ManageEngine OpManager vs PRTG Network Monitor comparison

ManageEngine and Paessler GmbH are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. ManageEngine is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.3, while Paessler GmbH is ranked #5 with an average rating of 7.7. ManageEngine holds a 1.6% mindshare in NMS, compared to Paessler GmbH’s 4.3% mindshare. Additionally, 83% of ManageEngine users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Paessler GmbH users who would recommend it.

ManageEngine OpManager

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83% willing to recommend

PRTG Network Monitor

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91% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 15, 2025

ManageEngine OpManager and PRTG Network Monitor compete in the network monitoring and automation category. Based on the comparisons, ManageEngine holds an advantage due to its threshold settings and comprehensive monitoring that require minimal training.

Features: ManageEngine OpManager is recognized for its device monitoring, rich UI tool, and robust threshold settings, simplifying complex environments. It also provides comprehensive monitoring across various platforms. PRTG Network Monitor is valued for its rapid deployment, extensive sensor library, and broad compatibility, assisting in detailed data collection.

Room for Improvement: ManageEngine OpManager could benefit from better documentation and easier configuration processes, alongside improved user support and drill-down capabilities. PRTG Network Monitor could enhance its training resources, the robustness of sensor configurations, and the integration with third-party applications.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ManageEngine OpManager is deployed in diverse environments but faces customer service challenges due to mixed reviews on responsiveness. PRTG Network Monitor offers flexible deployment but struggles in complex settings. It generally receives positive feedback for its responsive customer service, which efficiently resolves issues.

Pricing and ROI: ManageEngine OpManager is priced competitively, often lower than alternatives like SolarWinds, leading to good ROI perceptions. PRTG Network Monitor is seen as more expensive but appreciated for its all-in-one feature bundle that simplifies licensing. Both solutions demonstrate significant ROI through improved uptime and streamlined operations.

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Categories and Ranking

ManageEngine OpManager

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

8th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

PRTG Network Monitor

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

5th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

102

Ranking in other categories

IT Infrastructure Monitoring (6th), Cloud Monitoring Software (11th)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of ManageEngine OpManager is 1.6%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PRTG Network Monitor is 4.3%, down from 4.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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MUBDIUL ISLAM

Junior System Engineer at Corporate Projukti Limited

NetFlow monitoring has improved operations but needs better configurations

For the implementation part, I am facing issues when configuring the business view. When I create the business view, I experience problems with the port interface. When I add the interface, I am confused about which interface is connected to which endpoint. If identifying the interface was easier, it would take less time to configure. Another issue is with threshold values; sometimes, it shows kilobytes (kB) while our threshold is set to gigabytes. This can be confusing. Improving this aspect would be beneficial. In URL monitoring, there is room for enhancement.

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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 integration with the firewall monitoring, the security monitoring, is great."

"We use the solution to monitor links. It also helps us to track servers and monitor logs."

"Device backups are smooth and managed centrally, with a nice dashboard, so you can quickly see the status."

"The ease of use and comprehensive integration are the most valuable features"

"The most valuable feature of ManageEngine OpManager makes it easy to monitor all the network alerts on the application."

"The uptime and monitoring are valuable to us because we need to monitor the uptime of our services, the memory, and the CPUs."

"The most valuable feature of ManageEngine OpManager is the management of the virtual machine and the host machine."

"I like being able to push configurations to multiple devices. If you have the same configurations for all the branches, it's easier to use ManageEngine OpManager and push configurations at once rather than individually pushing them to each device."

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"It is easy to use and intuitive, which is really important. It does what it says on the box by giving you a visual of the state of what is going on at any one time."

"Stable and scalable network monitoring tool. Installation is simple and straightforward."

"Its initial setup process is fast and easy."

"It is user-friendly. It is easy to set up health checks within PRTG and use scans. It is like a self-service tool, and anyone can configure their own settings within PRTG."

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

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

"The most valuable feature of PRTG Network Monitor is its ease of use."

"One of its valuable features is the fact that it handles multiple operating systems... And I like the fact that it tells me when things are about to fall over, which means I can preempt it and not have to wake up at three in the morning to fix it."

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Cons

"The licensing for this solution is not straightforward and should be improved."

"The initial setup is a bit complicated. It needs a technician who is very aware of the flow and how to officially set up the flow chart, etc."

"It would be great if there were some sort of artificial intelligence feature which would help us make improvements in the network once we find an issue, and do it automatically."

"The integration with various OEM products could be simplified."

"We encounter challenges in monitoring cloud services. I would also appreciate it if there was someone available to walk you through the documentation."

"The solution's reports need to include the number of applications consumed."

"The solution is a bit difficult to configure. There are quite a number of configurations and plugins that you must handle early in the process."

"The only problem with it is that the setup isn't very intuitive. I know that they just upgraded the product to make it a little bit easier to use, but compared to some of the other platforms, it is not easy to configure it, set it up, and get it running. However, once you have set it up and got it running, it runs great."

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"The free version only gives us 100 free sensors to use. It would be nice if there was double that."

"Users need to buy the more expensive licenses if they expect to be able to scale."

"I have an issue with DFS, distributed file services... there isn't one by default. Taking into account the difference between DFS and DFSR as well would be great."

"Sometimes, our PRTG Network Monitor system crashes and a lot of sensors go down."

"We would like to monitor certain aspects of the user experience. We should be able to analyze the cause of end user experience, bad or good, so we can do some research and development on our own."

"Once you start going above 5000 sensors, things do start to get a bit shaky. There are some best practice out there that you will need to adopt and be aware of."

"I am not sure the solution is giving me all the needed feedback that we need. When something goes off on our IT infrastructure, it does tell me. However, it would be nice if it gave more intuitive information, e.g., the hard drive has gone up by 60 percent in an hour."

"More training videos for installing and configuring this software would have been nice, especially when working with a lot of devices."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing costs depend on the number of devices and accounts that are being monitored by the solution."

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

"Pricing for ManageEngine OpManager depends on the number of nodes you onboard and whatever pricing is reflected on the ManageEngine portal which offers discounts from ten percent to fifteen percent. It purely depends on the sales volume and the negotiation. In my organization, there are about one thousand two hundred nodes which cost around $29,000 per year. There's no additional support fee or maintenance fee from ManageEngine OpManager. Pricing for the solution is highly competitive and I would rate it five out of five. ManageEngine OpManager is one of the most competitive options out there."

"It is not really expensive; it is nominal licensing."

"The initial cost is low and the add-ons are reasonable."

"The solution's licensing costs are yearly and based on the number of applications."

"We had perpetual licenses. The cost was around 36,000 for OPManager, and then you'd have the yearly maintenance fee of 2,000 or 3,000."

"ManageEngine OpManager is cheaper than SolarWinds."

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"It is about £4,500 for the first year, then about another 15 to 20 percent annually after that. So, we are looking at about £1000 running costs a year. When you think about how much an outage costs per minute, it's negligible."

"We pay for PRTG Network Monitor annually. The price is approximately 10,000 rupees annually."

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

"I'm paying something like €1000 per year for the maintenance. I've got unlimited sensors."

"We bought a license for 4000 sensors."

"I would like better pricing models for smaller businesses. The free version is fantastic, but it's too restrictive. If they could just get up to 200 sensors for a reasonable fee for on-premise, I would give PRTG my credit card right now."

"The price of PRTG Network Monitor is reasonable."

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

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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

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Energy/Utilities Company

Educational Organization

36%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Government

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ManageEngine OpManager?

The product provides intensive reports.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ManageEngine OpManager?

The pricing was okay. However, it has been increasing a lot lately. The product is not worth the money.

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What needs improvement with ManageEngine OpManager?

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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

ManageEngine OpManager is a network, server, and virtualization monitoring software that helps SMEs, large enterprises and service providers manage their data centers and IT infrastructure efficiently and cost effectively. Automated workflows, intelligent alerting engines, configurable discovery rules, and extendable templates enable IT teams to setup a 24x7 monitoring system within hours of installation.

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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.

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Sample Customers

Bonita, Thorp Reed & Armstrong, Galaxy, Fiserv Credit Union Division, Universitas 21 Global, ERP Suites LLC

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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