ManageEngine Applications Manager vs. PRTG Network Monitor

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ManageEngine Applications Manager
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
ManageEngine Applications Manager is an application performance management solution that also provides the ability to manage end user experience of enterprise Internet Services and hosted Web Services.
$395
per year per user
PRTG
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
PRTG Network Monitor is the flagship offering from German software company Paessler, for monitoring local and wide area networks (LANs & WANs), servers, websites, apps, and more.
$2,149
per year
Pricing
ManageEngine Applications ManagerPRTG Network Monitor
Editions & Modules
Professional Edition
$395
per year per user
Enterprise Edition
$9,595
per year per user
PRTG 500
$2,149
per year
Hosted 500
$2,149
per year
PRTG 1,000
$3,899
per year
Hosted 1000
$3,899
per year
PRTG 2,500
$8,099
per year
Hosted 2500
$8,099
per year
PRTG 5,000
$14,199
per year
Hosted 5000
$14,199
per year
PRTG 10000
$17,899
per year
PRTG Enterprise
Custom Pricing
subscription license
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ManageEngine Applications ManagerPRTG
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
ManageEngine Applications ManagerPRTG Network Monitor
Considered Both Products
ManageEngine Applications Manager
Chose ManageEngine Applications Manager
The ease of implementation, administration, maintenance and integration with the multiple types of monitors that the platform can collect (DATABASE, PROCESSES, SERVICES, PERFORMANCE, STORAGE, TABLESPACE, PORTS, DATA FOLDERS, CLOUD APPS, VIRTUALIZATION COMPONENTS, etc.) It took …
Chose ManageEngine Applications Manager
Port monitoring is the main reason to switch from other products and have the best support response from ManageEngine.
PRTG
Chose PRTG Network Monitor
We were experience with isolate product from platform's vendor.
Later, the fist experience with an angnostic product was ManageYa te Engine OpManager. Then we change to PRTG Network Monitor because the cost of OpManager was really expensive with our infraestructure. The …
Features
ManageEngine Applications ManagerPRTG Network Monitor
Application Performance Management
Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
ManageEngine Applications Manager
9.2
13 Ratings
17% above category average
PRTG Network Monitor
-
Ratings
Application monitoring9.211 Ratings00 Ratings
Database monitoring9.111 Ratings00 Ratings
Threshold alerts8.913 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive capabilities9.212 Ratings00 Ratings
Application performance management console9.310 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaboration tools9.95 Ratings00 Ratings
Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications9.013 Ratings00 Ratings
Application dependency mapping and thresholding9.111 Ratings00 Ratings
Virtualization monitoring8.912 Ratings00 Ratings
Server availability and performance monitoring9.213 Ratings00 Ratings
Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting8.912 Ratings00 Ratings
IT Asset Discovery9.95 Ratings00 Ratings
Network Performance Monitoring
Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
ManageEngine Applications Manager
-
Ratings
PRTG Network Monitor
7.4
66 Ratings
8% below category average
Automated network device discovery00 Ratings7.559 Ratings
Network monitoring00 Ratings9.465 Ratings
Baseline threshold calculation00 Ratings7.656 Ratings
Alerts00 Ratings8.766 Ratings
Network capacity planning00 Ratings5.747 Ratings
Packet capture analysis00 Ratings7.033 Ratings
Network mapping00 Ratings5.746 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings6.256 Ratings
Wireless infrastructure monitoring00 Ratings7.148 Ratings
Hardware health monitoring00 Ratings9.163 Ratings
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User Ratings
ManageEngine Applications ManagerPRTG Network Monitor
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(13 ratings)
8.6
(67 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(1 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.1
(6 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.0
(18 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
ManageEngine Applications ManagerPRTG Network Monitor
Likelihood to Recommend
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
It has strength in collecting information through SSH, WMI, Telnet, SNMP, http, https, MSSQL ports (several types of DB postgresql, db2, SAP MaxDB, HANA which we must monitor).The information it extracts is very useful to us since each type of monitor gives us visibility of what happens internally in them.The truth is that the needs that we have had during these years, ManageEngine Application Manager has been able to cover them especially with business core (ERP) with monitoring of SAP Server and SAP CCMS.
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Paessler
integrates seamlessly with Windows servers via WMI and PowerShell, providing deep insights into resource usage, performance metrics, and system health. It's excellent at tracking CPU, memory, disk space, and event logs, enabling rapid troubleshooting and proactive maintenance. PRTG Network Monitor also effectively monitors Fortigate devices, providing detailed data on firewall health, traffic patterns, bandwidth utilization, VPN status, and security alerts. This visibility helps detect and resolve network security issues promptly.
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Pros
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
  • Intuitive ease of the administration interface
  • Improvements and security fixes that are quickly integrated with frequent updates
  • Visibility into the status of our services and the end user experience (End to End)
  • Reports associated with attributes of services, applications or containers that help us detect certain flaws in our services.
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Paessler
  • Switch monitoring and finding out if there are communication issues or throughput alerts are reached
  • Big picture view of the whole infrastructure and what is functioning and what is not
  • Uptime tracking is great and lets us know for how long a device is down or overall uptime
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Cons
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
  • Plugin Quirks where it times out
  • Navigation through some of the screen seems a bit confusing
  • Consistency such as where license info is location between op and app manager are in different places. Better if it were consistent
  • Maintenance schedules in different locations in both Op and App manger product, needs consistency. They are all Zoho products!!
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Paessler
  • Licensing on a per entity basis can be cumbersome for devices which have a ton of monitoring points like network switches\routers. Each sensor may count against a license, which could be a lot of you were monitoring every TX\RX of an SFP for example
  • A better method to easily template\copy monitors across devices
  • The navigation in the web GUI could be a little more straightforward in terms of the hierarchy
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Likelihood to Renew
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
For the the trust, security and support that ManageEngine Application Manager has given us, for 12 years as clients, has made us very satisfied and grateful for the response times to resolve doubts or needs that we have had.
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Paessler
I would renew it because the platform has brought us many technical and economic benefits that make the cost-benefit ratio very good. Additionally, to do so does not require large investments in training, licensing or infrastructure, and at the administration level, extensive knowledge is not required to be able to bear it.
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Usability
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
The intuitive ease of the administration interface, the new features, improvements and security fixes that are quickly integrated with frequent updates. Tuning or more detailed reports associated with attributes of services, applications or containers that help us detect certain flaws in our services. The capacity for improvements that are implemented and the ease of integrating new monitors into the product, which we need, gives us the speed and ease of preventing interruptions or events that helps us avoid.
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Paessler
The tool is very intuitive to use and it is Windows-based (everybody knows how to use Windows) so it's easy to get into. Every time is setup in a hierarchy so if you have a good initial hierarchy design, it will really reduce administrative effort down the road.
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Support Rating
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
The trust, security and support that ManageEngine Application Manager has given us, for 12 years as clients, has made us very satisfied and grateful for the response times to resolve doubts or needs that we have had.
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Paessler
PRTG does everything we need it to do and more. Ease of use, ease of management and maintenance and clarity of monitoring of hundreds of different types of device and service gives this a large advantage over other products on the market that I have tried. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who needs a network monitoring product in their environment and even to people who don't know they need a solution yet!
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Implementation Rating
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
No answers on this topic
Paessler
It's very important that de project's teams have different member of the TI. We have learned too late the importa of Security Analyst at the design architecture moment. We have to rebuild part of the implementation for made this big mistake.
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Alternatives Considered
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
Other solutions like Microsoft EM and SCCM can be interdependent and cause all sorts of issues and additional costs. I think software should be optionally integrated and work on its own as a standalone solution. I like that ManageEngine allows for specific use of its software and not forcing users into an unneeded license or contract.
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Paessler
PRTG offers more versatility in monitoring when compared to the other solutions we tested. The other solutions were also limited as far as customization options, which made them less adaptable to our networks. When compared to Auvik, for instance, we prefer PRTG as it offers immediate notifications through the desktop client - not limited to email notifications as with Auvik. We also appreciate the fact that PRTG can be self/on-prem hosted vs Auvik's cloud model. This makes for an easier deployment and less firewall adjustments to allow traffic to cloud-hosted solutions.
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Return on Investment
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
  • By providing valuable insights into application performance and resource utilization, it has contributed to better decision-making and resource allocation.
  • It has helped us identify and resolve performance issues more quickly, minimizing the impact on business operations.
  • ManageEngine Application Manager has improved our ability to monitor and manage critical applications, reducing downtime and improving overall productivity.
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Paessler
  • The ability to analyze multiple pieces of information in one place, especially with historical data, has saved our IT department time and headaches. It would be so much more difficult to trace an issue without PRTG, just relying on event logs and an open task manager window.
  • The cost is not cheap, so it's an expense that hits the bottom line like everything else. Figure in hardware costs as well, ideally a server outside of your main environment.
  • I keep saying this, but the historical data piece is worth so much. There's really no good way to collect all of that information in one place without something like PRTG. And that definitely saves time and money in the long run.
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