CA Unified Communications Monitor and PRTG Network Monitor compete in the network monitoring domain. PRTG Network Monitor is considered superior due to its extensive feature set and worthwhile investment.
Features: CA Unified Communications Monitor emphasizes real-time call monitoring, voice quality analysis, and communication network focus. PRTG Network Monitor offers comprehensive network monitoring, robust alerts, and customizable sensors, covering a broader range of network components.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: CA Unified Communications Monitor provides straightforward deployment tailored to unified communications environments with dedicated service personnel. PRTG Network Monitor offers flexible deployment adaptable to various configurations and responsive customer service.
Pricing and ROI: CA Unified Communications Monitor offers a cost-effective initial setup with adequate ROI for communication-centric monitoring. PRTG Network Monitor requires a higher upfront investment but delivers significant ROI through wide-ranging capabilities and scalability.
CA Unified Communications Monitor is a unified communications monitoring solution that evaluates and reports on the network’s support of real-time applications in multi-vendor environments, so that Network Administrators can optimize the network’s quality of service and end user experience.
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.
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