We performed a comparison between Nagios XI and SolarWinds NPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of Nagios XI are you can customize it based on your use case and requirements. It is flexible and easy to integrate with our systems. You can customize the solution by adding additional features using code."
"I can monitor a software made in-house to software of bigger companies."
"Nagios XI is a simple monitoring tool with performance management."
"It's great for monitoring IT services infrastructure."
"Nagios XI helps us monitor the bandwidth of the internet connection, HTTP, DNS, active directory services, and exchange data availability. We have multiple servers to monitor databases, availability of servers, and ping."
"Nagios allows us to configure any device so that we can send pager alerts when people don't have access to emails. It also allows us to schedule downtime and maintenance."
"It's a monitoring agent. It's designed to do one thing. Its most valuable feature is its monitoring."
"I can monitor a phone on a desk to very big servers of any company."
"We found that it was easy to operate, and it was simple if anyone has entry-level working experience or even if someone is not experienced."
"Network performance is the main issue clients are facing. SolarWinds checks if a node is down, and we can set thresholds for performance metrics. For example, we set it up to get an alert automatically if a value is over 80 percent. It has a full dashboard that covers CP, hard disk, and node monitoring."
"The solution is easy to install and it takes a couple of hours."
"The most valuable feature is the way it monitors the environment, and how user-friendly the console is for the end-user. The interface is also very easy and it captures all the information very well."
"Their support team is efficient, and it is easy to set up."
"There are a lot of options for customization of the dashboard, alerts, and reports."
"As we look to add more servers to our virtual environment and to understand the impact, the solution allows us to dig into the historical charts related to capacity planning."
"The initial setup was straightforward. We deployed the solution from new and completed the upgrades."
"The reporting structure could be more streamlined."
"We'd like to see more integration capabilities."
"It is really difficult to integrate Nagios XI with another system to generate logs and alert our management of failures in security infrastructure."
"The pricing has recently risen. I know they've changed what is covered under the license, however, it doesn't change the way we use it and adds nothing to our experience, and yet we now have to pay more."
"Technical support is an area that needs improvement. It is not available 24/7."
"It can be quite difficult to know which drivers and agents to use when setting up."
"I would like to be able to extend it to all of our data centers, whether they are in the cloud or not. It would be helpful if I could connect everywhere."
"The installation and monitoring need improvement."
"The improvement would be that SolarWinds NPM thoroughly checks its patches before releasing them to the market. Better testing, alpha testing, and then releasing it to the market."
"The solution could improve in many areas, such as the marketing and description of the products, providing areas of improvement, cloud capabilities, and being able to be more streamlined with the current integration points with other applications."
"There isn't support available to us as they don't offer support in our country."
"The evaluation time for the product is too short especially for large corporations."
"An area for improvement would be the use of modular licenses, which are not practical for big clients."
"SolarWinds NPM can be very slow at times. The database optimization can be done to improve the product performance."
"Each model has different features, so clients need to purchase a separate model for SQL monitoring, database monitoring, network traffic analyzer, HTTP traffic, etc. So each feature they need is in a different model, but customers would prefer an all-in-one solution."
"Being able to detect devices that are trying to connect wirelessly would make using this solution much easier."
Nagios XI is ranked 6th in Cloud Monitoring Software with 13 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Cloud Monitoring Software with 47 reviews. Nagios XI is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Nagios XI writes "Easy to use and deploy with helpful technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "Simple to set up with good visualizations and helpful support". Nagios XI is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios Core, PRTG Network Monitor, Centreon and Icinga, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, LogicMonitor and WhatsUp Gold. See our Nagios XI vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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