We compared Nagios XI and PRTG Network Monitor across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Features: Nagios XI received positive feedback for its versatility and adaptability. It offers a diverse selection of plugins and scripts for monitoring needs. PRTG Network Monitor customers like its user-centric approach, straightforward reporting, and customizability.
Room for Improvement: 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. PRTG Network Monitor could improve its performance and resource efficiency. Other pain points include usability and cross-platform compatibility.
Service and Support: Some Nagios XI customers complained about the lack of chat or phone support options. PRTG Network Monitor received mixed reviews for its customer service. Some users commended the support team’s prompt service, while others reported slow response times and noted the lack of remote session support.
Ease of Deployment: 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. PRTG Network Monitor’s setup isn’t considered to be overly complex. Deployment times may vary depending on the environment's complexity and device count.
Pricing: Nagios XI’s pricing is considered reasonable and transparent, with no extra charges. PRTG Network Monitor is deemed reasonably priced and cheaper than its competitors.
ROI: Nagios XI users reported positive outcomes overall, but some said visibility limitations lower the solution’s ROI. Users said that PRTG Network Monitor has proven to save time and money through automation and proactive support.
Comparison Results: 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. PRTG Network Monitor is regarded as a simple, user-friendly, and cost-effective solution, but users would like to see improvements in performance, documentation, integration, and technical support.
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"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."
"BPI: It allows defining peripherals to map business criticality for efficient monitoring, as required."
"An excellent solution that is easy and intuitive to implement."
"Nagios is a custom API manager, and we can expose custom APIs for our integration. This is a great feature."
"The most valuable feature is its support for different types of devices, where it can use all of the equipment that you need."
"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."
"I can monitor a phone on a desk to very big servers of any company."
"The Script Module in Nagios is really easy to use and is really cost efficient."
"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."
"From a network point of view, we can see the state of the network, as well as bandwidth usage and downtime."
"One of its valuable features is the fact that it handles multiple operating systems... And I like the fact that it tells me when things are about to fall over, which means I can preempt it and not have to wake up at three in the morning to fix it."
"The most valuable feature of PRTG Network Monitor is the different monitoring probes available."
"Technical support has been very helpful so far."
"The solution provides us response times to issues."
"The most valuable aspect is the diverse range of features it offers."
"Ability to create a dashboard inside software monitoring."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"Open-source software is usually not user-friendly."
"The Configuration Wizard needs improvement, because not all vendors are present."
"The product could be optimized to improve the administrative user experience via the Nagios Core Configuration (NCC) GUI module."
"We'd like to see more integration capabilities."
"The PNP4Nagios plugin not working easily with XI is an issue for me, because some open source monitoring plugins do not work out of the box. But in the end, you learn to live with it."
"It can be quite difficult to know which drivers and agents to use when setting up."
"There's room for improvement in the visibility, and in the ability to extract information. Stuff like this should be more simple."
"The product's stability could be even better."
"PRTG Network Monitor could improve the price."
"I would like to see them take their graphing tools and convert them into a collector so that we can point telemetry to them"
"The desktop app is the one area where it do with some improvement. From a user's perspective, I would like to be able to get more out of the desktop app as opposed to where we are now with it."
"Sometimes, our PRTG Network Monitor system crashes and a lot of sensors go down."
"The scalability of this solution could improve as well as the automated provisioning of the infrastructure."
"Other monitoring tools that I have used are easier to use."
"Once you start going above 5000 sensors, things do start to get a bit shaky. There are some best practice out there that you will need to adopt and be aware of."
"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."
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Nagios XI is ranked 8th in Network Monitoring Software with 54 reviews while PRTG Network Monitor is ranked 5th in Network Monitoring Software with 96 reviews. Nagios XI is rated 8.2, while PRTG Network Monitor is rated 8.2. 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 PRTG Network Monitor writes "It's an all-in-one solution, and net flow is included in the licensing ". Nagios XI is most compared with Nagios Core, Zabbix, Wireshark, Icinga and SCOM, whereas PRTG Network Monitor is most compared with Zabbix, Centreon, SolarWinds NPM, ManageEngine OpManager and Fortinet FortiSIEM. See our Nagios XI vs. PRTG Network Monitor report.
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I have been given a project at work to compare PRTG and observer , is the any one with that kind of information , I need to prepare the document in a weeks time for system users . can you please assist if you have any kind of information .
thanks
Hi,
I've no experience with PRTG, but you can find that on their site:
www.paessler.com
I used to practice some time ago Nagios, on Linux boxes with web Logic, and
it adapted well to our needs.
I'm no longer experimenting with supervision tools as i switched to backup and
storage.
Regards
E.Boutang
PRTG is a network monitoring tool that uses SNMP protocol. You can configure weblogic server to use SNMP protocol to communicate with PRTG using agents.
The same thing for Oracle ESB, by enabling SNMP traps in the Oracle Servcie bus.
I think your business requirement as well as budget, will determine which
monitoring tool you can use.
I think all network monitoring tools, using SNMP traps, can do the job. Any SW or applications can build an SNMP traps to communicate with the monitoring tool.
You can consult Oracle's manuals for more details.
I hope this will be helpful.
All the best,
Ashraf Galal