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A short comparison between the most common network monitoring systems

Name Charts SLA Reports Logical Grouping Trending Trend Prediction Auto Discovery Agent SNMP Syslog External Scripts [1] Plugins [2] Plugin Creation [3] Triggers / Alerts [4] WebApp [5] Distributed Monitoring Inventory Data Storage Method License Maps [6] Security (Access Control) [7] Events [8]
i-enable rmf Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Agent & Agentless Yes Yes Yes Yes Easy Yes Full Control Yes Un­known MySQL & Berkeley DB Commercial Yes Yes Yes
Pandora FMS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Agent & Agentless Yes Yes Yes Yes Easy Yes Full Control Yes Yes MySQL GPL Automatic Network Maps Granular Yes
Entuity Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Medium Yes Full Control Yes Un­known MySQL Commercial Dynamic/Customizable Granular Yes
Nimsoft Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Agent & agentless Yes Yes Yes Yes Medium Yes Full control Yes Un­known SQL Commercial Dynamic & Customizable Granular Yes
Netscope Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Full Control Yes Un­known SQL Commercial Un­known Un­known Un­known
Zyrion Yes Real-time or Scheduled Yes Yes Yes Yes Agent or Agentless Yes Yes Yes Yes Easy Yes Full Control Yes Un­known SQL Commercial Customizable Multi-tier Yes
PacketTrap Yes No Yes Yes Un­known Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Medium Yes Viewing and Reporting Yes Un­known SQL Commercial Un­known Un­known Un­known
Big Brother Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Commercial Un­known Un­known Un­known
dopplerVUE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes .NET assemblies Yes Full control Yes Un­known SQL Commercial Dynamic & Customizable Yes Yes
CA eHealth Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes With SystemEDGE agent With SystemEDGE agent No N/A Yes Reporting, Limited configuration Yes Un­known Oracle Commercial No Granular Yes
Nagios No No No No No No Yes Via plugin No Yes Yes Medium Yes Viewing only Yes No SQL GPL Un­known Un­known Un­known
LoriotPro Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Un­known Flat files/SQL Commercial/Free Yes

Active View

Yes Yes
Ganglia Yes No Yes No No Via gmond check in Yes Via plugin No Yes Yes Medium No Viewing only Yes Un­known RRDtool, in memory GPL Yes No No
op5 Monitor Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Easy Yes Full control Yes Un­known SQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes
Zabbix Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Easy Yes Full control Yes Yes SQL GPL Yes Yes Yes
Munin Yes No No Yes Un­known No Yes Yes No No Yes Medium Partial Viewing only, very simple Un­known Un­known RRDtool GPL Un­known Un­known Un­known
Cacti Yes No No Yes Un­known Via plugin No Yes No Yes Yes Medium Yes Full control Un­known Un­known RRDtool and MySQL GPL Via plugin (Weathermap) Un­known Un­known
Zenoss Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes SNMP, WMI, JMX, etc. Yes Yes Yes Yes Easy Yes Full control Yes Yes RRDtool and MySQL GPL Yes Yes Yes
Argus Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Easy Yes Viewing, acknowledging, override Partial Un­known Berkeley DB Artistic License No Granular Yes
Hobbit Monitor No Yes Yes Yes No No Linux, Solaris, BSD, *NIX, Windows Yes Yes Yes Yes and supports BB's Easy Yes Viewing, acknowledging, limited configuring Yes Un­known Flat file and RRDtool GPL No No Yes
ManageEngine OpManager Yes Un­known Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Un­known Yes Yes Easy Yes Full control Yes Un­known MySQL and MSQL Commercial; 10 node free edition available Un­known Un­known Un­known
OpenNMS Yes No No Yes Un­known Yes Yes, using NRPE Yes No Yes Yes Un­known Yes Full control No Un­known RRDtool and PostgreSQL GPL Un­known Un­known Yes
FireScope BSM: BE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Agent & agentless Yes Yes Yes Yes Easy Yes Full control Yes Un­known SQL Commercial Un­known Un­known Un­known
SolarWinds Orion Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Easy Yes Full control Yes Un­known SQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes
GroundWork Community Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Not required, supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Medium Yes Full control No Un­known MySQL GPL No Un­known Un­known
GroundWork Enterprise Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Not required, supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Medium Yes Full control Yes Un­known MySQL Commercial depending on features] No Un­known Un­known
NeDi Yes Un­known No Yes No Yes SNMP & CDP Yes No Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes Full control Un­known Un­known SQL GPL Un­known Un­known Un­known
Wormly Yes Un­known No Yes No No Windows, Linux No No Yes No — Yes Full control Yes Un­known Un­known Commercial Un­known Un­known Un­known
Hyperic Yes Un­known Yes Un­known Un­known Yes Yes Yes Un­known Yes Yes Easy Yes Full control Yes Yes PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle GPL; Commercial (Enterprise edition) available Un­known Un­known Un­known
Osmius Yes Yes Yes Yes Un­known Working on it Windows, Linux, *NIX Working on it Yes Yes Yes Agent Dev Framework Yes Yes Yes Un­known MySQL GPL No Yes Yes

Notes

  1. ^ The ability to execute action by running scripts written by the user
  2. ^ Official or user-written extensions that enables fetching new parameters from the monitored hosts
  3. ^ Writing new plugins can be a common task if the user need to extend the product's capabilities
  4. ^ Triggers are rules to detect if the system status is compliant with users specifications
  5. ^ Web application that can be used for viewing graphs, systems status, and eventually editing parameters like monitored hosts, triggers, rules
  6. ^ Maps are a graphical representation of the components being monitored
  7. ^ Security is the ability to secure monitoring data via multiple levels of detail based on a password or other security device. Note that even if no security is supported by the application, the Apache webserver can still block specific pages.
  8. ^ Events are the ability to acknowledge and record remedial actions

See also

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