We performed a comparison between Microsoft System Center and Pandora FMS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Good for managing and administering the infrastructure."
"Step-by-step documentation that clarifies the implementation procedure."
"Many processes could be implemented out-of-the-box, and this helped to adopt processes in areas which we lacked."
"I like the automated features of it that let you schedule those updates and the ability of the product to focus on the specific updates, specific platforms, and products that we're interested in keeping up to date."
"The installation process is easy."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the ease of configuration and the easy discovery of the environment."
"The solution is easily available. That's its most valuable aspect."
"It can generate KPIs and management reports with monthly presentations on activities and updating the environment (success and failure)."
"The administration of the console is very easy. I like that Pandora FMS is interactive and easy to manage."
"The most valuable feature is that it is an all-in-one monitoring system."
"Pandora FMS provides us with a general report (graphical) about all of the connected devices, which helps with planning new stations and tracking them."
"The official forum is active enough to answer most of the high-end technical questions that you may have."
"What I value most about Pandora FMS is the simplicity of working with it."
"Thanks to this software and to the work of the support team, we have everything under control."
"The network monitoring and configuration within this solution is very good."
"We are able to control our business with this all-in-one monitoring tool."
"We have some bugs but it's stable. It doesn't break every day. It works. Like other applications, it has a lot of bugs but they're manageable."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"The multi-tenancy support needs to be improved. We need to have the ability to manage several different environments from one central point of administration."
"Implementation and integration in the case of multi-tenant environments needs improvement."
"The platform performance and responsiveness need improvement. It still demands high computing resources."
"Less server consumption would help, as would better, more flexible reports."
"System Center hasn't updated to keep up with the industry. It needs improvements in the user interface, ease of use, and overall product functionality, particularly the cloud-monitoring features. It needs more capabilities to monitor AWS and Azure infrastructure."
"Could be more user friendly."
"I sincerely believe that Pandora needs new ideas for functionality closer to advanced device security monitoring."
"An update to the Android app would be appreciated."
"I find that this software is resource heavy, and demands a lot of processing capacity."
"We would like to see improvement in the mainframe integration that this solution is capable of."
"The product lacks APIs for integration with other systems."
"This solution requires proper training to get 100% out of it."
"I would like to have a dashboard with all assets displayed, with a quick hover-over status."
"We would like the real-time monitoring of an interface to be improved within this solution."
Microsoft System Center is ranked 29th in Cloud Monitoring Software with 18 reviews while Pandora FMS is ranked 21st in Cloud Monitoring Software with 22 reviews. Microsoft System Center is rated 7.8, while Pandora FMS is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft System Center writes "Makes user management and application management easy for users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pandora FMS writes "The open architecture is easy to extend and enhance". Microsoft System Center is most compared with Oracle SOA Suite, whereas Pandora FMS is most compared with Zabbix, Wazuh, PRTG Network Monitor, Nagios XI and SolarWinds NPM. See our Microsoft System Center vs. Pandora FMS report.
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