Centreon vs. Observium

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Centreon
Score 9.6 out of 10
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Centreon, from the French company of the same name, is an IT infrastructure monitoring platform.N/A
Observium
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
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Pricing
CentreonObservium
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CentreonObservium
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
CentreonObservium
Best Alternatives
CentreonObservium
Small Businesses
Veeam ONE
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Score 8.5 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Icinga
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Score 8.2 out of 10
Intermapper
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Score 8.4 out of 10
Enterprises
LogicMonitor
LogicMonitor
Score 8.9 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
CentreonObservium
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
CentreonObservium
Likelihood to Recommend
Centreon
It is a good product that is robust. They have a free version that makes the value good. If it cost money then the install and plugins would need polishing. But overall it is a good product that does what it says it does. But definitely not for beginners you do need some knowledge to set it up and get it running
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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.
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Pros
Centreon
  • Monitor
  • Install
  • Stability
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Observium
  • Automatic device discovery.
  • Scalability
  • Real-time monitoring.
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Cons
Centreon
  • The install
  • More plugins
  • The alerting
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Observium
  • Documentation
  • Community support
  • Easy to set up but hard to customise fully
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Support Rating
Centreon
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.
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Alternatives Considered
Centreon
Centreon does a good job against these products. Of courseCentreon can be free and that is what we used. So it is not quite the same the other products are more polished and support is readily available. But Centreon is still good and if you have some knowledge can work just as well
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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.
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Return on Investment
Centreon
  • It does monitoring very well
  • Details on issues is good
  • Customization is great.
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Observium
  • It is good for DC admin.
  • Only positive impact.
  • Highly recommended.
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