NETSCOUT nGeniusONE vs Zenoss Cloud comparison

NETSCOUT and Zenoss are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. NETSCOUT is ranked #31 with an average rating of 8.7, while Zenoss is ranked #75. NETSCOUT holds a 1.1% mindshare in NMS, compared to Zenoss’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of NETSCOUT users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Zenoss users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

Zenoss Cloud and NETSCOUT nGeniusONE compete in the network monitoring and management space. NETSCOUT nGeniusONE appears to have the upper hand with its robust features and higher return on investment.

Features: Zenoss Cloud provides real-time analytics, proactive alerts, and seamless integration with cloud environments, ensuring flexibility in scaling operations. It supports quick implementation and cost efficiency. NETSCOUT nGeniusONE offers comprehensive packet-level analysis, multi-cloud support, and detailed insights into network traffic, highlighting its advanced capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Zenoss Cloud could enhance its analytic depth, broaden feature set to match enterprise demands, and improve packet-level detail capabilities. More comprehensive training resources and documentation support would also be beneficial. NETSCOUT nGeniusONE could streamline its deployment process, improve initial cost feasibility, and offer more simplified integration with various platforms to enhance user experience.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Zenoss Cloud offers streamlined deployment with flexible integration capabilities and responsive customer service, minimizing downtime. NETSCOUT nGeniusONE requires more intricate deployment steps, balanced by extensive documentation and comprehensive training resources, providing thorough support.

Pricing and ROI: Zenoss Cloud presents a cost-effective initial setup with a scalable pricing model that appeals to budget-conscious buyers, enabling quick returns through reduced monitoring costs. NETSCOUT nGeniusONE, with higher upfront costs, justifies this through its extensive features and long-term ROI, catering to those focused on detailed analytics and comprehensive solutions.

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Categories and Ranking

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

31st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Zenoss Cloud

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

75th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Infrastructure (26th), Event Monitoring (13th), Server Monitoring (24th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (51st), Container Monitoring (7th), Cloud Monitoring Software (42nd), AIOps (25th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is 1.1%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zenoss Cloud is 0.7%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
NETSCOUT nGeniusONE	1.1%
Zenoss Cloud	0.7%
Other	98.2%

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Featured Reviews

EdwardShim

General Manager at MOCOMSYS

Offers detailed network monitoring but requires improvement in deployment complexity and pricing

The price is really high, making it difficult for many financial companies to purchase immediately; it will take time for them to afford any budget for the purchase. The traffic data correlation feature's effectiveness with performance issues for clients remains uncertain as there are questions that need to be addressed through engineers regarding how many customers are actually using it. Regarding pricing and value for money, while the solution has the potential to save time and money for clients in the long term, monitoring solutions for performance management or network monitoring do not cause immediate damage to a company. It could lead to damage over time, but financial and management teams typically cannot see the immediate crisis. This is why many big companies Samsung and Hyundai try to build their own monitoring solutions using open-source tools and their own engineers, though it has not been successful.

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ClaudiaChen

Cloud Architect - Senior Technology Architect at Telstra

Generates close to real-time alerts so users can resolve issues, but needs more integration and public cloud monitoring features

As Zenoss Service Dynamics is more for network-centric devices and you want to monitor, for example, a server, its services, IP addresses, and interfaces, if it's a network and you're going to monitor multiple items, you'll be charged multiple times. This is what Zenoss Service Dynamics needs to improve to make sure that customers pay just one fee to monitor the entire server. What I'd like to see in Zenoss Service Dynamics in the future is a public cloud monitoring feature, particularly for the Azure public cloud. Another additional feature I'd like to see in the next release of the solution is integration with the Azure public cloud because I know that there are some services from Azure that Zenoss Service Dynamics is currently unable to monitor.

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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

"This solution has cut our overall troubleshooting time by several days."

"The real-time insights that NETSCOUT nGeniusONE provides are very helpful."

"For me, the most valuable features are the dashboards which we use to highlight the overall impact to the customers, and being able to drill down into the nitty-gritty of the customer experience."

"When it's implemented properly, and the training is there to use the interface and have it work in your company, and people understand it, it can be very effective."

"The speed that you can get from the top of a problem all the way down to the packet layer of troubleshooting analysis."

"It has helped with the operations teams, who have been able to collect information and troubleshoot with the application."

"Giving our customers the power to have some visibility into their own traffic has been a huge return on investment."

"The most valuable feature is visibility."

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"Zenoss is more complex than LogicMonitor, but scalable and hugely customizable."

"The custom built integration is one of the most valuable features because you can see all the especially critical items."

"They have also accommodated many state-of-the-art technologies like Docker and ZooKeeper."

"With this solution, they can have one million users at the same time with no crashes."

"The custom built integration is one of the most valuable features because you can see all the especially critical items."

"It's easy to use."

"Overall, it's a great solution, and I consider it to be one of the best."

"Its Docker Container concept is mind blowing. It is the first monitoring tool which comes with Docker features."

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Cons

"NG1 has been stable for a while in our environment - at least we have what we needed. But with nBA, there's a lot of room for improvement."

"The technical support could improve a bit with quicker responses for early on questions. What I think are simple questions are taking a long time to get answers to."

"Our biggest area of concern right now, supporting the applications, is that while NETSCOUT does a good job of monitoring the network and the applications, we need more visibility into system health and performance monitoring."

"Datadog is more stable than NETSCOUT nGeniusONE, being a SaaS-based solution compared to on-prem solutions like NETSCOUT."

"It's not an easy system, it's a very technical system."

"The feature I am looking for is the Arbor technology, especially to run in parallel with our firewall... It's getting there."

"We have a lot of timeouts when we are trying to assemble data packets together or trying to pull down a view of one particular call."

"NG1 has been stable for a while in our environment - at least we have what we needed. But with nBA, there's a lot of room for improvement."

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"This solution is complex for beginners so it takes some time to learn."

"Now it is stable, but they should design threshold parameters in percentage instead of raw values."

"It would be ideal if the product offered sound alerts."

"As Zenoss Service Dynamics is more for network-centric devices and you want to monitor, for example, a server, its services, IP addresses, and interfaces, if it's a network and you're going to monitor multiple items, you'll be charged multiple times."

"The AI aspect needs to improve."

"There is room for improvement with the administrative part. The administrative part, since they introduced Docker, etc., has become a little complex."

"The AI aspect needs to improve."

"The inclusion of a feature to show a graphical view of the network would be a helpful improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is a little overall pricey and expensive, but you get what you pay for."

"The biggest problem we have with this product is the expense."

"If you are able and you are willing to use everything that Netscout provides to you, it's probably a relatively fair price. The problem is that it's such a large and such a complex tool that I'm not sure that many companies would be able to use it entirely, the way it's expected to be used."

"The platform is expensive."

"It is very expensive, but it's well worth the money."

"The license becomes cost prohibitive very quickly."

"This solution has saved us more than $50,000 a month and freed up 30 percent of our bandwidth."

"Like any company, we always want better pricing. The pricing is okay, but it's not a cheap solution. When you want to deploy it across an enterprise as large as ours, you go into seven figures. It's not a cheap solution to get out there."

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"There are additional costs you'll have to pay apart from the license fee for Zenoss Service Dynamics. I can't remember exactly how much my company is paying because I don't handle the finance part, but the cost is paid annually. On a scale of one to five, with one being the cheapest and five being the most expensive, I'm rating the solution three out of five."

"It is very cost-effective compared to the tools I worked with in the past. The company is gaining a lot with respect to the cost factor. It provides agentless monitoring and in a very cheap way."

"The pricing depends on the environment, the number of services, and the size of the data center. It can go from $100,000 to a million dollars."

"It depends on the customer, what he wants."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Construction Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Transportation Company

Performing Arts

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	37

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Large Enterprise	5

Questions from the Community

Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?

I would say if it’s an ISP that will build a scrubbing center, Netscout/Arbor is a good solution. In all other solutions, Imperva is a great choice.

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What do you like most about NETSCOUT nGeniusONE?

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NETSCOUT nGeniusONE?

Regarding its high price, I give NETSCOUT nGeniusONE a seven.

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What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?

In my experience, I worked with many monitoring software, but the one that gave me the most functionalities of a large-scale company is Zenoss, due to its ability to monitor completely hybrid and a...

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Also Known As

NETSCOUT nGenius, nGeniusONE

Cloud Monitoring, Zenoss Service Dynamics

Overview

The nGenius Real-Time Monitor software provides you with tools to monitor and display information about your network both historically and in real time. The nGenius Real-Time Monitor software allows you to understand your current network usage and to plan for future needs. It also allows you to proactively troubleshoot problem areas in your network.

NETSCOUT

Zenoss Cloud revolutionizes IT infrastructure monitoring with a service-centric approach, prioritizing the overall health of services and applications. Harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AIOps), Zenoss Cloud offers end-to-end visibility across servers, networks, storage, and applications. Real-time monitoring, event correlation, and automated remediation ensure immediate insights and efficient issue resolution. The customizable dashboards empower users to tailor visualizations to their needs, while scalability accommodates diverse infrastructures. Zenoss Cloud guarantees improved application performance, reduced downtime, and enhanced IT efficiency, making it an ideal choice for businesses of all sizes, from small enterprises seeking simplicity to large corporations requiring advanced scalability. Experience unified monitoring and proactive management with Zenoss Cloud, a comprehensive solution that transforms IT infrastructure optimization in today's complex environments.

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Sample Customers

Cerner Corporation

2degrees, Rackspace, State of North Dakota, El Paso Independent School District, NWN Corporation

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