We performed a comparison between ManageEngine OpManager and Nagios XI 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."
"The uptime and monitoring are valuable to us because we need to monitor the uptime of our services, the memory, and the CPUs."
"The most valuable feature is the monitoring alerts. The administrators are immediately notified and can do the required action immediately. This is the feature we value and use the most."
"Some of the most valuable features are the accessibility of the solution and the fact that it is simpler than other products. For example, discovering devices in the network is very simple, making it user-friendly."
"I like being able to push configurations to multiple devices. If you have the same configurations for all the branches, it's easier to use ManageEngine OpManager and push configurations at once rather than individually pushing them to each device."
"The solution gives pretty good network visibility. I am also impressed with it's monitoring."
"The application monitoring is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The integration with the firewall monitoring, the security monitoring, is great."
"It helps us a lot for monitoring our servers in one console, instead of going to individual servers."
"It is an open-source platform with valuable features for performance and stability."
"Nagios XI is stable."
"Though I downplayed the administrative NCC GUI, this is by far the strongest aspect of the Nagios XI product."
"The most useful aspect of this solution is the ability to customize it for the client agent."
"Nagios XI is a simple monitoring tool with performance management."
"The most valuable feature is the dashboard, where I can have a single screen that provides a summary for hundreds of servers."
"I can monitor a software made in-house to software of bigger companies."
"The Script Module in Nagios is really easy to use and is really cost efficient."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The storage level monitoring needs improvement. It needs storage level monitoring on the server itself. That feature is lacking right now."
"We would like link monitoring included. At times we need to monitor those specific links closely."
"It is sometimes difficult to manage the user interface. It can get very complicated."
"There needs to be improvements to make the solution capable of supporting more devices, and it would be good to see an option for automatic deployment."
"The pricing of the solution is high. They should work to adjust the pricing model to see if they can help reduce costs."
"ManageEngine OpManager could improve by having a better cloud presence."
"ManageEngine OpManager can improve by having better updates for critical issues."
"The licensing for this solution is not straightforward and should be improved."
"I would like to see support for notification via SMS."
"It is really difficult to integrate Nagios XI with another system to generate logs and alert our management of failures in security infrastructure."
"The reporting part should be made simpler. While we can obtain all the reports we need, we always have to create work-arounds to get them."
"Open-source software is usually not user-friendly."
"The Configuration Wizard needs improvement, because not all vendors are present."
"Technical support is an area that needs improvement. It is not available 24/7."
"The scalability of Nagios XI is scalable. However, it is not easy to do."
"There's room for improvement in the visibility, and in the ability to extract information. Stuff like this should be more simple."
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ManageEngine OpManager is ranked 15th in Network Monitoring Software with 22 reviews while Nagios XI is ranked 6th in Network Monitoring Software with 10 reviews. ManageEngine OpManager is rated 8.0, while Nagios XI is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of ManageEngine OpManager writes "Simple and easy to use, and has good probe server and reporting features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nagios XI writes "Reasonably priced, reliable, and good return on investment". ManageEngine OpManager is most compared with SolarWinds NPM, Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, SCOM and WhatsUp Gold, whereas Nagios XI is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios Core, PRTG Network Monitor, Icinga and SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor. See our ManageEngine OpManager vs. Nagios XI report.
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