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Opsview pros and cons

Vendor: ITRS
4.3 out of 5

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PROS

They use Opsview for internal and client monitoring within their cloud platform because they are a public cloud provider.
Opsview is described as stable and satisfactory, functioning well for its intended purpose.
Opsview effectively covers all aspects necessary for monitoring purposes.
The most valuable feature is the ability to clone services when monitoring setups outside the test environment.
Opsview allows users to reduce noise and receive meaningful, actionable alerts.

CONS

Pricing and certain aspects of Opsview need improvement.
Customized reporting in Opsview can be improved.
Opsview lacks AI and intelligence for monitoring enhancements.
Automated callouts are desired in Opsview.
The team considers Grafana because it offers capabilities that Opsview lacks.
 

Opsview Pros review quotes

it_user76317 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jan 9, 2014
We now have a single view for all systems monitored within our IT estate, while we previously had three different systems (each configured differently).
it_user302112 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant IT Infrastructure at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Jul 19, 2016
Afterwards, they were impressed by how easy monitoring could be, and they no longer had to edit large text files in order to configure hosts and service checks.
it_user356775 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems & Monitoring Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Dec 15, 2015
The fully-extensible event handling has enabled us to reduce on-call incidents by more than 90%.
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it_user369381 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 25, 2016
There are several valuable features for us, including ease of configuration of monitoring of new hosts/services, worker redundancy and load balancing, and the fact that it’s compatible with the plethora of existing Nagios plugins available on the web.
it_user381006 - PeerSpot reviewer
Designer at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 2, 2016
Opsview, though not the least expensive Nagios-based commercial monitoring product offers excellent value for performance which rivals expensive commercial products from the major IT vendors; it is well worth the money paid for it.
it_user388521 - PeerSpot reviewer
NOC Manager with 501-1,000 employees
Feb 15, 2016
Over the past three years, we've grown by about 200%, and the system has been able to manage that growth.
it_user383865 - PeerSpot reviewer
STG Lab Solutions Engineer at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Feb 16, 2016
The multi-tenancy that's available through this is one of the most valuable things.
it_user423687 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Support Technician at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Apr 13, 2016
With the monitoring capabilities, I can tell when things happen and be proactive about them instead of constantly putting out fires.
it_user423699 - PeerSpot reviewer
3rd Line Systems Engineer at a maritime company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 13, 2016
The system is very robust and very rarely breaks.
it_user418626 - PeerSpot reviewer
Internet Services Support & Maintenance Manager, Online & Data Services at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 13, 2016
Opsview provides all the functionality of NetSaint and Nagios but with the simplicity of a GUI front end, using MySQL to centralize configuration.
 

Opsview Cons review quotes

it_user76317 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jan 9, 2014
Hard to say, some minor changes could help improve ease of configuring (which have already been requested and are now on the roadmap).
it_user302112 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant IT Infrastructure at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Jul 19, 2016
Large Opsview setups come with high licensing fees.
it_user356775 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems & Monitoring Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Dec 15, 2015
The graphing feature needs work, although it has been rewritten in release 5.0 and we have yet to deploy it.
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it_user369381 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 25, 2016
We are starting to hit the limits of how we can scale out.
it_user381006 - PeerSpot reviewer
Designer at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 2, 2016
In Opsview 4.6.3, there is no provision for making bulk changes to monitored servers via the GUI, though it is possible to custom-script bulk changes via the API.
it_user388521 - PeerSpot reviewer
NOC Manager with 501-1,000 employees
Feb 15, 2016
We're already evaluating v5.0 and to tell the truth, there's a couple of things that we found really useful in previous versions that for some reason they have removed.
it_user383865 - PeerSpot reviewer
STG Lab Solutions Engineer at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Feb 16, 2016
There is one feature that I've been requesting for a while now. Going back to this multi-tenancy thing, right now the tenants can't create their own service checks, so that's still a process they have to get with us.
it_user423687 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Support Technician at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Apr 13, 2016
I wish they'd update the iOS app, which, I think, is the same version I used back in 2012 or so.
it_user423699 - PeerSpot reviewer
3rd Line Systems Engineer at a maritime company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 13, 2016
It can be a little bit flaky with the agent on VMware.
it_user418626 - PeerSpot reviewer
Internet Services Support & Maintenance Manager, Online & Data Services at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 13, 2016
Some aspects of the GUI functionality need improvement.