Comparison of network monitoring systems (original) (raw)
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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of notable network monitoring systems. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.
| Name | IP SLA Reports | Logical Grouping | Trending | Trend Prediction | Auto Discovery | Agentless | SNMP | Syslog | Plugins | Triggers / Alerts | MIB Compiler | WebApp | Distributed Monitoring | Inventory | Platform | Data Storage Method | License | Maps | Access Control | IPv6 | Latest release date | Latest release version |
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| Cacti | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | PHP | RRDtool, MySQL, MariaDB | GNU GPL | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | 2022-05-18 | 1.2.21 |
| Checkmk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | C, Python | RRDtool | GNU GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2022-08-30 | 2.1.0p11 |
| collectd | No | No | No | No | Push model;multicast possible | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing | Yes | No | C | RRDtool | GNU GPL | No | Apache ACL | Yes | 2020-09-03 | 5.12 |
| Cruz | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Java, C++, .NET | MySQL, Oracle | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2019-02 | 8.0.0 |
| FreeNATS | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Via plugin | Yes | In PHP Code | No | Full Control | No | No | PHP | MySQL[1] | GNU GPL | No | Yes | Unknown | 2018-11-14 | 1.20.1b |
| Ganglia | No | Yes | Yes | No | Via gmond check in | No | Via plugin | No | Yes | No | No | Viewing | Yes | Unknown | C, PHP | RRDtool | BSD | Yes | No | Unknown | 2016-06-14 | 3.7.2 |
| Icinga | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Yes | Via plugin | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Via plugin | C[2] | MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL[3] | GNU GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2024-01-18 | 2.14.2[4] |
| InterMapper | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing | Yes | Yes | Windows, Linux & Mac OS | PostgreSQL | Limited free, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2017-07 | 6.1.5 |
| isyVmon | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Via plugin | PHP | RRDtool, MySQL | Limited free, Commercial | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
| LibreNMS | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | PHP | MariaDB, RRDtool | GNU GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2024-09-30 | 24.9.1 |
| Munin | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Partial | No | Viewing | Via nodes | Unknown | Perl | RRDtool | GNU GPL | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | 2021-02-22 | 2.0.67 |
| Nagios | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Yes | Via plugin | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Via plugin | C | Flat file, SQL (via ndoutils), MySql (Via Nconf) | GNU GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes[5] | 2022-04-14 | 4.4.7[6] |
| NeDi | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Perl, PHP | Pg, MySQL, RRDTool, MariaDB | GPL3, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2023-01 | 2.3[7] |
| Netdisco | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Perl | PostgreSQL | BSD | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2024-09-13 | 2.079001[8] |
| NetXMS | Unknown | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | C, Java | PostgreSQL, PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB, MariaDB, MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle, SQLite | GNU GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2024-04-15 | 4.5.6 |
| NeuralStar | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Unknown | MS SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
| Octopussy | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full control | No | Yes | Perl, ASP | MySQL | GNU GPL | No | Yes | No | 2017-06-03 | 1.0.16 |
| op5 Monitor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Via plugin | C, PHP | Flat file, SQL | Limited free, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Monthly | 7.3.0 |
| OpenKBM | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Proprietary with JDBC support | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
| OpenNMS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Java | JRobin / RRDTool / Apache Cassandra, PostgreSQL | AGPLv3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2023-06-15 | 31.0.9 |
| OPNET's AppResponse Xpert | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | No | Unknown | Unknown | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| OSI NetExpert | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Java, C++ | Oracle | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2013-04 | 10.0 |
| PacketTrap | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing, Reporting | Yes | Yes | Unknown | SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
| Pandora FMS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Perl, PHP, C++, JavaScript | MySQL, Percona Server for MySQL[9] | GPLv2, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2017-07 | 7.0 NG 707 |
| PA Server Monitor | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | Yes | Windows, C++, .NET | SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server | Limited free, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2023-08 | 9.2 |
| Performance Co-Pilot | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Optional, Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing | Yes | Yes | C Perl, Python, POSIX, MinGW | Flat file | GPL, LGPL | No | Yes | Yes | 2016-11-15 | 3.11.6 |
| PRTG | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Windows | Flat file | Limited free, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2023-07-25 | 23.3.86 |
| ScienceLogic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Python | MySQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
| SevOne | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | C, C++, PHP | MySQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2022-11 | 6.4[10] |
| Shinken | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Via plugin | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | Via plugin | Python | Flat file, MySQL, Oracle, Graphite, Sqlite, MongoDB | AGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2016-03-10 | 2.4.3 |
| SolarWinds | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | .NET | SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
| Spiceworks | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | PHP | Sqlite | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | 2018-03-21 | 7.5.00107 |
| Xymon/Hobbit | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Via plugin | Via plugin | No | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | Via plugin | C, Shell | Flat file, RRDTool, MySQL via plugin | GNU GPL | Via plugin | Apache ACL | No | 2019-09-05 | 4.3.30 |
| Zabbix | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | C, PHP | MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, Percona Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite[11] | AGPLv3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2024-06-04; 4 months ago | 7.0.0[12]  |
| Zenoss Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Python, Java | ZODB, MariaDB, Apache HBase | Free Core GPL, Commercial Enterprise | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2018-01-09 | 6.1.0 |
| ZIS-System | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Windows | MariaDB | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2020-02-01 | 5.8 |
| Name | IP SLA Reports | Logical Grouping | Trending | Trend Prediction | Auto Discovery | Agentless | SNMP | Syslog | Plugins | Triggers / Alerts | MIB Compiler | WebApp | Distributed Monitoring | Inventory | Platform | Data Storage Method | License | Maps | Access Control | IPv6 | Latest release date | Latest release version |
Product Name
The name of the software, linked to its Wikipedia article.
IP SLAs Reports
Support of Cisco's IP Service Level Agreement mechanism.
Logical Grouping
Supports arranging the hosts or devices it monitors into user-defined groups.
Trending
Provides trending of network data over time.
Trend Prediction
The software features algorithms designed to predict future network statistics.
Auto Discovery
The software automatically discovers hosts or network devices it is connected to.
Agentless
The product does not rely on a software agent that must run on hosts it is monitoring, so that data can be pushed back to a central server. "Supported" means that an agent may be used, but is not mandatory. An SNMP daemon does not count as an agent.
SNMP
Able to retrieve and report on SNMP statistics.
Syslog
Able to receive and report on Syslogs.
Plugins
Architecture of the software based on a number of 'plugins' that provide additional functionality.
Triggers/Alerts
Capable of detecting threshold violations in network data, and alerting the administrator in some form.
WebApp
Runs as a web-based application.
- No: There is no web-based frontend for this software.
- Viewing: Network data can be viewed in a graphical web-based frontend.
- Acknowledging: Users can interact with the software through the web-based frontend to acknowledge alarms or manipulate other notifications.
- Reporting: Specific reports on network data can be configured by the user and executed through the web-based frontend.
- Full Control: ALL aspects of the product can be controlled through the web-based frontend, including low-level maintenance tasks such as software configuration and upgrades.
Distributed Monitoring
Able to leverage more than one server to distribute the load of network monitoring.
Inventory
Keeps a record of hardware and/or software inventory for the hosts and devices it monitors.
Platform
The platform (Coding Language) on which the tool was developed/written.
Data Storage Method
Main method used to store the network data it monitors.
License
License released under (e.g. GPL, BSD license, etc.).
Maps
Features graphical network maps that represent the hosts and devices it monitors, and the links between them.
Features user-level security, allowing an administrator to prevent access to certain parts of the product on a per-user or per-role basis.
IPv6
Supports monitoring IPv6 hosts and/or devices, receiving IPv6 data, and running on an IPv6-enabled server. Supports communication using IPv6 to the SNMP agent via an IPv6 address.
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