Recognized as a frontrunner by Software Advice in the network monitoring tools category with a rating of 4.7 out of 5
Shortlisted by Capterra for the top network monitoring software of 2024 with an overall score of 75 out of 100
OpManager's subscription prices are available at one-third of PRTG's recently-hiked prices.
OpManager's subscription and perpetual licenses have been unchanged for the last five years.
Automate discovery, classification, alarm-setting, notifications, diagnostics, and troubleshooting.
Leverage monitored data to forecast resource utilization and set thresholds.
Perform network configuration management and monitor compliance violations.
OpManager discovers, classifies, and assigns monitors to thousands of devices in minutes.
PRTG offers no alternatives to its subscription pricing plans. Users have to license PRTG for a minimum of three years and pay inflated license costs. PRTG also has a history of frequently raising prices without prior warnings. OpManager's subscription prices are a third of PRTG's latest prices. OpManager also has perpetual licensing plans that still cost less than PRTG's yearly prices.
What's more? OpManager users haven't experienced any price hikes in the last 5 years.
| Number of devices | OpManager | PRTG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perpetual | Subscription | Subscription | Perpetual | |
| 10 | $345 | $145 | Free | Not available |
| 50 | $1,545 | $645 | $2,149 | |
| 100 | $2,845 | $1,145 | $3,899 | |
| 250 | $6,595 | $2,645 | $8,099 | |
| 500 | $9,595 | $3,845 | $14,199 | |
| 1000 | $14,995 | $5,995 | $17,899 | |
OpManager monitors uptime, health, and performance at the network, device, and interface-level. IT teams can get visibility into the IT-stack from a single console and leverage AI-powered monitoring to refine and adjust alarm thresholds. Combined with OpManager's workflow automation, users can stop worrying about tool management and focus solely on network management.
| Functionality | OpManager | PRTG |
|---|---|---|
| Post-discovery automation | Advanced | Basic |
| Network monitoring | AI-powered | Manual |
| IT Workflow Automation | Available | Not available |
| Configuration management | Available | Not available |
| Compliance monitoring | Available | Not available |
| Firewall rule & log analysis | Available | Not available |
| Application & cloud monitoring | Available | Not available |
| IPAM & switch port management | Available | Not available |
Track down the exact node that's causing congestion, calculate performance baselines for different device groups, correlate data from multiple sources, and perform capacity planning with OpManager's intelligent insights.
Monitor network paths on a hop-by-hop basis. Set alarms for packet loss and response time to identify performance bottlenecks and network congestion.
Eliminate alert-floods and false positives from affecting your monitoring. OpManager uses AI to dynamically set hourly alarm thresholds.
Stack monitored metrics side-by-side to correlate data and identify anomalies. Narrow down the root cause of network issues quickly.
Enrich your network monitoring with AI-powered metric-forecasting. OpManager trains itself and plots predicted trends of monitored metrics.
Leverage drag-and-drop workflows, rule-based engines, and conditonal filters to automate response and configuration. OpManager features script-free automation and out-of-the box templates for troubleshooting and integrating third-party tools.
Automate troubleshooting and diagnostics with over 70 actions that can be triggered sequentially in a drag and drop interface.
Automate post-discovery actions like setting up process monitors, adding custom fields or setting notifications with a rule-based engine.
Boost ITSM workflows and service resolution. OpManager automatically logs tickets with the relevant information and syncs tickets with alarms.
Enhance visibility and elucidate complex network systems with intuitive visualization. OpManager represents monitored data in multiple color-coded formats. This includes maps, report templates, graphs, dials, heat-maps, and dashboards.
Monitor your Layer 2 and virtual networks with topology maps. Track dependencies and update changes with scheduled re-discovery.
Represent server racks and datacenters with 2D and 3D views. Direct technician's remotely, visualize datacenter performance, and monitor key servers.
Create customized maps with a drag-and-drop interface. You customize device icons, interface types, background images, and more for accurate depictions.
Enforce strict access control measures and privacy policies to eliminate potential threats to your network and data. OpManager is compliant with top industry standards like GDPR, ISO/IEC 27001, and FIPS 140-2.
OpManager features authentication measures like SAML, OAuth, RADIUS, multi-factor, and AD-based authentication to prevent unauthorized access.
Import trusted certificates to enable SSL connections between your devices and the monitoring server. OpManager also supports Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) to further secure data in transit.
OpManager can detect breach attempts on it's directory, set passwords for exported data, and scan for personally identifiable information to ensure data protection.
Leverage in-product add-ons to manage more of your IT infrastructure within OpManager's interface. Add-ons are bundled with OpManager and can be enabled within the UI effortlessly.
Get in-depth visibility into network traffic patterns and bandwidth utilization. Monitor flows and packets to track source, destination, and application specific usage.
Manage, schedule, revert, and automate network configurations for faster rollbacks and fault resolution. Detect compliance violations and firmware vulnerabilities.
Track application and database performance with code and query-level insights. Monitor user experience, websites, cloud-apps, servers, and VMs.
Senior network admin, Manufacturing industry, US
This page highlights ManageEngine OpManager as an alternative to PRTG. This page is compiled from the information available on PRTG's website. We have made every attempt to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the information provided. However, the information is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. ManageEngine is not liable for any inaccuracies in the page due to changes made on PRTG's website or any development made to PRTG's product subsequent to the date of publication of this page. Please refer PRTG's website for more information.
Reviewer Role: Infrastructure and Operations
Company size: 500M - 1B USD
We have been using OpManager since 2011 and our overall experience has been excellent. The tool plays a vital role in providing the value to our organization and to the customers we are supporting. The support is excellent and staff takes full responsibilities in resolving the issues. Innovation is never stopping and clearly visible with newer versions.
Reviewer Role: Infrastructure and Operations
Company size: 5,000 - 50,000 Employees
I have a long standing relationship with ManageEngine. OpManager has always missed one or two features that would make it truly the best tool on the market, but over it is the most comprehensive and easy to use the product on the market.
Reviewer Role: Program and Portfolio Management
Company size: 500M - 1B USD
The vendor has been supportive during the implementation & POC phases providing trial licenses. Feature requests and feedbacks is usually acted upon swiftly. There was sufficient vendor support during the implementation phase. After deployment, the support is more than adequate, where the vendor could make some improvements.
Reviewer Role: CIO
Company size: 1B - 3B USD
ManageEngine provides a suite of tools that have made improvements to the availability of our internal applications. From monitoring, management and alerting, we have been able to peak performance within our data center.
Reviewer Role: Enterprise Architecture and Technology Innovation
Company size: 250M - 500M USD
ManageEngine support was responsive to all our queries.
“OpManager helps me monitor all aspects of the data-center and equipment like servers, switches and routers. It is fast, intuitive and centralized and you do not need to be an expert to deal with OpManager.”
NGHA
“Donald Stewart, IT Manager of Crest Industries is happy with ManageEngine OpManager for its end-to-end network monitoring software. It is easy-to-use and offers fault and performance management for router.”
IT Manager, Crest Industries
“John Rosser, MIS Manager of Yale Chase talks about the proactive nature of ManageEngine OpManager & how his organisation gained value from it.”
MIS Manager
