We performed a comparison between Observer Apex and PRTG Network Monitor based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"Network visibility is the most valuable feature."
"It gives me a live view of the traffic on the WAN."
"It is a very stable solution. There are no bugs, glitches and we have not experienced any crashing."
"The network visualization helps us to drill down deeper."
"It is very flexible, and we can monitor many aspects of IT as well as ERP and CRM services. It has a very powerful interface and APIs for customization."
"Its initial setup process is fast and easy."
"PRTG is simple to manage. First, you can create a template for a device, then apply it to hundreds of similar devices. That's a great advantage."
"The feature I like is that it can easily do a lot of mapping."
"I like the mobility of the PRTG Network Monitor and ITOps Dashboard."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The pricing and AI can be improved."
"A room for improvement in PRTG Network Monitor is its sensors. Its application technology sensor, such as the IAS, .NET, etc., needs some improvement because it doesn't work as expected. For example, the IAS sensor doesn't give immediate information, and the information you get from it isn't of good value. The web GUI of PRTG Network Monitor also needs improvement because errors keep popping up if it's not been updated to the latest version. What I'd like to see in the next release of the tool is end-to-end topology mapping for the business model, and that should be required. There has to be a technical map. Technical mapping and topological creation are missing in PRTG Network Monitor, so I would like to see those in the future."
"PRTG Network Monitor can improve by adding prevention and detection features."
"Their penetration within the market could be much better. If their pricing was lower, even though it's reasonable now, it might help them achieve this."
"I would like to see them take their graphing tools and convert them into a collector so that we can point telemetry to them"
"Along with more room for automation, more room for advanced configuration can be integrated into the solution."
"Sometimes, it is difficult to drill down further to get information, e.g., if we saw spike in traffic, then we would want to drill down and find out what is causing that spike in traffic."
"We run it in a cluster, so we have two that run together. The cluster behind it is sketchy at times."
"Integration into service management ticketing systems could be better. They should simplify the integration into big service management platforms like ServiceNow, Remedy, and Cherwell. They're really into monitoring, but they don't do any self-resolution. It would be better if the company moved more into the AIOps space so that you could actually kick off some remedies. I know that you can execute some commands from the tool, but you need to develop those all yourself. It would be really handy if they had some auto-remedy scripts that they could develop on top."
Observer Apex is ranked 93rd in Network Monitoring Software with 1 review while PRTG Network Monitor is ranked 5th in Network Monitoring Software with 96 reviews. Observer Apex is rated 0.0, while PRTG Network Monitor is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Observer Apex writes "Has good network visibility ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of PRTG Network Monitor writes "It's an all-in-one solution, and net flow is included in the licensing ". Observer Apex is most compared with , whereas PRTG Network Monitor is most compared with Zabbix, Centreon, Nagios XI, SolarWinds NPM and ManageEngine OpManager.
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