We performed a comparison between Nagios Core and SCOM 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 like the way the solution sends alerts and how it keeps on escalating them."
"Key features include the GUI interface, its notification capabilities, and the real-time reporting."
"The most valuable feature depends on the project. It's great if you need to check to ensure a service is running 24/7. I can use the full solution for free, and it's flexible. If I need to add a dashboard, I can integrate it with Nagios. Cloud synchronization is wonderful."
"The most valuable feature of Nagios Core is it allows us to develop and add as many plugins as we want."
"Provides timely notifications."
"The solution is quite efficient."
"It is fairly easy to set up, and we can monitor pretty much everything we want to."
"The most valuable feature is the performance parameters of the system."
"I like some of their newer features, such as maintenance schedules, because SCOM records SLA and SLO time."
"I like the historical reporting of observer metrics."
"It discovers the components automatically, which is a fantastic thing. The discovery works in an automatic way, and it has a dynamic way of discovering the components, assets, and applications. It doesn't require any manual intervention."
"This solution saves us a lot of work because it reduces the effort that is required in order to start monitoring."
"The product has helped our organization with in-depth monitoring."
"The solution's reporting engine has given me detailed information on which applications or services I've either failed or about to fail in terms of the predictive makeup on Azure cloud."
"We have found the scalability capabilities to be okay."
"This solution satisfies all of the requirements that we need for our Windows-based systems, so if you are using the Windows platform then this is an easy solution."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"Would benefit from aggregations if a particular server goes down."
"I believe Nagios Core will need to provide an option for big data platforms in the future."
"The dashboard and monitoring features could be improved."
"Cloud monitoring is an area for improvement because there aren't too many plugins available."
"The user interface could be more interactive because it is pretty basic."
"I would like to see a sensor that shows the traffic of a user and what they're doing on the network."
"I would like to see more training videos."
"There is room for improvement in the graphics."
"The solution should be more user-friendly and offer a better user interface."
"Application monitoring must be improved."
"The solution’s initial setup is difficult."
"There could be more integration of SIM in the solution."
"System Center just provided upgrade and update features for Windows clients, and Windows systems, and did not support Linux, Android, or iOS, and other operating systems. They need to provide better integration with other operating systems if they don't already."
"It would be a much better product if Microsoft provided management packs with the product."
"Regarding certain issues in the solution, it can be difficult to generate reports if we have a program that is not user-friendly for reporting. While this is not necessarily negative, we may need to use another solution."
"The GI is difficult to work with and the reporting servers are also difficult."
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Nagios Core is ranked 7th in Network Monitoring Software with 46 reviews while SCOM is ranked 10th in Network Monitoring Software with 78 reviews. Nagios Core is rated 8.0, while SCOM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Nagios Core writes "An Open Source Fully Featured Data Centre Monitoring Tool". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SCOM writes "Has a good reporting engine, but its monitoring of the cloud-based environment could be improved". Nagios Core is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios XI, Icinga, Centreon and OP5 Monitor, whereas SCOM is most compared with Dynatrace, Zabbix, Datadog, Nagios XI and AppDynamics. See our Nagios Core vs. SCOM report.
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