Nagios Core vs Nagios Fusion comparison

Nagios Core and Nagios Fusion are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Nagios Core is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.0, while Nagios Fusion is ranked #47 with an average rating of 8.5. Nagios Core holds a 3.7% mindshare in IM, compared to Nagios Fusion’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of Nagios Core users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Nagios Fusion users who would recommend it.

Nagios Core

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80% willing to recommend

Nagios Fusion

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Nagios Core and Nagios Fusion compete in network monitoring solutions. Nagios Fusion appears to have the upper hand due to its advanced features for managing multiple Nagios Core instances and offering centralized views, making it more suitable for large-scale operations.

Features: Nagios Core offers customizable monitoring capabilities, strong system observation, and application monitoring. Nagios Fusion provides centralized views, consolidated data management, and streamlined operational views.

Room for Improvement: Nagios Core could improve user interface design, reduce configuration complexity, and enhance reporting options. Nagios Fusion might benefit from broader compatibility with third-party integrations, more detailed alerting options, and additional customization features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Nagios Core deployment requires significant configuration and technical expertise, but support from a strong community is available. Nagios Fusion simplifies deployment with its centralized management, reducing the complexity of multi-installation handling, and also benefits from solid support structures.

Pricing and ROI: Nagios Core offers a lower initial setup cost, ideal for smaller networks or organizations. Nagios Fusion has a higher setup cost, justified by enhanced capabilities ideal for overseeing multiple networks, potentially improving ROI by saving time and resources in extensive deployments.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Nagios Core

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

11th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (8th)

Nagios Fusion

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

47th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Nagios Core is 3.7%, up from 3.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nagios Fusion is 0.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Nishith-Vyas

Tech Lead at STL Digital Limited

Valuable reporting and alert system with room for PDF export improvements

The NetEase reporting structure needs improvement, especially the availability report, which is weak. It should be generated automatically with minimal human intervention and should be exportable as a PDF. Besides that, an integrated PDF export feature for reports is necessary. Also, the alert mechanism and graphing mechanism need to be integrated properly into Nagios Core. Currently, integrating these requires advanced Linux knowledge. Integration of more visualization tools like Grafana and Prometheus for better graphing and visualization is also recommended.

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SyarulIdzuddin Adzmi

Operation Director at Digital Pulse Sdn Bhd

A suitable choice for unified and efficient infrastructure monitoring across diverse environments providing user-friendly GUI, cost-effectiveness, and versatility

We use it for this specific client, they've deployed multiple instances of it across various locations to facilitate monitoring. To effectively monitor their infrastructure, it seems necessary to implement additional monitoring solutions for all three types of devices they have Nagios Fusion…

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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

"Alert calls occur anytime a service goes down or a matrix is difficult and that helps us to quickly restore service and transfer work."

"Key features include the GUI interface, its notification capabilities, and the real-time reporting."

"The most valuable feature of Nagios Core is the ability to check the availability of the server for network connectivity. Additionally, the interface is good."

"I would rate the overall solution ten points out of ten."

"It has made the life of the network operations staff more proactive in managing the resources of the infrastructure. It prevents disasters long before they can take place."

"Our customers like that Nagios Core is an open source solution. It can be customized to our customers' specific needs."

"Provides timely notifications."

"The most valuable feature depends on the project. It's great if you need to check to ensure a service is running 24/7. I can use the full solution for free, and it's flexible. If I need to add a dashboard, I can integrate it with Nagios. Cloud synchronization is wonderful."

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"It's very easy to manage and monitor it."

"Being open source lets us customize it for our monitoring needs, saving us money."

"It is easier for client installation, and the configurations are doable even for a newcomer in the field."

"Nagios Fusion version 12.8 excels in user-friendly GUI design, cost-effectiveness, and ease of deployment."

Cons

"The mapping is a little hard."

"I believe Nagios Core will need to provide an option for big data platforms in the future."

"t was a little hard to get our setup represented in the configuration."

"I would like to see more training videos."

"The UI is a little outdated and graphics could be displayed in a better way."

"It would be nice if the company offered a sales or contract manager that was dedicated to our company so that we would have some sort of link to Nagios, and if we had issues or questions, we'd be able to contact them directly."

"Making it a little easier to configure and set up from the start would help. There are multiple layers that you have to wade through to be able to set it up, to do it the right way, and to get it to do what you want it to do."

"The core version is no match for the XI version."

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"Nagios Fusion should include a 'remember me' option when logging in, so we don't need to enter a username and password every time."

"Adding application performance monitoring to the product alongside infrastructure monitoring would make it a more complete and useful solution."

"In future iterations of this solution, there is a desire for more seamless integration with other monitoring software."

"There are some bugs, although not that many. There are some situations where the solution is not stable but the number of problems is not very high."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"Nagios Core is a cheap solution."

"We are using the free version."

"We are using the free version of Nagios Core."

"The solution is expensive."

"We have saved a lot of time, money, and effort in reducing disaster times, which is owed to Nagios quick alerting."

"Most the plugin features are free."

"It's free."

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"The pricing is quite reasonable, especially when compared to the broader market."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Nagios Core?

What I like about Nagios Core is that it helps me ensure everything is running smoothly by checking the status of hosts and services.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nagios Core?

Nagios Core is a free and open-source product. We don't charge for the product itself, but we charge for the man-hour costs related to installation, configuration, ongoing operation, and maintenance.

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What needs improvement with Nagios Core?

The dashboard should be improved. It's very simple. I don't have a very clear or specific suggestion. You can change the skin of the dashboard, however, it's good for me.

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What do you like most about Nagios Fusion?

Nagios Fusion version 12.8 excels in user-friendly GUI design, cost-effectiveness, and ease of deployment.

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What needs improvement with Nagios Fusion?

In future iterations of this solution, there is a desire for more seamless integration with other monitoring software.

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What advice do you have for others considering Nagios Fusion?

Overall, I would rate it eight out of ten.

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Compared 62% of the time

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Compared 38% of the time

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Overview

This is IT infrastructure monitoring's industry-standard, open-source core. Free without professional support services.

Nagios

Nagios Enterprises delivers official products, services, and solutions for and around Nagios – the industry standard in enterprise-grade IT infrastructure monitoring. With millions of users worldwide, Nagios is the undisputed champion in the IT monitoring space. Our team of dedicated professionals works to ensure total customer satisfaction with all the services we provide. Our extensive network of partners helps extend Nagios services and solutions to new organizations and markets worldwide to meet a variety of business needs. Nagios Enterprises was founded in 2007 by Ethan Galstad. Ethan created what would later become known as Nagios in 1999, and currently serves as the President of Nagios Enterprises.

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