Intermapper vs. Observium

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Intermapper
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Intermapper is a network monitoring and mapping software for hybrid environments. Intermapper provides real-time performance alerts and bandwidth monitoring with cross-platform functionality.N/A
Observium
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
N/AN/A
Pricing
IntermapperObservium
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IntermapperObservium
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsIntermapper pricing is based on number of devices monitored. Intermapper is free for 5 devices or less. Subscription pricing starts at $303 for 25 devices. Device-based pricing starts at $765 for 25 devices.—
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IntermapperObservium
Considered Both Products
Intermapper

No answer on this topic

Observium
Chose Observium
Observium is easier to use and "prettier" than most of the other open source tools out there. It's also significantly cheaper than most of the mid-range NMS products out there, and several orders of magnitude cheaper than the big boys. It tends to be my go-to NMS for these …
Top Pros
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Features
IntermapperObservium
Network Performance Monitoring
Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Intermapper
7.2
8 Ratings
13% below category average
Observium
-
Ratings
Automated network device discovery7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Network monitoring8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Baseline threshold calculation7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Alerts7.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Network capacity planning7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Packet capture analysis7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Network mapping8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Wireless infrastructure monitoring7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Hardware health monitoring7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
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IntermapperObservium
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Score 8.8 out of 10
Intermapper
Intermapper
Score 8.6 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
IntermapperObservium
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(9 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
IntermapperObservium
Likelihood to Recommend
Fortra
Intermapper is a light weight, quick and easy to use monitoring application. It will get you up and monitoring key infrastructure devices with a simple management interface and effective alert system that doesn't generate a lot of noise. It provides mobile device access through a web interface and is relatively inexpensive.
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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
Fortra
  • The best thing about Intermapper is that it is map-based. You start by building your map, which is done completely automatically. I've used many different monitoring software packages, Solarwinds, Nagios, Opmanager, and it is a royal PITA to create live maps with those.
  • Another great feature is that it shows you, visually, the bandwidth utilization of your network by using "ants" and color codes. Incredibly useful.
  • Alarms are very easy to setup, again much easier than the packages mentioned above.
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Observium
  • Automatic device discovery.
  • Scalability
  • Real-time monitoring.
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Cons
Fortra
  • Setting up probes in bulk can be difficult, so it can take a long time to get the system set up correctly to start.
  • Sometimes the probes can be sensitive and report false positives.
  • Interface can be a little clunky and non intuitive at times.
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Observium
  • Documentation
  • Community support
  • Easy to set up but hard to customise fully
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Support Rating
Fortra
The product works well and is very easy to maintain. As such, we haven't had many occasions to use support. When we have called them they were easy to contact and responsive to our questions. We have had the product for years and it may have been a year or better since the last time we contacted them.
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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
Fortra
Intermapper is a cross between WhatsUp Gold and Nagios. WhatsUp Gold being for a less technical end-user and Nagios doing more than just SNMP scans and up down monitoring.
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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
Fortra
  • Downtime costs money. Every minute we can get ahead of an outage is time that a plant is not sitting there waiting. We don't need to wait for a call from a plant, we know they are down immediately and we can begin troubleshooting.
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Observium
  • It is good for DC admin.
  • Only positive impact.
  • Highly recommended.
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ScreenShots

Intermapper Screenshots

Screenshot of Intermapper maps are flexible to configure exactly to your liking.Screenshot of See your devices on a Google map. Access on any device with our web-based version.Screenshot of Device statuses give you real-time information about how your equipment is performing