We performed a comparison between ITRS Geneos and Nagios Core based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"I would say that it is an easy-to-use monitoring tool. Amongst the available monitoring tools, it is a really good option."
"In my experience, being able to monitor our databases is a valuable feature as we can create our own queries and aren't reliant on the in-built ones."
"The NetProbe carries over 100 samplers which are capable of monitoring hardware, OS, and the application layer."
"ITRS can define rules to alert when certain parameters that you monitor breach a threshold. Rules can be configured to fire recovery actions automatically to clear the alert"
"One thing we're utilizing in Geneos is the Gateway-SQL. That's really helpful for us. Using Gateway-SQL, we are able to merge two different views into one. Suppose we have to check something in the log and that we have to check something in the database and do a comparison before publishing a result. We can achieve that using Gateway-SQL."
"The clean and colorful UI and easy to use options like snooze and active times."
"I always appreciate Geneos's stability and ease of use."
"Ability to monitor logs for potential issues to prevent app outages before problems get a chance to arise. That's invaluable for our teams in a fast-paced trading environment."
"Our customers like that Nagios Core is an open source solution. It can be customized to our customers' specific needs."
"It has made the life of the network operations staff more proactive in managing the resources of the infrastructure. It prevents disasters long before they can take place."
"Nagios monitors our servers, so we know if anything goes wrong and can solve the problem before it happens."
"I like that it's very simple to install, easy to manage and deploy, and easy to use for monitoring."
"The most valuable feature is the performance parameters of the system."
"Provides timely notifications."
"Dashboard provides monitor of total assets."
"The most valuable feature of Nagios Core is the ability to check the availability of the server for network connectivity. Additionally, the interface is good."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"They have the Webslinger solution where you can see when something is alerting. It's a little bit cumbersome."
"We all look at the same things - CPU, disk space, paging stats, service status with RAG status on each. That could be provided straight out, saving significant time."
"ITRS Geneos is not on the cloud at a time when everyone is moving to the cloud."
"One thing that could be improved in terms of rapid scaling would be more ability to clone aspects of an implementation. It seems like there are opportunities in this area, where we have repetitive tasks to do when it comes to implementing things on new servers or on new gateways. It would be great if there was an easy way to clone something that had already been done."
"There is one drawback to using lightweight data collection: we lack the feature of observability based on time series, such as historical model data. This makes it difficult to view data in ITRS. ITRS needs to improve this feature."
"I would like better access to the data that is being collected."
"At the moment Geneos is excellent and handling real time monitoring, however not great at doing historical reporting."
"Much of the reporting outside of the user interface is very basic and requires much customization to be useful."
"Nagios Core does not have a graphic display."
"Nagios Core can improve the graphical interface, it would make things a little easier."
"Cloud monitoring is an area for improvement because there aren't too many plugins available."
"It's not that easy to install the product itself. Also, the UI is a bit hard for regular users to navigate through."
"It would be nice if the company offered a sales or contract manager that was dedicated to our company so that we would have some sort of link to Nagios, and if we had issues or questions, we'd be able to contact them directly."
"There is room for improvement in the graphics."
"The mapping is a little hard."
"Would benefit from aggregations if a particular server goes down."
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ITRS Geneos is ranked 16th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while Nagios Core is ranked 7th in Network Monitoring Software with 46 reviews. ITRS Geneos is rated 8.2, while Nagios Core is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of ITRS Geneos writes "The flexible dashboard sets it apart from competing tools, but it's costly and lacks scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nagios Core writes "An Open Source Fully Featured Data Centre Monitoring Tool". ITRS Geneos is most compared with Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Grafana, Datadog and Prometheus, whereas Nagios Core is most compared with Nagios XI, Zabbix, Icinga, Centreon and OP5 Monitor. See our ITRS Geneos vs. Nagios Core report.
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