We performed a comparison between Ixia Hawkeye and Nagios XI based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"Our customer was happiest with the price of this product."
"The ease of setup is the most valuable aspect of this solution. It's easy to set up and run tests."
"It empowers network administrators to access specialized and detailed views for specific tests, including video streaming and performance related to specific applications like video games."
"The most valuable feature is the deployment because it's very easy to deploy real flow through the network."
"The most useful aspect of this solution is the ability to customize it for the client agent."
"The most valuable feature is the dashboard, where I can have a single screen that provides a summary for hundreds of servers."
"An excellent solution that is easy and intuitive to implement."
"Nagios XI is a simple monitoring tool with performance management."
"You want to monitor a specific metric that nobody else has? You can do it even with the most basic of scripting skills, and you can always share it with the vast community of Nagios Exchange."
"The ability to set up templates and groups of checks, as well as customize the checks themselves."
"It's a monitoring agent. It's designed to do one thing. Its most valuable feature is its monitoring."
"It is an open-source platform with valuable features for performance and stability."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The customization of tests and even the results can be improved."
"Ixia has one flaw, which is that they do not print the license code on the paper licenses that are shipped to the customers."
"Improvements in network performance are essential."
"You can't delete more than one thing at a time. It would be great to be able to highlight three out of five things and delete them, whether it's a test or an actual report."
"Nagios XI can improve its GUI for users with a new look."
"The product does not have SAP monitoring."
"The Configuration Wizard needs improvement, because not all vendors are present."
"Open-source software is usually not user-friendly."
"Technical support is an area that needs improvement. It is not available 24/7."
"The product could be optimized to improve the administrative user experience via the Nagios Core Configuration (NCC) GUI module."
"There's room for improvement in the visibility, and in the ability to extract information. Stuff like this should be more simple."
"The reporting structure could be more streamlined."
Ixia Hawkeye is ranked 52nd in Network Monitoring Software with 4 reviews while Nagios XI is ranked 6th in Network Monitoring Software with 54 reviews. Ixia Hawkeye is rated 9.2, while Nagios XI is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Ixia Hawkeye writes "A valuable tool for optimizing network performance and security with comprehensive network monitoring capabilities, user-friendly interface, and flexibility for scripting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nagios XI writes "Great for monitoring IT services infrastructure with nice tools and helpful notifications". Ixia Hawkeye is most compared with ThousandEyes, Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline, NETSCOUT nGeniusONE, SolarWinds NPM and Zabbix, whereas Nagios XI is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios Core, PRTG Network Monitor, Icinga and Wireshark. See our Ixia Hawkeye vs. Nagios XI report.
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