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Comparison of network monitoring systems

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

Features

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Name

! IP SLA reports

! Logical grouping

! Trending

! Trend prediction

! Auto discovery

! Agentless

! SNMP

! Syslog

! Plugins

! Triggers / alerts

! MIB compiler

! Web app

! Distributed monitoring

! Inventory

! Platform

! Data storage method

! License

! Maps

! Access control

! IPv6

! Latest release date

! Latest release version

{{rh}} | Cacti

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Full Control}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| PHP

| RRDtool, MySQL, MariaDB

| {{GPL-lic}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2022-05-18

| 1.2.21

{{rh}} class="table-rh" |Checkmk

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Full Control}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| C, Python

| RRDtool

| {{GPL-lic}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2025-05-06

| 2.4

{{rh}} | collectd

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Push model;
multicast possible}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Viewing}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| C

| RRDtool

| {{GPL-lic|GPLv2}}

| {{No}}

| {{Partial|Apache ACL}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2020-09-03

| 5.12

{{rh}} | Cruz

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Full Control}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| Java, C++, .NET

| MySQL, Oracle

| {{nonfree|Commercial}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2019-02

| 8.0.0

{{rh}} | FreeNATS

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|In PHP Code}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Full Control}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| PHP

| MySQL{{Cite web |title=Install PHP Source - FreeNATS Wiki |url=http://www.purplepixie.org/freenats/wiki/Install_PHP_Source |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=www.purplepixie.org}}

| {{GPL-lic}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Unknown}}

| 2018-11-14

| 1.20.1b

{{rh}} | Ganglia

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes2}}Via gmond check in

| {{No}}

| {{Optional|Via plugin}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Viewing}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Unknown}}

| C, PHP

| RRDtool

| {{BSD-lic}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Unknown}}

| 2016-06-14

| 3.7.2

{{rh}} | Icinga

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Full Control}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| C{{Cite web |url=https://wiki.icinga.org/display/icinga2/Intro |title=Intro - Icinga 2 - Icinga Wiki |access-date=2013-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927224405/https://wiki.icinga.org/display/icinga2/Intro |archive-date=2013-09-27 |url-status=dead }}

| MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL{{Cite web |title=Debian - Icinga DB |url=https://icinga.com/docs/icinga-db/latest/doc/02-Installation/03-Debian/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=icinga.com}}

| {{GPL-lic}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2024-01-18

| 2.14.2{{cite web|url=https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md|title=Icinga2 Changelog|website=GitHub |date=October 2022 }}

{{rh}} | InterMapper

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Viewing}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| Windows, Linux & Mac OS

| PostgreSQL

| {{Yes-No|Limited free, Commercial}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2017-07

| 6.1.5

{{rh}} | isyVmon

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Full Control}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| PHP

| RRDtool, MySQL

| {{Yes-No|Limited free, Commercial}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Unknown}}

{{rh}} | Munin

| {{No}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Partial}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Viewing}}

| {{optional|Via nodes}}

| {{Unknown}}

| Perl

| RRDtool

| {{GPL-lic}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2021-02-22

| 2.0.67

{{rh}} | Nagios

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| C

| Flat file, SQL (via ndoutils), MySql (Via Nconf)

| {{GPL-lic}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}{{cite web|url=http://labs.nagios.com/2013/09/06/nrpe-2-15-released-now-with-ipv6-support/|title=NRPE IPv6 Support}}

| 2022-04-14

| 4.4.7{{cite web|url=https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/|title=Nagios Core Changelog|accessdate=2021-01-07}}

{{rh}} | Netdisco

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| Perl

| PostgreSQL

| {{BSD-lic}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2024-09-13

| 2.079001{{cite web|url=https://github.com/netdisco/netdisco/releases|title=Releases · netdisco/netdisco · GitHub|website=GitHub |accessdate=2024-09-20}}

Unknown

! {{rh}} | NetXMS

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| C, Java

| PostgreSQL, PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB, MariaDB, MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle, SQLite

| {{GPL-lic}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2024-04-15

| 4.5.6

{{rh}} | NeuralStar

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Full Control}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Unknown}}

| MS SQL

| {{Nonfree|Commercial}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Unknown}}

{{rh}} | Octopussy

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Full control}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| Perl, ASP

| MySQL

| {{GPL-lic}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| 2017-06-03

| 1.0.16

{{rh}} | op5 Monitor

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| C, PHP

| Flat file, SQL

| {{Yes-No|Limited free, Commercial}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| Monthly

| 7.3.0

{{rh}} | OpenKBM

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Proprietary|Proprietary with JDBC support}}

| {{nonfree|Commercial}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Unknown}}

{{rh}} | OpenNMS

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|Full Control}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| Java

| JRobin / RRDTool / Apache Cassandra, PostgreSQL

| {{free|AGPLv3}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2023-06-15

| 31.0.9

{{rh}} | OPNET's AppResponse Xpert

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{nonfree|Commercial}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Unknown}}

{{rh}} | OSI NetExpert

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| Java, C++

| Oracle

| {{nonfree|Commercial}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2013-04

| 10.0

{{rh}} | PacketTrap

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Viewing, Reporting}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Unknown}}

| SQL

| {{nonfree|Commercial}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Unknown}}

{{rh}} | Pandora FMS

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Full Control}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| Perl, PHP, C++, JavaScript

| MySQL, Percona Server for MySQL{{Cite web |title=Installation [current] |url=https://pandorafms.com/manual/!current/en/documentation/pandorafms/installation/01_installing |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=pandorafms.com}}

| {{Yes-No|GPLv2, Commercial}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2017-07

| 7.0 NG 707

{{rh}} | PA Server Monitor

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| Windows, C++, .NET

| SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server

| {{Yes-No|Limited free, Commercial}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2023-08

| 9.2

{{rh}} | Performance Co-Pilot

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Optional |Optional, Limited}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Viewing}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| C Perl, Python, POSIX, MinGW

| Flat file

| {{free|GPL, LGPL}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2016-11-15

| 3.11.6

{{rh}} | PRTG

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|Full Control}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| Delphi

| Flat file

| {{Yes-No|Limited free, Commercial}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2025-03-18

| 25.1.104

{{rh}} | ScienceLogic

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Full Control}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| Python

| MySQL

| {{nonfree|Commercial}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Unknown}}

{{rh}} | SevOne

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Full Control}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| C, C++, PHP

| MySQL

| {{nonfree|Commercial}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2022-11

| 6.4{{cite web | url=https://www.ibm.com/cloud/blog/announcements/announcing-ibm-sevone-network-performance-management-version-64 | title=Announcing IBM SevOne Network Performance Management Version 6.4 | website=IBM }}

{{rh}} | Shinken

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| Python

| Flat file, MySQL, Oracle, Graphite, Sqlite, MongoDB

| {{free|AGPL}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2016-03-10

| 2.4.3

{{rh}} | SolarWinds

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Partial}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Full Control}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| .NET

| SQL

| {{nonfree|Commercial}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Unknown}}

{{rh}} | Spiceworks

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Yes}}

| PHP

| Sqlite

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Unknown}}

| 2018-03-21

| 7.5.00107

{{rh}} | Xymon/Hobbit

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| C, Shell

| Flat file, RRDTool, MySQL via plugin

| {{GPL-lic}}

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| {{Partial|Apache ACL}}

| {{No}}

| 2019-09-05

| 4.3.30

{{rh}} | Zabbix

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Full Control}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| C, PHP

| MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, Percona Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite{{Cite web |title=2 Requirements |url=https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/en/manual/installation/requirements |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=www.zabbix.com}}

| {{free|AGPLv3}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|Q136722|P348|P577}}; {{Time ago|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|Q136722|P348|P577}}}}

| {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|Q136722|P348}}

{{rh}} | Zenoss Core

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Full Control}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| Python, Java

| ZODB, MariaDB, Apache HBase

| {{Yes-No|Free Core GPL, Commercial Enterprise}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2018-01-09

| 6.1.0

{{rh}} | ZIS-System

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Full Control}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| Windows

| MariaDB

| {{No|Commercial}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2020-02-01

| 5.8

class="sortbottom"

! Name

! IP SLA Reports

! Logical Grouping

! Trending

! Trend Prediction

! Auto Discovery

! Agentless

! SNMP

! Syslog

! Plugins

! Triggers / Alerts

! MIB Compiler

! WebApp

! Distributed Monitoring

! Inventory

! Platform

! Data Storage Method

! License

! Maps

! Access Control

! IPv6

! Latest release date

! Latest release version

= Legend =

; 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.

; Agentless : The product does not 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.

; MIB compilter : Able to read MIB data, to quickly understand what resources are being managed.

; Web app : 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.

; Platform : The platform (Coding Language) on which the tool was developed/written.

; 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.

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