We performed a comparison between Nagios Core and WhatsUp Gold based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is the performance parameters of the system."
"Dashboard provides monitor of total assets."
"The solution is quite efficient."
"I like the way the solution sends alerts and how it keeps on escalating them."
"Nagios Core is stable."
"It has made the life of the network operations staff more proactive in managing the resources of the infrastructure. It prevents disasters long before they can take place."
"Alert calls occur anytime a service goes down or a matrix is difficult and that helps us to quickly restore service and transfer work."
"Nagios Core is very configurable. Whatever you want, you can do it."
"The threshold alerting is the most valuable feature."
"The interface in the last few years it has been a lot greater, they are much more user-friendly. I like the interface."
"The most valuable feature is the monitoring of resources."
"We no longer have to manually search for problems because we are alerted when something in the network goes down."
"The interactive mapping interface for scrolling, zooming, and drilling down on an element to learn about a network issue is good. When we see a network there will sometimes be a spot that has one link. You can go into a particular part of the topology map, scroll in, and see exactly which module it is."
"The solution effectively monitors network devices and servers."
"The most valuable features are network bandwidth monitoring and monitoring device health."
"NetFlow monitoring, real-time monitoring, and surveys have been the most valuable features for our business."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The mapping is a little hard."
"I believe Nagios Core will need to provide an option for big data platforms in the future."
"There is room for improvement in the graphics."
"It is a bit slow due to latency."
"Would benefit from aggregations if a particular server goes down."
"The core version is no match for the XI version."
"Nagios Core is limited in terms of distributed setups, and there is no central view for remote data centers."
"The initial setup process could be easier."
"The point system is not clear and clarity around this would improve our understanding of the system."
"Adding on services increases the cost and on the version we have there is no option for ATM monitoring."
"The licensing model could be improved. Right now, the levels are too far apart. This causes the solution to be more expensive than it needs to be."
"Regional product team support is not very good."
"WhatsUp Gold should work on real-time monitoring and configuration management. If they succeed in doing this, the solution will cover all the network troubleshooting aspects and will be a benefit."
"Pricing is too high relative to how many devices we use. The price list is not linear to number of devices."
"The pricing for this solution has gone up quite recently, which has led some of our customers to buy an alternative product."
"The initial setup of WhatsUp Gold is a medium range of difficulty levels. However, if it is your first time it could be difficult."
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Nagios Core is ranked 7th in Network Monitoring Software with 46 reviews while WhatsUp Gold is ranked 45th in Network Monitoring Software with 22 reviews. Nagios Core is rated 8.0, while WhatsUp Gold is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Nagios Core writes "An Open Source Fully Featured Data Centre Monitoring Tool". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WhatsUp Gold writes "If CPU, memory, or disk space is over-utilized, it alerts us immediately via text or email if there is an issue". Nagios Core is most compared with Nagios XI, Zabbix, Icinga and Centreon, whereas WhatsUp Gold is most compared with Grafana, SolarWinds NPM, Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor and Nagios XI. See our Nagios Core vs. WhatsUp Gold report.
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