Overall Satisfaction with PRTG Network Monitor
PRTG software is being used as the network, servers and appliances fault and performance monitoring, event-based alerting, and network traffic flow analysis. Primarily PRTG was deployed for network monitoring, alerting, and reporting. It provides near to real-time monitoring data and supports the Network team to support their operations SLA.
- Fault and performance monitoring
- Alerting and reporting
- Custom parameters monitoring using custom probes.
- Support monitoring of large number of devices from same instance.
- By-default integration with 3rd party tools such as Splunk, Service Now
- More stability in the product.
- Probes for cloud services monitoring.
- Fault and performance monitoring
- Custom probe creation option
- Alerting and reporting
- Low cost and budget tool with full monitoring capability.
- Less management and efforts required for out of the box probes.
- Overall, SLAs are improved for networks and other SNMP-based devices such as Appliances.
- SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (npm), Micro Focus Network Node Manager i (formerly HP Network Node Manager) and DX Spectrum (formerly CA Spectrum)
In my opinion, there are many products in the market that provide vast monitoring options and a lot of customization flexibility and out-of-the-box integration with 3rd party tools such as Service Now, Splunk, and reporting tools. I find PRTG as a good tool for the following reasons:
1. Low cost and budget tool with almost all capability similar to other products.
2. Fewer efforts and skills required comparatively.
3. Out-of-the-box probes availability.
4. Well architected application with scaling options.
1. Low cost and budget tool with almost all capability similar to other products.
2. Fewer efforts and skills required comparatively.
3. Out-of-the-box probes availability.
4. Well architected application with scaling options.
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