NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG vs Nagios Core comparison

Nagios and NETSCOUT are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Nagios is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.5, while NETSCOUT is ranked #78. Nagios holds a 2.8% mindshare in NMS, compared to NETSCOUT’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of Nagios users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of NETSCOUT users who would recommend it.

Nagios Core

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80% willing to recommend

NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG

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92% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

Nagios Core and NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG compete in network performance monitoring. Nagios Core is favored for its affordability while NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG stands out for its comprehensive feature set, providing justified investment returns.

Features: Nagios Core supports robust network monitoring, alerting capabilities, and benefits from numerous community plugins. NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG offers advanced traffic analysis, packet capture capabilities, and application performance management.

Room for Improvement: Nagios Core could improve with easier setup processes and more formal support channels. Its customization options might seem daunting for users seeking out-of-box solutions. NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG might enhance its offering by lowering entry-level pricing, expanding community plugin options, and simplifying some in-depth features for greater accessibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Nagios Core requires a potentially complex setup with community-driven support, considered less formal. NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG provides streamlined deployment and professional support services, emphasizing enterprise-grade customer assistance.

Pricing and ROI: Nagios Core has a minimal setup cost, appealing to budget-conscious firms while offering a high ROI via low operating expense. NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG has a higher initial investment, justified by extensive insights and analytics, delivering substantial ROI for organizations needing detailed performance data.

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NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG vs. Nagios Core

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Categories and Ranking

Nagios Core

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

10th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

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NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

78th

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Nagios Core is 2.8%, down from 3.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG is 0.4%, 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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Michael Gideon Genita

Associate System Engineer at SMS Global Technologies, Inc.

Easy to set up with good documentation and helpful support

I'm using it for a customer The packet flow switch is the most valuable aspect of the solution. It's an easy product to set up. We can scale the solution if we need to. It's stable. The documentation is well-written and quite useful. It's compatible with other products. Under the pocket flow…

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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

"I like that it's very simple to install, easy to manage and deploy, and easy to use for monitoring."

"Nagios Core integrates with tools like Splunk, Datadog, or Dynatrace. It is usually used as a feed to provide more technical information about devices or hosts to another system."

"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."

"Nagios monitors our servers, so we know if anything goes wrong and can solve the problem before it happens."

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

"We use the product to monitor server applications."

"The good thing about Nagios Core is it covers everything."

"I like the way the solution sends alerts and how it keeps on escalating them."

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"When we have mobile operators who are signal partners, where one is the roaming host and another is the roamer, we are able to see their traffic. Their packets are able to detect if any faults to develop, and at what point they fail."

"The ability to troubleshoot customers' connectivity has been very beneficial."

"We use it for monitoring whenever we update a new circuit or site."

"The technical support is really good. They will go above and beyond, if you are running into a problem. You can go to a sales engineer, who will engage technical support to help you out."

"It is very rock solid. We hardly have any hardware issues."

"It has cut our troubleshooting down by days. Once we have a product in place, we show people examples of how it can streamline their troubleshooting process."

"The most valuable features are speed and cost."

"The most valuable feature is utilization."

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Cons

"It's not that easy to install the product itself. Also, the UI is a bit hard for regular users to navigate through."

"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."

"There is room for improvement in the graphics."

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

"The initial setup process could be easier."

"The mapping is a little hard."

"It is a bit slow due to latency."

"The NetEase reporting structure needs improvement, especially the availability report, which is weak."

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"The technology goes end-of-life on us every year, which is why I am looking forward to vSTREAM. I don't like when devices go end-of-life on us so quickly. If we can get more of an advanced notice of when an end-of-life is brought up, because our certification process within the organization takes a while."

"The stability depends on who is using the tool, because you only can get as much out of the tool as you put into it. There are a lot of patches for this particular environment, so you have to keep on them. If you lose track of them, then the product is not useful anymore."

"There is a timeout feature that we have been asking for awhile."

"Only problems that we have had are fiber issues going into the TAPs or vSTREAMs, which are usually local site issues."

"It's not able to communicate with our probes."

"I'd like them to make the product more user-friendly."

"The monitoring and reporting tool needs improvement. Users want more information, such as the level of detail when doing a packet analysis. They want more detail to be able to isolate down to a specific point."

"The single pane of glass feed still needs work."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive."

"We are using the free version."

"The enterprise version has technical support. The version we are using is free."

"We are using the open-source, unpaid version."

"The product is cheaply priced."

"Nagios Core is a cheap solution."

"It's free."

"The Nagios Core (PNP4Nagios + Core) is free and can be setup by Netadmin within a few hours. The only additional cost is the cloud server."

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"To capture more with the solution that we bought, you have to buy another InfiniStreamNG, and there are only four ports in the back."

"I would like it to be more scalable with less spend."

"The scalability is good, but it comes at a cost. E.g., if you need 100 InfiniStream because you are sending gigs or terabytes of data to one InfiniStream, then you will have to purchase another InfiniStream, which are not cheap."

"The price is a little high."

"This product could be cheaper."

"It can be scalable. It just costs too much. With a company as big as ours, it gets too expensive to accommodate every single site."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

15%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

19%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Energy/Utilities Company

10%

Real Estate/Law Firm

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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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Also Known As

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InfiniStreamNG, NETSCOUT ISNG, Infinistream

Overview

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

Nagios

NETSCOUT’s new ISNG platform harnesses the power of IP intelligence by mining traffic in real-time to deliver accurate and actionable data for service assurance, cybersecurity and business intelligence applications. The InfiniStreamNG platform fully supports the nGeniusONE and Iris application suites.

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Airbnb, Cisco, PayPal, FanDuel

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