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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Power Admin PA Server Monitor

    Score2 out of 10
    N/AKansas based Power Admin offers PA Server Monitor, an IT infrastructure monitoring option.N/A

    Prometheus

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/APrometheus is a service monitoring and time series database, which is open source.N/A
    Pricing
    Power Admin PA Server MonitorPrometheus
    Editions & Modules
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    Power Admin PA Server MonitorPrometheus
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Power Admin PA Server MonitorPrometheus
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    Power Admin LLC
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    33 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Power Admin PA Server MonitorPrometheus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.5
    (36 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Power Admin PA Server MonitorPrometheus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Power Admin LLC
    Power Admin PA Server Monitor works great for our needs. We do however wish that it worked for Linux Operating Systems.
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    This program works from the roots of the problem and creates a professional matrix for each of its users. This will give them more skills and resources to carry out tasks and reduce the difficulties of operating each of the processes of my work, as well as being An ally for the manipulation and operability of all your master data; Prometheus is very easy to recommend since it is a program that fulfills its mission.
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    Pros
    Power Admin LLC
    • Alerts us when a server, storage device, or network device goes offline.
    • Alerts us when a critical service running on a server stops running.
    • Alerts us if files change, are removed, or are created.
    • Alerts us if an unauthorized file type has been created on a monitored system
    • Generate up-time reports for Executives.
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    Open Source
    • Looking at metrics such as the aggregate number of HTTP requests served.
    • Understanding how our services are performing in aggregate.
    • Easy to deploy within a variety of architectures/environments.
    • Open source so new features are added regularly and bugs are fixed in a timely manner.
    • Free so there are no licensing restrictions.
    • Endorsed by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
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    Cons
    Power Admin LLC
    • It does have bulk settings tools to set up bulk settings for multiple devices, but to me it could be a bit easier to use. However, I ran into a snag and reached out to support and they are great.
    • It does not support Linux Operating Systems.
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    Open Source
    • Customer Service: since this is an open-source tool, customer service is not that great. Generally, you get all answers to your problems in online forums, but in case you got stuck, nobody will assist you in a channelised manner. You will have to find the way out on your own, and it may become frustrating at times.
    • More metrics for dashboards shall be added per the application being monitored. Standards metrics will work in most cases but may not in specific applications. Therefore, customised metrics shall be created for some of the industry-standard niche applications.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Power Admin LLC
    Excellent product, easy to use, many features, and fast/excellent support.
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    Open Source
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    Usability
    Power Admin LLC
    It is an excellent product that is much easier to use than many other open source type offerings. Easy learning curve.
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    Open Source
    It is usable and one can learn if few people in the team are already using it. It can be difficult to understand at the beginning because of non intuitive UI and syntax of the rules. So, I've gone for 7 points as there is some room for improvement in user interface and rules syntax.
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    Support Rating
    Power Admin LLC
    Very fast, knowledgeable, and helpful support.
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    Open Source
    Never had to reach out to them.
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    Implementation Rating
    Power Admin LLC
    Overall it is an easy install and setup and their support is very fast and helpful
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    Open Source
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    Alternatives Considered
    Power Admin LLC
    We tried some open source solutions. But, they were much more difficult to set up and maintain. PA is easy to use "out of the box". We looked at other paid solutions also, but they were cost prohibitive, since we are a small institution.
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    Open Source
    Highly customized pricing plans to choose from. Lower pricing for the same features compared to competitors. Easy to reach the support team, which provided detailed documentation and helped set up the Prometheus. Monitoring metrics gets very easy after the integration with Grafana. It also has a sophisticated alert setting mechanism to ensure we don't miss anything critical.
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    Return on Investment
    Power Admin LLC
    • It has decreased our critical services downtime, because we are able to VPN in and fix issues as soon as Power Admin alerts us of an issue. ROI has been excellent.
    • It allows us to catch issues before they become critical by alerting us on errors that show up in our Event Logs.
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    Open Source
    • We are still working on the ROI
    • The ROI mentioned during the purchase has not been achieved, however this could be due to lack of data from our side. 2 years of implementation is too early to calculate and confirm the ROI.
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