More and more I am beginning to view the Engineers Toolset as just a sampler pack or collection of the free tools (or only slightly better versions of them). Many of the tools don't seem to have any real value at all or have freely available versions of the same things available on he internet and the tools that do provide some value are overshadowed by the fact SolarWinds has more expensive and better versions of them available. On top of that the overall feel of the toolset is very outdated. There have been a few releases that have attempted to give them a face lift (the new launch center and the workspace studio come to mind) but you can only slap so much lipstick on a pig. The SNMP tools are the only tools I use and the rest of the IT folks I work with don't find any use for any of them; unfortunately I am not sure the price tag justifies the small amount of value in the few useful tools.
Please don't get me wrong, if you ask anybody they will tell you that I am a huge advocate for SolarWinds and their products. This is just one place or one product that I feel has depreciated over the years and has not received any new tools to justify the cost.
I am curious how others feel about this?