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    Nagios XI

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ANagios XI is an Enterprise Server and Network Monitoring Software, built on Nagios Core and designed to comprehensive application, service, and network monitoring in a central solution. Nagios XI is available in two different editions: Standard Edition and an Enterprise Edition. The Enterprise Edition provides users with additional functionality and includes features that are designed to aid in…

    $1,995

    Per Instance

    Progress WhatsUp Gold

    Score8.2 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    WhatsUp Gold developed by Ipswitch (acquired by Progress Software May 2019) offers network performance monitoring and mapping. It supports core monitoring features, including automated workflows and network capacity planning, and monitors across hybrid environments.N/A
    Pricing
    Nagios XIProgress WhatsUp Gold
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $1995
    Per Instance
    Enterprise
    $3495
    Per Instance
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Nagios XIProgress WhatsUp Gold
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Nagios XIProgress WhatsUp Gold
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    Nagios Enterprises
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    Nagios XIProgress WhatsUp Gold
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Nagios XI and Progress WhatsUp Gold
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    Ratings
    Progress WhatsUp Gold
    6.6
    10 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Automated network device discovery00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Network monitoring00 Ratings7.49 Ratings
    Alerts00 Ratings8.710 Ratings
    Network capacity planning00 Ratings4.37 Ratings
    Packet capture analysis00 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Network mapping00 Ratings6.86 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings6.46 Ratings
    Wireless infrastructure monitoring00 Ratings4.26 Ratings
    Hardware health monitoring00 Ratings8.98 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Nagios XIProgress WhatsUp Gold
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.3
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    Likelihood to Renew
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    Usability
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    Availability
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    Performance
    9.0
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    Support Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    4.2
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    Implementation Rating
    5.0
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    Configurability
    8.0
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    Ease of integration
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    Product Scalability
    8.0
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    Vendor post-sale
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    User Testimonials
    Nagios XIProgress WhatsUp Gold
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Nagios Enterprises
    If anyone looking for the monitoring system for the infrastructure this is the go-to tool which monitors all infrastructure related components from server health to Networking and update us with mails and can be easily integrated with multiple other tools as needed for example PagerDuty , Also this suits good both on premises and cloud environments as well. If we are managing complex environment this tool for monitoring is best one.
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    Progress Software
    [Progress WhatsUp Gold (formerly Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold)] is good for what it is. An inexpensive but accurate monitor for alerting on systems and services. However, it is time consuming to configure, The GUI leaves a lot to be desired and the formatting for txt alerts stinks (I just use it now as an alert to check my email to view the actual alert.)
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    Pros
    Nagios Enterprises
    • Network monitoring.
    • Database monitoring.
    • Windows Server monitoring.
    • Cluster Service monitoring.
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    Progress Software
    • Monitoring the connection; performance, switching, and issues. We use a broadband connection for our primary and a cellular backup for the secondary. While we use routing protocols to make this switch and WhatsUp isn't used for Syslog monitoring. it alerts us within seconds.
    • Backup configurations and archiving. WhatsUp does this particularly well. I use it for both Cisco routers and switches.
    • The diagram feature is nice. Though I don't use it as much because of the size of our structure, it does come in handy for mapping routes of all traffic.
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    Cons
    Nagios Enterprises
    • Robust, but visually old interface. Requires a lot of work to become presentable.
    • Small selection of dashlets to construct new views.
    • No MS Azure monitoring ability, nothing for “as service,” very limited Amazon cloud monitoring abilities.
    • Questionable price politics (could make it a lot less for developing markets to actually increase use of the product and R&D budgets).
    • No report designers nor the ability to create new reports. No changes in this area for years.
    • Overall lack of new developments, making this product more and more outdated.
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    Progress Software
    • Navigating the new WhatsUp Gold 2018 is a bit complicated and not user-friendly. The best part about using a software is the user's ability to use it with ease.
    • You cannot click sites being monitored from Map Dashboard View. This feature was previously possible in the older version.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Nagios Enterprises
    This tool has been has been of great use and learning , offering exceptional ease of use, scalability, and detailed reporting. It has a lot of customization options and proactive monitoring which have significantly improved our infrastructure management.It's UI & functions are good. Also has built in templates for various end points.It also provides graphical reports. With a Dashboard you can monitor easily
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    Progress Software
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    Usability
    Nagios Enterprises
    We
    are using Nagios XI in our organization primarily for monitoring all our
    application servers and databases, this is helping us in addressing all the
    infrastructure issues in advance by alerting us when it any server hits the
    threshold as per the initial parameter setup also it has free tier which helps for small scale applications monitoring to save some expenses.
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    Progress Software
    The web interface is really good, there are a few areas that could use a bit of polish but overall it is well designed and easy to navigate and use, even for a new user.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Nagios Enterprises
    Never seen any such outages with Nagios XI till day it was available all the time working as expected
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    Progress Software
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    Performance
    Nagios Enterprises
    Performance wise it does its best job we monitor more than 500 Servers and we use this tool for Analysis also so never felt any lag
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    Progress Software
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    Support Rating
    Nagios Enterprises
    Nagios XI support has plans to offer the following features:
    • Access to knowledgeable IT professionals – including support staff and developers.
    • Access to customer-only tutorials, documentation, and content in the Nagios Library.
    • Access to customer-only boards on our support forum for expedited assistance.
    • Access to customer-only email support for fast, confidential assistance.
    • Discounts on future license purchases.
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    Progress Software
    We have never had an issue with support. It has always been quick and understandable
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    Implementation Rating
    Nagios Enterprises
    I have been participated in the few implementations, and I would say its bit complex when its come to initial setup once its set post that its easy to manage
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    Progress Software
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    Alternatives Considered
    Nagios Enterprises
    Cost efficiency is the main reason which we opted [for] Nagios as we were previously using IDERA tool with comprehensive database monitoring solutions, but the slow performance we are getting while monitoring the instance of the database.
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    Progress Software
    Progress WhatsUp Gold (formerly Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold) is more network focused than some of the other products we looked at, which had basic capabilities but were not as strong on the reporting or programmatic resolution of issues. Progress WhatsUp Gold (formerly Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold) is cost effective compared to some of the other upmarket solutions.
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    Scalability
    Nagios Enterprises
    We have installed Nagios XI for our monitoring system and with this we are managing around 600 servers in total and not seen any major issues with its scalability we can scale it as much as we require and also installed on various applications servers and working as expected
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    Progress Software
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    Return on Investment
    Nagios Enterprises
    • Very good ROI.
    • Good results as capacity mgmt tool.
    • Good results as application monitoring tool.
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    Progress Software
    • Alerts IT team members when things go down after regular business hours. IT team is able to fix the issue before users arrive the next day.
    • Saves on system downtime and lost productivity
    • Remote monitoring means less staff hours spent checking for potential problems.
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