OP5 Monitor vs PRTG Network Monitor comparison

ITRS and Paessler GmbH are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. ITRS is ranked #38 with an average rating of 9.0, while Paessler GmbH is ranked #5 with an average rating of 7.8. ITRS holds a 0.7% mindshare in NMS, compared to Paessler GmbH’s 4.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of ITRS users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Paessler GmbH users who would recommend it.

OP5 Monitor

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PRTG Network Monitor

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92% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 15, 2025

PRTG Network Monitor and OP5 Monitor are competing network monitoring solutions. Data comparisons suggest PRTG Network Monitor has an advantage in terms of setup, whereas OP5 Monitor excels in feature depth and complexity.

Features: PRTG Network Monitor offers comprehensive out-of-the-box functionalities, including real-time monitoring and pre-built sensors, making it user-friendly for immediate use. It supports a variety of network protocols, ensuring broad device compatibility. Additionally, its mobile app provides remote management capabilities. OP5 Monitor stands out with customizable monitoring parameters, allowing detailed examination of system processes and applications. It provides an open-source environment for advanced customization and supports multiple plugins for tailored monitoring solutions. Its capability to automate ticketing processes further enhances operational efficiency.

Room for Improvement: PRTG Network Monitor could enhance its customization capabilities to better serve complex environments. Integration with more third-party tools could improve its versatility. The user interface, while intuitive, could benefit from more advanced customization options. OP5 Monitor, while robust, can benefit from simplifying its deployment process. Improving its initial setup for less technical users would make it more accessible. Additionally, enhancing user documentation could expedite learning and implementation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: PRTG Network Monitor is noted for its straightforward deployment and strong customer support, making it ideal for businesses seeking quick and effective setup. Its intuitive interface ensures a quick learning curve. OP5 Monitor, though potentially more complex to deploy, provides extensive resources and specialized support, enhancing its appeal for companies requiring robust technical assistance.

Pricing and ROI: PRTG Network Monitor has a competitive cost structure, offering a high ROI with flexible licensing that caters to budget-conscious customers. Its pricing model is scalable, making it suitable for various business sizes. OP5 Monitor, while possibly higher in initial setup costs, delivers significant ROI for enterprises requiring comprehensive monitoring capacity, justifying its investment for complex networking environments.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

OP5 Monitor

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

38th

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

37th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

4.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

PRTG Network Monitor

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

5th

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

104

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Monitoring Software (11th)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of OP5 Monitor is 0.7%, down from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PRTG Network Monitor is 4.2%, down from 4.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
PRTG Network Monitor	4.2%
OP5 Monitor	0.7%
Other	95.1%

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Featured Reviews

Sumanth Arshanapally

Senior Analyst at HCLSoftware

Monitoring ease and cost-saving benefits enhance operational efficiency

The monitoring in OP5 Monitor is very easy because we can directly use custom plugins. We can write custom scripts and use those scripts directly. It's very low cost, open, and the dashboards are easy to see. We can extract the reports easily, and this is very easy to compare. Real-time monitoring in OP5 Monitor provides data every one minute or every five minutes, enabling us to get live data from the last one minute or last five minutes. OP5 Monitor gave us proper server availability, so we can always check whether a server goes down or the server CPU and memory decreases. Before reaching a particular bottleneck situation, we identified and fixed the issue, which helped us from a cost-saving business perspective. It helped us avoid application downtime.

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Noman-Saleem

Network Support Officer at Habib Metropolitan Bank Ltd

Detects suden changes but significant pricing concerns affect the effectiveness of network traffic troubleshooting

We use PRTG Network Monitor for monitoring traffic on interfaces and the behavior of network traffic. If there are sudden changes in traffic or any configuration issues, we can sort them out using PRTG. It's very helpful for troubleshooting and monitoring traffic utilization on our interfaces…

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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

"With limited hardware or a virtual machine, you can address a huge network, hundreds of thousands of elements that need to be monitored. Other commercial software is not on that level."

"It monitors and continuously tests everything that is of importance to you and your users. It could be everything from monitoring disk space to CPU usage to memory. It could include determining if the response time in your e-commerce platform is quick enough, or whether you have too many bounces from some of the pages on your website. You want to monitor anything that could cost you money or time or resources. You can do that with this system. It's very flexible."

"We can also observe whatever we want, and there are no limitations."

"OP5 Monitor is a great choice due to its being built on an open-source monitoring tool and provides ample opportunity for customization based on specific support requirements. It is also user-friendly and easy to manage with a wide range of plugins available for use. In comparison to other enterprise tools, such as Micro Focus, OP5 Monitor stands out for its features and cost-effectiveness, making it the best tool in the market. Customization is one of the key strengths of the tool and provides a lot of capabilities. Additionally, it is easy to find support and plugins for the tool through online resources."

"The API makes it pretty easy to integrate with any system."

"The best feature is that it is very relatable, stable, and scalable. The logger is a part of the software, but it's not the most important point of it."

"It is great for service level agreements and can comply fully with internet monitoring or any interface."

"The most valuable features of PRTG Network Monitor are user-friendly, and the graphical interface is good for all the network devices that are mapped in this organization. It's very easy to find reports for any devices that we are looking for."

"Good compilation of the system's information."

"Network Discovery is a feature that our customers like a lot."

"The up-to-date graphs and the history are very good."

"It is a central solution in terms of how to actually use it. It has a very easy dashboard. Everything is concise. We are able to create custom sensors. For different parts of the business, we have many products across many environments, and it works for everything."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is being able to see things graphically."

"The product is simple and easy to implement."

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Cons

"We do not get performance reports properly."

"The user interface is not what we are used to these days, and should be improved."

"IT environments today are in constant flux. This is driven by the newer cloud technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker, etc. The whole Nagios-based monitoring system that OP5 is created on top of, is based on a host-service model. There is a need for a strategy on what to do with more dynamic environments. There is some cool stuff going on in that direction."

"They need to improve the dashboard interface."

"The solution is useful for tweaking. However, there have been some negative experiences, such as limited report capabilities. The only report available is in PDF format, making it difficult for teams managing multiple servers to extract data in Excel format. The speaker recommends that the team improve the report capabilities to better serve users."

"OP5 lacks some visualization, a feature that makes some other products nice. Op5 is built for purpose, which is fine, but if you compare it with some new products, the visualization is not so appealing, especially for management... If you don't need fancy visualizations, OP5 is fine."

"OP5 Monitor could include application monitoring in addition to infrastructure monitoring. If application business transactions were monitored, it would be helpful."

"The database needs improvement."

"Its price can be better. Its price is a problem for us because it is in dollars, and there is a high conversion rate. In terms of new features, it can have BGP monitoring. It should also have a dashboard and maps editor."

"I would like to see network mapping."

"The technical support could respond a little bit quicker."

"PRTG Network Monitor needs to enhance network performance monitoring."

"More training videos for installing and configuring this software would have been nice, especially when working with a lot of devices."

"I would like to see more updates available in this solution."

"I would like to see a more robust platform and a new dashboard. In addition, the code is good, but it needs improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"OP5 has a very low price as a solution, compared to many other solutions out there."

"It was not expensive. And because it's less demanding in terms of hardware, you don't have to pay for another SQL or other database license, and you can have a huge installation on one machine..."

"The cost of the license and support are separate. If you want platinum call support, it will cost more than a regular call. I did not opt for it, as it is an additional cost."

"We have an unlimited perpetual license, so we just pay support costs and it can scale throughout the organization."

"Right now, the smallest sensor pack that they have is just a bit out of range for me, as a business. This kills me, as I need the product. Therefore, there is always a balance between needing to buy it or continuing their free version."

"One thing I like is that when you buy sensors, it's a perpetual license, so once you buy 2,000 sensors, you've got 2,000 sensors; it's not a recurring cost."

"Sensors on free version can run out quick."

"Licenses are very expensive, so I would like to see cheaper licensing."

"Pricing for PRTG Network Monitor is a nine out of ten. It meets my company's budget and monitoring requirements. My company is on a perpetual license."

"The pricing is reasonable for the features provided."

"We pay for a perpetual license and we have a support fee."

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it_user174738

IT Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

May 31, 2015

Nagios vs. Zabbix vs. PRTG vs. Spiceworks vs. Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor

I have researched a quite a few network monitoring tools which can be used for various monitoring purposes of not only the servers, but the intermediate routers as well. There are majorly three types of these softwares. Ones which are completely open-source, you can do almost anything you want…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Government

19%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

12%

Government

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Large Enterprise	5

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	54
Midsize Enterprise	18
Large Enterprise	38

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for OP5 Monitor?

The price for OP5 Monitor is fine, but we don't know the exact price because it was managed by us; the customer themselves bought it and gave it to us to monitor.

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What needs improvement with OP5 Monitor?

OP5 Monitor could include application monitoring in addition to infrastructure monitoring. If application business transactions were monitored, it would be helpful. For application-related issues, ...

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What is your primary use case for OP5 Monitor?

Our previous use case for OP5 Monitor was server monitoring.

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What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?

PRTG network monitor is one of the best tool i have ever used for the monitoring. It have auto discovery option. it avoid the configuring the device in PRTG. It automatically discover the device an...

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What do you like most about PRTG Network Monitor?

The tool is integrated with our email for the alerts.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PRTG Network Monitor?

The pricing is in the middle. It's not too high, nor too low, but it's reasonable.

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Overview

OP5 Monitor - The Complete Monitoring Solution

OP5 Monitor is a flexible and highly scalable monitoring solution for all sizes of environments. Use just one product to monitor your IT environment regardless of location, whether on-premise, in dynamic environments, public cloud or a hybrid of these.

Digital transformation adds extra layers and complexity to the IT estate by creating a hybrid IT environment of both static and dynamic environments, that can be difficult to monitor efficiently. ITRS OP5 Monitor gives enterprises full visibility over their entire IT estate through a single pane of glass, allowing them to consolidate monitoring tools and cut down costs.

ITRS

PRTG Network Monitor runs on a Windows machine within your network, collecting various statistics from the machines, software, and devices which you designate. PRTG comes with an easy-to-use web interface with point-and-click configuration. You can easily share data from it with non-technical colleagues and customers, including via live graphs and custom reports. This will let you plan for network expansion, see what applications are using most of your connection, and make sure that no one is hogging the entire network just to torrent videos.

To monitor a large IT environment, it's important to be able to scale PRTG up. Paessler PRTG Enterprise Monitor includes all the proven capabilities of PRTG Network Monitor, which are enhanced by exclusive ITOps Board for a service-oriented, central overview of multiple PRTG servers.

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Sample Customers

Svenska Spel, Carus, VGL, Tele2, Viking Line, Clas Ohlson, Vanderlande, Försäkringskassan

Jameson Bank, Sidnix, RungeICT, MedicalAnimal, Truck-lite, GamingGrids, The Covell Group, Forsythn County Schools, NetMass, Musgrove Park Hospital, Lanes Health, Columbia Southern University, Vodafone, Intrust Bank

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