Argus vs. Pandora FMS

Argus

Pandora FMS

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
Pandora FMS	Score 9.0 out of 10	Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)	Pandora FMS is a flexible monitoring solution. It is presented as ideal for medium and big-sized environments with at least 100 devices. Users can monitor any device, infrastructure, application, IT as well as business processes and services. It allows business users to obtain information from their concerns in real time, visualizing the data in a direct way. The solution boasts users among companies and organizations in more than 40 countries around the world, who according to the…	$2,990 100 nodes

Pricing

Argus

Pandora FMS

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

NMS Edition: $2,990
100 nodes
Enterprise Edition: $4,250
100 nodes

Offerings

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

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Required

Additional Details

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Licensed for individual nodes (agents), starting from 100 nodes.

More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Argus	Pandora FMS
Top Pros	Pro Easily integrated Pro No user Pro Easy to sort	Pro Value for money Pro Excellent support Pro Easy configuration
Top Cons	Minus Service reps Minus Need to improve Minus Customer service reps	Minus Initial setup Minus Easier to customize Minus Security monitoring

Features

Argus

Pandora FMS

Network Performance Monitoring

Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
	Argus - Ratings	Pandora FMS 8.0 1 Ratings 3% below category average
Automated network device discovery	00 Ratings	9.11 Ratings
Network monitoring	00 Ratings	8.21 Ratings
Baseline threshold calculation	00 Ratings	6.41 Ratings
Alerts	00 Ratings	9.11 Ratings
Network capacity planning	00 Ratings	7.31 Ratings
Packet capture analysis	00 Ratings	7.31 Ratings
Network mapping	00 Ratings	7.31 Ratings
Customizable reports	00 Ratings	9.11 Ratings
Wireless infrastructure monitoring	00 Ratings	7.31 Ratings
Hardware health monitoring	00 Ratings	9.11 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Argus	Pandora FMS
Small Businesses	No answers on this topic	NinjaOne Score 9.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	PRTG Score 8.5 out of 10	Nmap Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprises	PRTG Score 8.5 out of 10	Nmap Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Argus	Pandora FMS
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Argus	Pandora FMS
Likelihood to Recommend	Open Source No answers on this topic	Pandora FMS LLC Pandora FMS adjusts to the client's need, from a simple configuration of a single server to a complex scenario with high availability support without additional licensing costs. Guillermo Sanchez CEO, CTO & Co-Fundador Read full review
Pros	Open Source No answers on this topic	Pandora FMS LLC All-in-one software Flexible and easy configuration Multi-platform Design in PERL, CCS and HTML5 Guillermo Sanchez CEO, CTO & Co-Fundador Read full review
Cons	Open Source No answers on this topic	Pandora FMS LLC Community version small features Guillermo Sanchez CEO, CTO & Co-Fundador Read full review
Support Rating	Open Source No answers on this topic	Pandora FMS LLC The support team answers very quickly. They are always willing to find a solution to any need that is required by us or one of our clients. Guillermo Sanchez CEO, CTO & Co-Fundador Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Open Source No answers on this topic	Pandora FMS LLC Before using Pandora FMS, tests were carried out with all these tools: Nagios Zabbix System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) IBM Tivoli PRTG SolarWinds Pandora FMS allows simple customization by making adjustments to text files, developing agent add-ons without the need to be a programmer, there is no scenario where we could not take data and save it in PandoraFMS, IoT, industrial products, and everything that any client needs to monitor. Guillermo Sanchez CEO, CTO & Co-Fundador Read full review
Return on Investment	Open Source No answers on this topic	Pandora FMS LLC It is a tool with an appropriate cost that allows to have results in a very limited time. Having a health dashboard and alerts of important business in the company is an important differential with any other monitoring solution on the market. Monitoring can be adjusted to the business, considering service SLAs and adjusting the platform according to the needs of each department of the company. Guillermo Sanchez CEO, CTO & Co-Fundador Read full review
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