Nagios and its commercial version Nagios XI were useful tools for network admins in the past. However, their functionalities are limited in the modern IT industry where requirements change constantly. ManageEngine OpManager is a Nagios alternative that monitors network devices, servers, storage devices, and virtual devices. OpManager combines its diverse monitoring with advanced automation, AI, and brings it all under a cost effective license that gives you the best value for money. Lets see some of the reasons why OpManager is the best alternative to Nagios.
Info tech conducts independent reviews about network monitoring tools in the market to help customers choose the best network monitoring tools. OpManager trumps Nagios XI in every single reviewed metric. See why OpManager is a better Alternative to Nagios XI.
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Info - Tech Research Group announced OpManager as a CHAMPION in software reviews’ recent emotional footprint report, with the product winning a net score of 94. And we are the only vendor in the network monitoring market to cross the luring 90 and above category. So, if you see this as just a number, here’s why you shouldn’t. The score is evaluated based on the verified reviews given by real users from an extensive list of assessing criteria like product impact, feature and service satisfaction, affordability, innovation and overall vendor capability in enterprise network monitoring.
OpManager provides the user with all the features required to administer over the network.
Easy to use in performance monitoring and simple to manage network operations.
Nothing can beat OpManager’s value for price.
Putting customers first has earned us all the love and a significant place on the winning podium. Here’s what they feel about OpManager:
Plan to renew OpManager
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Both OpManager and Nagios XI offers device based licenses where the number of devices are counted. What makes OpManager the better Nagios XI alternative is that its support is free and unlimited. While Nagios XI charges $2995 for 10 support calls. Timely support is a non-negotiable when you’re managing enterprise networks with no room for error.
In this example, we illustrate how OpManager costs much lesser than Nagios XI for a given network.
| Licensing model | OpManager (Device-based) | Nagios XI (node-based) |
|---|---|---|
| No. of devices to be monitored | 50 network devices (25 routers, 25 switches.) 50 servers. | 50 network devices (25 routers, 25 switches.) 50 servers. |
| License purchased for | 100 devices | 100 nodes |
| Package | 100 Device pack | 100 - Node License |
| Support | Free (unlimited calls) | $ 2995 (10 calls only) |
| Total Cost | $ 2394 | $ 4990 |
From the above table, it is clear that OpManager offers monitoring at half the price when compared to Nagios XI. Also, OpManager support is available 24*7 and one can make any number of calls, free of cost.
OpManager offers many out of the box monitoring features which Nagios XI lacks. While Nagios XI users have to use multiple tools to perform these operations, OpManager accomplishes this with its powerful all in one monitoring solution.
| Feature | ManageEngine OpManager - Best Nagios XI alternative | Nagios Network Monitoring |
|---|---|---|
| VMware Monitoring | OpManager’s VMware Monitor provides in depth, agent less monitoring of VMware-virtualized servers to give IT administrators a single fault and performance management console for entire server infrastructure - both physical and virtual. | Plug-in required in Nagios XI Network Management Software |
| Xen Server Monitoring | OpManager monitors Host, VMs and Storage Repositories of Citrix XenSever and provides the required visibility into their performance. | Plug-in required in Nagios XI Network Management Software |
| Hyper-V Monitoring | The Hyper-V monitoring feature in OpManager provides all the visibility you need to manage your virtual infrastructure. | Plug-in required in Nagios XI Network Management Software |
| Log file monitoring | OpManager offers agent-based log file monitoring to monitor system and application logs. The agent deployed on the end Windows system monitors the text log files in real-time. | Plug-in required in Nagios XI Network Management Software |
| Windows Service Monitoring | OpManager provides multi vendor support to monitor servers and critical applications continuously along with their services and processes. | Plug-in required in Nagios XI Network Management Software |
| File/ Folder monitoring | OpManager provides file and folder monitoring functionality that lets you instantly detect storage subsystem problems, unexpected steep increase in disk utilization and proliferating files and folders in storage servers. | Plug-in required in Nagios XI Network Management Software |
| Script Monitoring | OpManager’s script monitoring supports Powershell, Linux shell script, VBscript, Perl & Python scripts out-of-the-box. | Plug-in required in Nagios XI Network Management Software |
| URL Monitoring | OpManager provides 24 X 7 monitoring of your website for availability and performance to identify website problems proactively. | Plug-in required in Nagios XI Network Management Software |
| System resources | OpManager monitors the system resources using SNMP by default. Even the non-SNMP windows devices can be monitored using WMI. All the Windows device templates have the resource monitors preconfigured. | Plug-in required in Nagios XI Network Management Software |
| System health monitoring | OpManager monitors system resources on Windows and Unix-based servers and spots performance bottlenecks early on. | Plug-in required in Nagios XI Network Management Software |
| T Workflow Automation | OpManager provides over 70 workflow checks and actions grouped under 9 different categories, including VMware ESX actions to construct a powerful workflow rule to suit your IT management needs. | Not available in Nagios XI Network Management Software |
| Support for adding custom device types | OpManager allows you to add custom devices and also provides complete monitoring of those devices. | No, only host and services |
| Scheduled Discovery | You can discover any number of devices and schedule the discovery process. | Not available in Nagios XI Network Management Software |
| Failover – Hot standby engine | OpManager's failover and failback functionality ensures an always-monitored network environment with the database also having a secondary copy that is ready to be switched to primary mode anytime.. | Not available in Nagios XI Network Management Software |
| Integrations with network management tools | OpManager integrates data from various modules such as bandwidth monitoring, network configuration management, firewall management, IP address management, and switch port management and presents it in a single screen for greater visibility and quick troubleshooting. Choose your Nagios replacement today! | No, add-ons and plug-ins are needed in Nagios XI Network Management Software |
To summarize, OpManager delivers superior features at a fraction of the cost of Nagios. In addition, it affords network admins the freedom to start monitoring their devices immediately with its convenient onboarding. Positive user reviews in every metric is testament to this and explains why OpManager is the ultimate alternative to Nagios XI. Look no further for Nagios alternatives, download ManageEngine OpManager.
