Nagios Core vs StableNet comparison

Nagios and Infosim are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Nagios is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.3, while Infosim is ranked #65 with an average rating of 7.5. Nagios holds a 2.5% mindshare in NMS, compared to Infosim’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of Nagios users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Infosim users who would recommend it.

Nagios Core

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80% willing to recommend

StableNet

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100% willing to recommend

Nagios Core

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

Nagios Core and StableNet are competing products in network monitoring solutions. StableNet seems to have the edge with its comprehensive features.

Features: Nagios Core offers open-source flexibility, extensive plugin availability, and customizable network monitoring. StableNet provides an all-in-one monitoring solution, integrated fault detection with performance analysis, and support for both on-premise and cloud environments.

Room for Improvement: Nagios Core could enhance user interface design, simplify its configuration process, and improve scalability. StableNet might benefit from offering a lower-cost entry-level version, expanding its third-party integrations, and simplifying its advanced feature set to be more accessible to less technical users.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: StableNet provides a straightforward deployment model with thorough documentation and comprehensive customer support. Nagios Core's deployment may require more technical expertise but benefits from a supportive community and extensive resources.

Pricing and ROI: Nagios Core is cost-effective due to its minimal setup cost, appealing to budget-conscious organizations. StableNet, while more costly upfront, offers substantial long-term ROI by enhancing operational efficiency and reducing downtime.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Nagios Core

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

12th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Infrastructure Monitoring (11th)

StableNet

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

65th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Nagios Core is 2.5%, down from 3.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of StableNet is 0.2%, up from 0.2% 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	2.5%
StableNet	0.2%
Other	97.3%

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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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ShahzadAziz

Director of Development/Project Manager at Enablers Private Limited

A highly scalable and stable solution that provides excellent features and can be integrated with any product

The support team is more into R&D. They're not focused on support. The vendor lets the partners provide support for the solution. Partners must have StableNet-certified engineers. Complex problems arise for complex installations. When a problem is deep, it takes a lot of time to resolve it. It goes to the R&D and development teams. They do solve it, but the time taken could be reduced.

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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

"Monitoring with Nagios Core is helpful because it provides immediate alerts if something goes down, such as a server, or wireless router, or if there's a cable break. This allows us to respond promptly to any issues."

"Key features include the GUI interface, its notification capabilities, and the real-time reporting."

"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."

"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."

"Dashboard provides monitor of total assets."

"We use the product to monitor server applications."

"The good thing about Nagios Core is it covers everything."

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"The solution is stable."

"The best features are the reporting, utilization, and network graph."

"We can integrate any tool with StableNet."

Cons

"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."

"The interface could be improved."

"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."

"The dashboard and monitoring features could be improved."

"I would like to see more training videos."

"Nagios Core could improve by adding a user interface. If you want the user interface you have to use Nagios XI."

"The tool needs to improve the integrations."

More Nagios Core cons

"The dashboard has a lot of room for improvement."

"The existing dashboard capability is there, but it is not user-friendly."

"The solution is expensive."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's free."

"The solution is expensive."

"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."

"We have saved a lot of time, money, and effort in reducing disaster times, which is owed to Nagios quick alerting."

"Nagios Core is a cheap solution."

"Lessening the price point would be an improvement."

"Nagios Core is an open source solution, and there are no licensing fees."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

14%

Government

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Government

20%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Comms Service Provider

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 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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What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?

In my opinion Infosim, StableNet Enterprise is the best as it is a third-generation highly automated network management system. It enables IT departments to unify the management requirements of the...

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What do you like most about StableNet?

We can integrate any tool with StableNet.

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What needs improvement with StableNet?

The dashboard has a lot of room for improvement. The product must have the plug-ins ready for standard integrations.

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Overview

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

Nagios

StableNet provides Fault, Performance, Configuration, and Services Management on a single platform.
It is a vendor agnostic solution, built upon a single, consistent code base. The solution is easy to integrate and provides high performance while keeping low hardware requirements.

The unified network & services management approach has been proven with a large number of installations in key industry sectors like energy, finance, manufacturing, retail, telecommunications, and many more.

With this all-in-one NMS approach, Infosim revolutionizes the management of large heterogeneous network infrastructures.

Infosim

Sample Customers

Airbnb, Cisco, PayPal, FanDuel

Athenahealth, Barratt, Nocsult, Nucleus Connect, SCC

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