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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AHPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC), formerly known as HP Network Management Center, is a network performance monitoring option, from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise.N/A

    Nagios Core

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ANagios provides monitoring of all mission-critical infrastructure components. Multiple APIs and community-build add-ons enable integration and monitoring with in-house and third-party applications for optimized scaling.N/A
    Pricing
    HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)Nagios Core
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Single License
    Free
    Single License
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)Nagios Core
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)Nagios Core
    Considered Both Products
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Chose HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)
    HP IMC is easy to install, implement and configure.
    HP IMC has good features to monitor different network parameters.
    HP IMC integration with third party vendor tool for ticketing purpose is easy.
    Incentivized
    Nagios Enterprises
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    Features
    HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)Nagios Core
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) and Nagios Core
    Feature
    HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)
    9.4
    5 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Nagios Core
    -
    Ratings
    Automated network device discovery10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network monitoring10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Alerts10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network capacity planning10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Packet capture analysis10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network mapping8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Wireless infrastructure monitoring8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Hardware health monitoring10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)Nagios Core
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.5
    (44 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (4 ratings)
    7.7
    (9 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)Nagios Core
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Its very good and easy to do custom polling by importing MIB files where we had challenges to do out of box monitoring. Integration is easy.
    Incentivized
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    Nagios Enterprises
    Nagios monitoring is well suited for any mission critical application that requires per/second (or minute) monitoring. This would probably include even a shuttle launch. As Nagios was built around Linux, most (85%) plugins are Linux based, therefore its more suitable for a Linux environment.
    As Nagios (and dependent components) requires complex configurations & compilations, an experienced Linux engineer would be needed to install all relevant components.
    Any company that has hundreds (or thousands) of servers & services to monitor would require a stable monitoring solution like Nagios. I have seen Nagios used in extremely mediocre ways, but the core power lies when its fully configured with all remaining open-source components (i.e. MySQL, Grafana, NRDP etc). Nagios in the hands of an experienced Linux engineer can transform the organizations monitoring by taking preventative measures before a disaster strikes.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Multivendor flexibility.
    • Topology map features.
    • Backup configurations.
    Incentivized
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    Nagios Enterprises
    • Monitoring of services is one of the biggest benefits for our company. Being able to respond in a timely fashion keeps business smooth.
    • Hardware and device monitoring are easy to set up with proper parameters.
    • Notification to key staff to be able to respond quickly makes issues go away faster.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Visibility of both LAN and WiFi network components.
    Incentivized
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    Nagios Enterprises
    • Nagios could use core improvements in HA, though, Nagios itself recommends monitoring itself with just another Nagios installation, which has worked fine for us. Given its stability, and this work-around, a minor need.
    • Nagios could also use improvements, feature wise, to the web gui. There is a lot in Nagios XI which I felt were almost excluded intentionally from the core project. Given the core functionality, a minor need. We have moved admin facing alerts to appear as though they originate from a different service to make interacting with alerts more practical.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    No answers on this topic
    Nagios Enterprises
    We're currently looking to combine a bunch of our network montioring solutions into a single platform. Running multiple unique solutions for monitoring, data collection, compliance reporting etc has become a lot to manage.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    No answers on this topic
    Nagios Enterprises
    The Nagios UI is in need of a complete overhaul. Nice graphics and trendy fonts are easy on the eyes, but the menu system is dated, the lack of built in graphing support is confusing, and the learning curve for a new user is too steep.
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    Support Rating
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    They are fast responding when you create a support case. But they also have a forum (community) where you can find knowledge-base information that is very useful.
    Incentivized
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    Nagios Enterprises
    I haven't had to use support very often, but when I have, it has been effective in helping to accomplish our goals. Since Nagios has been very popular for a long time, there is also a very large user base from which to learn from and help you get your questions answered.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Cause of the great gui and easy management can be customized to your liking. The awesome topology maps you can make easy to change make it your own design. Great support. Don't need a large database to run. Can handle multiple users at once with ease. Overall a great product recommend to anyone
    Incentivized
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    Nagios Enterprises
    Because we get all we required in Nagios [Core] and for npm, we have to do lots of configuration as it is not as easy as Comair to Nagios [Core]. On npm UI, there is lots of data, so we are not able to track exact data for analysis, which is why we use Nagios [Core].
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    Return on Investment
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Easy to implement
    • Easy to configure
    • Overall good monitoring tool
    Incentivized
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    Nagios Enterprises
    • With it being a free tool, there is no cost associated with it, so it's very valuable to an organization to get something that is so great and widely used for free.
    • You can set up as many alerts as you want without incurring any fees.
    Incentivized
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