PRTG Network Monitor vs. vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
PRTG
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
PRTG 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.
$1,750
perpetual license
vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
Score 7.2 out of 10
N/A
vRealize 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
PRTG Network MonitorvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
PRTG 500
1,750
perpetual license
PRTG 1,000
3,200
perpetual license
PRTG 2,500
6,500
perpetual license
PRTG 5,000
11,500
perpetual license
PRTG XL 1
15,500
perpetual license
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
PRTGvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
PRTG Network MonitorvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
Network Performance Monitoring
Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
PRTG Network Monitor
6.9
55 Ratings
18% below category average
vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Automated network device discovery7.349 Ratings00 Ratings
Network monitoring7.554 Ratings00 Ratings
Baseline threshold calculation6.647 Ratings00 Ratings
Alerts7.555 Ratings00 Ratings
Network capacity planning6.539 Ratings00 Ratings
Packet capture analysis5.228 Ratings00 Ratings
Network mapping7.539 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable reports7.348 Ratings00 Ratings
Wireless infrastructure monitoring7.338 Ratings00 Ratings
Hardware health monitoring6.752 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Management
Comparison of Cloud Management features of Product A and Product B
PRTG Network Monitor
-
Ratings
vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
8.1
1 Ratings
7% 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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PRTG Network MonitorvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
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User Ratings
PRTG Network MonitorvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(55 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.5
(17 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PRTG Network MonitorvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
Paessler
If there are a number of different protocols and devices to monitor PRTG is really an all in one solution. There are network specific solutions, telephony solutions, server solutions, etc - but this tool can do anything. Even if you don't use this tool as your main "monitoring solutions" every IT professional should have access to this tool for at least troubleshooting purposes. If you are looking for something specific built for a task you may be able to find [a] more direct and easy tool to use that would be easier and quicker to setup as customization is not needed.
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Discontinued Products
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
  • Very, very configurable. You can create all kinds of monitors for all kinds of things. Plus it has loads of suggestions out of the box. It can get complicated but monitoring is complicated. Pretty decent interface and good support - active community.
  • I really liked how easy it was to add alerts by SMS. So easy to setup.
  • I like their sizing models (for purchase). We're actually small enough that we are free. But it's not free as in stripped down - it's free because we don't use many "sensors" and don't honestly have the need.
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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
  • The probe service can be quite resource-intensive. This can cause false-positive readings from some sensors sometimes.
  • The software gets updated very regularly. Whilst this is usually a good thing to fix bugs etc, it does meantime downtime of the monitoring quite often while they are installed.
  • The ability to create Maps from Libraries. Very specific issue but a lot of people have been asking for it for years and it is still not available.
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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
It is now an essential tool for monitoring and maintaining the health of our network and systems.
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Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
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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Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Paessler
I am giving this a 6 simply because I have never had to contact support. The online documentation is adequate for most things, and the user-maintained knowledgebase is excellent. The few times I have run into issues that were not easily resolvable with intuitive UI, I was able to find the answers that I needed either in the PRTG-provided documentation, the knowledgebase, or with a quick online web search.
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Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Paessler
I have deployed and tested three products for evaluation I found [PRTG Network Monitor] very easy to deploy, the deployment literally took not more than one hour including basic configuration and network discovery. After deployment few configuration changes and creation of maps, reports and little tweaking is required. [Then] it would go through its process of recommendation that took some time to complete, while [on] other hand other software's took lot of time to install and configure. And features were also missing, which resulted in decision in favor of [PRTG Network Monitor].
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Discontinued Products
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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Discontinued Products
  • 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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