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80% willing to recommend
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We performed a comparison between Nagios Core 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 Nagios Core vs. SolarWinds AppOptics Report (Updated: March 2024).
768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"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.""I like the way the solution sends alerts and how it keeps on escalating them.""Provides timely notifications.""Alert calls occur anytime a service goes down or a matrix is difficult and that helps us to quickly restore service and transfer work.""The most valuable feature is the performance parameters of the system.""Nagios Core is very configurable. Whatever you want, you can do it.""It has made the life of the network operations staff more proactive in managing the resources of the infrastructure. It prevents disasters long before they can take place.""Nagios Core is stable."

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"I have found the most valuable feature is application performance management.""The product has a great dashboard.""The sum solution, NTA, and DPA.""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."

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Cons
"There is room for improvement in the graphics.""The user interface could be more interactive because it is pretty basic.""The scalability needs improvement, it's not scalable at this time.""The dashboard and monitoring features could be improved.""I believe Nagios Core will need to provide an option for big data platforms in the future.""It's not that easy to install the product itself. Also, the UI is a bit hard for regular users to navigate through.""The tool needs to improve the integrations.""It is a bit slow due to latency."

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"The integration with Unix services should be a bit more straightforward.""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.""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 implementation needs improvement. It needs to get modernized with the newer cloud scenario in both public and private deployment models.""The solution should be more user-friendly."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "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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  • "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:What I like about Nagios Core is that it helps me ensure everything is running smoothly by checking the status of hosts and services.
    Top Answer:I have found Nagios Core to be challenging in terms of its centralized architecture and configuration complexities, especially in a Microsoft environment. Making optimizations or changes often… 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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    13
    Average Words per Review
    380
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    8.2
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    Average Words per Review
    315
    Rating
    8.0
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    Also Known As
    AppOptics, SolarWinds TraceView, Librato
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    Overview

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

    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
    Airbnb, Cisco, PayPal, FanDuel
    TraxoCovea Insurance BTE TechnologyDatarista
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company25%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Retailer13%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Government11%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Educational Organization8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization61%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Computer Software Company6%
    Government5%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise42%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise58%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise70%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business9%
    Midsize Enterprise65%
    Large Enterprise26%
    Buyer's Guide
    Nagios Core vs. SolarWinds AppOptics
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Nagios Core vs. SolarWinds AppOptics and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Nagios Core is ranked 7th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 46 reviews while SolarWinds AppOptics is ranked 49th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 9 reviews. Nagios Core is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds AppOptics is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Nagios Core writes "An Open Source Fully Featured Data Centre Monitoring Tool". 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". Nagios Core is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios XI, Centreon, Icinga and OP5 Monitor, whereas SolarWinds AppOptics is most compared with Dynatrace, SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor, Zabbix, New Relic and Datadog. See our Nagios Core vs. SolarWinds AppOptics report.

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