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Citrix uberAgent Monitoring vs Nagios Core comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Citrix uberAgent Monitoring
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
51st
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Nagios Core
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
13th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (11th)
 

Featured Reviews

SK
Optimizing user experience through comprehensive monitoring and real-time analytics
Citrix uberAgent Monitoring ( /products/citrix-uberagent-monitoring-reviews ) helps us optimize the end-user experience. It identifies slow applications, system bottlenecks, and offers network and latency analytics to detect network congestion and connection issues. It enhances the security of Citrix environments by providing valuable security insights. It integrates well with Splunk and Elastic Stack ( /products/elastic-stack-reviews ) to provide real-time analytics. Additionally, it is useful for tracking Citrix log-ons and determining where delays are happening.
Nishith-Vyas - PeerSpot reviewer
Valuable reporting and alert system with room for PDF export improvements
The NetEase reporting structure needs improvement, especially the availability report, which is weak. It should be generated automatically with minimal human intervention and should be exportable as a PDF. Besides that, an integrated PDF export feature for reports is necessary. Also, the alert mechanism and graphing mechanism need to be integrated properly into Nagios Core. Currently, integrating these requires advanced Linux knowledge. Integration of more visualization tools like Grafana and Prometheus for better graphing and visualization is also recommended.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Citrix uberAgent Monitoring helps us optimize the end-user experience."
"Our customers like that Nagios Core is an open source solution. It can be customized to our customers' specific needs."
"The most valuable feature depends on the project. It's great if you need to check to ensure a service is running 24/7. I can use the full solution for free, and it's flexible. If I need to add a dashboard, I can integrate it with Nagios. Cloud synchronization is wonderful."
"The solution is quite efficient."
"It has made the life of the network operations staff more proactive in managing the resources of the infrastructure. It prevents disasters long before they can take place."
"I like that it's very simple to install, easy to manage and deploy, and easy to use for monitoring."
"We mostly use Nagios Core to integrate with Python and Bash Script."
"Alert calls occur anytime a service goes down or a matrix is difficult and that helps us to quickly restore service and transfer work."
"It is fairly easy to set up, and we can monitor pretty much everything we want to."
 

Cons

"Citrix uberAgent Monitoring currently does not have its own database and requires dependency on products like Splunk or Elastic Stack for visualization."
"The scalability needs improvement, it's not scalable at this time."
"There is room for improvement in the graphics."
"Nagios Core can improve the graphical interface, it would make things a little easier."
"The mapping is a little hard."
"The initial setup process could be easier."
"The core version is no match for the XI version."
"Nagios Core does not have a graphic display."
"I would like to see a sensor that shows the traffic of a user and what they're doing on the network."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Nagios Core is an open source solution, and there are no licensing fees."
"We are using the free version of Nagios Core."
"I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
"Most the plugin features are free."
"We have saved a lot of time, money, and effort in reducing disaster times, which is owed to Nagios quick alerting."
"Nagios Core is a cheap solution."
"It's free."
"Lessening the price point would be an improvement."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Healthcare Company
16%
Computer Software Company
14%
Insurance Company
8%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Citrix uberAgent Monitoring?
Citrix uberAgent Monitoring currently does not have its own database and requires dependency on products like Splunk or Elastic Stack ( /products/elastic-stack-reviews ) for visualization. Some adv...
What is your primary use case for Citrix uberAgent Monitoring?
We primarily use Citrix uberAgent Monitoring ( /products/citrix-uberagent-monitoring-reviews ) for user experience monitoring, application performance tracking, and security insights on virtual and...
What advice do you have for others considering Citrix uberAgent Monitoring?
Fine-tuning is important for optimal results, and Citrix uberAgent Monitoring requires dependency on products like Splunk or Elastic Stack. Overall, I rate Citrix uberAgent Monitoring eight out of ...
What do you like most about Nagios Core?
What I like about Nagios Core is that it helps me ensure everything is running smoothly by checking the status of hosts and services.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nagios Core?
Nagios Core is a free and open-source product. We don't charge for the product itself, but we charge for the man-hour costs related to installation, configuration, ongoing operation, and maintenance.
What needs improvement with Nagios Core?
The dashboard should be improved. It's very simple. I don't have a very clear or specific suggestion. You can change the skin of the dashboard, however, it's good for me.
 

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