NETSCOUT vSTREAM vs Nagios Core comparison

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We performed a comparison between Nagios Core and NETSCOUT vSTREAM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."

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"The most valuable feature of Nagios Core is the ability to check the availability of the server for network connectivity. Additionally, the interface is good.""The most valuable features are the reports and the way it generates the report in a graphical manner.""Provides timely notifications.""Key features include the GUI interface, its notification capabilities, and the real-time reporting.""The most valuable feature is the performance parameters of the system.""Nagios Core is stable.""Our customers like that Nagios Core is an open source solution. It can be customized to our customers' specific needs.""We use the product to monitor server applications."

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"One of the valuable features is the packet decoding.""vSTREAM gives us better visibility and reporting about our network infrastructure, allowing for cost-optimization."

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Cons
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."

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"The tool needs to improve the integrations.""Would benefit from aggregations if a particular server goes down.""Making it a little easier to configure and set up from the start would help. There are multiple layers that you have to wade through to be able to set it up, to do it the right way, and to get it to do what you want it to do.""I would like to see a sensor that shows the traffic of a user and what they're doing on the network.""Nagios Core can improve the graphical interface, it would make things a little easier.""The scalability needs improvement, it's not scalable at this time.""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."

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"I would like for it to have a smaller footprint of the virtual appliance and better performance.""I would like to see improvements made to the user guide.""Room for improvement exists in filtering in the packet decode."

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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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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points.
    Top Answer:The product is not expensive. I rate the product’s pricing a seven out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.
    Top Answer:The Wi-Fi side needs improvement. In most warehouse environments, there are shortfalls in such conditions. We often face… more »
    Top Answer:What I like about Nagios Core is that it helps me ensure everything is running smoothly by checking the status of hosts… more »
    Top Answer:I have found Nagios Core to be challenging in terms of its centralized architecture and configuration complexities… more »
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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.

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

    The vSTREAM virtual appliance complements existing Adaptive Session Intelligence (ASI)-based instrumentation to provide the same level of visibility within virtualized and cloud infrastructures that is already possible in physical environments. The vSTREAM virtual appliance is ideal for monitoring service-critical traffic running within virtualized or cloud infrastructures, either locally on a host or as an aggregation point for multiple hosts. With complete visibility across physical, virtual and cloud networks, the vSTREAM virtual appliance presents real-time views of end-to-end call trace data and network-wide KPIs, to protect the reliability and availability of networks and application services.

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    Airbnb, Cisco, PayPal, FanDuel
    Metropolitan Police Agency, Banpara, PropertyRoom.com
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Government8%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company25%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Retailer13%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company15%
    Government11%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Educational Organization8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Government15%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Healthcare Company8%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise63%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise42%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise59%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    Nagios Core is ranked 8th in Network Monitoring Software with 46 reviews while NETSCOUT vSTREAM is ranked 70th in Network Monitoring Software. Nagios Core is rated 8.0, while NETSCOUT vSTREAM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Nagios Core writes "An Open Source Fully Featured Data Centre Monitoring Tool". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETSCOUT vSTREAM writes "Troubleshooting at the packet level helps us resolve issues more quickly". Nagios Core is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios XI, Centreon, Icinga and OP5 Monitor, whereas NETSCOUT vSTREAM is most compared with vRealize Network Insight, Azure Network Watcher, NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG, Arista Data ANalyZer and NETSCOUT nGeniusONE.

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