Comparison of network monitoring systems

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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of network monitoring systems. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.

Features[edit]

Name IP SLA Reports Logical Grouping Trending Trend Prediction Auto Discovery Agent SNMP Syslog Plugins Triggers / Alerts WebApp Distributed Monitoring Inventory Platform Data Storage Method License Maps Access Control IPv6 Latest release date Latest release version
AdRem NetCrunch Possible via configuration[citation needed] Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Viewing, Acknowledging No Yes Unknown SQL Commercial Yes Yes No Apr 2013 7.1
AccelOps Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Unknown PostgreSQL Commercial Yes Yes Unknown
AggreGate Network Manager Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Java MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Firebird, HSQLDB Limited free, Commercial Yes Yes Unknown
Argus Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Viewing, Acknowledging Yes Unknown Perl Flat file, Berkeley DB Artistic License No Yes Yes Feb 2013 3.7
CA Spectrum Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown MySQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes
Avaya VPFM Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Unknown MySQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes
Cacti Yes Yes Yes Yes Via plugin No Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes PHP RRDtool, MySQL GPL Plugin Yes Yes Apr 2012 0.8.8a
collectd No No No No Push model;
multicast possible		 Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Viewing Yes No C RRDtool GPLv2 No Apache ACL Yes Jan 2013 5.2.1
Dhyan Network management System Yes Yes Yes Unknown Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Java MySQL, Oracle, Derby Commercial Yes Yes Yes
dopplerVUE Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Unknown MS SQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes
ExtraHop Yes Yes Yes No Yes N/A Yes No No Yes Full Control With ECM Yes Unknown Proprietary Commercial Yes Yes Yes
FreeNATS Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Via plugin Yes In PHP Code Full Control No No PHP MySQL GPL No Yes Unknown
Ganglia No Yes Yes No Via gmond check in Yes Via plugin No Yes No Viewing Yes Unknown C, PHP RRDtool BSD Yes No Unknown Feb 2013 3.5.7
HP Network Node Manager (NNMi) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Via integration Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Unknown PostgreSQL, Oracle Database Commercial Yes Yes Yes
Kaseya Network Monitor Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Unknown FirebirdSQL Commercial Yes Yes Unknown
Name IP SLA Reports Logical Grouping Trending Trend Prediction Auto Discovery Agent SNMP Syslog Plugins Triggers / Alerts WebApp Distributed Monitoring Inventory Platform Data Storage Method License Maps Access Control IPv6 Latest release date Latest release version
IBM Tivoli Network Manager Possible via configuration Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown MySQL, Oracle Database, DB2 Commercial Yes Yes Yes
Icinga Via plugin Yes Yes No Via plugin Supported Via plugin Via plugin Yes Yes Full Control Yes Via plugin PHP MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle Database GPL Yes Yes Yes May 2013 1.9.0
InterMapper Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Viewing Yes Yes Unknown PostgreSQL Limited free, Commercial Yes Yes Yes
IPHost Network Monitor Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting Yes No Unknown FirebirdSQL Commercial No No Unknown
isyVmon Yes Yes Yes No Via plugin Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Via plugin PHP RRDtool, MySQL Limited free, Commercial Via plugin Yes Yes
LiveAction Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Viewing, Reporting Yes Yes Unknown Unknown Commercial Yes Yes Yes
Monitorix No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Viewing Yes Unknown Perl RRDtool GPL Unknown Yes Yes Feb 2013 3.0.0
Munin No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Partial Viewing Yesvia nodes Unknown Perl RRDtool GPL Unknown Unknown Yes Mar 2013 2.0.12
Nagios Via plugin Yes Yes No Via plugin Supported Via plugin Via plugin Yes Yes Yes Yes Via plugin C, PHP Flat file, SQL GPL Yes Yes Yes March 2013 3.5.0[1]
NetQoS Performance Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting Yes Yes Unknown Unknown Commercial Yes Yes Unknown
Network Instruments Observer Infrastructure Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Unknown Proprietary Database Commercial Yes Yes Yes
NetXMS No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes No C++ MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite GPL Yes Yes No Jan 2013 1.2.5
Nimsoft Monitoring Solution Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting Yes Yes Unknown SQLServer, Oracle Commercial Yes Yes Yes
Name IP SLA Reports Logical Grouping Trending Trend Prediction Auto Discovery Agent SNMP Syslog Plugins Triggers / Alerts WebApp Distributed Monitoring Inventory Platform Data Storage Method License Maps Access Control IPv6 Latest release date Latest release version
Observium Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control No Yes PHP RRDtool, MySQL Observium License Yes Yes Yes Rolling release N/A
OpenKBM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown Proprietary with JDBC support Commercial Yes Yes Yes
OpenNMS Yes Yes Yes Unknown Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Java JRobin, PostgreSQL GPLv3 Yes Yes Yes Jan 2013 1.10.8
OPNET's AppResponse Xpert Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting Yes No Unknown Unknown Commercial Yes Yes Unknown
Opsview Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes No Unknown SQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes
op5 Monitor Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Via plugin Unknown Flat file, SQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes
PacketTrap Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Viewing, Reporting Yes Yes Unknown SQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes
Pandora FMS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Perl MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle GPLv2; (Enterprise edition available) Yes Yes Yes Jan 2013 4.0.3
Performance Co-Pilot No Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes No Unknown Flat file GPL, LGPL No No Yes Mar 2013 3.7.1
PRTG Network Monitor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Unknown Proprietary Freeware and Commercial Yes Yes Yes
Scrutinizer Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting Yes Yes Unknown MySQL Limited free, Commercial Yes Yes Yes
ScienceLogic Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Python MySQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes
ServersCheck Yes Yes Yes No Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes No Unknown Flat file, ODBC Commercial Yes Yes Unknown
SevOne Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes No Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Unknown MySQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes
Name IP SLA Reports Logical Grouping Trending Trend Prediction Auto Discovery Agent SNMP Syslog Plugins Triggers / Alerts WebApp Distributed Monitoring Inventory Platform Data Storage Method License Maps Access Control IPv6 Latest release date Latest release version
Shinken Via plugin Yes Yes No Yes Yes Via plugin Via plugin Yes Yes Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting Yes Via plugin Python Flat file, MySQL, Oracle, Graphite, Sqlite, MongoDB AGPL Yes Yes Yes Jan 2013 1.2.4[2]
Solarwinds Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Unknown SQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes
Spiceworks No Yes Yes No Yes Supported Yes No Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Unknown Sqlite Commercial (Free) Yes Yes No Jan 2013 6.2
TclMon Yes Yes Yes No Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Viewing No No Unknown RRDTool BSD Yes Yes No
Verax NMS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes No Unknown Oracle, MySQL Commercial Yes Yes Unknown
WhatsUpGold Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Unknown SQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes May 2013 16.1.2
Xymon/Hobbit Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Via Plugin No Yes Yes Viewing, Acknowledging Yes No C, Shell Flat file, RRDTool, MySQL via plugin GPL No Apache ACL No August 2012 4.3.10
Zabbix Yes Yes Yes No Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes C, PHP Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, IBM DB2, SQLite GPL Yes Yes Yes Apr 2013 2.0.6
Zenoss Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Python ZODB, MySQL, RRDtool GPL Yes Yes Yes
Zyrion Traverse Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Unknown SQL Commercial Yes Yes Unknown
Name IP SLA Reports Logical Grouping Trending Trend Prediction Auto Discovery Agent SNMP Syslog Plugins Triggers / Alerts WebApp Distributed Monitoring Inventory Platform Data Storage Method License Maps Access Control IPv6 Latest release date Latest release version

Legend[edit]

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.
Agent 
The product relies 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.
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.
Access Control 
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.

Release history[edit]

Name First public release date First public release version First stable release date First stable release version Latest stable release version date Latest testing release version date
AdRem NetCrunch ? ? ? ? ? ?
AccelOps ? ? ? ? ? ?
AggreGate Network Manager ? ? ? ? ? ?
Argus 1996 (1996) 1.0 1996 (1996) 1.0 February 14, 2013 (2013-02-14) December 2, 2012 (2012-12-02)
CA Spectrum ? ? ? ? 9.2 / May 1, 2010; 3 years ago (2010-05-01) ?
Avaya VPFM ? ? ? ? ? ?
Cacti ? ? ? ? ? ?
collectd ? ? ? ? ? ?
Dhyan Network management System ? ? ? ? ? ?
dopplerVUE ? ? ? ? ? ?
ExtraHop ? ? ? ? ? ?
Name First public release date First public release version First stable release date First stable release version Latest stable release version date Latest testing release version date
FreeNATS ? ? ? ? ? ?
Ganglia ? ? ? ? ? ?
HP Network Node Manager (NNMi) ? ? ? ? ? ?
Kaseya Network Monitor ? ? ? ? ? ?
IBM Tivoli Network Manager ? ? ? ? ? ?
Icinga ? ? ? ? ? ?
InterMapper ? ? ? ? ? ?
IPHost Network Monitor ? ? ? ? ? ?
isyVmon ? ? ? ? ? ?
LiveAction ? ? ? ? ? ?
Name First public release date First public release version First stable release date First stable release version Latest stable release version date Latest testing release version date
Monitorix ? ? ? ? 3.0.0 / February 18, 2013 (2013-02-18) ?
Munin ? ? ? ? ? ?
Nagios March 14, 1999 (1999-03-14) ? ? ? 3.5.0 / March 15, 2013 (2013-03-15)[1] ?
NagiosXI ? ? ? ? 2012R1.8 / April 17, 2013 (2013-04-17)[3] ?
NetQoS Performance Center ? ? ? ? ? ?
Network Instruments Observer Infrastructure ? ? ? ? ? ?
NetXMS ? ? ? ? ? ?
Nimsoft Monitoring Solution ? ? ? ? ? ?
Observium ? ? ? ? ? ?
Name First public release date First public release version First stable release date First stable release version Latest stable release version date Latest testing release version date
OpenKBM ? ? ? ? ? ?
OpenNMS ? ? ? ? 1.10.8 / January 2013 (2013-01) ?
OPNET's AppResponse Xpert ? ? ? ? ? ?
Opsview ? ? ? ? ? ?
op5 Monitor ? ? ? ? ? ?
PacketTrap ? ? ? ? ? ?
Pandora FMS October 14, 2004 (2004-10-14) ? ? ? 4.0.2 / June 27, 2012; 11 months ago (2012-06-27) ?
Performance Co-Pilot ? ? ? ? ? ?
PRTG Network Monitor ? ? ? ? ? ?
Scrutinizer ? ? ? ? ? ?
Name First public release date First public release version First stable release date First stable release version Latest stable release version date Latest testing release version date
ServersCheck ? ? ? ? ? ?
SevOne ? ? ? ? ? ?
Shinken ? ? ? ? ? ?
Solarwinds ? ? ? ? ? ?
Spiceworks ? ? ? ? 6.2 / January 29, 2013; 4 months ago (2013-01-29) ?
TclMon ? ? ? ? ? ?
Verax NMS ? ? ? ? ? ?
WhatsUpGold ? ? ? ? ? ?
Xymon/Hobbit ? ? ? ? 4.3.0 / August 6, 2012 (2012-08-06) ?
Name First public release date First public release version First stable release date First stable release version Latest stable release version date Latest testing release version date
Zabbix April 7, 2001 (2001-04-07) 1.0alpha1 23 March 2004 1.0 2.0.6 / April 22, 2013; 53 days ago (2013-04-22) 2.0.6rc1April 15, 2013; 60 days ago (2013-04-15)
Zenoss ? ? ? ? 4.2.3 / January 9, 2013; 5 months ago (2013-01-09) ?
Zyrion Traverse ? ? ? ? ? ?

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Nagios Core 3.x Version History". Retrieved March 27 2013. 
  2. ^ http://www.shinken-monitoring.org/news/new-bug-fix-version-1-2-3/
  3. ^ "Nagios XI Version History". 
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