Nagios provides monitoring of all mission-critical infrastructure components. Multiple APIs and community-build add-ons enable integration and monitoring with in-house and third-party applications for optimized scaling.
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SolarWinds NPM
Score 8.3 out of 10
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SolarWinds NPM is a monitoring and performance management platform. It provides performance troubleshooting support, auto network discovery, customizable thresholds, and can be rapidly deployed.
Because we get all we required in Nagios [Core] and for npm, we have to do lots of configuration as it is not as easy as Comair to Nagios [Core]. On npm UI, there is lots of data, so we are not able to track exact data for analysis, which is why we use Nagios [Core].
We evaluated PRTG Network Monitor which was similar to SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor but was very resource-intensive, and the server kept crashing when we got close to 100 devices. Whereas on SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, we were able to add several …
I would use Nagios to do basic network monitoring and troubleshooting. But they are open source and support is a problem. We have also checked Datadog network performance monitor, which is great as a whole system. But SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor was quite economic …
A long time ago we used WhatsUpGold and Nagios. It has been quite a long time since we evaluated and picked SolarWinds. At the time though, it was a very polished and professional product compared to other offerings. I have not recently evaluated other offerings to see if …
NPM/SAM/NTA combo is more advanced and simple compared to others in the market. Nagios XI and NPM are pretty close and to be honest, Nagios is way less expensive. But having the ability to incorporate SAM and NTM and how reliable is. If you have the resources available, I would …
There are tradeoffs in all of these tools. I really like Observium, but it's alerting seems far below SolarWinds NPM. The Nagios-based tools have tons of flexibility, but require a lot more configuration to provide value.
I didn't select NPM as it was already here, but I've …
We previously migrated from Nagios, which we were using primarily as a network monitoring solution, and Cisco Prime (running in parallel for more detailed information from our Cisco switches). We ended up selecting NPM as a replacement solution due to the ease of …
The ease of setup and learning, when compared to these systems, is just hard to overstate. While other products allow you to create similar looks and capabilities it will take years of tweaking and tuning. NPM can build that monitoring infrastructure out in minutes. Teaching a …
Having been a user of Nagios XI for many years, we needed more visibility. Nagios is great if you have the time to develop it and write your own scripts. SolarWinds NPM has just about every metric check possible working out of the box, with no development time required, this …
These open-source versions simply lacked the polish and out-of-the-box set-up that SolarWinds provides. Both alternatives required managing more than one server and required deeper Linux experience and third party add-ons that could introduce security vulnerabilities, a …
We like the commercial support aspect of SolarWinds. We like the flexibility SolarWinds provide with its product that are similar to open source. Direct access to the database is terrific and SolarWinds have thorough technical documentations.
Solarwinds NPM has some of the highest level of integration, and worked with what we had already deployed for monitoring. We didn't have to modify device configurations prior to deployment, as they had already contained the entries within their configurations to allow the level …
Solar Winds is usually high rated by most users. Pricing is all over the board and depends on the day of the month. It has the main features we were looking for. They are always adding things to it.
I don't think this is really a fair comparison, but both Cacti and Nagios have some similar functionality to SolarWinds NPM in that they all do performance monitoring on networked devices. Cacti and Nagios both lack the in depth feature set and customization that NPM offers, …
I've personally used SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor and Network Configuration Manager for about 10 years and it has made the task of keeping the network up and running much easier. Much more granular control than options like Nagios, MRTG, and PRTG.
I would say that they are all about equal when it comes to small to mid-size businesses. Though NMC/Nagios is a better solution for larger companies. With SolarWinds, you're required to use SNMP for device discovery. In NMC/Nagios you need to populate their databases.