We compared Amazon CloudWatch and Nagios XI based on our users' reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Amazon CloudWatch users liked the solution’s simplicity, intuitive interface, and ability to handle large workloads. Users also praised CloudWatch’s comprehensive monitoring and alerts. Nagios XI received positive feedback for its versatility and adaptability. It offers a diverse selection of plugins and scripts for monitoring needs.
Room for improvement: Some reviews mentioned that Amazon CloudWatch could improve performance and dashboard visualization. Others noted that the solution lacked compatibility with some databases. Users have suggested Nagios XI could improve integration, simplify configuration, and make the platform more user-friendly. Nagios XI users also suggest improvements to network visibility and cloud discovery.
Service and Support: Customers generally have positive opinions about Amazon's customer service. They commended the support team for its availability and timely issue resolution. Some Nagios XI customers complained about the lack of chat or phone support options.
Ease of Deployment: Amazon CloudWatch is generally described as easy to set up. Some Nagios XI users found the setup to be relatively simple, while others considered it challenging. Deployment can take a few months to complete, and there’s a steep learning curve.
Pricing: Amazon CloudWatch offers a flexible pricing structure based on usage and processing, without any separate licensing cost. Some users said that scaling up can be costly due to the need for additional storage space. Nagios XI’s pricing is considered reasonable and transparent, with no extra charges.
ROI: Amazon CloudWatch offers a return on investment by minimizing the need for manual monitoring. Nagios XI users reported positive outcomes overall, but some said visibility limitations lower the solution’s ROI.
Comparison Results: Reviewers say that Amazon CloudWatch is a simple, intuitive solution that can handle large workloads, but some mentioned dashboard visualization and customizability as areas for improvement. Nagios XI is an affordable, flexible solution with a broad feature set and a selection of helpful plugins. At the same time, users say the setup can be complex, and some expressed a desire for more convenient ways to contact support.
"The most valuable feature of Amazon CloudWatch is collecting the logs from Lambda."
"The most valuable features of Amazon CloudWatch are metrics, dashboards, alarms, logs, events, logs insight, and application insights."
"It offers direct integrations with various storage providers, making it convenient to push logs from CloudWatch to these external platforms."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon CloudWatch is the monitoring and UI."
"The product helps us collect and store various metrics to set test alarms."
"The monitoring feature is valuable."
"Amazon CloudWatch is a cheap and easy-to-use solution."
"Setting up this product was easy. I found data analytics as its most valuable feature."
"Nagios XI is a simple monitoring tool with performance management."
"The most valuable feature is the monitoring of processes."
"This is a very good solution and it is simple to use, for any company."
"BPI: It allows defining peripherals to map business criticality for efficient monitoring, as required."
"It's great for monitoring IT services infrastructure."
"An excellent solution that is easy and intuitive to implement."
"Nagios XI is stable."
"The solution is pretty stable."
"It's not an advanced way of monitoring."
"What would make Amazon CloudWatch better is if it includes more on-site checks, particularly status checks on the CPU, network input/output, etc. It would also be helpful if there's built-in swap space, disk, and memory monitoring in Amazon CloudWatch because, at the moment, my team has to configure it manually through a shell script."
"Amazon CloudWatch needs improvement. The main thing is we have noticed missing logs."
"The solution's auto-scaling could be improved."
"When customers want to see the CPU or memory utilization there is a cost. This should be free to see the utilization."
"The monitoring part and GUI are areas in Amazon CloudWatch that have shortcomings currently and can be considered for improvements in the future."
"This product lacks some features: real-time data stream monitoring, application performance monitoring, mobile app monitoring, and live dashboards. Its workflows also need improvement."
"We'd like the interface to be as easy as Datadog."
"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."
"I would like a much easier GUI so that I can delete events and logs, which will free up a lot of space."
"I would like to see support for notification via SMS."
"The technical support is variable - sometimes I get answers, but most of my tickets go unanswered."
"It can be quite difficult to know which drivers and agents to use when setting up."
"The product does not have SAP monitoring."
"The scalability of Nagios XI is scalable. However, it is not easy to do."
"The installation and monitoring need improvement."
Amazon CloudWatch is ranked 9th in Cloud Monitoring Software with 40 reviews while Nagios XI is ranked 10th in Cloud Monitoring Software with 54 reviews. Amazon CloudWatch is rated 8.0, while Nagios XI is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon CloudWatch writes "Instantaneous response when monitoring logs and KPIs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nagios XI writes "Great for monitoring IT services infrastructure with nice tools and helpful notifications". Amazon CloudWatch is most compared with Zabbix, Datadog, Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver), Dynatrace and Amazon OpenSearch Service, whereas Nagios XI is most compared with Nagios Core, Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, Wireshark and Icinga. See our Amazon CloudWatch vs. Nagios XI report.
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