is documented
  • More traffic-centric than general network monitoring suites
Our verdict

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor is paid network monitoring software for IT teams managing multi-vendor environments. It discovers routers, switches, firewalls, wireless controllers, access points, and other network devices, then…

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Progress Flowmon is a network and security monitoring platform for NetOps and SecOps teams managing on-premises, cloud or hybrid environments. It collects flow data from infrastructure such as firewalls, routers and switches, along with…

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  1. SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorNetwork Monitoring 8.9Pricing on request · 30-day trial
  2. Progress FlowmonNetwork Monitoring 8.6Pricing on request · 30-day trial

Strengths and trade-offs

  • SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor — where it wins

    • Tracks availability, packet loss, bandwidth, and hardware health
    • Combines topology maps, NetPath, and PerfStack correlation
    • Adds wireless, syslog, SNMP traps, forecasting, and capacity reporting

    Where it doesn't

    • Starts at $2,829
    • Has no free plan
    • Self-hosted deployment limits platform coverage

  • Progress Flowmon — where it wins

    • Ingests NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, jFlow, cflowd and NetStream
    • Combines topology, response-time measurement and predictive capacity analysis
    • Adds ML anomaly detection, packet capture and REST API automation

    Where it doesn't

    • Pricing is quote-based and routed through Progress's partner network
    • No perpetual free plan is documented
    • More traffic-centric than general network monitoring suites
  • SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor8.9/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

    A mature self-hosted monitor with deep network visibility, but a high entry price.

    Visit SolarWindsFull verdict →
  • Progress Flowmon8.6/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

    A traffic-focused platform for flow analytics, topology and capacity planning.

    Try Progress FlowmonFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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