Sunbird DCIM vs Lansweeper: Which is a better fit?

Support team help is great. The functionality between my devices (pdu's, crac unit's, Temperature sensors) is outstanding.

If any complaint is that it may be too much with features for what I use it here within our Data Center.

I am glad we have the software and grateful that our data center manager keeps it updated. I have also had favorable experiences with Sunbird support.

The licensing model can be a problem because it is cabin based.

The over all experience has been very positive. From POC to implementation to on going support i have had a great experience at all levels.

Brian B

Area Sales Manager

Supplemented with PowerIQ for further information about power consumption or e.g. lack of power for a new project.

It also provides for great monitoring of power utilization and temperature/humidity with its integration with Power IQ. And the customer support is excellent.

Using the Classic view, no single line diagram.

Excellent asset tracking with details on almost everything about a device. It can be very useful for finding devices physically as it reports which port a device is plugged into (using snmp).

There is no way to see what deployments you have running, and there is no way to cancel them once you kick one off.

Has become a great tool that I use regularly. Was recommended to me, and I recommend it to others.

David D

Applications Supervisor

Installer logic is very limited with no access to WMI for creating conditions. Deployment packages do not survive reboot (ie multi reboots in a single installation package).

I cannot imagine doing my job as a systems administrator without this tool. It makes automating so many processes super easy, and is easy to customize with a great user base.

The biggest pet peeve that I have with Lansweeper is that it only hold onto the record of the device for 30 days after it goes offline.

I'm very happy with Lansweeper and we are going to implement the help desk software in the near future to replace our current ticketing system. It's a more robust system than other similar programs.

Not much but the menus can sometimes be too close as they pull down when you hover over them and that can be a little annoying.