It is great for service level agreements and can comply fully with internet monitoring or any interface such as hardware or network interfaces and database instance. Irrespective of the MID, it can detect and monitor it. It is a vast platform and can make the cluster for the DC and DR. If one is down, it'll last shorter than the second one.
CEO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Great detection and monitoring, stable and scalable
Pros and Cons
- "It is great for service level agreements and can comply fully with internet monitoring or any interface."
- "Personally, in my 20 years of experience working with monitoring systems, this is the best."
- "The technical support service should be improved."
- "The technical support response time is still prolonged, and the resolution can be better."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
We prefer to use the PRTG because it has a low price. We provide solutions to the customer, and customers always prefer to pay less for the best output and quality. In addition, the solution allows customers to monitor anything within their network. For example, they can monitor their servers, application levels and virtualization instances.
What needs improvement?
The technical support service should be improved and is not as good as Cisco. However, PRTG support is better than before as they now have remote and TeamViewer support. Before, it was only based on mail communications and forum discussions. Irrespective of this improvement, the technical support response time is still prolonged, and the reservation can be better. I rate the response times a six out of ten. We've had very good experiences with Check Point, Juniper, and Cisco technical support.
Regarding additional features, currently, the default database has some limitations. There is a specific capacity that it can trigger. So, if they can make the enterprise-grade DV integrated, then a separate part will be needed to integrate. We want to customize every six months and do not need data older than six months.
It is the best solution. Personally, in my 20 years of experience working with monitoring systems, this is the best. Their software is very light and fast. Everything is great except the technical support response time. If they improve this, I'm sure it will be a top-class product competitor.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using this solution since 2006. The price is user-friendly, and the monitoring system is sound. The solution has a clear advantage as it can monitor per second. We use the enterprise paid version.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution. The performance is excellent, and the reporting system is good. We can customize, and if we want to detect a particular time in demand or an outage for a service provider, we can easily identify it.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is straightforward to scale, similar to SolarWinds.
How was the initial setup?
The setup is very easy, and for someone with no experience, which a few clicks, they can figure it out. However, if you want to integrate at a wide level, it will require some experience. I rate the setup a ten out of ten.
The deployment was short and took just about two to three minutes.
We provide maintenance services to customers, and this solution is suitable for larger companies. Most of the companies we work with are banks and government organizations, and if we include the interfaces, we are about 4000. It is also suitable for smaller companies, which can easily purchase the solution with minimal cost.
What was our ROI?
Regarding ROI, we can easily use and afford the licensing costs for a small office of about 100 to 200 users. This is impossible from the NPM, as they have the minimum interface values they must process.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
PRTG Network Monitor is a very affordable solution compared to other solutions. Other solutions cost nearly double or triple the cost. Not only is the pricing reasonable, but the quality is also.
The licensing cost depends on the number of interfaces. The details for the enterprise are published on their website, and because we partner with them, we receive a 15% discount. They do not customize their products for specific customers. Other solutions like SolarWinds and Cisco do not provide product customization support, but PRTG Network Monitor includes documentation for customization to the particular interface. For example, we wanted to monitor 300 SNMP nationwide and try to integrate them into the online UPS. It was very tough because no MIB value was published on their website. We had to request it, and they generated the script and made the MIB value, allowing us to initiate.
What other advice do I have?
I rate this solution a nine out of ten. Regarding advice, comparing WhatsUp Gold and PRTG and SolarWinds NPM, I would always recommend PRTG. They integrate a lot of features. Every month, we get the latest updates and better features within the support service and maintenance contract. The updates are free and included in the cost.
NPM is aware of the five-second values compared to other solutions, and PRTG has the first-second values, so it is very high. Therefore, for any incident within five seconds, PRTG can detect it. PRTG is the par, and it stands with the interface-based licensing category. But NPM's licensing category is different. It is the business policy of the individual which doesn't make sense.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
CTO at Joan Cross Infosystems Ltd
Different monitoring probes available, good support, and reliable
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of PRTG Network Monitor is the different monitoring probes available."
- "The most valuable feature of PRTG Network Monitor is the different monitoring probes available."
- "PRTG Network Monitor could improve the price."
- "PRTG Network Monitor could improve the price."
What is our primary use case?
PRTG Network Monitor is used by network monitoring teams for keeping a tab on services that are down. Once you are aware of a failure you are able to quickly reinstate the service before customers or brand users notice. This can be done even before the service is down, if you see a pattern of service degradation, it can quickly attend to it.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of PRTG Network Monitor is the different monitoring probes available.
What needs improvement?
PRTG Network Monitor could improve the price.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using PRTG Network Monitor for approximately three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
PRTG Network Monitor is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have two clients that are using PRTG Network Monitor.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support from PRTG Network Monitor has been good.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I rate the licensing for PRTG Network Monitor an eight out of ten.
What other advice do I have?
I rate PRTG Network Monitor an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Operational Management at Eleven
Flexible, user-friendly, and intuitive solution
Pros and Cons
- "PRTG Network Monitor's best features are its flexibility, ease of implementation, user-friendliness, and intuitive interfaces."
- "PRTG Network Monitor's best features are its flexibility, ease of implementation, user-friendliness, and intuitive interfaces."
- "In the next release, PRTG Network Monitor should add a backup solution."
- "In the next release, PRTG Network Monitor should add a backup solution."
What is our primary use case?
I use PRTG Network Monitor to monitor network devices, routers, switches, servers, applications, and services.
What is most valuable?
PRTG Network Monitor's best features are its flexibility, ease of implementation, user-friendliness, and intuitive interfaces.
What needs improvement?
In the next release, PRTG Network Monitor should add a backup solution.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using PRTG Network Monitor since 2014.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
PRTG Network Monitor is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
PRTG Network Monitor is very easy to scale.
How are customer service and support?
PRTG Network Monitor's technical support is great.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was very easy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
PRTG Network Monitor's price is a little high. Their licenses cost between $1,600 to $16,000 on a perpetual basis.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate PRTG Network Monitor as ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Network Security Engineer at Kerala State IT Mission
Performs well, user-friendly, and simple setup
Pros and Cons
- "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."
- "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."
- "PRTG Network Monitor can improve the reports. In the reports, you have to give an alert for that SMS and email, the emergency calls and downtimes have to be reported accordingly. You have to enable email services or an SMS gateway service to receive more alerts at the proper time."
- "PRTG Network Monitor can improve the reports."
What is our primary use case?
PRTG Network Monitor is used for monitoring internet service providers, and we want to receive the downtime of the network devices mapped. PRTG Network Monitor is hosted in a local host server in our three data centers.
What is most valuable?
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.
What needs improvement?
PRTG Network Monitor can improve the reports. In the reports, you have to give an alert for that SMS and email, the emergency calls and downtimes have to be reported accordingly. You have to enable email services or an SMS gateway service to receive more alerts at the proper time.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using PRTG Network Monitor for approximately four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
PRTG Network Monitor is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have approximately 3,000 users using PRTG Network Monitor in our organization.
How are customer service and support?
I have not used the support from PRTG Network Monitor.
How was the initial setup?
The setup of PRTG Network Monitor is simple. The deployment can be done in a few hours.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We pay for PRTG Network Monitor annually. The price is approximately 10,000 rupees annually.
What other advice do I have?
The solution performs well.
I rate PRTG Network Monitor an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Tech Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Beneficial bandwidth utilization, user-friendly, but interface could improve
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable features of PRTG Network Monitor are bandwidth utilization, user-friendliness, all past report simple retrievals, and timeout features. Additionally, if the solution does go down it is simple to bring it back."
- "The most valuable features of PRTG Network Monitor are bandwidth utilization, user-friendliness, all past report simple retrievals, and timeout features."
- "PRTG Network Monitor could improve by having descriptions for the tab usages. The dashboards or interface could be easier to understand."
- "PRTG Network Monitor could improve by having descriptions for the tab usages. The dashboards or interface could be easier to understand."
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of PRTG Network Monitor are bandwidth utilization, user-friendliness, all past report simple retrievals, and timeout features. Additionally, if the solution does go down it is simple to bring it back.
What needs improvement?
PRTG Network Monitor could improve by having descriptions for the tab usages. The dashboards or interface could be easier to understand.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using PRTG Network Monitor for approximately two and a half years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
PRTG Network Monitor is scalable.
We have approximately 200 to 250 devices that are being used with PRTG Network Monitor.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We used other solutions previously but they did not compare in features with that of PRTG Network Monitor.
How was the initial setup?
The setup of PRTG Network Monitor is simple. There are five or six steps to complete it.
We have more than two locations and for that two locations' network connectivities, we are using PRTG Network Monitor. For example, we monitor firewalls, switches, and for ISPs. For servers, we are using the Zabbix.
What about the implementation team?
One person is monitoring everything using PRTG Network Monitor. We have been providing support to our customers.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We are using the premium version of PRTG Network Monitor. The price of the solution is a bit higher than competitors but it is worth the extra money. However, it would be helpful if the price was lower.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I have compared other tools to PRTG Network Monitor. I found that PRTG Network Monitor is more user-friendly than the others I compared.
What other advice do I have?
I rate PRTG Network Monitor a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Technician-type internship at EIGSI La Rochelle, Ecole d'ingenieurs generalistes
Allows us to supervise our network and anticipate problems
Pros and Cons
- "PRTG is integrated on Windows."
- "It allows me to detect problems with the network, and it helps users propose the solution to resolve the problem."
- "This solution is a good product so far, but I haven't been using it long enough to know how it could be improved."
- "It's expensive to maintain."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution for security and supervision of our network. There are two people using PRTG Network Monitor in my company.
The solution is deployed on a private cloud with Microsoft Azure.
How has it helped my organization?
It allows me to detect problems with the network, and it helps users propose the solution to resolve the problem.
What is most valuable?
The difference between PRTG and other products is that PRTG is integrated on Windows.
What needs improvement?
This solution is a good product so far, but I haven't been using it long enough to know how it could be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for two months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's stable.
How was the initial setup?
It's not complex. We used eight people for deployment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It's expensive to maintain. There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution 8 out of 10.
I would recommend this solution for someone who wants to start using it.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Dev Ops Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Excellent basic monitoring of computer resources and usage but not suited for complex environments
Pros and Cons
- "What I've found most valuable is the custom sensor, which allows you to write scripts or code to monitor a specific metric in your environment."
- "What I've found most valuable is the custom sensor, which allows you to write scripts or code to monitor a specific metric in your environment."
- "PRTG's application monitoring sensor is not strong."
- "PRTG's application monitoring sensor is not strong and could be improved, and I've also had some issues with it crashing during upgrades."
What is our primary use case?
We use PRTG network monitoring to monitor our server, especially for computing resources.
What is most valuable?
What I've found most valuable is the custom sensor, which allows you to write scripts or code to monitor a specific metric in your environment.
What needs improvement?
PRTG's application monitoring sensor is not strong and could be improved, and I've also had some issues with it crashing during upgrades. In the next release, I would like to see the ability to monitor connections between services.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using this solution for more than a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The platform is stable - other than the issues with upgrading, we haven't encountered any problems with it.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I think the platform is relatively scalable - we added two additional probes, and everything has worked fine without any issues.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support team is very responsive.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was relatively easy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Adding extra sensors will incur an additional cost.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I evaluated Centron, which is more flexible and customizable, but I think that PRTG is easier to administer. The initial setup with PRTG is also easier than with other solutions at the same level.
What other advice do I have?
PRTG is very good for basic monitoring of computer resources and usage. However, if you have relatively complex environments, you may need a different product. I would give this solution a rating of six out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Service management specialist at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
A stable and scalable monitoring solution with a useful integration
Pros and Cons
- "The Slack integration is fantastic, and I've actually found it to be very useful recently."
- "If someone were looking for a basic monitoring tool for servers and networks, I would recommend PRTG Network Monitor."
- "Integration into service management ticketing systems could be better. They should simplify the integration into big service management platforms like ServiceNow, Remedy, and Cherwell. They're really into monitoring, but they don't do any self-resolution. It would be better if the company moved more into the AIOps space so that you could actually kick off some remedies. I know that you can execute some commands from the tool, but you need to develop those all yourself. It would be really handy if they had some auto-remedy scripts that they could develop on top."
- "Integration into service management ticketing systems could be better. They should simplify the integration into big service management platforms like ServiceNow, Remedy, and Cherwell."
What is our primary use case?
We use PRTG Network Monitor for network monitoring. We mainly monitor uptime on our switches and our network environment, and we're looking at expanding into server monitoring as well.
What is most valuable?
The Slack integration is fantastic, and I've actually found it to be very useful recently.
What needs improvement?
Integration into service management ticketing systems could be better. They should simplify the integration into big service management platforms like ServiceNow, Remedy, and Cherwell.
They're really into monitoring, but they don't do any self-resolution. It would be better if the company moved more into the AIOps space so that you could actually kick off some remedies. I know that you can execute some commands from the tool, but you need to develop those all yourself. It would be really handy if they had some auto-remedy scripts that they could develop on top.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using PRTG Network Monitor for nearly ten years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
PRTG Network Monitor is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
PRTG Network Monitor is very easy to scale.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support was really good because I did get answers for what I was trying to do. They're very good.
How was the initial setup?
When we first built it, it was very simple, but we completely rebuilt our PRTG about four years ago with the help of an external partner. It took us about one or two months to deploy this solution.
We don't perform any maintenance as such. Just every now and then, we update to the latest version to keep it fresh. We're always interested in making sure that our environment is as secure as possible. That's why we always put in the latest code.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented this solution with the help of an external partner. Our experience with the external partner was good.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price is actually on the cheaper side. If you're going with the unlimited license code, it's very cheap compared to competitors unless you're going for something free, like Zabbix. But you get what you pay for, and it doesn't have the full suite of products or tools like SolarWinds or a ScienceLogic.
What other advice do I have?
If someone were looking for a basic monitoring tool for servers and networks, I would recommend PRTG Network Monitor. If they're looking at the whole stack and potentially integrating with an ITSM platform or looking at it for something like CMDB correction as well, there are other tools that I would actually recommend. I would recommend something like ScienceLogic if they were looking for full-stack integration with ITSM, CMDB, monitoring, and auto resolution.
On a scale from one to ten, I would give PRTG Network Monitor an eight.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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