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Claroty Platform vs PRTG Network Monitor comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.5
Claroty Platform helps protect against vulnerabilities, delivering positive outcomes and cost-benefit analysis for critical infrastructure applications.
Sentiment score
6.9
PRTG Network Monitor boosts ROI by enhancing time efficiency, reducing staff needs, preventing failures, and offering cost-effective management.
If my infrastructure is critical infrastructure, the Claroty Platform saves time and resources.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.8
Claroty Platform's customer service is responsive, knowledgeable, and proactive, receiving high ratings despite occasional response delays for requests.
Sentiment score
6.8
Users appreciate PRTG's intuitive design, often resolving issues via resources, despite email-only support and mixed service feedback.
Their response and support are effective and proactive.
They can rate support for the Claroty Platform from one to ten as eight to nine.
I have always found Claroty's technical support to have good engineers.
The setup process is well-documented, making it easy to deploy.
Tutorials are available so I can manage any issue with PRTG Network Monitor easily.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Claroty Platform is praised for scalability, adaptability in cloud and on-premise, and effective multi-location deployment despite minor scaling challenges.
Sentiment score
7.3
PRTG Network Monitor is highly scalable, allowing seamless expansion with added sensors or licenses, despite potential hardware limitations.
The Claroty Platform offers a scalable solution that accommodates both cloud and on-premise deployments.
I would rate the scalability as eight or nine as the only issue faced was with login challenges, which could be improved.
The way the Claroty Platform has considered and included the active scanning part has made it quite scalable.
On a scale of one to ten, scalability is rated as 9.5.
PRTG Network Monitor has the ability to scale and add new devices.
For less than one hundred devices, it is stable.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
The Claroty Platform is stable with minimal downtime, some upgrade issues, and receives varied but generally high stability ratings.
Sentiment score
7.9
PRTG Network Monitor is praised for its stability and reliability, with issues often due to user errors or limits.
The platform runs with minimal delays and effectively manages workloads without intruding on the network.
Overall, I would rate the stability as eight out of ten.
 

Room For Improvement

The Claroty Platform requires improvements in detection, integration, UI, pricing, documentation, training, and vulnerability management for better performance.
PRTG users seek enhancements in dashboards, cloud integration, application speed, support, reporting, pricing, and sensor expansion.
Additionally, reducing the overall cost of hardware and software solutions would be beneficial.
As AI is booming now, there are concerns about AI security.
Sometimes, these CVEs are not actually related to the device in the firmware at the site.
They need to improve application performance monitoring, error tracing mechanisms, and log management.
PRTG Network Monitor should provide syslog monitoring since it is not available at this time.
PRTG Network Monitor can sometimes be too detailed and cluttered at the beginning, making it heavy to use.
 

Setup Cost

Claroty Platform is expensive yet valued for free deployment, with costs justified by its robust security features.
PRTG Network Monitor provides flexible, cost-effective licensing for enterprises, appealing for intuitive setup and competitive pricing against other solutions.
One unique aspect of Claroty is that users get all the deployments for free.
The cost of the Claroty Platform is comparatively high.
The cost is as per the standard market.
Pricing is by the number of devices, not by sensor.
The prices are very high for PRTG Network Monitor.
It's not too high, nor too low, but it's reasonable.
 

Valuable Features

Claroty Platform enhances network management with real-time monitoring and threat detection, offering secure access and comprehensive vulnerability insights.
PRTG Network Monitor is praised for its scalability, user-friendly interface, real-time monitoring, and seamless integration across various technologies.
The ability to detect and classify assets, assess vulnerabilities, and manage patches and updates effectively is highly beneficial.
They offer threat detection, asset management, vulnerability management, and remote access, which makes them the sole vendor in the OT security space to offer all three services.
Additionally, their SRA solution, the Secure Remote Access solution, is very useful for industrial environments.
PRTG Network Monitor already provided me with 100 free sensors, which is enough for my network monitoring.
PRTG Network Monitor is easy to set up. Within a few minutes, it is operational.
It is advantageous because it can be deployed on-premises.
 

Categories and Ranking

Claroty Platform
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Remote Access (8th), Vulnerability Management (17th), Operational Technology (OT) Security (2nd), Cyber-Physical Systems Protection (2nd)
PRTG Network Monitor
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
102
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (5th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (6th), Cloud Monitoring Software (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Claroty Platform and PRTG Network Monitor aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Claroty Platform is designed for Cyber-Physical Systems Protection and holds a mindshare of 42.9%, up 38.7% compared to last year.
PRTG Network Monitor, on the other hand, focuses on Network Monitoring Software, holds 4.2% mindshare, down 4.6% since last year.
Cyber-Physical Systems Protection
Network Monitoring Software
 

Featured Reviews

Deevanshi Priya - PeerSpot reviewer
Achieve certifications with progress tracking and potential for enhanced interactivity
I was using Claroty to complete training assigned by my company. The courses were self-paced and helped me get certified in two additional certifications. I plan to use it further as I have a task list for future courses. It was primarily for certification and study materials The feature I like…
Noman-Saleem - PeerSpot reviewer
Detects suden changes but significant pricing concerns affect the effectiveness of network traffic troubleshooting
We use PRTG Network Monitor for monitoring traffic on interfaces and the behavior of network traffic. If there are sudden changes in traffic or any configuration issues, we can sort them out using PRTG. It's very helpful for troubleshooting and monitoring traffic utilization on our interfaces…
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Comparison Review

it_user174738 - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
16%
Computer Software Company
13%
Energy/Utilities Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
5%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Which solution do you prefer: Nozomi Networks or Claroty Platform?
Nozomi Networks and Claroty Platform are both leading operational technology (OT) security solutions offering a wide range of features, including asset discovery, risk assessment, and threat detect...
What do you like most about Claroty Platform?
The product helps mitigate potential threats, especially if its users have signature rules. The product also provides alerts.
What needs improvement with Claroty Platform?
Regarding the cons of the Claroty Platform, it is not about the deployment, but rather the identification. The Claroty Platform becomes too noisy when it gives numerous CVEs related to vendor match...
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 avoid the configuring the device in PRTG. It automatically discover the device an...
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?
The pricing is in the middle. It's not too high, nor too low, but it's reasonable.
 

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