We performed a comparison between Microsoft Configuration Manager and Nagios XI based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Server Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The tool's most valuable features are easy patch management and software deployment."
"It saves a lot of money when you can install things automatically and they are installed the exact same way on every computer."
"It does the job and meets our needs. With everybody working remotely these days, we are using this solution to deploy everything. The deployment of PCs is easy."
"Provides great insight into the functionalities of the data scope."
"Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is very scalable."
"The initial setup is straightforward and not too complicated."
"The solution is highly scalable."
"The ease of usability is the most valuable feature. It's user-friendly."
"Nagios XI helped me to draw the network and check for system failures."
"Nagios is a custom API manager, and we can expose custom APIs for our integration. This is a great feature."
"I can monitor a software made in-house to software of bigger companies."
"It is an open-source platform with valuable features for performance and stability."
"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 dashboard allows you to see what's going on in the overall system."
"Nagios XI is a simple monitoring tool with performance management."
"It's a monitoring agent. It's designed to do one thing. Its most valuable feature is its monitoring."
"It would be better if reporting were more user-friendly. I would like to see an upgrade in the reporting structure in the next release. At the moment, you have to use an SQL query or configure it to pull reports through the graphical user interface. Their updates could be more regular. I think Mircosoft updates it every six months. They are also moving many things to Intune, and Microsoft decided to move the deployment solution there. I think SCCM is getting old, and Intune is new."
"There is a reboot issue with the patching. Sometimes, if patching runs into any issue whatsoever, it doesn't reboot but it doesn't tell you it errored out. It just sits there and we don't find out until the next day whether it patched or not. That was a big issue for us. We're working through that. They added some stuff in there now where you can actually tell reboot is pending. But we still need some kind of notification that if something fails or is pending, we know. We shouldn't have to go in and look. They don't have anything for that right now."
"Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager could improve the integration."
"Their compliance reporting is not accurate, and they admitted it on the phone when we had a call with them. We were trying to understand why their numbers didn't match on our compliance reports. It is not accurate and you cannot depend on the compliance reports. The numbers just don't match, and we can't figure out why. We called Microsoft and they said, "Yeah, that's a known issue." But there is no word that they're working on it."
"The operations could be faster and you need some patience with this tool."
"The solution does not support remote devices so the CMG is still required."
"They need to improve the support for the Mac operating system."
"We'd like the solution to make it easier to manage remote users."
"The product does not have SAP monitoring."
"There's room for improvement in the visibility, and in the ability to extract information. Stuff like this should be more simple."
"The scalability of Nagios XI is scalable. However, it is not easy to do."
"The interface could be more user-friendly."
"The installation and monitoring need 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."
"Nagios XI can improve network and hardware monitoring, these parameters should be simplified to allow usage for monitoring. Additionally, if there was automatic reporting it would be helpful."
"The product uses the backend as Perl and could be modified to a more lightweight solution like what's being offered by other vendors."
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Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Server Monitoring with 78 reviews while Nagios XI is ranked 5th in Server Monitoring with 54 reviews. Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2, while Nagios XI is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nagios XI writes "Great for monitoring IT services infrastructure with nice tools and helpful notifications". Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Intune, BigFix and Tanium, whereas Nagios XI is most compared with Nagios Core, Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, Wireshark and Icinga. See our Microsoft Configuration Manager vs. Nagios XI report.
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