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."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"I can monitor a software made in-house to software of bigger companies."
"Nagios is stable and it's easy to use the monitoring software, which is why we chose this product."
"It's great for monitoring IT services infrastructure."
"The features I've found the most useful are the plug-ins, the fact that you can connect almost everything to it. That's very useful."
"Nagios XI is a simple monitoring tool with performance management."
"It is an open-source platform with valuable features for performance and stability."
"The ability to set up templates and groups of checks, as well as customize the checks themselves."
"This is a very good solution and it is simple to use, for any company."
"SCOM's most valuable features are the network path feature, reporting, and integration with business intelligence."
"I like the historical reporting of observer metrics."
"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."
"The most valuable features for us are the monitoring, the health explorer, and the console."
"Because it's Windows-based, it actually reports quite well. It reports everything you can think of on the Windows server and allows you to monitor anything. It's excellent for those in the Windows world as it's very good at it."
"Being able to make and customize management packs and send out notifications is very valuable."
"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 solution is used for monitoring the hardware inventory. For instance, it helps with the whole operational monitoring view for the company's infrastructure."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The installation and monitoring need improvement."
"The reporting structure could be more streamlined."
"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."
"They need more documentation for the plugins."
"Open-source software is usually not user-friendly."
"I would like a much easier GUI so that I can delete events and logs, which will free up a lot of space."
"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."
"I would like more customized reports. People should have some customization option on the dashboards for whenever they put multiple lists into it. Beyond customizing the content, there should be the ability to customize the colors so that they can engage some priority and mark challenges separately."
"The end-user components, including the dashboards, the administration console, and the web console, need to be improved."
"Then there is also an issue with capacity and limited space. That is something that needs to be improved."
"SCOM's feature that notifies us when a server is down is not present in recent updates, which has weakened the product."
"Of course, price is always an issue with Microsoft and could be improved."
"The solution’s initial setup is difficult."
"Regarding certain issues in the solution, it can be difficult to generate reports if we have a program that is not user-friendly for reporting. While this is not necessarily negative, we may need to use another solution."
"The interface is a little bit cumbersome and certain actions could be simplified."
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 ManageEngine OpManager, whereas SCOM is most compared with Dynatrace, Zabbix, Datadog, AppDynamics and ManageEngine OpManager. See our Nagios XI vs. SCOM report.
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