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Nagios Core vs SymphonyAI IT Service Management comparison

The compared Nagios and SymphonyAI solutions aren't in the same category. Nagios is ranked #10 in NMS , with an average rating of 8.7, and holds a 1.9% mindshare in the category. SymphonyAI is ranked #24 in ISM , and holds a 1.7% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of Nagios users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SymphonyAI users who would recommend it.

Nagios Core

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80% willing to recommend

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874 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Nagios Core

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (10th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (10th)

SymphonyAI IT Service Manag...

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Help Desk Software (27th), IT Asset Management (15th), IT Service Management (ITSM) (24th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Systems Management solutions, they serve different purposes. Nagios Core is designed for Network Monitoring Software and holds a mindshare of 1.9%, down 3.0% compared to last year.
SymphonyAI IT Service Management, on the other hand, focuses on IT Service Management (ITSM), holds 1.7% mindshare, up 1.6% since last year.

Network Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Nagios Core	1.9%
Zabbix	5.0%
SolarWinds NPM	3.6%
Other	89.5%

Network Monitoring Software

IT Service Management (ITSM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SymphonyAI IT Service Management	1.7%
ServiceNow	15.8%
JIRA Service Management	7.3%
Other	75.2%

IT Service Management (ITSM)

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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AbhilashSherkane

Senior Practitioner at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Comprehensive IT service processes have been supported but customization and support need improvement

All ITSM functionalities of SymphonyAI IT Service Management, including incident, problem, change, service request, and their out-of-the-box functionalities, are pretty good. SymphonyAI IT Service Management does not have too many integrations and does not have too many out-of-the-box integrations compared to other peers in the market. I think that is the only place where they lack. However, they did have a functionality where we could build our own integration, so we were using that. If they had any out-of-the-box capabilities for some of the common infrastructure tools, that would have been easier for us. The out-of-the-box functionalities were good, including AI. However, the moment we had to customize options, that becomes very difficult with SymphonyAI IT Service Management. As long as we were using out-of-the-box, it worked great.

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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

"I like the way the solution sends alerts and how it keeps on escalating them."

"The solution is very complete and mostly easy to manage."

"We use the product to monitor server applications."

"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."

"The solution is quite efficient."

"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."

"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."

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"It is a good tool to use."

"All ITSM functionalities of SymphonyAI IT Service Management, including incident, problem, change, service request, and their out-of-the-box functionalities, are pretty good."

"SummitAI IT Management Suite's chat box feature has reduced our service discount, and because it's intelligent, the responses that go out to the users have improved, and the resolutions are much faster."

"The most valuable feature is remote access. People are working from home, and we can take remote access through it."

"The product has the best features for ITSM."

"It was easy to access and fast. Our experience using it solely as a ticketing tool. We used fetch reports from the tool, particularly with regard to SLA tracking for our partners."

Cons

"The mapping is a little hard."

"Application level monitoring is limited."

"The tool needs to improve the integrations."

"Nagios SLA. I'm currently working on Nagios Digger, which has many code-level problems."

"Lessening the price point would be an improvement."

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

"Nagios Core is not easy to use, so I don't recommend it for everyone."

"The configuration and reporting modules need to be improved."

More Nagios Core cons

"Integration was a major limitation with SummitAI."

"SummitAI IT Management Suite's project management and operational management features could be improved."

"I would like them to add software inventory in the next release. We don't have that right now."

"SummitAI IT Management Suite's project management and operational management features could be improved."

"There could be flexibility in terms of customization."

"Technical support takes too long for any issues to get resolved, and that created a lot of frustration."

"I would like them to add software inventory in the next release. We don't have that right now."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Nagios Core is a cheap solution."

"The product is cheaply priced."

"I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."

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

"Most the plugin features are free."

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

"The solution is expensive."

"Nagios Core is free to use."

More Nagios Core pricing and cost advice

"SummitAI IT Management Suite's pricing is a bit expensive."

"We have a regular license."

"The product's cost is average."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

11%

Construction Company

Government

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	23

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	4

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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Summus IT Management Suite

Overview

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

Nagios

SymphonyAI provides an AI-powered IT Service Management (ITSM) platform aimed at enhancing IT service delivery efficiency and effectiveness. The platform, SymphonyAI ITSM, offers a unified service portal for streamlined user assistance and incorporates reporting and analytics functionalities to furnish insights into IT service performance. By leveraging artificial intelligence, SymphonyAI aims to optimize ITSM processes, aligning IT services with business needs while ensuring cost efficiency.

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