Comparison of network monitoring systems
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This is a comparison of some notable network monitoring systems.
| Name | IP SLA Reports | Logical Grouping | Trending | Trend Prediction | Auto Discovery | Agent | SNMP | Syslog | Plugins | Triggers / Alerts | WebApp | Distributed Monitoring | Inventory | Data Storage Method | License | Maps | Access Control | IPv6 |
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| AdRem NetCrunch | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging | No | Yes | SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
| AccelOps | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | PostgreSQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
| AggreGate Network Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Firebird, HSQLDB | Limited free, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
| Argus | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging | Yes | Unknown | Berkeley DB | Artistic License | No | Yes | Yes |
| Avaya VPFM | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | MySQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cacti | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Via plugin | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | RRDtool, MySQL | GPL | Plugin | Yes | Yes |
| collectd | No | No | No | No | Push model; multicast possible |
Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing | Yes | No | RRDtool | GPLv2 | No | Apache ACL | Yes |
| Dhyan Network management System | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | MySQL, Oracle, Derby | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| dopplerVUE | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | MS SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ExtraHop | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | N/A | Yes | No | No | Yes | Full Control | With Aggregator | Yes | Proprietary | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FreeNATS | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Yes | In PHP Code | Full Control | No | No | MySQL | GPL | No | Yes | Unknown |
| Ganglia | No | Yes | Yes | No | Via gmond check in | Yes | Via plugin | No | Yes | No | Viewing | Yes | Unknown | RRDtool | BSD | Yes | No | Unknown |
| GroundWork Monitor Enterprise | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting, Most maintenance | Yes | through NEDI) | SQL, RRDTool | Limited free, Commercial | Yes | Yes | No |
| HP Network Node Manager (NNMi) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | PostgreSQL, Oracle Database | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Intellipool Network Monitor | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | FirebirdSQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
| IBM Tivoli Network Manager | Possible via configuration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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 | MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle Database | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| InterMapper | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing | Yes | Yes | 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 | FirebirdSQL | Commercial | No | No | Unknown |
| isyVmon | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Via plugin | RRDtool, MySQL | Limited free, Commercial | Via plugin | Yes | Yes |
| LiveAction | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Reporting | Yes | Yes | Yes | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Munin | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Partial | Viewing | Unknown | Unknown | RRDtool | GPL | Unknown | Unknown | Yes |
| Nagios | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Supported | Via plugin | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Via plugin | Flat file, SQL | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NagiosXI | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Supported | Via plugin | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Via plugin | MySQL, PostgreSQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NetMRG | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Via plugin | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full control | Yes | Yes | RRDtool, MySQL | GPL | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
| NetQoS Performance Center | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | Yes | Yes | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
| Network Instruments Observer Infrastructure | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Proprietary Database | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NetXMS | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | No | MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite | GPL | Yes | Yes | No |
| NeuralStar | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | MS SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nimsoft Monitoring Solution | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | Yes | SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
| Observium | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Full Control | No | Yes | RRDtool, MySQL | GPLv3 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OpenKBM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary with JDBC support | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OpenNMS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | JRobin, PostgreSQL | GPLv3 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OPNET's AppResponse Xpert | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | No | Yes | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
| Opsview | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | No | SQL | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Osmius | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | SQL | Commercial | GIS Engine | Yes | Yes |
| PacketTrap | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Reporting | Yes | Unknown | SQL | Commercial | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Pandora FMS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle | GPLv2; (Enterprise edition available) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Performance Co-Pilot | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Flat file | GPL, LGPL | No | No | Unknown |
| PRTG Network Monitor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Freeware and Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scrutinizer | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | Yes | MySQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ServersCheck | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | No | Flat file, ODBC | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
| SevOne | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Unknown | MySQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Orion | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shinken | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Yes | Via plugin | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | Via plugin | Flat file, MySQL, Oracle, CouchDB, Sqlite | AGPL | Yes | No | Unknown |
| Spiceworks | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Supported | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Sqlite | Commercial (Free) | Yes | Yes | No |
| TclMon | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing | No | No | RRDTool | BSD | Yes | Yes | No |
| Verax NMS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | No | Oracle, MySQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
| WhatsUpGold | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Xymon/Hobbit | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Via Plugin | No | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging | Yes | No | Flat file | GPL | No | Apache ACL | No |
| Zabbix | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, IBM DB2, SQLite | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Zenoss | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | ZODB, MySQL, RRDtool | GPL | Yes | Yes | No |
| Zyrion Traverse | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | SQL | 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 | Data Storage Method | License | Maps | Access Control | IPv6 |
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- Product Name
- The name of the software, linked to its Wikipedia article. Any software listed without being linked to its article, demonstrating its notability, will be removed.
- IP SLAs Reports
- Feature reports on IP SLAs
- Logical Grouping
- Support arranging the hosts or devices it monitors into user-defined groups
- Trending
- Provide trending of network data over time
- Trend Prediction
- The software feature algorithms designed to predict future network statistics
- Auto Discovery
- The software automatically discover hosts or network devices it is connected to
- Agent
- The product 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
- 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.
