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Nagios Core vs PingPlotter

Nagios Core
140 Ratings
PingPlotter
3 Ratings

Nagios Core

140 Ratings
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Score 7.9 out of 100

Based on 140 reviews and ratings

PingPlotter

3 Ratings
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Score 8 out of 100

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Likelihood to Recommend

Nagios Core

Nagios monitoring is well suited for any mission critical application that requires per/second (or minute) monitoring. This would probably include even a shuttle launch. As Nagios was built around Linux, most (85%) plugins are Linux based, therefore its more suitable for a Linux environment.
As Nagios (and dependent components) requires complex configurations & compilations, an experienced Linux engineer would be needed to install all relevant components.
Any company that has hundreds (or thousands) of servers & services to monitor would require a stable monitoring solution like Nagios. I have seen Nagios used in extremely mediocre ways, but the core power lies when its fully configured with all remaining open-source components (i.e. MySQL, Grafana, NRDP etc). Nagios in the hands of an experienced Linux engineer can transform the organizations monitoring by taking preventative measures before a disaster strikes.

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Shawn Brito | TrustRadius Reviewer
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PingPlotter

PingPlotter is great if all you need is a simple latency monitoring tool and the ability to see specifically where packets are being dropped in a nice graphical interface. This can be done with things like WinMTR but what sets it aside from tools like this is it can be run as a service so constant monitoring is available. The alerting is also very useful and flexible.However, when you need detailed monitoring this is obviously not the correct tool.

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Fraser Clark | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Feature Rating Comparison

Network Performance Monitoring

Nagios Core
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PingPlotter
8.7
Network monitoring
Nagios Core
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PingPlotter
8.0
Alerts
Nagios Core
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PingPlotter
10.0
Customizable reports
Nagios Core
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PingPlotter
8.0

Pros

Nagios Core

  • Monitoring of services is one of the biggest benefits for our company. Being able to respond in a timely fashion keeps business smooth.
  • Hardware and device monitoring are easy to set up with proper parameters.
  • Notification to key staff to be able to respond quickly makes issues go away faster.

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Eric Krueger | TrustRadius Reviewer
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PingPlotter

  • Latency monitoring
  • Traceroute
  • Alerting
  • It's lightweight

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Fraser Clark | TrustRadius Reviewer
Fraser Clark
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Cons

Nagios Core

  • Nagios could use core improvements in HA, though, Nagios itself recommends monitoring itself with just another Nagios installation, which has worked fine for us. Given its stability, and this work-around, a minor need.
  • Nagios could also use improvements, feature wise, to the web gui. There is a lot in Nagios XI which I felt were almost excluded intentionally from the core project. Given the core functionality, a minor need. We have moved admin facing alerts to appear as though they originate from a different service to make interacting with alerts more practical.

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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PingPlotter

  • User-interface
  • Performance of the application
  • Documentation

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Fraser Clark | TrustRadius Reviewer
Fraser Clark
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Likelihood to Renew

Nagios Core

Nagios Core 9.9
Based on 3 answers
We're currently looking to combine a bunch of our network montioring solutions into a single platform. Running multiple unique solutions for monitoring, data collection, compliance reporting etc has become a lot to manage.

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PingPlotter

No score
No answers yet
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Usability

Nagios Core

Nagios Core 4.0
Based on 1 answer
The Nagios UI is in need of a complete overhaul. Nice graphics and trendy fonts are easy on the eyes, but the menu system is dated, the lack of built in graphing support is confusing, and the learning curve for a new user is too steep.

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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PingPlotter

No score
No answers yet
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Support Rating

Nagios Core

Nagios Core 8.0
Based on 9 answers
I haven't had to use support very often, but when I have, it has been effective in helping to accomplish our goals. Since Nagios has been very popular for a long time, there is also a very large user base from which to learn from and help you get your questions answered.

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Chris Saenz | TrustRadius Reviewer
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PingPlotter

PingPlotter 9.0
Based on 1 answer
I have not had much contact with the PingPlotter support, only one time have I went to them and it was a positive experience. The questions I had were answered quickly and professionally. I have no issue with the experience I had with the Support team. This was from before and after the purchase of the product.

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Fraser Clark | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Alternatives Considered

Nagios Core

I have been using Nagios for 10+ years, so I am very familiar with it. The learning curve with SolarWinds was more difficult for me to pick up than Nagios and it wasn't as easy (at first) to duplicate, edit, etc. in SolarWinds. I genuinely think Nagios is a great product for many reasons, one of which is the unbeatable price.

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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PingPlotter

I have tried a few free products and some paid ones but never really did what I wanted. I just needed a simple, always-on link monitor specifically with a traceroute element and this is what PingPlotter delivers. The others were either overly complex or too expensive, some just didn't have what I needed. PingPlotter fills a niche and it does it well.

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Fraser Clark | TrustRadius Reviewer
Fraser Clark
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Return on Investment

Nagios Core

  • Much better network device performance metrics allowing to troubleshoot and do before/after changes comparisons
  • Has helped us to integrate with our Service Management tool (through other 3rd party tools)
  • Important part of our overall network health dashboard providing granular details at the device level (not end-to-end performance)
  • Cost is very convenient

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Manuel Ayala | TrustRadius Reviewer
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PingPlotter

  • Ability to work out where the network was degrading, reduced time spent arguing about where issues lie.
  • Always able to see the latency of certain links.
  • Very cheap for a lifetime license, it definitely has given us value for the money.

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Fraser Clark | TrustRadius Reviewer
Fraser Clark
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Screenshots

Nagios Core

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Pricing Details

Nagios Core

General

Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Nagios Core Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details
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PingPlotter

General

Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
No

PingPlotter Editions & Modules

On-premise Edition
PingPlotter Free$01
PingPlotter Standard39.991
PingPlotter Professional$3491
  1. per user
SaaS Edition
PingPlotter Free$01
PingPlotter Standard6.992
PingPlotter Professional$292
  1. per user
  2. per user per month
Additional Pricing Details
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Rating Summary

Likelihood to Recommend

Nagios Core
8.6
PingPlotter
8.0

Likelihood to Renew

Nagios Core
9.9
PingPlotter
—

Usability

Nagios Core
4.0
PingPlotter
—

Support Rating

Nagios Core
8.0
PingPlotter
9.0

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