Ixia Hawkeye vs PRTG Network Monitor comparison

Keysight Technologies and Paessler GmbH are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Keysight Technologies is ranked #37 with an average rating of 10.0, while Paessler GmbH is ranked #5 with an average rating of 7.7. Keysight Technologies holds a 0.3% mindshare in NMS, compared to Paessler GmbH’s 4.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Keysight Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Paessler GmbH users who would recommend it.

Ixia Hawkeye

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PRTG Network Monitor

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 15, 2025

PRTG Network Monitor and Ixia Hawkeye are leading contenders in network monitoring. PRTG is praised for its affordability and customer support, whereas Ixia Hawkeye appeals with its advanced features, suggesting a preference for environments needing robust analytics, despite its higher cost.

Features: PRTG offers real-time monitoring, customizable dashboards, and extensive protocol support, making it a comprehensive tool. Ixia Hawkeye provides predictive analytics, performance diagnostics, and deep analytical functions, surpassing in feature-rich settings.

Room for Improvement: PRTG could enhance its advanced analytics and performance metrics to match its competitors. Further integration with third-party systems and refined alert systems are desirable. Ixia Hawkeye may benefit from simplifying its user interface, improving setup experiences, and offering more competitive pricing options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: PRTG is known for its easy deployment and minimal technical requirements, ensuring quick onboarding. In contrast, Ixia Hawkeye requires more effort to deploy due to its complexity but is backed by excellent technical support and thorough documentation, assisting users through the setup process.

Pricing and ROI: PRTG stands out for its cost-effective model, offering a strong return on investment with lower operational costs. Ixia Hawkeye, with a higher initial expense, justifies this through capabilities that optimize network performance, potentially providing better long-term value in demanding analytical scenarios.

To learn more, read our detailed Ixia Hawkeye vs. PRTG Network Monitor Report (Updated: July 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

Ixia Hawkeye

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

37th

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

36th

Average Rating

9.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Unified Communications Monitoring (4th)

PRTG Network Monitor

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

5th

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

102

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Monitoring Software (11th)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Ixia Hawkeye is 0.3%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PRTG Network Monitor is 4.2%, down from 4.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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José Enrique Cano Rodriguez

Assistant Consultant at Tata Consultancy

A valuable tool for optimizing network performance and security with comprehensive network monitoring capabilities, user-friendly interface, and flexibility for scripting

Distinguishing itself from network management systems like SolarWinds Orion and Dataminer, Hawkeye offers a distinctive feature. 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. In contrast, SolarWinds and Dataminer typically offer a more general evaluation of network health. Hawkeye's unique capability enables a detailed analysis of network performance through specific tests, allowing administrators to identify areas in need of improvement and take precise actions to enhance network performance.

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Noman-Saleem

Network Support Officer at Habib Metropolitan Bank Ltd

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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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The ease of setup is the most valuable aspect of this solution. It's easy to set up and run tests."

"The most valuable feature is the deployment because it's very easy to deploy real flow through the network."

"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."

"Our customer was happiest with the price of this product."

"The remote probe feature in PRTG Network Monitor helps you monitor remote systems or your network at a lower cost than other solutions."

"The feature whereby it shows when my hard drives are moving towards thresholds that would be considered outages, before they reach that point - that is valuable."

"The best feature is that it lets me know what is going on. I need to know if something has gone down, I need to know if something is running very slowly. PRTG tells me that."

"The real-time monitoring and alerting are its most valuable features."

"Accessibility, ease of use (Web GUI, MobileApps). In general, compared with other software"

"The email notifications are helpful, and the dashboards are user-friendly for people with little network monitoring knowledge."

"The authentication links into our standard Active Directory authentication, which is very good."

"The most valuable feature of PRTG Network Monitor is the different monitoring probes available."

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Cons

"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."

"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."

"PRTG access works best from the web GUI. There are dedicated apps on Windows/Android/iOS, but they are slow and don’t work as well as the web GUI."

"PRTG would be improved if it required less memory to run."

"When it comes to third-party integration, one of the things we were looking at was putting some sensors onto our firewall, for instance. If there were a little bit more documentation and some step-by-step guides around that, that would be useful for us."

"PRTG Network Monitor is okay to use, but you'll need some time to analyze the data. If it can automatically locate or identify the problem area, it would be more helpful to users."

"If PRTG could help me see the bandwidth for each host I have on my network, either for a wireless or a wired network, that would be very helpful."

"I would like to see network mapping."

"PRTG's documentation could be improved."

"PRTG Network Monitor can improve the reports. In the reports, you have to give an alert for that SMS and email, the emergency calls and downtimes have to be reported accordingly. You have to enable email services or an SMS gateway service to receive more alerts at the proper time."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It cost us approximately 25,000 for two years. This is cheaper than ThousandEyes."

"In larger networks, the costs for licenses tend to be more reasonable, but for smaller networks, it appears relatively costly."

"On a yearly basis, I believe it's between £1,200 and £1,500."

"The price of PRTG Network Monitor is more expensive than other solutions, such as OP Network Manager."

"The price was pretty good, very competitive."

"Pricing for PRTG Network Monitor is a nine out of ten. It meets my company's budget and monitoring requirements. My company is on a perpetual license."

"Right now, the smallest sensor pack that they have is just a bit out of range for me, as a business. This kills me, as I need the product. Therefore, there is always a balance between needing to buy it or continuing their free version."

"Sensors on free version can run out quick."

"If you're looking for a cost effective software I’d suggest this product."

"The pricing for PRTG in our case is reasonable because we have a lot of applications to monitor within PRTG. It is not that expensive."

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it_user174738

IT Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

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…

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

12%

Government

Energy/Utilities Company

Educational Organization

16%

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

Government

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Ixia Hawkeye?

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.

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What needs improvement with Ixia Hawkeye?

Improvements in network performance are essential.

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What is your primary use case for Ixia Hawkeye?

Our objective is to evaluate the performance of GPON and DOCSIS networks which involves considering factors such as pricing, sales, and the technical aspects of conducting tests. To achieve this, v...

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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...

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What do you like most about PRTG Network Monitor?

The tool is integrated with our email for the alerts.

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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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Overview

Hawkeye quickly and effectively validates network performance, isolates problems, and proactively detects issues by running scheduled verification tests. Using a combination of hardware and software agents called Performance Endpoints, Hawkeye simulates application traffic and sends key performance metrics to a central console for fast action.

Keysight Technologies

PRTG Network Monitor runs on a Windows machine within your network, collecting various statistics from the machines, software, and devices which you designate. PRTG comes with an easy-to-use web interface with point-and-click configuration. You can easily share data from it with non-technical colleagues and customers, including via live graphs and custom reports. This will let you plan for network expansion, see what applications are using most of your connection, and make sure that no one is hogging the entire network just to torrent videos.

To monitor a large IT environment, it's important to be able to scale PRTG up. Paessler PRTG Enterprise Monitor includes all the proven capabilities of PRTG Network Monitor, which are enhanced by exclusive ITOps Board for a service-oriented, central overview of multiple PRTG servers.

Paessler GmbH

Sample Customers

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Jameson Bank, Sidnix, RungeICT, MedicalAnimal, Truck-lite, GamingGrids, The Covell Group, Forsythn County Schools, NetMass, Musgrove Park Hospital, Lanes Health, Columbia Southern University, Vodafone, Intrust Bank

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