We performed a comparison between Nagios XI and Spiceworks based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"The ability to set up templates and groups of checks, as well as customize the checks themselves."
"Nagios XI helped me to draw the network and check for system failures."
"The installation is no problem. I've installed Nagios several times."
"Though I downplayed the administrative NCC GUI, this is by far the strongest aspect of the Nagios XI product."
"The most valuable feature is the monitoring of processes."
"Nagios XI is a simple monitoring tool with performance management."
"Nagios is stable and it's easy to use the monitoring software, which is why we chose this product."
"The solution can find all asset details automatically, whether it's a Mac address, computer name, IP address, models, etc. It's very helpful."
"Spiceworks is generic and free."
"It shows the users that are currently logged in, which is not something that Active Directory by default will ever let you know up front."
"Tickets by e-mail, with actions by hastag."
"It was easy to integrate Spiceworks with our existing setup."
"It's easy to understand."
"The most valuable features are the inventory and personalization."
"The solution is easy to use and easy to manage."
"I would like to see more customization in the network map because it is a bit tricky to use it."
"The product's stability could be even better."
"The product does not have SAP monitoring."
"The technical support is variable - sometimes I get answers, but most of my tickets go unanswered."
"It is really difficult to integrate Nagios XI with another system to generate logs and alert our management of failures in security infrastructure."
"Open-source software is usually not user-friendly."
"The Configuration Wizard needs improvement, because not all vendors are present."
"The product could be optimized to improve the administrative user experience via the Nagios Core Configuration (NCC) GUI module."
"They've also tried to integrate it with social logins, like Twitter and LinkedIn, and that type of login authentication has no place in a corporate application."
"I would like to see more information when drilling down into access permissions, assignments management, or tagging. When I click a note or a device, I should be able to see more details about the router and modem. For example, I want to see the version, downtime, availability, latency, etc. I should have easy access to everything about our assets at a glance."
"It would be nice to have remote access to the solution via a tablet. They also need remote control from a PC. Right now, to complete the technical support process, you have to have a tool to access the PC, and check the problems."
"I would like the solution to allow for more direct interaction with computers. I can open tickets and I can see their status, but I can't interact directly with the computers themselves."
"Having an integrated asset management tool, where I can plug in things that are offline, would be good."
"Since Spiceworks is a free tool, it's not very scriptable or customizable."
"The network mapping could be improved. Putting together an actual bonafide network map would be really nice."
"The GUI must be improved."
Nagios XI is ranked 7th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 10 reviews while Spiceworks is ranked 46th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 5 reviews. Nagios XI is rated 8.2, while Spiceworks is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Nagios XI writes "Reasonably priced, reliable, and good return on investment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Spiceworks writes "Allows for separate accounts for different enterprises, enabling efficient management of computers across various sites and clients". Nagios XI is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios Core, PRTG Network Monitor, Icinga and Wireshark, whereas Spiceworks is most compared with Zabbix, Lansweeper, ServiceNow, Freshdesk and ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus. See our Nagios XI vs. Spiceworks report.
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