Entuity vs Nagios Core comparison

Park Place Technologies and Nagios are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Park Place Technologies is ranked #67, while Nagios is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.7. Park Place Technologies holds a 0.7% mindshare in NMS, compared to Nagios’s 1.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Park Place Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of Nagios users who would recommend it.

Entuity

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100% willing to recommend

Nagios Core

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80% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

Entuity and Nagios Core both compete in the network management solutions category. Entuity appears to have the upper hand with its ease of use and customer support.

Features: Entuity includes automated discovery, performance analysis, and comprehensive reporting tools, offering a holistic management experience. Nagios Core provides open-source flexibility, extensive customization, and scalability, suitable for tech-savvy teams.

Room for Improvement: Entuity could enhance its affordability and integration capabilities with third-party tools, as well as expand its open-source options. Nagios Core could improve its user interface, streamline the setup process, and offer more direct customer support options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Entuity has a straightforward deployment process and significant customer support. Nagios Core requires technical expertise for deployment and relies on community-driven support.

Pricing and ROI: Entuity generally involves higher initial setup costs with a structured ROI through its feature set and support. Nagios Core, as open-source, offers lower upfront costs but may require further investment in resources for customization.

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Categories and Ranking

Entuity

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

67th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Nagios Core

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

10th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Infrastructure Monitoring (10th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Entuity is 0.7%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nagios Core is 1.9%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Nagios Core	1.9%
Entuity	0.7%
Other	97.4%

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Ahmed Salman

Performance & Monitoring Supervisor at Saudi Telecom Company

A good solution for network monitoring and support management, but there is no centralized database

There is no centralized database. It is an issue if you use a local database and have multiple borders. However, if you have an external database, you can keep the same old data from an old border up to 100 borders. In addition, if we want to create an ABI or use an ABI to connect data, there is no competition when we ask for support. If we want to modify the calculation matrix or equation, we have to raise a professional service. Other competitors like Micro Focus, a network management system, have a new supportability matrix in the market every quarter.

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Husham Yaqoob

Senior System Administrator at Interactive Group

Monitoring solution provides comprehensive visibility across IT infrastructure

The good thing about Nagios Core is it covers everything. Everything in the IT domain, you can monitor anything. You can even monitor printers, the ports of printers, Core workstations, and storage. You can monitor the workflow Core and the utilization of computes. If you want to grasp everything of your IT equipment on a single interface, you can use Nagios. It's the best one. It provides dashboards, and you can also configure your emails and alerts with it. If something is critical, you can configure it to notify via emails. It has a very handy dashboard, providing live alerts and visibility for everything.

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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

"I would recommend Entuity to other users as it's user-friendly and easier to manage than other solutions."

"I particularly like the theme and the dashboard that they have brought in this version. In the previous version, there was only a simple screen. There wasn't any dashboard. It was a simple view, but now, they have brought in a dashboard that gives the fields for the ops as well. They can get the data they want to see in a single place."

"We went for this solution because it comes with a lot of features; it's an all-in-one solution, which means we don't have to go for multiple solutions."

"Event management and the geographical Google API-based network topology are the most valuable features of Entuity."

"Entuity's best feature is its ability to monitor a large number of devices."

"The most valuable feature is the ease of deployment, simplicity of the end user's experience (the forms and the sheets that you use, the screens you can use to see what's going on, and overall capability), as well as the ease of integration into other solutions."

"The most valuable feature of Entuity is network mapping and information. When clicking on a particular location it can automatically survey the connectivity diagram for us. We can arrange this icon in any kind of formats, such as ring or mesh. The networking mapping can show the components and interconnectivity with the help of IP addresses and NetFlow."

"The setup was very simple and took about an hour."

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"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."

"It is fairly easy to set up, and we can monitor pretty much everything we want to."

"We use the product to monitor server applications."

"The solution's most valuable feature is that it offers proper alerting capabilities."

"The most valuable feature of Nagios Core is the ability to check the availability of the server for network connectivity. Additionally, the interface is good."

"The solution is quite efficient."

"The poller is really good, I can easily implement new stuff and it is scalable."

"The reporting structure and the feature set are valuable to me."

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Cons

"In the most recent versions, Entuity has removed the Explorer navigation feature. This was very useful, and Entuity would be improved by restoring it."

"Entuity can improve the fetching of device configuration. The solution uses scripts and I could not understand them or find any recourses on the internet to learn about the language that is used in the script."

"Entuity could improve by having more integration because now network management is not a standalone solution."

"What might be improved for the user may be the depth of insight into the events that do happen and the ease of integration."

"Entuity can expand its coverage on monitoring VoIP solutions a little bit more."

"If we want to modify the calculation matrix or equation, we have to raise a professional service."

"It should support IPAM or IP Address Management. When we are managing networks, if IPAM also becomes a part of this, we do not have to look for a separate solution."

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"The UI is a little outdated and graphics could be displayed in a better way."

"Generally, it does what I need it to do, but better error reporting would be great."

"Nagios Core can improve the graphical interface, it would make things a little easier."

"Nagios Core could improve by adding a user interface. If you want the user interface you have to use Nagios XI."

"Don't use it. If you're starting from scratch, there are products that scale better and perform better, and they use the same plugin syntax as they were initially Nagios forks."

"It would be nice if the company offered a sales or contract manager that was dedicated to our company so that we would have some sort of link to Nagios, and if we had issues or questions, we'd be able to contact them directly."

"The initial setup process could be easier."

"Making it a little easier to configure and set up from the start would help. There are multiple layers that you have to wade through to be able to set it up, to do it the right way, and to get it to do what you want it to do."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It varies and depends on the quantity. It's worth the cost."

"We have 400 licenses and we are only using 150 licenses."

"Entuity's licensing is very highly-priced."

"Entuity is not an expensive solution."

"It can be comparatively expensive but that is because it is comprehensive."

"I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."

"It's free."

"We are using the open-source, unpaid version."

"Nagios Core is an open source solution, and there are no licensing fees."

"The product is cheaply priced."

"The Nagios Core (PNP4Nagios + Core) is free and can be setup by Netadmin within a few hours. The only additional cost is the cloud server."

"We are using the free version."

"Nagios Core is a cheap solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

22%

University

Government

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Computer Software Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	3

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	20
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	23

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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.

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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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What is your primary use case for Nagios Core?

I was a senior system administrator. I've been using Nagios Core for more than ten years now. It can be used to monitor hosts, such as machines, and monitor services of any kind. I'm using it to mo...

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Overview

Entuity network management software continually monitors network bandwidth, network error rate and network congestion, which are all factors that impact overall network throughput. Events can be raised in response to abnormal traffic to allow remedial action before users are impacted. The Entuity network monitor continually evaluates network latency and network jitter to calculate MOS and ICPIF scores. Events can be raised when these scores are unacceptable for business application, voice and video performance. Key Features include: Root Cause Analysis, Event Management, Flow Monitoring & Analysis, Application Path Monitoring and Network Performance Monitoring.

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This is IT infrastructure monitoring's industry-standard, open-source core. Free without professional support services.

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Tait Communications, Vattenfall, Discovery, University of Minnesota, Pernod Ricard, Electric Car

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