ABHILASH R - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer at Kerala State IT Mission
Real User
Top 10
Performs well, user-friendly, and simple setup
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features of PRTG Network Monitor are user-friendly, and the graphical interface is good for all the network devices that are mapped in this organization. It's very easy to find reports for any devices that we are looking for."
  • "PRTG Network Monitor can improve the reports. In the reports, you have to give an alert for that SMS and email, the emergency calls and downtimes have to be reported accordingly. You have to enable email services or an SMS gateway service to receive more alerts at the proper time."

What is our primary use case?

PRTG Network Monitor is used for monitoring internet service providers, and we want to receive the downtime of the network devices mapped. PRTG Network Monitor is hosted in a local host server in our three data centers.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of PRTG Network Monitor are user-friendly, and the graphical interface is good for all the network devices that are mapped in this organization. It's very easy to find reports for any devices that we are looking for.

What needs improvement?

PRTG Network Monitor can improve the reports. In the reports, you have to give an alert for that SMS and email, the emergency calls and downtimes have to be reported accordingly. You have to enable email services or an SMS gateway service to receive more alerts at the proper time.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using PRTG Network Monitor for approximately four years.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

PRTG Network Monitor is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have approximately 3,000 users using PRTG Network Monitor in our organization.

How are customer service and support?

I have not used the support from PRTG Network Monitor.

How was the initial setup?

The setup of PRTG Network Monitor is simple. The deployment can be done in a few hours.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We pay for PRTG Network Monitor annually. The price is approximately 10,000 rupees annually.

What other advice do I have?

The solution performs well.

I rate PRTG Network Monitor an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Venkatesh Koppula - PeerSpot reviewer
Tech Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 5
Beneficial bandwidth utilization, user-friendly, but interface could improve
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features of PRTG Network Monitor are bandwidth utilization, user-friendliness, all past report simple retrievals, and timeout features. Additionally, if the solution does go down it is simple to bring it back."
  • "PRTG Network Monitor could improve by having descriptions for the tab usages. The dashboards or interface could be easier to understand."

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of PRTG Network Monitor are bandwidth utilization, user-friendliness, all past report simple retrievals, and timeout features. Additionally, if the solution does go down it is simple to bring it back.

What needs improvement?

PRTG Network Monitor could improve by having descriptions for the tab usages. The dashboards or interface could be easier to understand.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using PRTG Network Monitor for approximately two and a half years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

PRTG Network Monitor is scalable.

We have approximately 200 to 250 devices that are being used with PRTG Network Monitor.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used other solutions previously but they did not compare in features with that of PRTG Network Monitor.

How was the initial setup?

The setup of PRTG Network Monitor is simple. There are five or six steps to complete it. 

We have more than two locations and for that two locations' network connectivities, we are using PRTG Network Monitor. For example, we monitor firewalls, switches, and for ISPs. For servers, we are using the Zabbix.

What about the implementation team?

One person is monitoring everything using PRTG Network Monitor. We have been providing support to our customers.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We are using the premium version of PRTG Network Monitor. The price of the solution is a bit higher than competitors but it is worth the extra money. However, it would be helpful if the price was lower.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I have compared other tools to PRTG Network Monitor. I found that PRTG Network Monitor is more user-friendly than the others I compared.

What other advice do I have?

I rate PRTG Network Monitor a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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CTO at Joan Cross Infosystems Ltd
Reseller
Top 5
Different monitoring probes available, good support, and reliable
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of PRTG Network Monitor is the different monitoring probes available."
  • "PRTG Network Monitor could improve the price."

What is our primary use case?

PRTG Network Monitor is used by network monitoring teams for keeping a tab on services that are down. Once you are aware of a failure you are able to quickly reinstate the service before customers or brand users notice. This can be done even before the service is down, if you see a pattern of service degradation, it can quickly attend to it.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of PRTG Network Monitor is the different monitoring probes available.

What needs improvement?

PRTG Network Monitor could improve the price.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using PRTG Network Monitor for approximately three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

PRTG Network Monitor is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have two clients that are using PRTG Network Monitor.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support from PRTG Network Monitor has been good.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I rate the licensing for PRTG Network Monitor an eight out of ten.

What other advice do I have?

I rate PRTG Network Monitor an eight out of ten.

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Dev Ops Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Excellent basic monitoring of computer resources and usage but not suited for complex environments
Pros and Cons
  • "What I've found most valuable is the custom sensor, which allows you to write scripts or code to monitor a specific metric in your environment."
  • "PRTG's application monitoring sensor is not strong."

What is our primary use case?

We use PRTG network monitoring to monitor our server, especially for computing resources. 

What is most valuable?

What I've found most valuable is the custom sensor, which allows you to write scripts or code to monitor a specific metric in your environment.

What needs improvement?

PRTG's application monitoring sensor is not strong and could be improved, and I've also had some issues with it crashing during upgrades. In the next release, I would like to see the ability to monitor connections between services.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for more than a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The platform is stable - other than the issues with upgrading, we haven't encountered any problems with it.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I think the platform is relatively scalable - we added two additional probes, and everything has worked fine without any issues.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support team is very responsive.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was relatively easy.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Adding extra sensors will incur an additional cost.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I evaluated Centron, which is more flexible and customizable, but I think that PRTG is easier to administer. The initial setup with PRTG is also easier than with other solutions at the same level.

What other advice do I have?

PRTG is very good for basic monitoring of computer resources and usage. However, if you have relatively complex environments, you may need a different product. I would give this solution a rating of six out of ten.

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CEO & Founder at SISTECO
Reseller
Lightweight, network discovery works well, and generally maintains the health of your network
Pros and Cons
  • "Network Discovery is a feature that our customers like a lot."
  • "The technical support could respond a little bit quicker."

What is our primary use case?

We are a service provider in the IT industry, and this is one of the products that we implement for our clients. We are using this product ourselves, and we have several customers who are also using it.

It is basically used for monitoring alerts, such as memory from a server has gone down.

What is most valuable?

Network Discovery is a feature that our customers like a lot.

The ability to maintain the health of the network is very good.

The user interface is okay.

This is a very lightweight solution.

What needs improvement?

The technical support could respond a little bit quicker.

A better console would be an improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with PRTG Network Monitor for approximately five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is excellent.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The networks in Guatemala are not very large, so scalability has not been an issue for us.

Our clients are typically medium-sized businesses.

We are working towards increasing the number of deployments.

How are customer service and technical support?

I would rate the technical support and eight out of ten. They could be a little better in terms of response speed. Usually, they respond the next day.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward and very simple. The length of time required for deployment depends on the size of the network but usually, we're talking about two hours.

What about the implementation team?

We provide technical support to our customers who are using this product.

On average, two people are required for deployment and maintenance.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing is okay and it is cheaper than some competing products.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

The other product that our customers normally consider is SolarWinds.

SolarWinds is a more robust solution, and as such, it is much more expensive than PRTG. Most of the time, based on budget, our customers choose PRTG.

What other advice do I have?

For me, this is a nice solution and I would rate it an eight out of ten.

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Mourice Guya - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Technical Manager at Laser Infrastructure and Technology Solutions
Real User
Top 10
Useful dashboards, stable, and easy implementation
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of PRTG Network Monitor is the dashboards. We can check to see the resources and the uptime."
  • "PRTG Network Monitor can improve by adding prevention and detection features."

What is our primary use case?

We are mostly using PRTG Network Monitor for monitoring servers, and switches. For example, we monitor uptime on critical resources.

How has it helped my organization?

The solution has benefited our organization by showing us when devices are up and when you are down, and we can do an analysis on the availability of the resources.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of PRTG Network Monitor is the dashboards. We can check to see the resources and the uptime.

What needs improvement?

PRTG Network Monitor can improve by adding prevention and detection features.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using PRTG Network Monitor for approximately two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of the PRTG Network Monitor is good.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

PRTG Network Monitor is scalable. You can also deploy it on Linux and Windows. We have approximately 350 people using this solution in my company.

We are an IT company that deploys this solution on more than one site.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We have been using OP Network Manager in parallel with PRTG Network Monitor.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of PRTG Network Monitor was easy. The implementation took approximately a couple of hours.

What about the implementation team?

The implementation of PRTG Network Monitor was done in-house. The deployment can be done by one person.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price of PRTG Network Monitor is more expensive than other solutions, such as OP Network Manager.

What other advice do I have?

We are not using all the features available in the solution.

We have three technical support people who manage the solution.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate PRTG Network Monitor an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Mourice GuyaInformation Technology Technical Manager at Laser Infrastructure and Technology Solutions
Top 10Real User

It is simple and easy to use.

Heritier Daya - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 5
Long term stability, with easy in-house deployment, for optimal results
Pros and Cons
  • "PRTG Network Monitor is a very stable product."
  • "I would like the ability to monitor Cisco IRS devices."

What is our primary use case?

We use it to monitor our network because we have a central site that connects to many remote sites, and we have primary and alternative links. We need to monitor both links for each site to be able to react when it is necessary in case of failure. It is beneficial for us to check the connectivity and bandwidth used in a particular channel.

What is most valuable?

There are good tools for monitoring purposes. 

What needs improvement?

There are some restrictions for usage and sales that need to be ironed out for the country of Congo. I would like the ability to monitor Cisco IRS devices.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using PRTG Network Monitor for the past twenty-two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

PRTG Network Monitor is a very stable product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

PRTG Network Monitor is a scalable product even though there are currently restrictions in our country.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward and easy to deploy.

What about the implementation team?

We deployed PRTG Network Monitor through our own in-house team.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate PRTG Network Monitor a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Service management specialist at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
A stable and scalable monitoring solution with a useful integration
Pros and Cons
  • "The Slack integration is fantastic, and I've actually found it to be very useful recently."
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

We use PRTG Network Monitor for network monitoring. We mainly monitor uptime on our switches and our network environment, and we're looking at expanding into server monitoring as well.

What is most valuable?

The Slack integration is fantastic, and I've actually found it to be very useful recently.

What needs improvement?

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.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using PRTG Network Monitor for nearly ten years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

PRTG Network Monitor is very stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

PRTG Network Monitor is very easy to scale.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support was really good because I did get answers for what I was trying to do. They're very good.

How was the initial setup?

When we first built it, it was very simple, but we completely rebuilt our PRTG about four years ago with the help of an external partner. It took us about one or two months to deploy this solution.

We don't perform any maintenance as such. Just every now and then, we update to the latest version to keep it fresh. We're always interested in making sure that our environment is as secure as possible. That's why we always put in the latest code.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented this solution with the help of an external partner. Our experience with the external partner was good.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price is actually on the cheaper side. If you're going with the unlimited license code, it's very cheap compared to competitors unless you're going for something free, like Zabbix. But you get what you pay for, and it doesn't have the full suite of products or tools like SolarWinds or a ScienceLogic.

What other advice do I have?

If someone were looking for a basic monitoring tool for servers and networks, I would recommend PRTG Network Monitor. If they're looking at the whole stack and potentially integrating with an ITSM platform or looking at it for something like CMDB correction as well, there are other tools that I would actually recommend. I would recommend something like ScienceLogic if they were looking for full-stack integration with ITSM, CMDB, monitoring, and auto resolution.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give PRTG Network Monitor an eight.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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