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Nagios Core on CentOS vs Zoho One comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Nagios Core on CentOS
Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business
23rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
4.9
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Zoho One
Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business
31st
Average Rating
9.6
Reviews Sentiment
4.7
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Operating Systems (OS) for Business category, the mindshare of Nagios Core on CentOS is 0.2%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoho One is 0.6%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Operating Systems (OS) for Business Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nagios Core on CentOS0.2%
Zoho One0.6%
Other99.2%
Operating Systems (OS) for Business
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2836233 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Monitoring has reduced outages and improves proactive issue resolution across our infrastructure
Regarding complexity, I think there is no feature like InfluxDB AI, so it may require more expertise to configure. There are also some migration challenges in adopting the new dashboards, so it takes some time to train the staff, but it is not a big concern. I think it is better to add some advanced features. I do not think there are so many things that need to be improved in Nagios Core on CentOS. If it is better to customize the dashboard or if we can get something like a modern view, it will be helpful for the dashboard. I felt very happy with Nagios Core on CentOS. Why I took off one point is that I think it is better suited for a small or medium setup. If large enterprises can use Nagios Core on CentOS, it will be helpful. It also requires manual editing of the config file, so it is a little bit time-consuming. The web interface is functional, but compared to some other latest AI monitoring platforms, it is a little bit lacking. I think the AI platform would score higher, but it is good. The reporting is just basic, so if we compare it with Grafana, it needs richer insights.
Jatin Rao - PeerSpot reviewer
Zoho Developer at Tarini Consulting
Integration capabilities enhance operational efficiency while limited support impacts overall satisfaction
The most valuable feature in Zoho One is integration. You can either use custom integration using Deluge script, or there is another tool called Zoho Flow, which is similar to Zapier, where you can use it to integrate different applications. You can create webhooks, and you can use different methods to integrate all different things. Integration capability is the field where Zoho One is used mostly. Zoho One uses Zoho Analytics, which is among the top tools in the market for analytics, reporting, and dashboards. When you are using one of the top tools in the market for analytics and have its integration available, you can integrate with any of the Zoho One applications, which includes more than 45 applications, including CRM and Books. This provides you with high analytics capabilities, allowing you to create a report for anything, from anywhere, for any process.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Nagios Core on CentOS has positively impacted my organization by moving our time toward a more advanced and modern monitoring solution, resulting in a better dashboard and tools to view system health in one dashboard and also optimizing alert handling."
"Before Nagios Core on CentOS, we were getting alerts after the incident happened, but after implementing Nagios and integrating it with our existing system, we get alerts in real time, which allows us to easily identify the root cause and reduce mean time to repair."
"The best features Nagios Core on CentOS offers is that it is completely open source."
"Nagios Core on CentOS is not just a technical tool; I feel that it helps the business grow a lot by reducing downtime and improving visibility."
"Using Nagios Core on CentOS had a significant positive impact on the organization at Infosys where I used it by improving system availability, reducing downtime, and enabling proactive issue resolution."
"Nagios Core on CentOS has positively impacted my organization by reducing downtime in systems because sometimes there are services that were down, and with a trigger, I can start them again."
"Nagios Core on CentOS has positively impacted my organization by being very helpful budget-wise, as we rely on open source due to budget constraints for each division."
"Nagios Core on CentOS has positively impacted my organization because it is an open-source tool that has been very useful in monitoring different services using both custom plugins and the default plugins it provides."
"Zoho One is a good application; I think there are a lot of tools that help you to make your work faster, you can automate a lot of operative work, so you can save time in making detailed and operative activities and just focus on the strategic."
"Zoho One is fully customizable—in Zoho One, you get more than 45 applications, which include inventory management, accounting management, and CRM, as well as Zoho Creator, which allows you to create custom applications."
 

Cons

"Nagios Core on CentOS is very stable and reliable, but it can be significantly improved in terms of automation, scalability, and usability."
"In the modern world, we need Kubernetes and OpenShift support for Nagios, and it would be better to support the Kubernetes and OpenShift platforms."
"Why I took off one point is that I think it is better suited for a small or medium setup."
"Nagios Core on CentOS could be improved by adding more flexibility towards adding plugins."
"One area that could be improved in Nagios Core on CentOS is the user interface."
"Regarding features, I have tried the application monitoring feature, which is not that great but still useful; for open source, it is very helpful, though there are improvement areas in the application side."
"Nagios Core on CentOS could use a better UI."
"To improve Nagios Core on CentOS, I believe that many more plugins could be generated by the Nagios organization, such as those for monitoring services of an F5 load balancer or different other hardware devices such as Imperva WAF."
"The only area in Zoho One that can be improved is the support."
"I think that when you are running CRM and at the same time Zoho Analytics, and at the same time Zoho Recruit, the apps get very slow."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
36%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Outsourcing Company
6%
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Company Size

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Small Business
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Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise10
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nagios Core on CentOS?
I do not handle the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Nagios Core on CentOS as my manager takes care of that.
What needs improvement with Nagios Core on CentOS?
Nagios Core on CentOS requires human intervention for monitoring. We take 24/7 monitoring on Nagios Core on CentOS, which is a drawback. We must monitor the services in a 24/7 environment, and I be...
What is your primary use case for Nagios Core on CentOS?
We use Nagios Core on CentOS for server monitoring purposes, including ping response and other health checks. We monitor whether the server's health is fine or not. Nagios Core on CentOS operates w...
What needs improvement with Zoho One?
I think that when you are running CRM and at the same time Zoho Analytics, and at the same time Zoho Recruit, the apps get very slow. So I think Zoho has to improve on that, to ensure that the velo...
What is your primary use case for Zoho One?
Zoho One is a good family of apps in the corporate scenario. I think they have one very important thing: they listen to the user. So the experience is going to improve all the time.
What advice do you have for others considering Zoho One?
I think maybe 20% of the features are used regularly. It depends on the application that I'm using. We use Zoho CRM or Zoho Recruit. I think 20% is the average.I think the pricing for Zoho is good ...
 

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