PRTG Network Monitor vs. Selector Analytics

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
PRTG
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
PRTG 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
Selector Analytics
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Selector employs machine learning and NLP-driven, self-serve analytics to provide access to actionable insights. Selector Analytics uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to conduct three essential functions and provide actionable insights to network, cloud, and application operators. Collect: Selector Analytics collects any data (including configurations, alerts, metrics, events, and logs), from various heterogeneous data sources. For example, Selector Analytics may…N/A
Pricing
PRTG Network MonitorSelector Analytics
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
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PRTGSelector Analytics
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
PRTG Network MonitorSelector Analytics
Features
PRTG Network MonitorSelector Analytics
Network Performance Monitoring
Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
PRTG Network Monitor
8.3
Ratings
1% above category average
Selector Analytics
-
Ratings
Automated network device discovery8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Network monitoring9.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Baseline threshold calculation8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Alerts9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Network capacity planning7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Packet capture analysis7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Network mapping8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable reports7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Wireless infrastructure monitoring8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Hardware health monitoring9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
User Ratings
PRTG Network MonitorSelector Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.3
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PRTG Network MonitorSelector Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well suited for an environment that deploys networking equipment and is needing monitoring 24/7. It works well to deliver real time data and alerts that are suited for taking action and notifying groups of members. It is less appropriate for use cases that involve only a few devices that don’t have dedicated teams looking for problems or uptime.
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Selector Analytics has proven very useful for our SRE and DevOps teams. It addresses our concern of being able to monitor network health and gives good analytics for our needs. It also helps with problem identification quickly so that we can resolve any potential issues. Getting an idea of network health allows us to identify potential problems beforehand, and we can take measures to fix them.
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Pros
  • Very, very configurable. You can create all kinds of monitors for all kinds of things. Plus it has loads of suggestions out of the box. It can get complicated but monitoring is complicated. Pretty decent interface and good support - active community.
  • I really liked how easy it was to add alerts by SMS. So easy to setup.
  • I like their sizing models (for purchase). We're actually small enough that we are free. But it's not free as in stripped down - it's free because we don't use many "sensors" and don't honestly have the need.
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  • Network Health Monitoring.
  • Realtime Actionable Insights.
  • Identifying ways to fix problems.
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Cons
  • 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
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  • Dashboard Customizations would be good to have.
  • Integration with tools such as Slack.
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Likelihood to Renew
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.
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Usability
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.
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Support Rating
I am giving this a 6 simply because I have never had to contact support. The online documentation is adequate for most things, and the user-maintained knowledgebase is excellent. The few times I have run into issues that were not easily resolvable with intuitive UI, I was able to find the answers that I needed either in the PRTG-provided documentation, the knowledgebase, or with a quick online web search.
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Implementation Rating
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.
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Alternatives Considered
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 and maintain. In contrast, PRTG Network Monitor offered simpler sensor-based monitoring and a more user-friendly interface, which ultimately influenced my choice.
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Return on Investment
  • PRTG has definitely had a positive impact on the business as monitoring can all be done from a central location and is easily accessible by all the relevant stakeholders.
  • It can easily give us stats on up time etc which is used for statistics and SLA monitoring etc - this provides customers with detailed information which we wouldn't' otherwise be able to provide.
  • For the price, I think it is the best product available on the market
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  • Helped us identify problems faster.
  • Insights to identify ways to prevent future problems.
  • Helps us resolve problems faster.
  • Reduced our server costs - as we know when to scale up and when to scale down.
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