Barracuda RMM vs. Prometheus

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Barracuda RMM
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Barracuda RMM (based on the former Managed Workplace product acquired by Barracuda from Avast in 2019) is a Remote Monitoring and Management platform. Managed Workplace serves as an agentless tool that MSP’s can use for clients with an emphasis on security assessment and reporting. It also provides other system monitoring functionalities, including patch management, asset management and tracking, and task automation with a library of prebuilt and user-designed scripts. It also offers…N/A
Prometheus
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Prometheus is a service monitoring and time series database, which is open source.N/A
Pricing
Barracuda RMMPrometheus
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Barracuda RMMPrometheus
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Barracuda RMMPrometheus
Features
Barracuda RMMPrometheus
Monitoring Tasks
Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Product A and Product B
Barracuda RMM
9.1
3 Ratings
22% above category average
Prometheus
-
Ratings
Remote monitoring8.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Network device monitoring8.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Tasks
Comparison of Management Tasks features of Product A and Product B
Barracuda RMM
6.6
3 Ratings
6% below category average
Prometheus
-
Ratings
Patch Management6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Policy-based automation7.13 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Barracuda RMMPrometheus
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(7 ratings)
7.7
(35 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
6.8
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
4.2
(3 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Barracuda RMMPrometheus
Likelihood to Recommend
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
With a lot of fine-tuning, it works very well to keep the Tier 2 team aware of almost any variable of interest of notification from your servers. You can automate scripts to deploy based on these events. It's cut down the amount of time spent digging around for answers or sifting through logs. Software deployment could use a lot of work for simplicity. We opted for other apps to accomplish this. The helpdesk function may work for those needing something basic, but again, we opted for a full ITSM based on ITIL. It works well for Remote Desktop Support, even for support on the fly for those who don't have the Premium Desktop app installed.
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Open Source
This program works from the roots of the problem and creates a professional matrix for each of its users. This will give them more skills and resources to carry out tasks and reduce the difficulties of operating each of the processes of my work, as well as being An ally for the manipulation and operability of all your master data; Prometheus is very easy to recommend since it is a program that fulfills its mission.
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Pros
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • Very good reporting. We provide monthly reports to our customers on remote access, patching, etc.
  • Multiple methods of remote access. This is helpful because different scenarios require different remote access methods.
  • The site is easy to navigate/manage. There is not a big learning curve for new employees.
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Open Source
  • Looking at metrics such as the aggregate number of HTTP requests served.
  • Understanding how our services are performing in aggregate.
  • Easy to deploy within a variety of architectures/environments.
  • Open source so new features are added regularly and bugs are fixed in a timely manner.
  • Free so there are no licensing restrictions.
  • Endorsed by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
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Cons
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • Sometimes when using Premium Remote it says that the wrong password was entered but the password is auto-filled by the program, not the user.
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Open Source
  • Customer Service: since this is an open-source tool, customer service is not that great. Generally, you get all answers to your problems in online forums, but in case you got stuck, nobody will assist you in a channelised manner. You will have to find the way out on your own, and it may become frustrating at times.
  • More metrics for dashboards shall be added per the application being monitored. Standards metrics will work in most cases but may not in specific applications. Therefore, customised metrics shall be created for some of the industry-standard niche applications.
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Usability
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
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Open Source
It is usable and one can learn if few people in the team are already using it. It can be difficult to understand at the beginning because of non intuitive UI and syntax of the rules. So, I've gone for 7 points as there is some room for improvement in user interface and rules syntax.
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Support Rating
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
We've tried many times to work with support to accomplish various tasks in the system with minimal responsiveness and success. Most of what we have accomplished has been without support and through trial/error.
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Open Source
Never had to reach out to them.
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Alternatives Considered
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
AVG Managed Workplace has more tools and features. The pre-existing templates and alerts are working properly while Continuum does not even provide service like that. There are some specific tools to work with and they are super easy to complete the task, for example, you can show what was replaced for your client. You can do it with others and even with Excel, but with table grid view mode of AVG will help you to do it more easily.
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Open Source
Highly customized pricing plans to choose from. Lower pricing for the same features compared to competitors. Easy to reach the support team, which provided detailed documentation and helped set up the Prometheus. Monitoring metrics gets very easy after the integration with Grafana. It also has a sophisticated alert setting mechanism to ensure we don't miss anything critical.
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Return on Investment
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • Saves time for employees which saves money for the company.
  • Easy to sell something that gives peace of mind to a customer knowing someone is watching their stuff 24/7.
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Open Source
  • We are still working on the ROI
  • The ROI mentioned during the purchase has not been achieved, however this could be due to lack of data from our side. 2 years of implementation is too early to calculate and confirm the ROI.
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