NIKSUN NetVCR vs Nagios Core comparison

Nagios and NIKSUN are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Nagios is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.5, while NIKSUN is ranked #99. Nagios holds a 2.8% mindshare in NMS, compared to NIKSUN’s 0.1% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of Nagios users are willing to recommend the solution.

Nagios Core

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NIKSUN NetVCR

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0% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

Nagios Core and NIKSUN NetVCR are products in the network monitoring and security space. Despite Nagios Core's superior pricing and support, NIKSUN NetVCR has an advantage with its extensive features.

Features: Nagios Core offers an open-source platform with a modular design, strong monitoring capabilities, and cost-effectiveness. NIKSUN NetVCR provides deep forensic analysis, real-time analytics, and high data granularity suited for comprehensive network analysis.

Room for Improvement: Nagios Core requires extensive configuration, limited analytical depth, and complex setup. NIKSUN NetVCR could enhance cost-efficiency, simplify user interface navigation, and streamline configuration processes.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Nagios Core requires considerable manual setup and relies on community support. NIKSUN NetVCR offers a streamlined deployment experience with strong professional support.

Pricing and ROI: Nagios Core is cost-effective due to its open-source nature with low setup costs, offering good ROI for simple network monitoring. NIKSUN NetVCR, though more costly initially, provides high ROI through advanced analytics beneficial for enterprises seeking detailed network visibility and security.

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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

Ranking in other categories

IT Infrastructure Monitoring (9th)

NIKSUN NetVCR

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

99th

Average Rating

0.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

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 NIKSUN NetVCR is 0.1%, up from 0.1% 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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Himanshu Shah

Partner at Opticom Data Products

High performance, quick packet monitoring, and helpful support

The solution could improve by having automatic mitigation. For example, as soon as a problem occurs the solution alarms and mitigates the situation immediately. In a feature release of the solution they should add features related to automation and remediation. Automation would help increase level of security the solution provides.

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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 most valuable features are the reports and the way it generates the report in a graphical manner."

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

"The notifications are definitely one of the most valuable features of Nagios Core. We know what to look for and what to expect when things are down."

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

"Provides timely notifications."

"The reporting structure and the feature set are valuable to me."

"Nagios Core is stable."

"Other products are good but from the configuration point of view Nagios is really very lightweight. The price is really good in my opinion. Another important thing is that my Nagios engine still works with Dual core 8GB ram for the last 10 years."

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"The unique selling point of NIKSUN is its ability to scale and its reporting capabilities. NIKSUN captures the packets at a very high speed, from one GB to 160 Gbps also. It offers report granularity in nanoseconds."

"The most valuable features of NIKSUN NetVCR are its performance and forensic capabilities. Additionally, the information that the solution provides is highly detailed and useful. When dealing with network traffic packets can be sent at a high speed causing some security issues, but this solution is able to rapidly monitor the packets providing security."

Cons

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

"The mapping is a little hard."

"The tool needs to improve the integrations."

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

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

"Bandwidth monitoring is the pain point for me because Nagios Core does not monitor bandwidth effectively like Cacti does."

"We're using the free version, which limits us in terms of the things that we can do. If we had the paid version, a lot of our issues would probably go away. For example, we can't isolate instances that are being built or updated with the production ones. When they're being built, on Nagios, they're showing in red. It'd be nice to be able to partition those off until they're all green, and then we can bring them into the environment. This is probably because we've got the free version and not the paid version. If we went for the paid version, it would probably allow us to do exactly what we want to or remove the restrictions that we have, but if we are able to isolate instances in the free version, it would make life much easier."

"I would like to see more training videos."

More Nagios Core cons

"NIKSUN is a passive solution. It provides you with you data, alerts, reports and the root cause of issues. However, it requires a person to make use of this functionality. If an event is happening and nobody attends to it, the effects of the event could be severe."

"The solution could improve by having automatic mitigation. For example, as soon as a problem occurs the solution alarms and mitigates the situation immediately."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's free."

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

"Nagios Core is free to use."

"We are using the free version."

"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."

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

"Nagios Core is a cheap solution."

"It's free."

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"The price of the solution is high. There is an annual license costs."

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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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NetVCR

Overview

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

Nagios

Powered by groundbreaking technologies, NIKSUN NetVCR redefines the way we monitor networks. It provides seamless service and application performance analytics for the right visibility into your traditional, virtual or hybrid environments. The NetVCR suite gives you unmatched insight while still dramatically reducing power consumption by 60% and requiring 80% less rack space.

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Airbnb, Cisco, PayPal, FanDuel

Visa, FedEx, CitiGroup, IDC

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