PRTG Network Monitor Reviews

Easy to setup, many avaliable sensors, easy import of MIB, cheap

We can monitor everything from one place and get email or SMS notifications.

We are monitoring QoS for site-to-site VPNs.

Creating maps

3 years

Deployment is straightforward.

From time to time, you need to reboot the PRTG probe server.

No, you can add more probes very easily even from prtg web console.

7/10, main issue is that the company is in Germany and their support works during Europe business hours.

I used Solarwinds, to set it up and tweek took a very long time, and very expensive compare to PRTG.

You will not find anything cheaper that really does the job.

Bandwidth graph and Layouts

Map designer could be improved by adding more flexibility to the links instead of the straight line.

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Previous solutions had to many dependencies and were unstable for the most part. Overhead and additional cost of critical features were costly.

Initial setup is as easy as it will get for a software of this type. The entire application core and probe literally install and run in less than 5 minutes. I am used to having dependencies and multiple modules taking over an hour to fully install for similar product.

SolarWinds, WhatsUp, OpenNMS, Nagios, Netcool, OPManager, Splunk

This is a review of PRTG version 14. As far as network monitoring and analysis, I cannot think of a more intuitive and flexible product on the market today. Where PRTG shines is in its speed and compact design. The latest interface is ideal for complex networks and as useful for simple networks. Initially, I had a negative reaction to the idea of the sensor based license approach. Once I deployed PRTG on the network, the sensor model makes perfect sense. For the amount of sensors that I used and the included features, the cost of PRTG is over 80% lower than other software suites that claim to have similar features. I am not an employee of PRTG, I am just a very satisfied user. If you are a sysadmin or netadmin and have been struggling to find the ideal monitoring tool, I urge you to give PRTG a try. The trial is free. You will not regret it. I just wish someone had told me about this application a few years ago.

First let me start by saying I have been using system monitoring tools for a very long time. I first cut my teeth with HP Openview "back in the day" and most recently with Microsoft System Center which I have now completely replaced as a monitoring and alerting system with a bit of software called PRTG from a company called Paessler.Here are the top 10 strong points of PRTG: - Rapid deployment - But, there are best practices for sure... - Highly scale-able - Intuitive interface - quick learning curve - Inexpensive to license - Accurate - Works with most infrastructure without customization - Updated often and very easy to update - Good support from the vendor - Kind to diskspace consumption - not sure how they do it! - Easy to re-architect as your infrastructure changesMy company runs a large scale SAAS infrastructure with a large mix of technologies. PRTG is the first software product we have used to accurately alert the right people of trouble. This has been a huge boost in customer satisfaction for sure.

There is not much not to love in this software but one item on my wishlist that has yet to be addressed in an intuitive way is the ability to use and manage templates. This would allow you to apply templates easily and then modify templates easily.

PRTG Network Monitor can improve Layer 2 and Layer 3 network maps and the GUI more user-friendly. Additionally, they should bundle the features so I can monitor everything on one particular device.

I have been using PRTG Network Monitor for over one year.

PRTG Network Monitor is stable.

The scalability of PRTG Network Monitor is good. We only need to buy licenses from PRTG Network Monitor and add more devices or sites, or customers to it. It is easy.

We have four technicians and one senior technician using PRTG Network Monitor. If something goes down, they can see the problem and then either go to the site or approach the situation remotely.

The support from PRTG Network Monitor has been reliable. They have been available when we need them.

The initial setup of PRTG Network Monitor is simple. Adding a device for monitoring only takes a few minutes. The technician can add a device to monitor without problems.

The price of PRTG Network Monitor is reasonable for the features that the solution provides. They charge you per monitoring, not per node, it is per port that you need for a device.

If they could have pricing per device that would be a benefit.

My advice to others is if you can't afford SolarWinds and those other expensive solutions, PRTG Network Monitor is the best value for money.

I rate PRTG Network Monitor an eight out of ten.

While I cannot say for certain, I believe we are using the latest version. 

We use it for monitoring network devices and downloads.

The solution helps us with troubleshooting. We benefit from high performance and it can send out alarms. 

The traffic, the status of the devices can stand improvement. 

Moreover, I would like to see network mapping. 

We have been using PRTG Network Monitor over the past 12 months. 

The stability at the moment is good. 

There is no need for much technical support. The solution is very easy to use and the web provides information with ease.

The initial setup was simple and easy.

Some clients have 500 users. Some clients have 100 users. It varies. 

I rate PRTG Network Monitor as an eight out of ten. 

On-premises

We use the product for network monitoring. 

The tool is integrated with our email for the alerts. 

PRTG Network Monitor needs to show bandwidth utilization in proper graphs. It isn't easy to learn. 

PRTG Network Monitor is stable. 

My company has two users for the product. 

I haven't contacted the tool's technical support yet. 

PRTG Network Monitor is cheap. 

I rate the solution a five out of ten. 

On-premises