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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Munin

    Score9 out of 10
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    Observium

    Score6.1 out of 10
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    Pricing
    MuninObservium
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    MuninObservium
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    MuninObservium
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MuninObservium
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Open Source
    Single window to look for hardware statistics and application monitoring. Easy to configure, and a lot of stuff is available online related to its configuration. However, the team at Munin should work on the mobile applications as well and also look for bundling professional services at a cost. That will be helpful for startups to hook to Munin instead of running across websites for the integration.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Open Source
    • Hardware stats.
    • Application stats.
    • Ease of admin.
    • Simple interface.
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    Observium
    • Automatic device discovery.
    • Scalability
    • Real-time monitoring.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Open Source
    • Mobile application.
    • Pre builtin modules for unix, cisco, hp devices.
    • Alert Notifications over SMS and call.
    • Web hook integrations with Slack, pagerduty etc.
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    Observium
    • Documentation
    • Community support
    • Easy to set up but hard to customise fully
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Open Source
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Open Source
    Ease of admin and relatively easy to configure. People have been using it for decades, so the market is well aware of its functionality, and you will get answers to most of the questions or problems. Community support is also there to seek advice. In a nutshell, people are well aware, and it's stable.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Open Source
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    Observium
    • It is good for DC admin.
    • Only positive impact.
    • Highly recommended.
    Incentivized
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