We performed a comparison between Nagios Core and Splunk APM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"We use the product to monitor server applications."
"The most valuable features are the reports and the way it generates the report in a graphical manner."
"Provides timely notifications."
"Nagios Core is very configurable. Whatever you want, you can do it."
"It is fairly easy to set up, and we can monitor pretty much everything we want to."
"The features are pretty much ready out of the box."
"The solution's service map feature allows us to have a holistic overview and to see quickly where the issues are."
"This solution is very quick to deploy as it is a SaaS solution and integrates with tools like ServiceNow."
"Splunk's dashboards are great."
"The volume it handles is very good, including the number of metrics, the volume number of traces, and more."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"Splunk APM has helped us to standardize logging and monitoring procedures."
"Detectors are a powerful feature."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The initial setup process could be easier."
"I would like to see more training videos."
"It is a bit slow due to latency."
"Nagios Core is limited in terms of distributed setups, and there is no central view for remote data centers."
"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."
"The scalability needs improvement, it's not scalable at this time."
"Cloud monitoring is an area for improvement because there aren't too many plugins available."
"Nagios Core could improve by adding a user interface. If you want the user interface you have to use Nagios XI."
"There are some predefined metrics.......we may want to create customized metrics."
"They can improve the flow system and the keyword language. It has predefined keywords, but they can be improved."
"The cardinality is pretty low."
"Primarily, the logs in Slunk APM can be challenging to navigate and comprehend, making it difficult to understand the details within each log. Compared to other tools like LogDNA, which are more intuitive in this aspect, the logs in Slunk APM can require more effort to understand."
"The monitoring of workloads when using SignalFx could be improved."
"The UI enhancements could be a way to improve the solution in the future."
"The licensing model is expensive. We need to monitor the amount of data ingested because the cost is based on the data collected."
"We currently lack log analysis capabilities in Splunk APM."
Nagios Core is ranked 7th in Network Monitoring Software with 46 reviews while Splunk APM is ranked 13th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 12 reviews. Nagios Core is rated 8.0, while Splunk APM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Nagios Core writes "An Open Source Fully Featured Data Centre Monitoring Tool". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk APM writes "Provides great visibility, analysis, and data telemetry". Nagios Core is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios XI, Centreon, Icinga and OP5 Monitor, whereas Splunk APM is most compared with Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence), Sentry, Elastic Observability, Monte Carlo and Dynatrace.
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