Pandora FMS Alternatives and Competitors 2019

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is that it is an all-in-one monitoring system. It handles a server, network devices, log management, and remote connections. Some other features we find valuable are: * Easy… more»

How has it helped my organization?

This solution has improved our organization because we gain time by simplifying the root cause analysis. We can easily operate monitoring activities, which decreases operational costs. The features… more»

What needs improvement?

The automation for remediation needs to be improved. Improvements are needed for server and network discovery, including service-based discovery. I would like to see the following features in the next… more»

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Pandora FMS is easy to implement and the pricing of licenses is competitive.

If you previously used a different solution, which one did you use and why did you switch?

I changed solutions because Pandora FMS is an all-in-one solution that is cost-efficient.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We evaluated several products including Nagios XI, HP OpenView, Zabbix, and ManageEngine.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features are: * It's an all-in-one solution for monitoring cloud, virtual, network, and server environments * Service perspective monitoring * Agent and agentless monitoring *… more»

How has it helped my organization?

Pandora FMS (the Flexible Monitoring System) is an all-in-one package solution, and we can monitor our whole system with Service perspective. It gives us the ability to track SLAs of servers and IT… more»

What needs improvement?

You can run an action for an event, but sometimes you need to run a workflow action that consists of several commands or scripts. A nice feature in the next release would be an automation module to… more»

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The license part is not as complicated as some other solutions. You get the license and it includes updates, new versions, and access to the complete library of modules.

If you previously used a different solution, which one did you use and why did you switch?

I have used HP OpenView solutions, Micro Focus ITOM products, and Zabbix.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We evaluated a couple of other solutions before settling on this one. They were Nagios and Zabbix but they were too complicated at first sight.