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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    kdb+

    Score9 out of 10
    N/Akdb+ is a time series database from kx headquartered in Palo Alto, California, a division of First Derivatives.N/A

    Pandora FMS

    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Pandora FMS is a 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…

    $2,990

    100 nodes

    Pricing
    kdb+Pandora FMS
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    NMS Edition
    $2,990
    100 nodes
    Enterprise Edition
    $4,250
    100 nodes
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    kdb+Pandora FMS
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional Details—Licensed for individual nodes (agents), starting from 100 nodes.
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    User Ratings
    kdb+Pandora FMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    kdb+Pandora FMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kx
    kdb is well suited for real time tick data and time series analytics.
    Incentivized
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    Pandora FMS
    I believe Pandora FMS is a solution that adapts to any type of scenario; it's useful for small businesses as well as large organizations. It more than meets the need to have a comprehensive monitoring system capable of sending alerts instantly and consulting historical data, logs, and trends. Additionally, for small businesses, the free version will be more than sufficient in most cases. And for those who do not want to deploy the service on-premise, there is an option for MaaS (Monitoring as a Service).
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    Pros
    Kx
    • Time series analysis. The built-in vector operations are extremely fast. Also with the q language you can code up any customized analytical ideas quickly.
    • The database are all file based, very easy to maintain.
    • Very solid and fast interface to websocket, so you can interface with javascript easily.
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    Pandora FMS
    • All-in-one software
    • Flexible and easy configuration
    • Multi-platform
    • Design in PERL, CCS and HTML5
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    Cons
    Kx
    • Run time error message readability, particularly for new users.
    • Backwards compatibility between versions.
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    Pandora FMS
    • The interface is not intuitive due to the number of options it has and its organization.
    • It has a free version with limitations, and another paid version. The commercial one has a quite high cost.
    • It has a certain learning curve.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Kx
    switching costs
    Incentivized
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    Pandora FMS
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Kx
    its ok
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    Pandora FMS
    The solution is very complete, and even includes extras such as IPAM.
    Deployment can be a bit unintuitive at first, but once you become familiar with the solution and thanks to its automatic deployment options it ends up being easier than it seemed. The power and options of the solution are its greatest virtue.
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    Support Rating
    Kx
    We don't use it.
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    Pandora FMS
    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.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Kx
    Python is very commonly used for large data analysis and in general is much easier to pickup than kdb+. The biggest drawback of kdb+ is the learning curve.
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    Pandora FMS
    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.
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    Return on Investment
    Kx
    • It perfectly solves most of our real time tick data needs.
    • Finding good kdb resources is slightly difficult. Also new people trying to learn kdb experience a relatively longer learning curve.
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    Pandora FMS
    • Substantial improvement in monitoring service. Detecting alerts on time always results in economic savings.
    • Improvement in the periodic report associated with the capacity plan. The tool is indispensable in decision-making.
    • Centralization and tool savings. Pandora FMS's versatility allows centralizing several functions into a single tool.
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