We performed a comparison between Nagios Core and SCOM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"We mostly use Nagios Core to integrate with Python and Bash Script."
"The most valuable features are the reports and the way it generates the report in a graphical manner."
"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."
"Nagios Core is very configurable. Whatever you want, you can do it."
"Nagios monitors our servers, so we know if anything goes wrong and can solve the problem before it happens."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the performance parameters of the system."
"Key features include the GUI interface, its notification capabilities, and the real-time reporting."
"The ease of deployment, especially on Windows platforms, is valuable."
"This solution satisfies all of the requirements that we need for our Windows-based systems, so if you are using the Windows platform then this is an easy solution."
"It is a user-friendly product that requires almost no maintenance."
"The most valuable feature is the monitoring of Windows and Linux servers."
"The most valuable feature of SCOM is the capability of using classes within your management pack development."
"I like the historical reporting of observer metrics."
"The advantages of SCOM are that it is definitely user friendly and a more appropriate solution for what we need."
"The stability has been great."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The core version is no match for the XI version."
"It's not that easy to install the product itself. Also, the UI is a bit hard for regular users to navigate through."
"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."
"Nagios Core could improve by adding a user interface. If you want the user interface you have to use Nagios XI."
"It is a bit slow due to latency."
"The UI is a little outdated and graphics could be displayed in a better way."
"The mapping is a little hard."
"The user interface could be more interactive because it is pretty basic."
"The initial setup should be easier to complete."
"All of the areas of reporting are very bad and need to be improved."
"I would like more customized reports. People should have some customization option on the dashboards for whenever they put multiple lists into it. Beyond customizing the content, there should be the ability to customize the colors so that they can engage some priority and mark challenges separately."
"SCOM's feature that notifies us when a server is down is not present in recent updates, which has weakened the product."
"Direct integration with third-party tools, like ticketing systems, is lacking but would be beneficial."
"I would like to see them improve their network monitoring."
"It'll help if they can provide real-time or closer to real-time monitoring."
"The solution should have more tools for monitoring the cloud engine versus on-premise."
Nagios Core is ranked 7th in Network Monitoring Software with 46 reviews while SCOM is ranked 11th in Network Monitoring Software with 77 reviews. Nagios Core is rated 8.0, while SCOM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Nagios Core writes "An Open Source Fully Featured Data Centre Monitoring Tool". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SCOM writes "Has a good reporting engine, but its monitoring of the cloud-based environment could be improved". Nagios Core is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios XI, Centreon, Icinga and OP5 Monitor, whereas SCOM is most compared with Zabbix, Dynatrace, Datadog, AppDynamics and Nagios XI. See our Nagios Core vs. SCOM report.
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