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ManageEngine IT360 vs Nagios XI comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

ManageEngine IT360
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
93rd
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
69th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
IT Asset Management (29th)
Nagios XI
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
23rd
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
20th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
58
Ranking in other categories
Server Monitoring (12th), Cloud Monitoring Software (23rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of ManageEngine IT360 is 0.5%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nagios XI is 3.3%, down from 3.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nagios XI3.3%
ManageEngine IT3600.5%
Other96.2%
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

ZM
It manager at PTC (Public Telecomuncation Corporation)
Good monitoring and alerting capability, and it is easy to deploy
This solution is good for configuration management. The monitoring capability is easy to use and it can be done without any training. ManageEngine is easy to deploy. It is easy to identify and collect information from all of the nodes on the network. The alerting capability is good and it will send out emails.
Emmanuel Appiah Boateng - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and Security Engineer at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
Simplifies setup and requires user interface enhancement
Nagios XI is easy to install, which sets it apart from other open-source solutions I've tried. Typically, setting up a monitoring system on Linux involves cloning files from GitHub, building it, and installing many dependencies, but with Nagios XI, it wasn't like that. Nagios XI simplifies our setup and reduces the time spent configuring monitoring tools.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product helps users stay on top of gaining insight into the active directory, permissions and security sets, and user group policy changes."
"I would suggest you use this product as it's easy for administration, and is based on distributed model support."
"Customer Service: Absolutely fantastic."
"The technical support is good."
"It is easy to identify and collect information from all of the nodes on the network."
"Our infrastructure is now under monitoring proactively and we don't have to wait for complaints from the customers or internal operation team to inform regarding any issue with the service."
"The integration with the alerting software, automated maintenance windows, and the ability to set up templates and groups of checks, as well as customize the checks themselves, are very valuable features."
"Nagios XI is an outstanding network Monitoring tool, which can be tweaked to suit any environment and it is a good solution for business looking for remarkable features at zero cost."
"The solution has a lot of plugins and scripts integrated with it."
"BPI: It allows defining peripherals to map business criticality for efficient monitoring, as required."
"The installation is no problem. I've installed Nagios several times."
"The features I've found the most useful are the plug-ins, the fact that you can connect almost everything to it."
"Since the cost is zero and it can use a fairly cheap server to run on the ROI is nearly immediate."
 

Cons

"ManageEngine needs to fix the downtime scheduler for SNMP monitored devices. Alarms are still generated for the devices placed into scheduled maintenance."
"The product could use more intelligence, automation and general availability of product information."
"The ManageEngine features could improve to show graphs of the traffic and network utility."
"The GUI could be improved."
"We would like to have support for integration with ServiceDesk."
"The Configuration Wizard needs improvement, because not all vendors are present."
"It's in need of more standard plug-ins."
"We'd like to see more integration capabilities."
"The scalability of Nagios XI is scalable. However, it is not easy to do."
"There's room for improvement in the visibility, and in the ability to extract information. Stuff like this should be more simple."
"They need to develop a better integration with a common ticketing system will be great."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of additional services. Monitoring streaming services is an example of something that is not currently supported, so in order to handle this, I would have to write a script."
"The PNP4Nagios plugin not working easily with XI is an issue for me, because some open source monitoring plugins do not work out of the box. But in the end, you learn to live with it."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Nagios XI is an expensive solution."
"Licensing costs are reasonable."
"For the cost of the commercial product and support, and taking into account the open source characteristics of it, I believe it is difficult to a better value."
"The licensing fees for this solution are approximately $3,000 USD per year."
"We are using the free version of this solution."
"You can grow into the higher-priced scale as they learn how to utilize the features for Nagios XI."
"This solution is very expensive, at approximately $5,000 USD when I purchased it, which is why I haven't upgraded my version in several years."
"The pricing is really cost efficient. The licensing is perpetual and can be renewed very easily."
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Comparison Review

it_user174738 - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
 

Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise17
Large Enterprise21
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nagios XI?
The pricing for the Nagios XI product is good and better than other solutions. I would give it a four or five.
What needs improvement with Nagios XI?
The user interface needs improvement. Many tools have poor user interfaces, making them hard to manage and navigate.
What is your primary use case for Nagios XI?
I normally use Nagios XI for our servers. It's not particularly used for network equipment, however, I use it for monitoring our server performance, including CPU, memory, data, and services runnin...
 

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Sample Customers

Khimji Ramdas, RME Global, Bank of Namibia, DORMA, PMSI, National Commodities Exchange, EMA, Redstone, First Source
Nagios has over one million users globally, including AOL, DHL, McAfee, MCI, MTV, Yahoo!, Universal, Toshiba, Sony, Siemens, and JPMorgan Chase.
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