Light Weight Network Monitoring Tool
April 30, 2021

Light Weight Network Monitoring Tool

Nikhil Kumar Sharma | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with PRTG Network Monitor

PRTG is used as a light weight Network Monitoring Solution for our customers where team just want to have a visibility on Network Fault and Performance Data along with Syslog and Traps with Netflow Data analysis. PRTG also offer notifications and integration options for ticketing and alerting command center tea and hence PRTG is helping us out for end to end network monitoring
  • Out of the box default probes is available
  • Distributed architecture
  • Light Weight
  • More integration options
  • Enhanced probe management
  • Application Stability and scalability is a must
  • Out of the box probes available
  • Distributed architecture
  • Easy configuration and reporting functionality
  • Improved Network Monitoring
  • Low Cost
  • Light Weight tool with less server specification
  • Distributed Architecture
  • Application stability when scaled to large number of devices
PRTG is a light weight Network Fault and performance monitoring tool with low cost and lower server specification. Although it is light weight still it covers all required network fault and performance monitoring parameters out of the box and also allows you to customize monitoring parameters and alerts/threshold. Some issues are there with respect to scalability as compared to other tools in the market.

Do you think PRTG Network Monitor delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with PRTG Network Monitor's feature set?

Yes

Did PRTG Network Monitor live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of PRTG Network Monitor go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy PRTG Network Monitor again?

Yes

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PRTG is well suited when you want to monitor network infrastructure of small size such as 1000 or 2000, for basic fault and performance monitoring. If you have custom monitoring requirements then make sure you have enough probes to do this or else it will make your system sluggish. Application scalability is another challenge for more number of devices.

PRTG Feature Ratings

Automated network device discovery
10
Network monitoring
10
Baseline threshold calculation
9
Alerts
10
Network capacity planning
5
Packet capture analysis
8
Network mapping
6
Customizable reports
10
Wireless infrastructure monitoring
7
Hardware health monitoring
9