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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.https://media.trustradius.com/product-logos/W7/rJ/8C1GUDFKGH4Z.PNGPaesslerPRTG monitors everything, even my enthusiasm2019-06-15T16:00:06.986ZPRTG Network Monitor is one of our primary monitoring applications for our network and servers. It is used internally by the IT department only since no one else needs to see the status of these systems. From a business standpoint, it allows us to monitor many systems all at once, with a quick overview, which saves us from having to receive alerts from multiple places or watch several different screens.,Monitoring: PRTG does more than just periodic pings to see if a system is up, it has all sorts of sensors to monitor CPU usage, memory, hard drive space, specific processes, &c. It's very granular and quite robust in its capabilities. But it isn't overwhelming, as you can set up which sensors you want or don't want.
Ease of Setup: PRTG can discover new systems, and automatically apply templates to their profile. This means, for example, a new server on the network will always get a CPU, RAM, Hard Disk, and Network sensor if you set it up that way. Even the default templates are pretty great, not a lot of extraneous sensors that clutter everything up.
Dashboard: One of the best things about PRTG is that all this information is in one place. The dashboard view shows everything in a color-coded way, so everything is green, no worries! Yellows and reds, they stand out. From there, you can drill down and find out which specific things are in alarm without necessarily having to log in to the system.
Alerts: PRTG also sends out e-mail alerts based on whatever parameters you configure. A hard drive is 90% full? Email the infrastructure team!
Historical Data: Because PRTG monitors all of these systems in real time, all the time, it maintains a database of historical performance data. You can check to see which servers need more resources, or even if it's just a specific time (e.g., development always runs a database query at 2:30 pm, and you can see what that does to the CPU). It's extremely helpful for analysis.,Horizontal Dashboard: The dashboard page is responsive, which is a good thing generally, but it works much better on a vertical monitor, especially if you have a lot of systems to monitor. If you have a horizontal layout, you have to scroll often to keep track of things (although the alerts do help). It would be nice to have an option to force a specific scale and layout.
Database: The database PRTG uses is an internal black box. It would be nice if it were something more standard, MySQL, Microsoft SQL, &c. That way it could be tied into other things more easily, or we could write our own SQL queries against it.
E-Mail: The internal SMTP server of the application is not always reliable. It took a lot of tweaking to get it to send alerts correctly.,9,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.,Icinga and Nagios,ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer, Site24x7, BMC Track-It!Robert PaulEnterprise PRTG Network Monitoring Tool2019-04-24T17:31:27.829ZWe use PRTG Network Monitor for monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting circuit utilization within our WAN and LAN environments.,Gives a graphical output of circuit utilization.
Gives a home screen that alerts to possible problem areas in our environment.
Gives a historical overview of utilization over various periods of time.
Allows the installation of applications to monitor the circuits.,Needs to have an easier way of adding devices to the application.
Have seen interface instance numbers change, which results in the renaming of the interface in the application.,9,PRTG Network Monitor helps to quickly identify areas of the network that need a circuit upgrade.
Helps to identify whether circuit utilization is the cause of data speed issues or if it resides elsewhere in the application.,Scrutinizer, Planview PPM Pro (formerly Innotas)Jeffrey ThoenenBest application to monitoring your network assets.2019-02-23T14:15:06.300ZWe use PRTG to monitor the performance, availability, and latency of the links used by our customers. We generate reports that are used to be able to identify problems in these [links] and correct eventual declines in performance and availability.,Generate reports
Monitor network assets.
View real-time link performance,Improved web browser access performance
Generation of reports in pdf
More intuitive interface,9,Better data collection than other similar applications
Good amount of documentation on the web.
Intuitive environment and easy learning.,,Zabbix, Nagios, SolarWinds Network Device MonitorRicardo MeloPRTG Monitoring System2019-08-14T13:25:32.362ZPRTG was used to monitor small to medium environments. It is being used by a department to monitor segregated instances which we do not monitor in our main monitoring tool. It enables us to quickly and easily add devices to monitoring and receive email alerts for availability and performance issue.,Simple and Intuitive: PRTG is very easy to use and get into. Its interface is highly intuitive and allows you to very quickly set up credentials and add devices to monitoring.
Low customization effort required: immediately out of the box, PRTG can provide very good detail monitoring without having to customize or add packages or plugins. It can automatically discover and model many types of device and monitor that device in great details without much tinkering.
The vendor provides 100 free sensors which make it very easy for you to start using the product without requiring a license and get a very good understanding of the tool before making a purchase decision. The tool allows you to continue to use it for free permanently for the first 100 sensors.
If you already have a bigger and more powerful tool, PRTG can be very good as a secondary monitoring tool which some times can help you troubleshoot, validate, and compare with your main tool.,Windows Only: PRTG does not support any other platform. Personally, I do not like tools that run on Windows because Windows requires a frequent update, which means downtime. You want your monitoring tool to be as highly available and low maintenance as possible. That and you also require a server license and Windows consume more hardware resource than other platforms. PRTG needs to add support for Linux.
Limited ability to do things in bulk. There is no way I know of to mass onboard devices or to mass edit devices. So you will by modifying 1 device at a time. For instance, it would be useful to modify the name or company of 200 devices in one shot.
Somewhat weak widgets and dashboard. If you put a lot of effort into it, you can probably come out with a very useful dashboard to keep an eye on key systems/devices. However, some widgets can look nice at first but they are not so useful or easy to understand. Again, it can be done, but a lot of effort is needed to get it right.
White interface only. This might not seem like a big deal, but if you have people who use the tool all the time to keep an eye on the system, it can strain your eyes. Need a dark theme.,9,Since the tool is easy to use, it doesn't require a whole lot of effort to train people.
Since the license is based on sensor, the more detailed you monitor a device (the more sensor is required), the more it cost you. So makes it less likely that you will monitor as much as possible if a license is limited. If you add everything to monitoring, it can consume a lot of sensors per device.
There are many strong alerting/notification features that allowing you to stay informed without a lot of effort to monitor the tool directly.,9,5,,Zabbix, ScienceLogic, ManageEngine OpManagerVerified UserSolid option that sets the standard for its competitors2019-02-06T01:19:40.059ZWe are a very small I.T. department so we're stretched thin on a good day. PRTG saves us significant time and trouble through its monitoring capabilities. We currently use PRTG to monitor all our I.T. systems, minus a couple SaaS applications. This allows us to generally stay one step ahead of our users, so when they come in to inform us of a paper jam we can inform them we are already working on it. It also gives us insights into how our systems are performing.,General monitoring.
Real-time operations map/dashboard.
Network traffic monitoring.,Weak with monitoring SaaS applications.
Print monitoring could be better.
Maps need an interface update.,8,We have better insights into overall performance.
Since deploying PRTG we have been able to be more proactive on some matters.
Proper configuration did pull time away from other projects, more than it should have if PRTG had more built-in capabilities.,PagerDuty, Zabbix, Datadog, Nagios and ManageEngine OpManagerVerified UserPRTG real time traffic monitoring2019-04-20T20:25:28.884ZPRTG is an excellent tool for monitoring bandwidth utilization in our organization. It gives us complete real-time data on bandwidth utilization of all our external and internal connections.,Bandwidth utilization.
Historic data of circuit health.
Monitors device health.,Addition of new Sensors to accommodate new networking vendors.
Support of Google Maps for geographical mapping.
Support of new APIs on the PRTG.,7,PRTG gives us real-time traffic monitoring on our bandwidth, including both internal and external.
With PRTG, we can set up alerts for circuit latency and downtime.
More SNMP support and features could be added to make it a more robust monitoring platform.,,SolarWinds Network Bandwidth Analyzer, WhatsUp Gold, Google Cloud DNS, Cisco Nexus, Aruba ClearPass, Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000), Bomgar Privileged Access Management, HPE Aruba Ethernet SwitchesVerified UserPRTG is a great monitoring solution for a Windows centric SMB2019-02-28T14:30:26.014ZWe use PRTG for almost all of our systems monitoring, i.e., your normal expected web servers, file servers, etc. that we use for Linux and Windows.
We also use it to keep an eye on the random network devices - building automation systems, etc. Like any monitoring system, it's useful for keeping an eye on everything and providing some historical data.,Allows multiple sensors - we watch disk space, memory, and services on most servers.
Alerting works well. We are notified when security cameras and badging systems go offline just as quickly as when the file server is filling up.
Custom sensors are possible, such as monitoring inodes or web page loading time.,Like many products, PRTG seems to like Windows better than Linux. As a mostly Linux-based shop, this can be annoying.
I wish it could run on a Linux server.
The dashboard isn't as useful or customizable as some products.,8,Like any good monitoring solution, it has shortened our downtime drastically.
Hardware cutovers are smoother because PRTG tells us at a glance if stuff is online.
There is some upfront setup, but that is no different than any other solution.,SolarWinds ipMonitor and Nagios,SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Cisco ASAVerified UserDon't pass on Paessler's PRTG Network Monitor2019-01-16T01:39:13.054ZWe use Paessler's PRTG Network Monitor IT operation monitoring. This is used throughout the organization.
We needed a more robust monitoring tool that was capable of delivering more in-depth monitoring of our network devices and other end-user nodes as needed. We had previously set up SNMP on most devices, but the previous free tool had limited reporting.
I was also looking for per-interface traffic stats on my Cisco inventory.,Setup was easy.
Adding devices/sensor is so easy.
Support is great.
Cost is reasonable.
Updates are automatic.,A more built-in dashboard would be nice.
Licensing can be tricky since it is not device based. Currently, each sensor (IE interface) counts as a sensor license,8,A huge boost from previous open source tools.
Simplifies the setup.
Having the ability to monitor data that we didn't have before to make educated planning decisions is great.,Zenoss Cloud and Nagios,Cisco Catalyst Switches, VMware vCenter ServerGraham MurisonPRTG is great for your smaller IT department !2019-01-29T20:50:06.812ZWe utilize PRTG for the internal monitoring of all network infrastructure including firewalls, switches, servers, and IP phones. PRTG is a one-stop shop for our monitoring and alerting needs as a small business with limited infrastructure.,PRTG is extremely useful in reporting the basics.
Simple interface.
A number of sensors available to monitor.,It can be overwhelming for the first-time user. I would like to see additional basic setup features.,10,We are able to identify potential issues and resolve while avoiding downtime.,SolarWinds Network Device Monitor,FreshdeskJason ShawPRTG Makes IT Easy2018-09-24T19:33:41.945ZPRTG is used across the entire organization. We are a small IT department of 3 people, and have 16 remote sites. PRTG keeps tabs on those sites' connections and servers. We always have up to date information on uptime, status, bandwidth utilization, and protocol usage. PRTG makes it easy to have a one stop shop for site status.,PRTG performs an intial search of your network and automatically adds devices it finds, creating sensors on the fly. This is great for new users.
PRTG has a free version which offers 100 free sensors. I highly recommend this for anyone looking to use PRTG. It offers a free, non-limited trial of the software for an indefinite time. Giving people the chance to play, and tweak - really getting to know the ins and outs.
Email alerts are great for those of us on the road. We can get up to the minute notifications if a site is down or having potential issues.
The Android app works very well. Keeping me in the know while on the go.,PRTG updates a LOT. When the server updates, the client needs to update. It's not a huge inconvenience but certainly puts a quick stop to the day when the notification takes focus.
It's hard to gauge what resources PRTG needs sometimes. Looking at the system requirements and giving said requirements to the VM running PRTG doesn't always solve the problem. Many times, PRTG will report that the probe is using all resources allocated and having problems because there is nothing more to give. Adding more RAM or CPUs to the VM doesn't always fix the problem. It can be perplexing at times.,10,PRTG puts me at ease knowing I can just look over at the screen and get a quick idea of site status.
Netflow monitoring helps us determine who is using what and to what extent.
The constant updates are truly a pain.,BMC Track-It!, Lansweeper, LogMeIn Central, Ceridian Dayforce, G SuiteMichael MetaliosEasily monitor your network with PRTG2019-01-01T22:38:12.095ZPRTG is used by the university IT staff to monitor the network equipment and server across the entire enterprise. We have multiple probes configured to monitor server health and network performance, as well as basic up/down status. This allows us to have insight into possible issues that might arise before they have a chance to be a real issue. PRTG also gives us the alerts we need when equipment does fail or go offline.,There are many preconfigured probes to use for all types of network equipment and servers
Alerts can be customized and configured to alert the right staff for the specific alert
Graphs make it easy to spot trends for all probes
Auto-discovery makes adding devices easy
The mobile app gives you access to the system from anywhere,Alerts configuration is a little tricky to fine tune and could be easier. It can be very granular(good), but that adds to the complexity.
Mobile app could be a little better laid out,10,Downtime has been reduced
Monitoring available disk space enables us to plan and forecast storage needs more effectively
Monitoring network traffic has alerted us to bottlenecks that we were able to identify and correct,SiteScope (formerly HP SiteScope),4,1,Monitoring server health
Monitoring network equipment
Monitoring network traffic,Monitoring disk space usage growth to plan and forecast storage needs
Monitoring cpu and memory usage on VMWare hosts to plan and forecast additional needs,10Verified UserThe true big brother for your systems!!!2018-04-12T14:47:19.656ZMonitoring multiple network devices and servers all over the country. Have used multiple monitoring tools in the past 15 years and this is the best.,Monitors huge range of systems
Hierarchical device view summarizes performance data and alerts at every level.
QR codes corresponding to a particular device or sensor can be printed out and attached to physical hardware for quick monitoring from a mobile app while in the data center.
Reporting capabilities are a highlight, both in terms of canned reports and the ability to customize to your individual needs,Some functionality in Enterprise Console redirects you to the web console.,10,Full of sensors that control everything
Rapid ROI for the utility and favors optimization of time
Many options to access to the systems health,Nagios and Zabbix,Nagios, Zabbix, Wayk Now, Remote Desktop ManagerCarlos Daniel Casañas Bertolo ஃPRTG Network Monitor - Good value solid monitoring.2018-04-11T19:33:36.209ZPRTG was used for infrastructure monitoring, system availability, and proactive monitoring. We relied on PRTG for our out of hours alerting. It allowed us to easily deploy and use a powerful and simple, yet cost-effective monitoring tool that suited our business needs.
Pricing was important to us but more important was ease of use, and although perhaps not as powerful as some of its competitors, PRTG handles large infrastructures well, and is particularly quick and easy to deploy, without the need for complex client installations.,Rapid real time monitoring
Great price performance
Ease of implementation and deployment
Very easy to configure and add / amend / remove nodes and alerts.
Good level of support from the vendor.
Highly customisable.
Ease of deploy,ent to different skill sets - i.e. HD usage, etc.,More refined SNMP support - Little bit too technical and hands on to use as fully as you want to.
Built in native support of more manufacturers
Ability to run the console on a MAC, without using a browser.,10,Very rapid response to issues.
Proactive alerting means lower downtime overall.
Graphical nature of product leads to wide uptake
Pricing structure means you only pay for the monitoring you need.,HP OpenView, SolarWinds Log & Event Manager and SolarWinds Network Configuration ManagerJon StephensonBest Network Monitoring Software for the Price2018-03-16T16:09:14.278ZOur IT department has been using PRTG for the past two years. We use it as a way to be proactive to network communication and server issues. PRTG sends us notifications based on deployed sensors to infrastructure devices and server services. PRTG has helped us react quicker to resolve potential issues before being notified by users of the problem.,PRTG has many built in network sensors for most brands of infrastructure equipment and network servers. Very easy to setup a sensor for a device or service.
Customizing sensors for specific thresholds or items to monitor is easy and quick.
PRTG has very good network reports and maps built into the system to give you a dashboard like look for quick access.,I would like to see integration with existing ticketing systems. PRTG should be able to create trouble tickets in thrid party applications.
Device layout is not very friendly. Layout should be geared more toward sites and subnets,10,PRTG has allowed our organization to reduce the amount of time we spend on a weekly basis manually checking infrastructure for issues or potential problems.
The overall cost is minimal when looking at paying a service provider or other members of your IT staff to monitor your systems.
PRTG has alerted us to several issues in the past the would have kept our systems down for hours or days causing huge downtime for our company.,WhatsUp GoldBrian MunnDive into the Traffic2018-04-06T20:36:58.637ZCurrent use is within our infrastructure group. I am a networking engineer and am always looking for a better way to monitor net-flow, SLA and SNMP information. Current use has been net-flow traffic out of several of our locations where we have had bandwidth issues. We've been able to tell who the big users are, times, etc., basically what you get from net-flow. The benefit has been the graphical interface that PRTG presents the information.,The graphical interface has been excellent in determining bandwidth issues.
The ease of setup between Cisco equipment and the PRTG.
Setup itself was particularly easy, I believe I had everything up and running within 10 minutes.,Granular formatting would be nice. Though I can narrow down several layers, it doesn't allow me to get to the nitty-gritty.
Security accessing the interface needs to be better. Able to limit access via certain users.
Template changing.,8,The bandwidth issue was a big one. By resolving this issue we increased the production level of our users.
Less calls from level 1 by giving them access to traffic usage at our locations.,WhatsUp Gold and Splunk Light,WhatsUp Gold, Splunk LightVerified UserHow We Use PRTG2018-04-05T14:50:02.196ZWe monitor temperatures, both from on-premise ethernet thermometers and also remote. The IT infrastructure is monitored with PRTG. PRTG is an open monitoring system that is very flexible, almost everything can be monitored by the way the sensor system is designed. The departments have their own view to only see their sensors and warnings and they can quickly react when something is out of scope.,temperatures; by using a combination of PRTG and HWG-ste ethernet monitors
system health; by using sensors with multiple channels, if one channel is giving a warning, the sensor will be in a warning state and the problem can be addressed as soon as we see it happen.
historical data; it helps with planning when extra systems/capacity is needed to see how the growth has been through a specific period of time,software suppliers should create more pro-actively sensors, that will help to monitor specific product based processes
couldn't think about any more improvements, really like the product how it already is.,10,because PRTG can pro-actively show us where the action is needed, we need less time to manually check systems.
troubleshooting is easier when having the right data and information,hostmonitorVerified UserFast Help by a low price2018-05-07T18:04:10.093ZIt's currently replacing another monitoring tool, as it is easier to deploy, came with a free option, and I may upgrade if we decide to keep the product later. It helped us to quickly start to monitor our environment, and it is faster and with lots of other benefits, such as discovering servers that were not under our control.,Network Scan
Plugin Library, fast and easy to deploy
Running in minutes.,If I need to add a sensor, I must define a device, even if I don't know which device it should be connected to.
Asks for SSL even in internal environments and bothers us all the time.
I'd like to use the dashboard, but not watch all the explanation on how to use it. I think it could be faster to create new dashboard instead.,10,No need to start paying if you don't have money.
Show what you need, as fast as you may deploy it.
Lots of plugin options available for use. You just need to choose yours.,Nagios and CA Nimsoft Monitor,ServiceNow, ServiceNow Governance, Risk, and Compliance, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Data Protection Manager, Microsoft System Center, HP Data Protector, Skype for Business, SkypeVerified UserMy PRTG Review2017-11-22T18:20:04.184ZPRTG Network Monitor is used by my organization to monitor network uptime and downtime of deployed infrastructures including Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), servers, websites, applications, enterprise servers, SaaS deployments, PaaS deployment, and IaaS deployments. Another important offering of PRTG to my organization is the PRTG alerts. This feature has helped us discover warnings and unusual metrics by enabling us to write our own notification scripts by using PRTG advance API.,Accurate bandwidth monitoring
Easy to use monitoring capability
Powerful API integrations,While PRTG allows you to create maps of your network, it doesn't seem to automatically link devices together.
Some functionality in the Enterprise Console redirects you to the web console.
Sensor allocations can get used up quickly.,7,Provides an effective means for threat intelligence
Reduced overall cost on network security monitoring
Increase in customer satisfaction rating,SolarWinds MSP Anywhere,Cisco Ethernet Switches, Cisco Cloud Web Security, Cisco Enterprise RoutersGodwin ArigbonuPRTG Review2017-10-12T17:43:44.424ZPRTG is currently monitoring all network devices for our enterprise clients. We have 2 clients being monitored, but have multiple sites with several hundred devices being monitored. We are specifically monitoring from the ISP/MPLS connection, all the way down to the switch and all devices in between.,Alerting is pretty accurate. Rarely are we getting a false alert due to ping or packet loss.
Real time bandwidth usage monitors are pretty easy to deal with and being able to see back 365 days is nice.
Having both a web based UI and fat client is great.,Well the only issue I have had personally is that the fat client tries to load the previous view point you have been looking at after you closed it last, making the application lock up. This could be due to our implementation of it, so I don't really view this as a con.
Nothing else to add.,9,I am a level 2 engineer and don't really have information on this. I would say positive, as we are using it for enterprise level clients with environments of 2,000 users or more.,Auvik, PacketTrap and SolarWinds Log & Event Manager,ServiceNow, Kaseya IT CenterVerified UserPRTG - YOUR Network & Device Monitoring Platform2017-05-22T19:45:22.124ZWe use PRTG to monitor many VPN tunnels to our clients' sites from ours and in between client sites themselves. We also use PRTG for disk usage/free space in addition to keys Dell server metrics. Its software and e-mail alerts make sure you KNOW what's going on when it's happening. The customization and ease of use are what sold us on PRTG for our company!,Alerting you to changes in statuses
Customization and granular tweaking
Installation and setup is a breeze
Maintaining and growing PRTG is super easy,Sometimes there is A LOT of information to digest
Sometimes finding out how to name your alerts/metrics is tough
More followup/personal touch from PRTG sales,10,We have alerted our customers to issues or potential issues before they even know there is one - it has allowed us to remain proactive vs. reactive.
We have used PRTG as an upsell opportunity for monitoring packages or informational reporting.
The initial investment was a little tough but once we got up and running and saw the power of PRTG we were highly satisfied.,SolarWinds MSP Manager and SolarWinds MSP Anywhere,vSphere, Hyper-V, Veeam Backup & ReplicationBill ArtingerPRTG Network Monitoring from the college classroom to the field2017-04-04T14:53:05.598ZPRTG is used a classroom environment to acclimate students in using the product before they enter the field. Our students are required to take on an internship before graduation and using the products in the classroom transitions them directly to the employer to hit the ground running with industry tools. PRTG is used in a sandbox lab that is running various intrusion testing. The student has no fear of breaking an environment to analyze incidents that can happen in real time. PRTG is also run on the classroom VLAN which also monitors vSphere traffic of over 1000 virtual machines. These machines can be monitored for events and incidents that a demo could rarely perform. The plethora of data interpretation makes the incidents and events a real time situation.,Excellent graphs and eye candy.
The software can be used on small footprints like devices on the Pine64.
There is very little overhead on the product. You install out of the box and do a walk-through configuration.,I would like to see labs done where actual real alarms could be observed.
Although they have mapping software for dashboards, it doesn't look as easy as it should.
There is a huge learning curve to interpret everything you are seeing.,9,This product is used in an academic environment and the impact is huge for students using the product before the see it in the field.,,SolarWinds Network Bandwidth Analyzer, VMware ESXiPhilip DPRTG Really Monitors Network2017-03-20T19:53:14.626ZWe use PRTG to monitor all of our critical systems (firewalls, routers, switches, and servers). All the employees in the IT department have the program up all day and monitor it for issues. This helps us get in front of any issues and get resolutions in place and the network back up quicker.,Monitoring different types of devices.
Wide range of sensors available.
Works well with a lot of the mainstream equipment in the market.
Does a good job giving warnings based on the history of a sensor.,Setting up specific alarms (example - high CPU usage) is very hard. Most times the alarms cause more work than just monitoring the PRTG GUI.,9,Allows us to see potential issues before they become failures. Examples would be high memory or CPU usage, low disk space, etc.
We are able to see outages right away instead of waiting for users to complain. This allows us to get in front of the issue and get it resolved quicker.
Allows us to see the over all health of our complete network.Troy SmithGood balance between UI and functionality.2016-06-10T16:35:24.389ZWe use PRTG to monitor major backhaul telecommunication links, over 10,000 devices deployed in over 30 points of presence, and a multi-tenanted virtual environment. PRTG provides us event monitoring, alerting to responsible staff and end users, capacity management and uptime reporting. It is a critical piece of infrastructure that allows us to produce metrics for our OLAs and SLAs.,Clean, sleek interface
Easy to understand from a user perspective
Good permission functionality, able to provide 'ringed-fence' logins for external users
Tree interface allows settings and permissions to inherit their way down the tree
Flexible notification/threshold functionality
Lots of monitoring options to deploy
Very easy to update, deploy new probes, move and clone sensors
Has a 'Library' function that allows you to restructure existing sensors without duplicating them,PRTG does not protect itself from its own configuration. If you are creating ping sensors that attempt to ping too often that it can collect the results, it can have repercussions, such as grinding the entire system to a halt. PRTG also has a matrix about how many of certain types of sensors you can create on a probe - however the system doesn't have any kind of tracking for it, so the only real way of telling that the probe is overloaded is that it starts slowing down - and this impacts the data collection. The higher importance of your PRTG installation, you will have to have a keen eyed administrator.
Although PRTG is capable of scaling upwards, once you start to manage thousands of sensors, you need to start rigorously planning your probe deployment. The probe limitations may prevent you from logically grouping your sensor groups at a top level. And you won't notice performance problems until your data collection is already being impacted.
Our internal users use AD authentication. PRTG has a control that if there are too many failed logins in quick succession, then it delays all logins to protect itself from brute forcing. Unfortunately this does more harm than good when someone's password expires and PRTG is still running on a device somewhere (this happens quite often).
You can set a desired availability percentage in your settings, which applies to reports. Unfortunately, it's one setting for your entire environments - we want to monitor different availability levels for different services that we monitor!,9,Given us a nice, controlled, ringed-fence portal to deliver to customers for them to view monitoring on the services we sell them.
Given us plenty of metrics to allow us to measure SLA's and OLA's.
Given us the tools to deploy proactive measures for service outages.,ServiceDesk PlusJamie ImmsPRTG Rocks2016-06-01T21:06:33.430ZI am using PRTG to monitor all network equipment across 5 locations. I monitor: bandwidth, internet uptime, server performance including, CPU, RAM, disk space and bandwidth utilization. I also use the NetFlow/Sflow and remote sensor features. I've also used PRTG to import custom MIBs for UPS and PDU systems. Some of the more common sensors are the WMI Multi Disk sensors, Ping, Bandwidth and uptime sensors.,PRTG appears to be plain and simple and you can use it that way if you want. But it has power under the hood and can be used to monitor anything you can think of. I like the fact that it's simple to use, it's truely as easy as auto discover, tweak and forget (or wait until you get PRTG notices via email).
Alarms are easy to use and you can set them to be granular by error or by group/users.
PRTG upgrades are a snap with auto update.
I've set up PRTG in a cluster so that we don't have to log when we take the server down for maintenance for reporting on uptime, etc. Cluster setup is very easy.
In a previous job, I posted public pages to our IT intranet page so employees could see if there was a server outage. Again, very easy and a nice idea.,Reporting isn't as nice as I would like it to be. Nothing specific really, but depending on the report it can take quite a bit of time to generate, more time than expected. I think it would also be nice to make it more granular with more presentation options.
The Desktop application is not as easy and nice as the web interface. I'm a big fan of the web interface and I would consider not even deploying it.
I really like the notifications, but fine tuning it so that you get reports too often or not enough can take some time. I think the defaults don't work for everyone and making sure you are aware of that can prove embarrassing if you are not on top of it or prepared to explain the notices to everyone you send them to... e.g. IT director.
The maps have improved greatly over the years. I think there is still room to make them even better. I wish they had a grid view and a way to select all objects and size them equally and alighn them or snap to grid.,9,The product is very well priced as compared to other network monitoring tools. If you are under 100 sensors it's free.
I've been able to use PRTG to see trends in bandwidth and make informed and data-backed decisions for increased or dual band internet for redundancy.
It's saved me several times on hardware issues that appear on SAN devices or failed drives. I was able to quickly respond and prevent further issues without ever impacting productivity.,SevOne and Spiceworks,Splunk, VMware ESXi, WatchGuard XTM,No,Price
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Prior Experience with the Product,I would ensure to get others to buy in on the solution and even have others demo the product, even if they don't use it day to day as they will ask questions and come up with things I may not have. I should also consider not making price the initial factor. This opens the door wider on the evaluation phase and might lead to something that might have not been discovered if I had not opened the door wider.Verified UserPRTG - Network Monitor - Dashboards - Reports2016-07-28T21:23:14.404ZWe use PRTG Network Monitor across the whole organization to visualize the status of all our branch offices (ping, net flow, metroEthernet). We also use it to monitor service applications, Windows applications, and to create reports and dashboards.,Excellent Dashboards and Tree Maps.
If a service stops working, PRTG can automatically restart it without having you to go to the VM or turn on your computer. You can enjoy your day off.
Set Alerts for everything - ping down, high load, out of space.,Top ribbon menu. It's hard to click when you have a few subcategories.
Bigger and different fonts, would help a lot.,10,No overtime needed for a simple networking task. We saved over 20+ hours of overtime every week.
Sensors: if a hard drive is over the limit, it will alert you and you won't have any down time.,,Nimble Storage, VMware vCenter Server, MS SharePointVerified User
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PRTG Network Monitor
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