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Everbridge IT Alerting vs Nagios Core 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
8.5
Everbridge IT Alerting reduces downtime, improves efficiency, enhances accountability, and delivers significant cost savings and faster SLA response times.
Sentiment score
8.8
Nagios Core reduces downtime and costs with quick alerts, providing full ROI and eliminating expensive monitoring tools.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.7
Everbridge IT Alerting is generally praised for responsive, knowledgeable support, despite some communication delays and upsell suggestions.
Sentiment score
5.1
Nagios Core relies on community support, praised for stability and resources, but lacks official help compared to Nagios XI.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Everbridge IT Alerting is praised for scalability, supporting user growth smoothly, with flexible integration and efficient cloud-based design.
Sentiment score
6.7
Nagios Core shows scalability for large networks but may need customizations and integrations for distributed environments.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
Everbridge IT Alerting is stable, reliable, with responsive support, minor issues resolved, and highly rated for its robust features.
Sentiment score
8.2
Nagios Core is highly stable and reliable with minimal footprint, supporting extensive monitoring without network burden.
I tried many other solutions at work, however, in terms of Nagios, I haven't seen any disruption or downtime.
 

Room For Improvement

Everbridge IT Alerting needs to enhance cost, integration, scheduling, mobile app, customization, messaging capacity, and GPS capabilities.
Nagios Core needs a more intuitive interface, better scalability, and features like enhanced reporting and integration with modern tools.
 

Setup Cost

Everbridge IT Alerting offers competitive pricing and transparent value for enterprises, with customizable features and potential discounts.
Nagios Core is a free, cost-effective open-source tool, but requires Linux expertise and incurs hosting and maintenance costs.
 

Valuable Features

Everbridge IT Alerting enhances incident management through automation, integration, real-time alerts, and robust features for efficient communication.
Nagios Core provides flexible, low-resource monitoring with customization, automation, efficient alerts, and integration support for reliable IT performance visibility.
It has a very handy dashboard, providing live alerts and visibility for everything.
 

Categories and Ranking

Everbridge IT Alerting
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
IT Alerting and Incident Management (9th)
Nagios Core
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (13th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Systems Management solutions, they serve different purposes. Everbridge IT Alerting is designed for IT Alerting and Incident Management and holds a mindshare of 7.7%, down 10.1% compared to last year.
Nagios Core, on the other hand, focuses on Network Monitoring Software, holds 2.6% mindshare, down 3.3% since last year.
IT Alerting and Incident Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Everbridge IT Alerting7.7%
PagerDuty Operations Cloud22.5%
Opsgenie13.7%
Other56.1%
IT Alerting and Incident Management
Network Monitoring Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Nagios Core2.6%
Zabbix11.7%
LibreNMS4.6%
Other81.1%
Network Monitoring Software
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1846215 - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps in identifying potential impact and allows us to see where our assets are in relation to a risk event
I personally love VCC because I just think there needs to be more data to support it so we can be more proactive and easily assess the impact. So, I appreciate the visual aspect, but it has to have the data to support it. It has proved very useful, particularly because we have a GSOC that's not technically 24/7. We do have an 800 number that people call 24/7. If something happens, they can easily send Everbridge a notification to activate the team off hours. It is useful in that respect too. We use it in conjunction with teams, but off-hours and for additional people outside of the core team, we use Everbridge, which is useful.
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.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Performing Arts
8%
Computer Software Company
14%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Large Enterprise22
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise22
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Everbridge IT Alerting?
The solution's non-targeted communication with external parties could be enhanced.
What advice do you have for others considering Everbridge IT Alerting?
We are using Everbridge IT Alerting for incident and crisis modules. The tool is powerful in itself, but as with any tool, you need to adapt it to the organization to be suitable for managing speci...
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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