Argus vs. Observium

Argus

8 Reviews and Ratings

Observium

13 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Argus	Score 8.5 out of 10	N/A	Argus is open source network audit technology, providing a network activity audit engine for all network traffic, not just IP. It was modeled after the Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTN) Call Detail Record (CDR), and is designed to account for all network activity in a way that can support all types of network management functions, including security management.	$0 per month
Observium	Score 9.1 out of 10	N/A	N/A	N/A

Pricing

Argus

Observium

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Argus	Observium
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Argus	Observium
Top Pros	Pro Easily integrated Pro No user Pro Easy to sort	Pro Using the product Pro Data collection Pro Power consumption
Top Cons	Minus Service reps Minus Need to improve Minus Customer service reps	Minus Community support Minus Time frame Minus Customized dashboards

Best Alternatives
	Argus	Observium
Small Businesses	No answers on this topic	NinjaOne Score 9.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	PRTG Score 8.5 out of 10	Intermapper Score 8.5 out of 10
Enterprises	PRTG Score 8.5 out of 10	SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM) Score 8.8 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Argus	Observium
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (4 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	5.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Argus	Observium
Likelihood to Recommend	Open Source No answers on this topic	Observium If you are on a budget, this is one heck of a tool for the price (including the ~$200/year for the Pro subscription). If you are OK with maintaining and updating open source tools, this is a great tool. If you are afraid of the Linux command line or live in a Windows-centric world, this might not be the tool for you. If you can't stand things occasionally not working, this is probably not a good fit. Incentivized Derek Dolan Senior System Administrator Read full review
Pros	Open Source No answers on this topic	Observium Automatic device discovery. Scalability Real-time monitoring. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Open Source No answers on this topic	Observium Documentation Community support Easy to set up but hard to customise fully Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	Open Source No answers on this topic	Observium It's open source. Your mileage may vary. Sometimes the provided documentation is beyond frustrating, other times it's right on the mark. Incentivized Derek Dolan Senior System Administrator Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Open Source No answers on this topic	Observium I haven't used other products that are similar to Observium. Observium is an open tool, with a robust feature set. There are elements of comparable monitoring across other tools, but nothing I've seen that is a complete parallel in terms of feature set and visualizations. If I were asked, I wouldn't have another tool to recommend over Observium. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Open Source No answers on this topic	Observium It is good for DC admin. Only positive impact. Highly recommended. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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