We performed a comparison between Nagios Core and SolarWinds Network Device Monitor 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."
"Our customers like that Nagios Core is an open source solution. It can be customized to our customers' specific needs."
"The most valuable feature of Nagios Core is it allows us to develop and add as many plugins as we want."
"Alert calls occur anytime a service goes down or a matrix is difficult and that helps us to quickly restore service and transfer work."
"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."
"Key features include the GUI interface, its notification capabilities, and the real-time reporting."
"It is fairly easy to set up, and we can monitor pretty much everything we want to."
"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 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."
"The solution and its interface are elaborate and fully integrate all monitored items for easy analysis and troubleshooting."
"In terms of general network monitoring features, I find SolarWinds Network Device Monitor very flexible and comfortable to use. The software itself is extremely useful when it comes to monitoring how our data moves between different networks and environments."
"I rate the product's initial setup process a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one means it is a difficult phase and ten is an easy process."
"I like the mapping that you could do and the dashboards were very pretty."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"This product proactively tells us about issues before the users notice."
"Link monitoring is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"The most valuable features of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor are the reports. We are configuring the reports, and the first reports are only about the devices. We are configuring the thresholds in order to monitor all the devices."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Nagios Core could improve by adding a user interface. If you want the user interface you have to use Nagios XI."
"I would like to see more training videos."
"The user interface could be more interactive because it is pretty basic."
"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."
"I would like to see a sensor that shows the traffic of a user and what they're doing on the network."
"Cloud monitoring is an area for improvement because there aren't too many plugins available."
"Nagios Core does not have a graphic display."
"The reporting feature needs improvement because we are unable to configure reports that were included during initial implementation."
"When an organization's network grows, the complexity of the dashboard becomes an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Integration with different tools, such as ServiceNow and Excel, can be improved."
"Although I haven't explored all of the features available, I wouldn't mind if the software were made to be a bit more customizable."
"The way they are presenting the map of our devices needs to be improved."
"SolarWinds Network Device Monitor could improve the features. We don't have the complete model for the database, and the monitoring for the database is up and down. We expect that we could monitor the blocking items on the database but we don't have that feature."
"If everything were in the package so that everything was ready to go out of the box, that would be ideal."
"There is no mobile version of this product, and our team should be able to access it using a mobile device."
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Nagios Core is ranked 7th in Network Monitoring Software with 46 reviews while SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is ranked 42nd in Network Monitoring Software with 16 reviews. Nagios Core is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds Network Device Monitor 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 SolarWinds Network Device Monitor writes "An elaborate solution that fully integrates for easy monitoring and troubleshooting". Nagios Core is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios XI, Centreon, Icinga and OP5 Monitor, whereas SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is most compared with FortiMonitor, IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM), ThousandEyes, Auvik Network Management (ANM) and ScienceLogic. See our Nagios Core vs. SolarWinds Network Device Monitor report.
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