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We performed a comparison between Icinga and SolarWinds AppOptics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Icinga vs. SolarWinds AppOptics Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"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.""Macros and the ability to connect it to Google Maps are valuable features.""We have found the solution to be stable.""The drafts are easy but what I like about Icinga is that there are many add-ons that you can download.""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.""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.""The value of Icinga is that it has hundreds of plugins, so it's really easy to monitor pretty much anything.""Icinga has multiple automation and integration features. There is an API for everything and a web UI for configurations. The APIs enable you to automate tasks in Icinga. We can also use plugins to talk to the API. The Icinga Director talks to a database in the background, and you can import settings from the CMDB to all systems in Icinga."

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"I have found the most valuable feature is application performance management.""The product has a great dashboard.""Some of the most valuable features of SolarWinds are the topology discovery and network performance analysis.""The reporting of the solution is very good.""Technical support is always live and they're supportive.""The sum solution, NTA, and DPA."

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Cons
"The user interface should be improved.""One thing that Icinga lacks is the capability to create advanced and customized dashboards within the tool itself.""The installation and configuration are very complex.""At this time, the layout of the website is a bit difficult. It should be more user-friendly for changing the background and logos.""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.""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.""Icinga’s automation could be improved.""Icinga is a complex solution that's hard to learn. It's a powerful product for monitoring, but new users will have a hard time figuring out what to do."

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"The implementation needs improvement. It needs to get modernized with the newer cloud scenario in both public and private deployment models.""In terms of the technology, I think they need to put some more advanced troubleshooting into SolarWinds, in terms of AI capabilities. That's the next generation, especially in the cases of APIs which have already adopted AI capabilities into their products.""The integration with Unix services should be a bit more straightforward.""The solution should be more user-friendly.""AppOptics would benefit from having a much more centralized view.""I would like to see more integration with other tools that are available on the market."

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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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  • "Mostly, it's a perpetual license. We don't have any customers using the subscription right now—it's mostly a perpetual license that the customers purchase. The licensing is based on the number of elements, whereas other solutions are node-based."
  • "I believe the current licensing cost is reasonable."
  • "Since it's a negotiable rate, I would rate the pricing as a five out of five."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: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.
    Top Answer:I wasn't involved with the finance side of the product. I just tested the product and gave feedback to the IT team in our company.
    Top Answer:I didn't have a problem with Icinga since I just use it for monitoring purposes. I haven't faced any issues with Icinga to date, and I think that it is a good solution. Right now, in my company… more »
    Top Answer:The solution should be more user-friendly.
    Top Answer:I used the solution for monitoring servers and network equipment.
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    Also Known As
    Icinga Cloud Monitoring
    AppOptics, SolarWinds TraceView, Librato
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    Overview
    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.

    AppOptics is a SaaS-based simple, powerful and affordable Infrastructure & Application monitoring for custom on-premises, cloud, and hybrid systems. 

    Your business runs on applications, and when they go down or run slowly, it can impact the business in lost productivity, customers, or revenue. To add to the complexity, your IT environment is changing, and workloads can be spread across data centers, and cloud resources. You need to monitor the availability and performance of applications and infrastructure, regardless of where they are, so you can identify potential issues early and address them before they impact users

    Sample Customers
    Puppet Labs, Audi, Spacex, Debian, Snapdeal, McGill, RIPE Network Coordination Centre
    TraxoCovea Insurance BTE TechnologyDatarista
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm29%
    Computer Software Company29%
    Educational Organization14%
    University14%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization60%
    Computer Software Company6%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Government5%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business47%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise37%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise61%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise70%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business9%
    Midsize Enterprise64%
    Large Enterprise27%
    Buyer's Guide
    Icinga vs. SolarWinds AppOptics
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Icinga vs. SolarWinds AppOptics and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Icinga is ranked 24th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 16 reviews while SolarWinds AppOptics is ranked 50th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 9 reviews. Icinga is rated 7.6, while SolarWinds AppOptics is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Icinga writes "A stable, scalable and cost-effective solution that helps with inbuilt scripts for easy modification". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds AppOptics writes "Unique features allow consolidating and combing metrics into a single dashboard, but don't monitor mobile solutions". Icinga is most compared with Zabbix, Checkmk, Nagios Core, Nagios XI and Centreon, whereas SolarWinds AppOptics is most compared with Dynatrace, Zabbix, SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor, ServiceNow IT Operations Management and New Relic. See our Icinga vs. SolarWinds AppOptics report.

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