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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    MindManager

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AMindManager is a mind mapping and project management tool that aims to boost users’ productivity. It is designed to facilitate a wide range of project types, and includes cross-platform functionality and 3rd party integrations.

    $105

    per year

    Paessler PRTG

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/APRTG 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
    MindManagerPaessler PRTG
    Editions & Modules
    MindManager for Microsoft Teams
    $105
    per year
    Annual Subscription
    $179
    per year
    Organizations
    Contact sales team
    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
    MindManagerPaessler PRTG
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
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    Community Pulse
    MindManagerPaessler PRTG
    Considered Both Products
    Corel Corporation
    No answer on this topic
    Paessler
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    143 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    41 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    111 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    40 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    147 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    42 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    117 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    28 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    124 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    38 Answers
    Features
    MindManagerPaessler PRTG
    Mind Mapping
    Comparison of Mind Mapping features of MindManager and Paessler PRTG
    Feature
    MindManager
    7.5
    70 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Paessler PRTG
    -
    Ratings
    Cross-Platform Compatibility7.455 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Templates8.064 Ratings00 Ratings
    Import and Export Options7.265 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-time Collaboration Tools6.849 Ratings00 Ratings
    Drag-and-Drop Capabilities9.160 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notes and Attachments7.663 Ratings00 Ratings
    Color and Style Customization7.964 Ratings00 Ratings
    Presentation Mode7.456 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Task Management6.751 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mind Map Revision History6.842 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of MindManager and Paessler PRTG
    Feature
    MindManager
    -
    Ratings
    Paessler PRTG
    7.3
    67 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Automated network device discovery00 Ratings7.260 Ratings
    Network monitoring00 Ratings9.666 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation00 Ratings8.557 Ratings
    Alerts00 Ratings8.867 Ratings
    Network capacity planning00 Ratings6.448 Ratings
    Packet capture analysis00 Ratings6.234 Ratings
    Network mapping00 Ratings5.447 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings5.857 Ratings
    Wireless infrastructure monitoring00 Ratings6.249 Ratings
    Hardware health monitoring00 Ratings9.264 Ratings
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Score3.6 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    Score3.6 out of 10
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    MindManagerPaessler PRTG
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (263 ratings)
    8.8
    (68 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (26 ratings)
    9.9
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    9.9
    (22 ratings)
    8.3
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    8.8
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.9
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (17 ratings)
    8.0
    (19 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.9
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MindManagerPaessler PRTG
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Corel Corporation
    It is well suited for a quick prototype of product/development planning to show relationships amongst the APIs used. This helps developers understand the impact of the product changes and identifies the need to update integration components to avoid erroneous deployments. I have not personally experienced a less appropriate scenario at the moment.
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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
    Corel Corporation
    • Allows me to learn by organizing notes.
    • Enables me to create and present strategic plans.
    • Empowers me to present complex concepts in a different and straightforward way.
    • Captivates my audience when I prepare and present a conference, a class, or a seminar in MindManager.
    • Allows me to share mind maps in a variety of formats like JPG, PDF, and HTML.
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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
    Corel Corporation
    • There should be some more functionality in the Notes window, such as a "Paste Special " Icon in the notes area to maintain format control.
    • Although I create many of my own Web export templates, an add-on for web export design would be great, as I regularly create Interactive Electronic Technical Publications (IETP) in HTML export format.
    • The ability to sync Map shortcuts between devices would also be welcome. I use MM on three devices, and I have to add or amend the Map list individually. My maps are on OneDrive, so using them should not be that hard if they are cloud-based.
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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
    Corel Corporation
    I feel the main issues of the old Mindjet seem to be gone with the
    Corel purchase. With the huge advance of sharing via browser HTML even 1
    user can affect many. And, actually, using MM kind of forced my rigid
    brain to rethink how I categorize and classify information/projects.
    The
    idea of paying $69USD for an annual cost is more than fair and a great
    model for Corel/Mindjet to keep rolling out improvements!
    Incentivized
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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
    Corel Corporation
    MindManager is very intuitive. The user interface is not cluttered and the ribbon icons are easy to understand. Several excellent "how-to" videos are available on the MindManager site as well as on YouTube. MindManager starts quickly and the user interface is very responsive. Launching other programs from MindManager such as Excel is very fast and issue free. The browsing feature is lightning fast. The drag-and-drop capability is also very fast and reliable.
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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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    Reliability and Availability
    Corel Corporation
    We have had no issues with the application's availability
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    Paessler
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Corel Corporation
    The application is quick and responsive. We are able to produce mindmaps and reports with ease. The program is not complicated at all and integrates well with software and programs like Microsoft Outlook and Teams, which we truly appreciate.
    Incentivized
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    Paessler
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Corel Corporation
    I have called technical support a few times. During the COVID Crisis, I called a few times repeatedly due to a rush request. The technical support guy called me back in minutes. He somehow knew that I had called repeatedly and wanted to make sure my issue was resolved immediately
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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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    Online Training
    Corel Corporation
    There is a wide range of online training through webinars led by expert users. They are particularly useful for explaining how to use new features and using MindManager 'in the real world' for projects, tasks etc.
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    Paessler
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Corel Corporation
    better backup and exporting functions
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    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
    Corel Corporation
    MindManager stands out for its wide range of export options, customization and how they have enriched the format over time. As a constantly evolving tool, and having tried others, I consider it superior for the abovementioned reasons. Its cross-platform nature has been decisive, and although there are many alternatives in the form of web applications or the like, MindManager presents itself as a more complete and robust option.
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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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    Scalability
    Corel Corporation
    A team can collaborate on the same project but cannot create a shared project file. It would be helpful for that feature to be added.
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    Paessler
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Corel Corporation
    • For a single person business presentation it is a plus.
    • Project difficulty is well assessed using the map.
    • Giving away a paper version of a map is a positive gesture. People like the map, the look, and what it says, and it may also be a way to promote MindManager to them.
    • Keep the PDF or JPEG saving capabilities for small customers like me. It's important.
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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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