Auvik Network Management (ANM) vs PRTG Network Monitor comparison

Auvik Network Management (ANM) vs. PRTG Network Monitor

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As of July 2024, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Juniper Mist Premium Analytics is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Auvik Network Management (ANM) is 1.0%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PRTG Network Monitor is 4.4%, down from 5.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Shiva_Prasad

Senior Technical Consultant at Black Box Network Services

Jan 25, 2024

A cloud solution for warehousing with a troubleshooting feature

The initial setup is straightforward. It's based on user requirements. We also conduct heat mapping using a couple of tools. The only requirement is to understand the technical or configuration aspects from the user's end and then configure it. Mist takes no more than 15 to 20 minutes for a particular deployment. You need to understand the end user's environment and have a concrete plan on whether it's a greenfield installation or an existing one, considering the density and height. Based on that, we need to develop a passive heat map. Then, you need to discuss with the user to understand exactly what needs to be configured and what they require in their environment. Based on that, you can proceed with the installation. Additionally, you can perform post-installation heat mapping to ensure it matches the earlier heat map. I rate the initial setup an eight out of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy.

It helps us troubleshoot bandwidth issues quickly and back up our configurations

reviewer2395341

Service Delivery Manger at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Apr 26, 2024

We were having bandwidth issues on parts of our network and didn't have a central point to investigate these problems before Auviv. We were inspecting logs, jotting things down, looking at error calendars, and doing everything manually. It took forever. Auvik helps us have more visibility in nearly real-time. We realized the benefits almost immediately. There are fewer bandwidth problems because we can identify the bottlenecks quickly and resolve them, so I think that has reduced strain on the help desk. Our resolution time is several hours faster because we don't need to manually compare error logs and stuff like that.

Good monitoring services with good reliability and the capability to expand

Sixto Huerta

Operador at Arteria Comunicaciones SA de CV

Dec 6, 2022

We are using the latest version of the solution. We've deployed both on the cloud and on-premises. Users need to know the solution to work with it effectively. They need to update and need to know all the specifics, including the features. Also, users need to know what to monitor and what they need to monitor. They need asset management. They need to know the critical services that they want to monitor so that it can be clear for the tool. Before the implementation before the installation, they need to do that - all the configurations. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The single dashboard is a valuable feature."

"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."

"The monitoring and backup are the most valuable features."

"Automatic alerting is probably the most valuable."

"I like Auvik's mapping. Your home dashboard has a map view where you can see potential issues on the endpoints. If an AP or switch has a problem, you can drill down into those to see how it's affecting the endpoints."

"The main selling point was the traffic insights feature, which better explains our network traffic. Auvik has many different features, but we primarily want it for traffic insights. It has monitoring and network discovery. Network discovery is useful, but we already have a monitoring solution. The network map is easy to use."

"The most valuable aspect of Auvik Network Management is its remote management capabilities."

"Topography mapping is incredibly useful, especially when it's functioning properly."

"The network management piece has been the most advantageous. First, it alerts us about network devices that are under duress or having issues. Second, it has historical data. That allows us to go back, if, for instance, a switch is having problems, and see if it is something that trends at a certain time of the day, or a certain day of the week."

"Being able to terminal into the devices without going anywhere else is valuable. All of it can be done within Auvik."

"Technical support is helpful."

"Speed of deployment is one of the most valuable features."

"It is pretty simple to use, which is always a good thing. It's been very reliable in updating us if any issues crop up."

"I found PRTG Network Monitor very useful for troubleshooting and monitoring the utilization of either the network or server."

"It is a central solution in terms of how to actually use it. It has a very easy dashboard. Everything is concise. We are able to create custom sensors. For different parts of the business, we have many products across many environments, and it works for everything."

"It has made our infrastructure more reliable."

"The alerting is the most valuable feature. I also like the iPhone app. I get alerts in an email on the iPhone app."

"We use the remote probes a lot for our branch offices. Instead of deploying the full instance of PRTG, we'll put a remote probe out there. This simplifies the whole deployment for us."

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Cons

"The technical support needs improvement."

"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."

"The actual adding of networks, systems, and everything like that is fairly easy, but the problem that I have is getting the metrics out. Specifically, if you go to the Auvik webpage, sign in, and go through the alerts and everything else, they don't offer any plasma display with a red light, green light, or stop light indicating this device is in an error state, down, etc. To get around this, we have to use their API. I had to code an entire interface to work around that lack of information."

"I've had some issues where the solution repeatedly discovers a device I don't want to manage and alerts me about it. This is probably me not using the tool correctly, or it could be Auvik recognizing the device in different ways."

"Something else I would like to see would be additional vendors for the hardware life cycle. Right now, they mainly focus on Cisco stuff, which is fine, but not every customer we have uses Cisco."

"Auvik's UI, while informative, can be a hurdle for new users due to its complexity."

"Auvik's network map, while helpful, could benefit from improved clarity."

"Recently, the map performance has become incredibly slow, even for small maps. For example, simply changing a device type can take up to five or ten minutes to reflect the change."

"It uses SNMP in its discovery process and how it pulls in data. But today it doesn't have an SNMP trap facility so you can't have your infrastructure devices push alerts into Auvik. And that for us would be a big feature that we would like to see."

"The discovery of devices in your inventory could be more automated. It doesn't find anything without an SNMP string. If you have an SNMP string, it'll find it for you and keep it in the inventory."

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"Having a Unix implementation or Unix installation could be an improvement. Right now, it's based just on Windows, and that's a problem for some customers."

"We're using more cloud services now. It would be useful to be able to get information back from these cloud services in detail, and display any issues within PRTG for the rest of our systems."

"We have had a few issues with the web elements, as far as the dashboard. With the dashboard, it has to be manually refreshed. Occasionally, we reboot the server, or at least web services, due to the web aspect."

"In a very few cases, customers want more detailed reports, which we cannot meet."

"Integration into service management ticketing systems could be better. They should simplify the integration into big service management platforms like ServiceNow, Remedy, and Cherwell. They're really into monitoring, but they don't do any self-resolution. It would be better if the company moved more into the AIOps space so that you could actually kick off some remedies. I know that you can execute some commands from the tool, but you need to develop those all yourself. It would be really handy if they had some auto-remedy scripts that they could develop on top."

"The licensing policy needs more flexibility."

"PRTG could use reporting tools and mobile alert tools. It should be easier to diagnose and respond to problems from a mobile device on the go."

"PRTG would be improved if it required less memory to run."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive."

"We have a lot of problems with licensing in many other solutions, but I've never run into a problem with Auvik licensing. That's a pretty good vote of confidence."

"Auvik is definitely one of the more expensive platforms. It is not cheap at all. If cost is an issue, Auvik isn't on the table at all, but they do have a fantastic solution for the cost. If budget isn't a concern, they are probably the market leader. We migrated away from it to a competitor called Domotz because of pricing. Auvik bills per what they call a billable device, which is a firewall, a switch, and a controller. All of those count as billable devices. Domotz, as an alternative, bills per site. It's a flat fee for the whole site. So, whether you've got 3 switches or 10 switches, it's the same cost."

"The billing is excellent. The way they bill it, in most environments, it's not that expensive. The billing is very cost-effective."

"Compared to Auvik's competitors, its pricing is largely in line with SolarWinds."

"It definitely costs more than some of the competitors that are out there. It's also better, so I understand why it's a little bit more expensive."

"The pricing seems fairly competitive with what may be out there. We haven't looked around too much, but the pricing is very reasonable."

"Auvik tends to be on the pricier side."

"It turns out they only charge for routers and switches!"

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"When you have a lot of devices, PRTG Network Monitor can be costly."

"We looked at PRTG and SolarWinds. From a cost side perspective, compared to PRTG, and from what you get back from it, PRTG was sort of a hands down the winner."

"The ability to use the base version with 100 free sensors is great. The cost on other packages can be very reasonable."

"The price was pretty good, very competitive."

"It is about £4,500 for the first year, then about another 15 to 20 percent annually after that. So, we are looking at about £1000 running costs a year. When you think about how much an outage costs per minute, it's negligible."

"I rate the licensing for PRTG Network Monitor an eight out of ten."

"The pricing for PRTG in our case is reasonable because we have a lot of applications to monitor within PRTG. It is not that expensive."

"Licenses are very expensive, so I would like to see cheaper licensing."

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IT Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

May 31, 2015

Nagios vs. Zabbix vs. PRTG vs. Spiceworks vs. Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor

I have researched a quite a few network monitoring tools which can be used for various monitoring purposes of not only the servers, but the intermediate routers as well. There are majorly three types of these softwares. Ones which are completely open-source, you can do almost anything you want…

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

19%

Construction Company

11%

Educational Organization

Comms Service Provider

Educational Organization

49%

Computer Software Company

Government

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Questions from the Community

We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Juniper Mist Premium Analytics?

The solution is expensive. I rate the pricing an eight out of ten.

What needs improvement with Juniper Mist Premium Analytics?

The technical support needs improvement.

What do you like most about Auvik?

The most valuable feature for us in Auvik is the network topology.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Auvik?

The pricing is a bit more on the higher end. If you are paying by device and you have a hundred billable devices, the...

What needs improvement with Auvik?

We might have encountered a bug. We notified Auvik when we had an issue with every single installation of their contr...

What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?

PRTG network monitor is one of the best tool i have ever used for the monitoring. It have auto discovery option. it a...

What do you like most about PRTG Network Monitor?

The tool is integrated with our email for the alerts.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PRTG Network Monitor?

PRTG Network Monitor is cheap.

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Paessler GmbH

Overview

Juniper Mist Premium Analytics is a comprehensive network analytics solution that provides organizations with valuable insights into their network performance and user experience. The primary use case of this product is to enable IT teams to proactively monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize their network infrastructure.

The most valuable functionality of Juniper Mist Premium Analytics is its AI-driven insights and recommendations. Leveraging machine learning algorithms, it analyzes vast amounts of network data to identify anomalies, predict potential issues, and suggest remediation actions. This proactive approach helps organizations minimize network downtime, improve user experience, and optimize network performance.

By providing real-time visibility into network performance, Juniper Mist Premium Analytics helps organizations quickly identify and resolve network issues. It offers detailed analytics on network traffic, application performance, and user behavior, allowing IT teams to pinpoint the root cause of problems and take immediate action. This not only reduces troubleshooting time but also enhances overall network reliability.

Furthermore, Juniper Mist Premium Analytics enables organizations to optimize their network infrastructure. It provides insights into network capacity utilization, application usage patterns, and user behavior, allowing IT teams to make informed decisions about network design, resource allocation, and capacity planning. This helps organizations to ensure that their network is efficiently utilized and can support the growing demands of their users.

Auvik is a network management software that provides real-time visibility and control over network infrastructure.

It automates network mapping, monitoring, and troubleshooting, allowing IT teams to easily identify and resolve issues.

With its intuitive interface and powerful features, Auvik helps businesses optimize their network performance and ensure smooth operations.

PRTG Network Monitor runs on a Windows machine within your network, collecting various statistics from the machines, software, and devices which you designate. PRTG comes with an easy-to-use web interface with point-and-click configuration. You can easily share data from it with non-technical colleagues and customers, including via live graphs and custom reports. This will let you plan for network expansion, see what applications are using most of your connection, and make sure that no one is hogging the entire network just to torrent videos.

To monitor a large IT environment, it's important to be able to scale PRTG up. Paessler PRTG Enterprise Monitor includes all the proven capabilities of PRTG Network Monitor, which are enhanced by exclusive ITOps Board for a service-oriented, central overview of multiple PRTG servers.

Sample Customers

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Jameson Bank, Sidnix, RungeICT, MedicalAnimal, Truck-lite, GamingGrids, The Covell Group, Forsythn County Schools, NetMass, Musgrove Park Hospital, Lanes Health, Columbia Southern University, Vodafone, Intrust Bank

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