We performed a comparison between Nagios XI and Splunk APM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in IT Infrastructure Monitoring."The features I've found the most useful are the plug-ins, the fact that you can connect almost everything to it. That's very useful."
"You want to monitor a specific metric that nobody else has? You can do it even with the most basic of scripting skills, and you can always share it with the vast community of Nagios Exchange."
"It's great for monitoring IT services infrastructure."
"I can monitor a phone on a desk to very big servers of any company."
"The most valuable feature of Nagios XI is customization. We can customize based on our requirements. We can do modifications and implement a lot of scripts. Additionally, it is easy to use."
"The dashboard allows you to see what's going on in the overall system."
"The most valuable feature is its support for different types of devices, where it can use all of the equipment that you need."
"This is a very good solution and it is simple to use, for any company."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"Splunk's dashboards are great."
"The most beneficial aspect of Slunk APM is the ATM, which is the map displaying the inbound and outbound relationships of the microservices, as well as the traffic between these dependencies. This feature provides us with valuable insights and helps us understand the interactions between different microservices."
"Splunk APM has helped us to standardize logging and monitoring procedures."
"The volume it handles is very good, including the number of metrics, the volume number of traces, and more."
"Detectors are a powerful feature."
"The most valuable features are troubleshooting and optimizing application performance."
"The solution's service map feature allows us to have a holistic overview and to see quickly where the issues are."
"The product could be optimized to improve the administrative user experience via the Nagios Core Configuration (NCC) GUI module."
"The installation and monitoring need improvement."
"The pricing has recently risen. I know they've changed what is covered under the license, however, it doesn't change the way we use it and adds nothing to our experience, and yet we now have to pay more."
"The product's stability could be even better."
"The scalability of Nagios XI is scalable. However, it is not easy to do."
"The way Nagios displays information isn't easy for a new user to understand. It's not intuitive enough. You need to read some tutorials or be trained to understand what it's displaying. Also, I think it needs more features to improve network visibility because there are some things you can't detect."
"Improve the documentation, examples, and best practices, therefore users can understand how to do things."
"The Configuration Wizard needs improvement, because not all vendors are present."
"Splunk's functionality could be improved by adding database connectors for other platforms like AWS and Azure."
"They can improve the flow system and the keyword language. It has predefined keywords, but they can be improved."
"The licensing model is expensive. We need to monitor the amount of data ingested because the cost is based on the data collected."
"We currently lack log analysis capabilities in Splunk APM."
"Splunk APM's performance could be improved - at the moment, it's very slow and takes forever to give me what I want."
"The UI enhancements could be a way to improve the solution in the future."
"Splunk APM should include a better correlation between resources and infrastructure monitoring."
"It is essential for the monitoring tool to deliver quick response times when generating analytical reports, instead of prolonged delays."
Nagios XI is ranked 9th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 54 reviews while Splunk APM is ranked 13th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 13 reviews. Nagios XI is rated 8.2, while Splunk APM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Nagios XI writes "Great for monitoring IT services infrastructure with nice tools and helpful notifications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk APM writes "Provides great visibility, analysis, and data telemetry". Nagios XI is most compared with Nagios Core, Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, Wireshark and Icinga, whereas Splunk APM is most compared with Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence), Sentry, Elastic Observability, Monte Carlo and Observe.
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