Centreon vs InfoScale comparison

Centreon and InfoScale are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Centreon is ranked #27 with an average rating of 7.3, while InfoScale is ranked #26 with an average rating of 8.6. Centreon holds a 1.6% mindshare in IM, compared to InfoScale’s 0.0% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Centreon users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of InfoScale users who would recommend it.

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93% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Centreon and InfoScale based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Centreon

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

27th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (27th), Cloud Monitoring Software (21st)

InfoScale

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

26th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (19th), High Availability Clustering (1st), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (14th), Data Storage for Kubernetes (2nd), Autonomous Operational Resilience (4th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Centreon is 1.6%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of InfoScale is 0.0%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
InfoScale	0.0%
Centreon	1.6%
Other	98.4%

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Sulesh PK

Monitoring and Operations Pilot at Egis S.A.

Experience enhanced monitoring with real-time alerts and efficient support

I would like to see automation in the poller features, as currently, the poller is not automated. If we could automate the addition or removal of hosts in the poller, it would improve efficiency. Sometimes, Centreon does not show the status of services as updated, which should be addressed. Additionally, enhancements are needed in identifying configuration issues, providing real-time alerts in case of issues, and improving the HTTP configuration tasks, as Centreon does not currently display issues with HTTP links, requiring manual investigation.

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TABISH JAVED

Site Reliability Engineer (Certified) at Kyndryl India

Automated recovery has minimized downtime and supports seamless multi‑datacenter failover

Beyond pricing, there are areas where I would like to see InfoScale improved or enhanced. Veritas offers three management approaches. The first, which Veritas currently recommends, is Veritas Operation Manager. The second is the Cluster Manager Java Console graphical interface. The Cluster Manager Java Console has not been revised since version 6.1 or 6.2. This tool was critical for me, particularly valuable when managing small cluster footprints of 20 to 30 server nodes. I relied heavily on this tool, but Veritas has moved away from it in favor of Operation Manager. I recommend Veritas continue evolving this tool rather than discarding it. The third approach is the command line, suitable for individuals with extensive Veritas expertise and experience, but command line use in live environments consumed excessive time, leading me to prefer the graphical interface. Apart from pricing, I have not discovered disadvantages. The product is excellent. My concern is Veritas discarding the Cluster Manager Java Console in favor of Veritas Operation Manager. Setting up Operation Manager requires time and a dedicated server that runs continuously. I had to create a single server just for Veritas Operation Manager. While this works well for larger environments with hundreds of clusters, it is less useful for smaller deployments. I still recommend Veritas reconsider this application and evolve it by incorporating new features from Veritas Operation Manager. Adding these new features to the Java console would be beneficial because that tool runs on my laptop without consuming environment resources, and I can connect directly to clusters from my laptop. I am not opposing Veritas Operation Manager, which is excellent and resembles hardware management consoles for power machines, but smaller tools that previously performed these tasks should remain as options to provide clients with greater ease. From a features and functionality perspective, I do not find missing features in InfoScale at this moment. However, I am not actively using Veritas, managing only legacy machines on older hardware. I am upgrading operating systems but not Veritas due to contract expiration and end-of-life status. The contract is not being renewed because the customer wants to move away. Since I have not logged into VCS since 2021 and transferred responsibilities to another team, I am unaware of features arriving in version 8 or beyond and cannot comment specifically on recent Veritas introductions.

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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

"Centreon is one of our core tools and if we didn't have it, we couldn't do our job effectively."

"During the day it probably saves us 50 percent of our time, and during the night it's even more."

"Centreon is a solution, and it is very good and efficient if you put all your infrastructure inside."

"The product is available in ISO image format, ready for deployment. Centreon also has a comprehensive guide and documentation that are simple and easy to follow."

"The customizable reports and dashboards are really flexible. We started this partnership with Centreon, when we were looking for a solution, because of the flexibility of the reporting. That's what we found to be most attractive in the solution. You can display the data as you want."

"What we like about it is that, whereas with Nagios, by design, if you have five or six data centers, you have to open five or six web pages to see what's going on, In Centreon, this is all included in one page, a single site, one dashboard. You don't have to jump from one specific dashboard to the other."

"It supports active monitoring so we don't have to use traps. From time to time traps are not very useful because we never know if they are actually working or not. The reporting part is also valuable as are the event logs. Using them we can check right away if something has had a hiccup."

"We are alerted on service impacts and not when something is down. We have saved a lot of time on non-business-hours intervention."

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"InfoScale's ability to maintain data integrity and availability during a cyber event such as a ransomware attack is excellent."

"It offers High Availability for many applications, including Oracle and SAP environment."

"The best feature in InfoScale is the file system, which is the greatest feature as you can get any storage LUN from any hardware because it's software-defined and create a volume that can consist of storage from two or more different vendors, which avoids any vendor lock-in and makes it easier when you expand as time goes."

"The best feature is that it supports high availability and automatic failover, which minimizes downtime and helps the environment reduce downtime and improve high availability for critical applications."

"In a live incident scenario, the data replication process occurs in real-time, and compared to other products, this data replication feature works effectively, ensuring data availability, and we can implement this scenario using Veritas Volume Replication (VVR), which is the most usable feature in InfoScale for data replication."

"It's a stable solution."

"Over the last two years, we did not experience any application failover or receive alerts due to the immediate switchover mechanism in active-active mode that ensures no downtime, helping us significantly with confidence and trust in our organization."

"From a recovery standpoint, InfoScale is excellent and easy to manage."

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Cons

"The product collects the information, but it fails to send them via SMS, WhatsApp or Telegram."

"The reporting has room for improvement."

"The problem with the reporting is you have to configure the report, and after that, you will have the same report every month, every week, every day. You have to sync it in order to have a great report."

"The pricing setup costs and licensing weren't very good in the past."

"I think Centreon's security could be improved by leveraging AI. That's where things are heading in the industry."

"The Home view could be improved by adding customization functions that allow users to change the size of the widgets for a more uniform layout."

"The most important issue is the capability to interconnect with other systems."

"Centreon supports officially 10,000 services per poller. That is not much for larger customers, because this limit is reached very quickly. We use it with three times the limit without any problems, but Centreon says, "Okay, we are only supporting it with 10,000 services." We are aware that increasing the limit has different impacts because they need to support it. However, for most customers, it would be be very good if they could increase the limit of services."

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"It's very difficult to implement."

"My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing indicates that pricing is a little higher and should be reduced since most companies cannot afford it."

"Based on my experience with support, I would rate them a nine, only because occasionally the first person I talk to does not know more than I do and it needs to be escalated to reach someone more knowledgeable."

"Many customers can see the benefits of InfoScale, but they are usually not able to buy the products and solutions because of the licensing costs."

"Many customers can see the benefit of InfoScale, but they are usually not able to purchase the product because the license cost is very high."

"While InfoScale is mainly used by enterprise-level customers, it does not inherently support many applications, which presents a scalability issue."

"The primary concern is licensing cost, as the customer is unwilling to invest further and has begun cost-cutting measures."

"My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is a bit expensive, but rather than that, because it is used in critical environments with no competitor, most of the customers go for it anyways."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool is cheaply priced."

"In terms of licensing, you have to think through if the components that need licensing are really needed. For example, the Map module: If you don't need a map to be shown, I don't see a point in paying for those licenses, if you just use it a couple of times a month or a couple of times a week... You can use the Centreon free version and get the main features. The licensing part is, I would say, only for bigger customers who have the option to pay more and who really need those kinds of modules, fancy reports, etc."

"Centreon is better than Nagios XI in regards to cost and support response times, when you have a problem. If you have a problem, it costs money to contact the Nagios XI support."

"The pricing is acceptable."

"I think Centreon's pricing is fair, especially given the criticality of our system. They were cheaper than the other solutions. The licensing terms were pretty straightforward. I believe it was based on the number of hosts."

"The pricing starts at around 5000 euro. However, this depends on: Your environment, the size of your host, how many hosts you have, how many remote pollers you have, and if you want to use the Monitoring Business Intelligence or Centreon MAP functionalities."

"It is perfect and very cheap if you are a little company or startup. After that, it is quite expensive for a big company."

"For more complex tasks, we use prepaid support days and ask Centreon to come onsite."

More Centreon pricing and cost advice

"Our clients pay for licensing on a yearly basis."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

18%

Manufacturing Company

Outsourcing Company

Media Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	14

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	4

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Centreon?

Centreon's pricing is not very expensive. Initially, I rated it seven, but corrected to five out of ten.

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What needs improvement with Centreon?

I have certain concerns with Centreon, such as being unable to set downtime for multiple devices at once due to the limitation of adding only 50 devices in a single go. Increasing this limit would ...

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What is your primary use case for Centreon?

We are using Centreon for monitoring devices, both LAN and WAN devices. There are subsidiaries for my company, so if any devices go down or there are any service alerts, we receive alerts through C...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas InfoScale Availability?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is a bit expensive, but rather than that, because it is used in critical environments with no competitor, most of the customers go f...

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What needs improvement with Veritas InfoScale Availability?

InfoScale can be improved if it added more robust reporting features; it has reporting, but it is very simple. If it created an integration with a reporting tool that makes it official, customers c...

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What is your primary use case for Veritas InfoScale Availability?

My main use case for InfoScale is that we use it in many scenarios. In some scenarios, we use it for clustering for a product like Enterprise Vault, using InfoScale Enterprise, where we handle the ...

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Overview

Centreon offers a robust IT infrastructure monitoring platform, featuring user-friendly dashboards and real-time monitoring. It excels in scalability and integration, making it suitable for monitoring diverse network environments.

Centreon stands out with its unified monitoring capabilities, providing businesses with user-friendly dashboards and extensive plugins for customization. Its scalability ensures companies can expand monitoring tasks without incurring additional costs. Integration capabilities allow seamless interaction with ticketing systems and automation tools. Centreon offers customizable reporting and effectively manages downtimes, providing real-time feedback and proactive maintenance through Business Activity and Anomaly Detection features. Despite its strengths, users find areas for improvement including downtime scheduling, API functionalities, UI enhancements, end-to-end monitoring, and documentation. Businesses are increasingly demanding better automation, network discovery, cloud monitoring, and notification options.

What are Centreon's standout features?

Unified Monitoring: Delivers a comprehensive monitoring platform for IT infrastructure.
User-Friendly Dashboards: Offers intuitive and customizable dashboards for efficient monitoring.
Extensive Plugins: Enables flexibility and customization through numerous plugins.
Scalability: Allows expansion of monitoring duties without additional costs.
Integration Capabilities: Seamlessly integrates with ticketing systems and other tools.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Cost Efficiency: Minimized resolution time through proactive maintenance features.
Ease of Use: Simplifies monitoring with its user-friendly interface.
Proactive Issue Resolution: Real-time monitoring and alerts help prevent service outages.
Customizable Reporting: Adapts reports to meet specific organizational requirements.
Diverse Network Management: Capable of handling diverse IT environments efficiently.

Centreon is implemented across industries to monitor IT infrastructures, including networks, servers, and applications. Companies leverage it to track server performance, manage network devices, and receive timely alerts on device status. Its ability to integrate with ticketing systems and automation tools streamlines operations, enhancing global IT infrastructure monitoring and customer service management with real-time feedback and issue resolution.

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InfoScale delivers robust data availability and protection for enterprises by managing critical workloads across hybrid cloud environments, ensuring minimal downtime and seamless performance.

InfoScale is designed to enhance data resilience and operational efficiency. By enabling quick data access across hybrid infrastructures, it reduces potential downtime and enhances business continuity. Its scalable architecture adapts to dynamic workloads, providing reliable performance under pressure while maintaining seamless integration with cloud-based solutions.

What are the key features of InfoScale?

Data Resiliency: Ensures continuous data availability through advanced clustering and replication technologies.
Scalability: Supports dynamic scaling to meet changing demands without compromising performance.
Cloud Integration: Offers seamless transition and operation within cloud environments.
Automated Operations: Streamlines management processes with automation to reduce manual intervention.

What benefits and ROI should users consider?

Increased Uptime: Improved reliability translates to reduced business interruption.
Cost Efficiency: Potentially lowers operational costs through optimized resource allocation.
Enhanced Security: Provides robust protection measures for critical data assets.
Operational Agility: Facilitates swift adaptation to evolving business requirements.

InfoScale is particularly effective in sectors such as healthcare and finance where data integrity and uptime are crucial. Its implementation empowers industries to handle data-intensive operations efficiently, ensuring continuity and compliance with industry standards.

InfoScale

Sample Customers

Airbus, Bollore, BT, Canal Plus, Kuehne Nagel, Limagrain, LVMH, Oberthur Technologies, Orange, Darty, Addax Petroleum, Plastic Omnium, Auchan, Valeo, Saint Gobin, Clarins, Hugo Boss, JC Decaux, French Government (Defense, Justice, Environment, Agriculture), OptiComm, Thales, Zeiss.

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