We performed a comparison between Nagios XI and SCOM 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."
"Nagios XI helped me to draw the network and check for system failures."
"The Script Module in Nagios is really easy to use and is really cost efficient."
"I can monitor a software made in-house to software of bigger companies."
"Nagios allows us to configure any device so that we can send pager alerts when people don't have access to emails. It also allows us to schedule downtime and maintenance."
"The most valuable feature of Nagios XI is customization. We can customize based on our requirements. We can do modifications and implement a lot of scripts. Additionally, it is easy to use."
"The ability to set up templates and groups of checks, as well as customize the checks themselves."
"Nagios XI is a simple monitoring tool with performance management."
"Nagios XI helps us monitor the bandwidth of the internet connection, HTTP, DNS, active directory services, and exchange data availability. We have multiple servers to monitor databases, availability of servers, and ping."
"SCOM has helped us to monitor all the VMs in our environment, especially the Windows servers."
"The most valuable features for us are the monitoring, the health explorer, and the console."
"The most valuable feature of SCOM is the capability of using classes within your management pack development."
"SCOM has improved our organization by simplifying the monitoring process. The system tells you what the bi-weekly or monthly usage was and that enables us to report this information to the manager. It shows if there was a connectivity issue that needs to be fixed and it's easier to concentrate on what needs to get fixed. System errors, therefore, get fixed faster."
"The solution has improved our overrides and the ability to start services if they're stopped."
"I like the historical reporting of observer metrics."
"This solution satisfies all of the requirements that we need for our Windows-based systems, so if you are using the Windows platform then this is an easy solution."
"This solution allows us to standardize all of the reports for monitoring the network, so it helps a lot for auditing purposes."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Open-source software is usually not user-friendly."
"The product uses the backend as Perl and could be modified to a more lightweight solution like what's being offered by other vendors."
"We often need to develop custom plugins to get Nagios to work the way we want it to work because the features we need are not always available in Nagios."
"The product could be optimized to improve the administrative user experience via the Nagios Core Configuration (NCC) GUI module."
"It can be quite difficult to know which drivers and agents to use when setting up."
"Technical support is an area that needs improvement. It is not available 24/7."
"I would like to see more customization in the network map because it is a bit tricky to use it."
"We'd like to see more integration capabilities."
"It could use some system enhancements, such as better dashboards."
"The interface is a little bit cumbersome and certain actions could be simplified."
"It would be a much better product if Microsoft provided management packs with the product."
"Direct integration with third-party tools, like ticketing systems, is lacking but would be beneficial."
"The solution’s initial setup is difficult."
"The GI is difficult to work with and the reporting servers are also difficult."
"There could be more integration of SIM in the solution."
"The solution should have more tools for monitoring the cloud engine versus on-premise."
Nagios XI is ranked 8th in Network Monitoring Software with 54 reviews while SCOM is ranked 10th in Network Monitoring Software with 78 reviews. Nagios XI is rated 8.2, while SCOM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Nagios XI writes "Great for monitoring IT services infrastructure with nice tools and helpful notifications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SCOM writes "Has a good reporting engine, but its monitoring of the cloud-based environment could be improved". Nagios XI is most compared with Nagios Core, Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, Wireshark and ManageEngine OpManager, whereas SCOM is most compared with Dynatrace, Zabbix, Datadog, AppDynamics and ManageEngine OpManager. See our Nagios XI vs. SCOM report.
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