Nagios Core vs SolarWinds ipMonitor comparison

Nagios and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Nagios is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.7, while SolarWinds is ranked #79 with an average rating of 6.0. Nagios holds a 1.9% mindshare in NMS, compared to SolarWinds’s 0.3% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of Nagios users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of SolarWinds users who would recommend it.

Nagios Core

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80% willing to recommend

SolarWinds ipMonitor

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50% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Nagios Core and SolarWinds ipMonitor 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.

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Nagios Core vs. SolarWinds ipMonitor

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Categories and Ranking

Nagios Core

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

10th

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

11th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SolarWinds ipMonitor

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

79th

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

57th

Average Rating

6.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Nagios Core is 1.9%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds ipMonitor is 0.3%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Nagios Core	1.9%
SolarWinds ipMonitor	0.3%
Other	97.8%

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Featured Reviews

Husham Yaqoob

Senior System Administrator at Interactive Group

Monitoring solution provides comprehensive visibility across IT infrastructure

The good thing about Nagios Core is it covers everything. Everything in the IT domain, you can monitor anything. You can even monitor printers, the ports of printers, Core workstations, and storage. You can monitor the workflow Core and the utilization of computes. If you want to grasp everything of your IT equipment on a single interface, you can use Nagios. It's the best one. It provides dashboards, and you can also configure your emails and alerts with it. If something is critical, you can configure it to notify via emails. It has a very handy dashboard, providing live alerts and visibility for everything.

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Masud Alam

Manager at Optimum Origens Inc.

IP address management improves network efficiency but licensing cost could decrease

We are using SolarWinds for NPM and NCM, and we use IP address management for IP address monitoring. It helps us track which IP address is live and which is not. It also provides DHCP reservation and allows us to declare IP addresses for our integration. We have been using it for IP address…

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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

"It is fairly easy to set up, and we can monitor pretty much everything we want to."

"The solution is quite efficient."

"The most valuable feature of Nagios Core is it allows us to develop and add as many plugins as we want."

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

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

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

"Nagios Core is stable."

"Dashboard provides monitor of total assets."

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"The most valuable feature is the availability of end devices."

"IPAM is used for IP address reservation and tracking, helping us easily identify live IP addresses."

Cons

"The mapping is a little hard."

"The user interface could be more interactive because it is pretty basic."

"The alerting mechanism in Nagios Core could be improved."

"The dashboard should be improved."

"Nagios Core is limited in terms of distributed setups, and there is no central view for remote data centers."

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

"Nagios Core does not have a graphic display."

"Nagios Core can improve the graphical interface, it would make things a little easier."

More Nagios Core cons

"The solution does not include enough features and has some performance issues."

"The licensing cost is high compared to open source tools."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Most the plugin features are free."

"It's free."

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

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

"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."

"Nagios Core is a cheap solution."

"The solution is expensive."

More Nagios Core pricing and cost advice

"The solution is a bit expensive because the annual license does not include new features that are priced as add-ons."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Government

No data available

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	20
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	22

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Questions from the Community

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 is your primary use case for Nagios Core?

I was a senior system administrator. I've been using Nagios Core for more than ten years now. It can be used to monitor hosts, such as machines, and monitor services of any kind. I'm using it to mo...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SolarWinds ipMonitor?

The licensing cost is high compared to other open-source tools. Being a corporate client, we require corporate licensing, which adds to the cost.

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What needs improvement with SolarWinds ipMonitor?

The licensing cost is high compared to open source tools. The state monitoring tools could be improved with AI integration to track IP usage history. There is no local support; we must contact thei...

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What is your primary use case for SolarWinds ipMonitor?

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ipMonitor

Overview

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

Nagios

Monitor network devices, servers, VMware hosts and applications from one console
Receive alerts for availability and performance issues
Monitor network status on maps and NOC view
Minimize downtime by automating remediation actions
Enhance monitoring with built-in reports and dashboards

SolarWinds

Sample Customers

Airbnb, Cisco, PayPal, FanDuel

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