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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    PRTG

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/APRTG Network Monitor is the flagship offering from German software company Paessler, for monitoring local and wide area networks (LANs & WANs), servers, websites, apps, and more.

    $2,149

    per year

    Pricing
    PRTG
    Editions & Modules
    PRTG 500
    $2,149
    per year
    Hosted 500
    $2,149
    per year
    PRTG 1,000
    $3,899
    per year
    Hosted 1000
    $3,899
    per year
    PRTG 2,500
    $8,099
    per year
    Hosted 2500
    $8,099
    per year
    PRTG 5,000
    $14,199
    per year
    Hosted 5000
    $14,199
    per year
    PRTG 10000
    $17,899
    per year
    PRTG Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    subscription license
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PRTG
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    Yes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    PRTG
    Considered Both Products
    Paessler
    Chose PRTG
    PRTG Network Monitor is very much easier to manage and much cheaper with set of features more suited for our needs
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    When I evaluated Centreon back in 2014, it felt overly complex compared to PRTG Network Monitor. Centreon's configuration required deeper technical expertise, involving manual setup and extensive scripting. The interface seemed less intuitive and demanded more time to manage …
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    One universal package is offered regardless of organization and that is very important to us as a non profit org as well as they offered the sensoring features without additional cost. This was an easier decision to make knowing this would likely cover all our interests and we …
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    First of all, PRTG Network Monitor allowed me to use a demo with full functionality with a limited number of sensors, which the others do not allow because the demos with full functionality are for a short period of time. I consider PRTG Network Monitor superior to the others …
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    The native iOS apps and desktop apps for alerts and easy visibility set PRTG Network Monitor apart from others. Websites are available with the others and Checkmk has connections to telegram or splunk to get push notifications, but not as easy to see the whole organization at …
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    PRTG offers more versatility in monitoring when compared to the other solutions we tested. The other solutions were also limited as far as customization options, which made them less adaptable to our networks.

    When compared to Auvik, for instance, we prefer PRTG as it offers …
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    Each tool that we evaluated had their benefits. For a company our size, we were look at something simple, easy to manage, and fast to get started with. PRTG Network Monitor fit that bill the best. If we needed more than just the monitoring, we could potentially choose something …
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    We haven't looked for any other tool than PRTG. We've been using it for almost 10 years now, and it has been a good and reliable tool.
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    We were experience with isolate product from platform's vendor.
    Later, the fist experience with an angnostic product was ManageYa te Engine OpManager. Then we change to PRTG Network Monitor because the cost of OpManager was really expensive with our infraestructure. The …
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    Setup for PRTG Network Monitor is much easier. SW npm requires two servers to run (One to run the product, and one for the SQL Database). PRTG Network Monitor only needs one server. From my experience SolarWinds requires a license per device, where PRTG Network Monitor is …
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    We selected PRTG Network Monitor because it's very easy to deploy and setup. It doesn't require too many skills or resources. With the trial license you can test it and see how many info you can get about your infrastructure and choose what to put under control and how to send …
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    I have only used it once and found it good also. But whatever things I wanted, I got them from PRTG Network Monitor; so basically, my purpose was over, so further R&D was not required. I adhered with the PRTG Network Monitor tool only happily. Many other tools are also …
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    PRTG Network Manager is an easy to get going tool, easy to implement, and can go really deep into the monitoring. It's a powerful tool to store monitoring data and to do network dashboards. Paessler, the PRTG Network Monitor proprietary has an excellent partnership with other …
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    We find that the annual support for the product fits our budget, the capabilities and capacity of the product fit very well.
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    PRTG is much simpler to use than SolarWinds. SolarWinds wins in the category of a massive amount of purpose built bolt-ons. If the intention is to go after a system which you can fully use to customize and integrate into your needs easily, PRTG wins. This was what the need was …
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    In my opinion, there are many products in the market that provide vast monitoring options and a lot of customization flexibility and out-of-the-box integration with 3rd party tools such as Service Now, Splunk, and reporting tools. I find PRTG as a good tool for the following …
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    PRTG is with us for years, the same goes for pingdom. We didn't select one over the other, we use all of them but sometimes for different monitoring needs and sometimes in parallel for the same needs. Some of these tools were chosen not for monitoring purposes (for example, for …
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    I have deployed and tested three products for evaluation I found [PRTG Network Monitor] very easy to deploy, the deployment literally took not more than one hour including basic configuration and network discovery. After deployment few configuration changes and creation of …
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    In My organization we are using both solutions (1. PRTG & 2. Nagios)but almost Users are prefer PRTG due to its
    1. simplicity (Dashboard features)
    2. Brief Reporting (Logs etc.)
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    PRTG is a light weight Network Fault and performance monitoring tool with low cost and lower server specification. Although it is light weight still it covers all required network fault and performance monitoring parameters out of the box and also allows you to customize …
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    Compared to SolarWinds licensing model on monitors, we bought PRTG xl-1 unlimited license monitoring any device without any difficulty and not specific to servers, devices, network devices. We monitor any device in our organisation. We monitor location, temperature, specific …
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    In comparison with two other similar tools I have used in the past, I would put PRTG in the middle strictly in terms of features/performance, but at the top when overall value is considered. While SolarWinds does have some features that PRTG lacks, it comes at a much higher …
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    Price is better than SolarWinds, and cost per sensor is a direct impact in making decisions in a medium sized business.
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    I have not used any other products.
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    I found Nagios very difficult to manage and use. I used it on a Linux server and we are a Windows shop so it was not as easy for other IT staff to administer. It was also mostly text-based configuration so it was more difficult to configure.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    39 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    38 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    40 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    26 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
    Features
    PRTG
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of PRTG Network Monitor
    Feature
    PRTG Network Monitor
    8.3
    64 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Automated network device discovery8.357 Ratings
    Network monitoring9.763 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation8.154 Ratings
    Alerts9.264 Ratings
    Network capacity planning7.445 Ratings
    Packet capture analysis7.133 Ratings
    Network mapping8.045 Ratings
    Customizable reports7.954 Ratings
    Wireless infrastructure monitoring8.246 Ratings
    Hardware health monitoring9.161 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    PRTG
    Small Businesses
    Auvik
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    PingPlotter
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Nmap
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PRTG
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (64 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (18 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PRTG
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Paessler
    integrates seamlessly with Windows servers via WMI and PowerShell, providing deep insights into resource usage, performance metrics, and system health. It's excellent at tracking CPU, memory, disk space, and event logs, enabling rapid troubleshooting and proactive maintenance. PRTG Network Monitor also effectively monitors Fortigate devices, providing detailed data on firewall health, traffic patterns, bandwidth utilization, VPN status, and security alerts. This visibility helps detect and resolve network security issues promptly.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Paessler
    • Switch monitoring and finding out if there are communication issues or throughput alerts are reached
    • Big picture view of the whole infrastructure and what is functioning and what is not
    • Uptime tracking is great and lets us know for how long a device is down or overall uptime
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Paessler
    • Licensing on a per entity basis can be cumbersome for devices which have a ton of monitoring points like network switches\routers. Each sensor may count against a license, which could be a lot of you were monitoring every TX\RX of an SFP for example
    • A better method to easily template\copy monitors across devices
    • The navigation in the web GUI could be a little more straightforward in terms of the hierarchy
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Paessler
    I would renew it because the platform has brought us many technical and economic benefits that make the cost-benefit ratio very good. Additionally, to do so does not require large investments in training, licensing or infrastructure, and at the administration level, extensive knowledge is not required to be able to bear it.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Paessler
    The tool is very intuitive to use and it is Windows-based (everybody knows how to use Windows) so it's easy to get into. Every time is setup in a hierarchy so if you have a good initial hierarchy design, it will really reduce administrative effort down the road.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Paessler
    PRTG does everything we need it to do and more. Ease of use, ease of management and maintenance and clarity of monitoring of hundreds of different types of device and service gives this a large advantage over other products on the market that I have tried. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who needs a network monitoring product in their environment and even to people who don't know they need a solution yet!
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Paessler
    It's very important that de project's teams have different member of the TI. We have learned too late the importa of Security Analyst at the design architecture moment. We have to rebuild part of the implementation for made this big mistake.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Paessler
    PRTG offers more versatility in monitoring when compared to the other solutions we tested. The other solutions were also limited as far as customization options, which made them less adaptable to our networks. When compared to Auvik, for instance, we prefer PRTG as it offers immediate notifications through the desktop client - not limited to email notifications as with Auvik. We also appreciate the fact that PRTG can be self/on-prem hosted vs Auvik's cloud model. This makes for an easier deployment and less firewall adjustments to allow traffic to cloud-hosted solutions.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Paessler
    • The ability to analyze multiple pieces of information in one place, especially with historical data, has saved our IT department time and headaches. It would be so much more difficult to trace an issue without PRTG, just relying on event logs and an open task manager window.
    • The cost is not cheap, so it's an expense that hits the bottom line like everything else. Figure in hardware costs as well, ideally a server outside of your main environment.
    • I keep saying this, but the historical data piece is worth so much. There's really no good way to collect all of that information in one place without something like PRTG. And that definitely saves time and money in the long run.
    Incentivized
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