--- title: SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools Reviews meta\_title: 'SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 17 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 17 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: IT Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-management --- # SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools but has limited features. Are you part of the SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! SolarWinds® Kiwi CatTools® is a network automation tool designed to manage configurations on network devices such as routers, switches, and firewalls. It helps you work more efficiently by scheduling automatic backup activities and rolling out configuration changes to multiple devices simultaneously. With native support for devices from dozens of manufacturers, Kiwi CatTools helps simplify network administration, configuration change alerting, and backup management. Key Features: • Schedule automated network configuration backups • Perform bulk configuration changes on multiple devices • Increase security with configuration change alerting • Perform network device management from one console • Compare device configurations and analyze changes • Roll back network configuration when needed * * * Seller [SolarWinds Worldwide LLC](https://www.g2.com/sellers/solarwinds-worldwide-llc) Discussions [SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools Community](https://www.g2.com/products/solarwinds-kiwi-cattools/discuss) Languages Supported English Overview by Fatima Davis Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform") Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 4.6/5(377) ](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-ansible-automation-platform/reviews) [ ![ServiceNow IT Service Management](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "ServiceNow IT Service Management") ServiceNow IT Service Management 4.5/5(1,949) ](https://www.g2.com/products/servicenow-it-service-management/reviews) [ ![GitHub](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "GitHub") GitHub 4.7/5(2,397) ](https://www.g2.com/products/github/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/solarwinds-kiwi-cattools/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 17 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Aswin K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Aswin K.") AK Aswin K. System Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/11/2022 "Cat used to keep a check on network" 4/5 What do you like best about SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools? The main advantage of this tool is to automate the network configuration backups and easy to manage backup for bulk number of devices. The device configuraction is compared and easy to analyze. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools? It would be better if we are able to integrate kiwi cat tool and solarwind NCM. Real time alerting is major drawback like no features to send alerts to teams channel also the interface looks rusty to work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools: Yes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools solving and how is that benefiting you? Since we have wide range of network devices it has the aptness to implement changes on the whole in the network. The router's inward and out ward logs are saved and can be used for future debugging. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Vigneshbalaji R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Vigneshbalaji R.") VR Vigneshbalaji R. Technical Support trainee Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/7/2022 "Excellent Tool" 4.5/5 What do you like best about SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools? SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools has an excellent speed of deployment. It is simple and easy to use. Backups are quick. The tool manages all the network firewalls. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools? Lack of updates to the program, there should be more updates that come out for it. The GUI is very basic and not very flashy. The backup process of the configuration could be a bit less complexed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools solving and how is that benefiting you? It is excellent for a network backup. Can do a large backup. It has excellent automatic report generation. We solved the problem of managing our network firewalls, router, switches, and hub. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![PHELMS H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "PHELMS H.") PH PHELMS H. Senior Network Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/4/2022 "Gets the job done on a basic level" 1.5/5 What do you like best about SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools? Speed of deployment, the product can easily be deployed within an hour or two depending on how many devices Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools? No real validation of data captured, inability to do webhooks and other basic alerting, scripting functions. Inability to ensure service always runs and no way to be notified if it was left disabled by mistake Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools: It solves the problem quickly, but should never be considered the end product for a real backup solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools solving and how is that benefiting you? Network backup, fast way to backup large amount of hardware Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Pascha J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Pascha J.") PJ Pascha J. IT Support Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/1/2022 "SolarWinds- Network Automation/Management Made Easy" 4/5 What do you like best about SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools? Flexibility of the application/and its intuitiveness in recognizing and accommodating in advance for the need to rollback changes quickly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools? I definitely dislike SolarWinds support team - At this point I am loathed to call when I have issues/ I have not found them to be knowledgeable or helpful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools solving and how is that benefiting you? I can prep/schedule automatic deployments in advance Schedule configuration changes to early am processing Automatic Report Generation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") AI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/11/2022 "Gets the Job Done" 4/5 What do you like best about SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools? It's a simple and easy-to-use program to stand up and begin network device backups and configuration pushes to single devices or a grouping of network devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools? The interface is clunky and is very outdated. The use of a "fat client" makes this product not as appealing. I would certainly like to see the application modernized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools: Kiwi CatTools is an easy out-of-the-box platform to install and configure. It would be best if you planned to spend an hour or two to deploy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools solving and how is that benefiting you? Network Device configuration backups, network configuration auditing, and the ability to mass deploy network changes via scripting have been beneficial to our needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Stephen P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Stephen P.") SP Stephen P. IT Support Specialist Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/28/2021 "Stellar Backup Service!" 5/5 What do you like best about SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools? Service that always runs checking to see if any configuration has changed. Great when you have more than one person that will change configurations on a switch. Being able to review changes that others make helps to keep the team on the same page. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools? No major downsides. One slight downside is the service doesn't always automatically restart after server maintenance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools solving and how is that benefiting you? Ablility to review changes made when a bad configuration was implemented on a switch which gives us an easier ability to correct the issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer & Network Security](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer & Network Security") UC Verified User in Computer & Network Security Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/20/2021 "Easy backups of Cisco networking equipment!" 5/5 What do you like best about SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools? Backups are quick, efficient and highly effective. Takes all of the worry out of maintaining network gear. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools? The Kiwi software will occasionally lock up, and sometimes I am unaware of that happening - as a result, occasionally backups have been missed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools: Ensure that the application supports the specific network equipment you are seeking to manage or backup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools solving and how is that benefiting you? I always had a problem in the past ensuring that I had timely, effective backups of our company's and customer's network equipment. Kiwi CatTools solves that problem handily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Arun S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Arun S.") AS Arun S. Security Analyst Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/6/2021 "Easy and simple Integration tool" 4/5 What do you like best about SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools? The best thing about this tool is it is easy to use and user friendly for configuring my routers and switches, moreover the features of real-time latency and bandwidth consumption is really appreciable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools? Can be confusing for newbie due to complex features, could have been presented in a bit more simplicity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools solving and how is that benefiting you? Managing and backup my network devices as well as monitoring and reporting real-time latency and bandwidth in the network infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 10/8/2021 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite PM Priyanshu M. Project Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/8/2021 "Best Network management tool onboard" 4.5/5 What do you like best about SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools? 1. It manages all our network firewalls 2. Once implemented, no need to intervene manually 3. Logs are available for changes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools? 1. Installation is a complex process 2. Updates take time to integrate 3. Technical knowledge required Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools solving and how is that benefiting you? We solved the problem of managing our network firewalls, router, switches, and hub. It also monitors incoming and outgoing traffic and creates logs for it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Retail](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Retail") AR Verified User in Retail Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/29/2021 "Robust, dependable network automation." 5/5 What do you like best about SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools? Solarwinds is THE name we trust when it comes to managing our networks. Their robust solutions are backed by mountains of clear documentation and knowledgeable support staff that is available 24/7 in the event they need to be called upon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools? While not the most inexpensive solution available, their entire suite of tools are competively priced, however they place closer to the top end of choices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools solving and how is that benefiting you? We are able to manage all of our remote sites that tend to be a mixed bag of equipment. Kiwi CatTools allows us to define a universal process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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