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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AvRealize Suite and vCloud Suite delivered a self-service consumption layer, an automation framework and self-driving Day 2 operations for VMware Cloud. The product is no longer available.

    $10

    per month per core

    Pricing
    Paessler PRTGvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    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
    FCO Hosting Edition
    $10
    per month per core
    FCO Hosting Edition
    $10
    per Cluster & Hypervisor Combination/Annual
    FCO Single Cluster Edition
    $16
    per month per core
    FCO Hosting Edition
    $128
    per month Max Core Limit
    FCO Single Cluster Edition
    $1500
    per Cluster & Hypervisor Combination/Annual
    FCO Single Cluster Edition
    Unlimited
    per month Max Core Limit
    FCO Multiple Cluster Edition
    Unlimited
    per month Max Core Limit
    FCO Multiple Cluster Edition
    Contact Sales
    per month per core
    FCO Multiple Cluster Edition
    Contact Sales
    per Cluster & Hypervisor Combination/Annual
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Paessler PRTGvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Paessler PRTGvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Paessler
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    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    41 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    40 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    42 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    28 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    38 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Paessler PRTGvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Paessler PRTG and vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
    Feature
    Paessler PRTG
    7.3
    67 Ratings
    8% below category average
    vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Automated network device discovery7.260 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network monitoring9.666 Ratings00 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation8.557 Ratings00 Ratings
    Alerts8.867 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network capacity planning6.448 Ratings00 Ratings
    Packet capture analysis6.234 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network mapping5.447 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports5.857 Ratings00 Ratings
    Wireless infrastructure monitoring6.249 Ratings00 Ratings
    Hardware health monitoring9.264 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Management
    Comparison of Cloud Management features of Paessler PRTG and vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
    Feature
    Paessler PRTG
    -
    Ratings
    vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
    8.1
    1 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Cloud Management Security00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Automation and Orchestration00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Cost Management00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Cloud Management Performance Monitoring00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Governance and Compliance00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Systems Integration00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Paessler PRTGvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (68 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (19 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Paessler PRTGvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    It is most suited where there multi cloud platform as VCloud suite provides most 2 important licences i.e. Vsphere 9India's leading hypervisor) and Vrealize Suite which helps to automate and also simplies IT management by making the solution most agile, efficient and easy to use. If there is a simple environment with just few servers where there is need for only 2-3 VMs, i will not recommend this.
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    Pros
    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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    • One management platform for all the VMs across datacenters
    • Automation of IT management
    • Makes IT or Cloud management more agile and efficient.
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    Cons
    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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    • There is nothing exactly like cons but one must should check all the features, it can be confusing at the times.
    • It can be expensive as compared to some other products available in the market.
    • Implementation can be little tricky, should done by Vmware engineer
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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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    VCloud mostly provides cloud management platform, all others also provide the same plus some other features so, Vcloud can be little less expensive in comparison to other solutions available in market. Also, it's very easy to use and deploy and manage your cloud platform. It is widely used by mid scale as well as large scale companies.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    • Positive only- Vrealize suite helps is IT automation by making it cost-effective and efficient.
    • Less time is consumed by our IT administrators because of Automating process and they can do better monitoring
    • It can be really cost effective for if any company wants to make private cloud. It did the same with us as through vCloud we get all the VMware software required.
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