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."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"Nagios is stable and it's easy to use the monitoring software, which is why we chose this product."
"I can monitor a software made in-house to software of bigger companies."
"The dashboard allows you to see what's going on in the overall system."
"The most valuable features of Nagios XI are you can customize it based on your use case and requirements. It is flexible and easy to integrate with our systems. You can customize the solution by adding additional features using code."
"The solution is pretty stable."
"An excellent solution that is easy and intuitive to implement."
"BPI: It allows defining peripherals to map business criticality for efficient monitoring, as required."
"Since this is an open source technology, if we are capable of writing the plugins in any scripting language, this product allows us to monitor anything we want."
"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 most valuable feature is the extensibility, as there are really no limits as to what you can do with it."
"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."
"It can send messages to our ticketing system."
"The solution primarily drives system information, and I believe it works fine."
"The most valuable feature of SCOM is the capability of using classes within your management pack development."
"The monitoring features are the most valuable. We have seen a major benefit from that so far."
"The advantages of SCOM are that it is definitely user friendly and a more appropriate solution for what we need."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The pricing has recently risen. I know they've changed what is covered under the license, however, it doesn't change the way we use it and adds nothing to our experience, and yet we now have to pay more."
"We'd like to see more integration capabilities."
"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."
"I would like to see support for notification via SMS."
"I would like to see more customization in the network map because it is a bit tricky to use it."
"The product uses the backend as Perl and could be modified to a more lightweight solution like what's being offered by other vendors."
"The product does not have SAP monitoring."
"The reporting structure could be more streamlined."
"In a future release, they should add email notification alerts."
"The GI is difficult to work with and the reporting servers are also difficult."
"Stability and some performance issues exist and they need improvement."
"The solution should have more tools for monitoring the cloud engine versus on-premise."
"The management of the servers could be better."
"It could use some system enhancements, such as better dashboards."
"It lacks certain details that other products do better, like granular access and better application monitoring."
"I would like to see them improve their network monitoring."
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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 SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor, whereas SCOM is most compared with Dynatrace, Zabbix, Datadog, ManageEngine OpManager and AppDynamics. See our Nagios XI vs. SCOM report.
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