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We performed a comparison between Icinga and Nagios Core 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.
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"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."

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"The best thing about the solution is how it highlights errors, the issues, and what needs my attention. The solution directs me to areas that I should look for first.""There's a module called Icinga Director, which helps us configure the product using an intuitive interface through clicks instead of creating a text configuration. It's very helpful for us.""I like the ability to amend and adjust things really easily, which is useful in a case where you could make it auto-discover and then set a template to say all of these applications or servers under this template have an automatic threshold set that you’d set up manually.""This solution has a self-healing handler where if the service is down, it is automatically restarted.""The drafts are easy but what I like about Icinga is that there are many add-ons that you can download.""An affordable solution for small organizations to do basic network monitoring.""Icinga does the job and is fairly stable.""It is really easy in Icinga to create your own plugin and integrate it without any fuss. And it works just perfectly fine."

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"The most valuable features are the reports and the way it generates the report in a graphical manner.""Nagios Core is stable.""Nagios monitors our servers, so we know if anything goes wrong and can solve the problem before it happens.""It is fairly easy to set up, and we can monitor pretty much everything we want to.""Our customers like that Nagios Core is an open source solution. It can be customized to our customers' specific needs.""Dashboard provides monitor of total assets.""I like the way the solution sends alerts and how it keeps on escalating them.""We mostly use Nagios Core to integrate with Python and Bash Script."

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"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."

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"The solution lacks many features important to higher-level IT management and network support.""One thing that Icinga lacks is the capability to create advanced and customized dashboards within the tool itself.""It needs Trap SNMP. I saw the documentation for Zabbix, that it has its own built-in product which handles SNMP traps, and there's nothing similar in Icinga or Nagios. I think this feature is most important for me.""Icinga’s automation could be improved.""One of the areas that are frustrating is remote monitoring for more than one machine.""I think the software is quite good, but we have had problems with getting it to recognize certain areas and amend certain checks, where we needed so we would have to create backend scripts for those checks. Though, being open source, it has the support to create backend scripts, it would be better to have these scripts in-built.""The tool currently fails to provide notifications to users.""At this time, the layout of the website is a bit difficult. It should be more user-friendly for changing the background and logos."

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"The initial setup process could be easier.""Cloud monitoring is an area for improvement because there aren't too many plugins available.""Bandwidth monitoring is the pain point for me because Nagios Core does not monitor bandwidth effectively like Cacti does.""We're using the free version, which limits us in terms of the things that we can do. If we had the paid version, a lot of our issues would probably go away. For example, we can't isolate instances that are being built or updated with the production ones. When they're being built, on Nagios, they're showing in red. It'd be nice to be able to partition those off until they're all green, and then we can bring them into the environment. This is probably because we've got the free version and not the paid version. If we went for the paid version, it would probably allow us to do exactly what we want to or remove the restrictions that we have, but if we are able to isolate instances in the free version, it would make life much easier.""The user interface could be more interactive because it is pretty basic.""It would be nice if the company offered a sales or contract manager that was dedicated to our company so that we would have some sort of link to Nagios, and if we had issues or questions, we'd be able to contact them directly.""The core version is no match for the XI version.""I would like to see more training videos."

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  • "The product is inexpensive compared to other DBM products."
  • "This is an open-source solution with paid support."
  • "It's an open-source solution."
  • "We're using the free version of Icinga."
  • "Even though Icinga's financial cost is low, it is an expensive product regarding the resources required to maintain and operate it."
  • "The solution is free to use."
  • "The solution is cheap."
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  • "It's free."
  • "The Nagios Core (PNP4Nagios + Core) is free and can be setup by Netadmin within a few hours. The only additional cost is the cloud server."
  • "We have saved a lot of time, money, and effort in reducing disaster times, which is owed to Nagios quick alerting."
  • "Nagios Core is free to use."
  • "Lessening the price point would be an improvement."
  • "We are using the open-source, unpaid version."
  • "Most the plugin features are free."
  • "We are using the free version."
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    Overview

    Juniper Mist Premium Analytics is a comprehensive network analytics solution that provides organizations with valuable insights into their network performance and user experience. The primary use case of this product is to enable IT teams to proactively monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize their network infrastructure.

    The most valuable functionality of Juniper Mist Premium Analytics is its AI-driven insights and recommendations. Leveraging machine learning algorithms, it analyzes vast amounts of network data to identify anomalies, predict potential issues, and suggest remediation actions. This proactive approach helps organizations minimize network downtime, improve user experience, and optimize network performance.

    By providing real-time visibility into network performance, Juniper Mist Premium Analytics helps organizations quickly identify and resolve network issues. It offers detailed analytics on network traffic, application performance, and user behavior, allowing IT teams to pinpoint the root cause of problems and take immediate action. This not only reduces troubleshooting time but also enhances overall network reliability.

    Furthermore, Juniper Mist Premium Analytics enables organizations to optimize their network infrastructure. It provides insights into network capacity utilization, application usage patterns, and user behavior, allowing IT teams to make informed decisions about network design, resource allocation, and capacity planning. This helps organizations to ensure that their network is efficiently utilized and can support the growing demands of their users.

    Icinga monitors infrastructures of all sizes with the integrated cluster system secured by SSL, Integrates with DevOps tools and uses an object based configuration or provision on users' monitoring code through the REST API. Icinga has a lightweight and extensible web interface to keep an eye on your environment and provides modules that extend the functionality of Icinga Web 2. Additionally, it offers a fully preconfigured monitoring stack or just add an external perspective.

    This is IT infrastructure monitoring's industry-standard, open-source core. Free without professional support services.

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    Puppet Labs, Audi, Spacex, Debian, Snapdeal, McGill, RIPE Network Coordination Centre
    Airbnb, Cisco, PayPal, FanDuel
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Government8%
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    Financial Services Firm29%
    Computer Software Company29%
    Educational Organization14%
    University14%
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    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Government7%
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    Computer Software Company25%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Retailer13%
    Manufacturing Company8%
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    Computer Software Company15%
    Government11%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Educational Organization8%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise63%
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    Small Business47%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise37%
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    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise61%
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    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise42%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise59%
    Buyer's Guide
    Icinga vs. Nagios Core
    March 2024
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    Icinga is ranked 23rd in Network Monitoring Software with 8 reviews while Nagios Core is ranked 8th in Network Monitoring Software with 14 reviews. Icinga is rated 7.6, while Nagios Core is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Icinga writes "Excels as a monitoring tool for Linux and AIX servers, providing health checks, service monitoring, process tracking, and overall system health management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nagios Core writes "An Open Source Fully Featured Data Centre Monitoring Tool". Icinga is most compared with Zabbix, Checkmk, Nagios XI, Centreon and PRTG Network Monitor, whereas Nagios Core is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios XI, Centreon, OP5 Monitor and Netdata. See our Icinga vs. Nagios Core report.

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