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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of network monitoring systems. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.

Features

Name IP SLA Reports Logical Grouping Trending Trend Prediction Auto Discovery Agentless SNMP Syslog Plugins Triggers / Alerts WebApp Distributed Monitoring Inventory Platform Data Storage Method License Maps Access Control IPv6 Latest release date Latest release version
Sensu Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Unk Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Unk Un­known Un­known Un­known Unk Unk Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known 0.20
AccelOps Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Un­known PostgreSQL Commercial Yes Yes Un­known
AdRem NetCrunch Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Viewing, Acknowledging No Yes Un­known SQL, NoSQL Commercial Yes Yes No 2015-11-02 9.0
AggreGate Network Manager Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Java MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Firebird, HSQLDB Limited free, Commercial Yes Yes Yes 2015-08 5.21.02
Argus Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes C, Objective-C Flat file, MySQL GPL, Commercial Yes Yes Yes 2014-09 3.0.8
Argus - The all seeing Yes Yes Yes Yes No Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting Yes Un­known Perl Flat file, Berkeley DB Artistic License No Yes Yes 2013-02 3.7
Avaya VPFM Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Un­known MySQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes
Cacti Yes Yes Yes Yes Via plugin Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes PHP RRDtool, MySQL GPL Plugin Yes Yes 2015-07 0.8.8f
Centina Systems NetOmnia Yes Yes Yes Yes Via plugin Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Java MySQL Commercial Plugin Yes Yes 2013-09 5.4.3
Check MK Via plugin Yes Yes Yes Via plugin Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes C, Python RRDtool GPL Plugin Yes Un­known 2015-03 1.2.6
collectd No No No No Push model;
multicast possible 		Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Viewing Yes No C RRDtool GPLv2 No Apache ACL Yes 2015-02 5.4.2
EMC Smarts No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Via integration Yes Yes Full Control No Yes C++, Java Proprietary Commercial Yes Yes Yes 2015-10 9.4.1
ExtraHop Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Full Control With ECM Yes Un­known Proprietary Commercial Yes Yes Yes 2014-10 4.0
FreeNATS Yes Yes No No Yes No No Via plugin Yes In PHP Code Full Control No No PHP MySQL GPL No Yes Un­known
Ganglia No Yes Yes No Via gmond check in No Via plugin No Yes No Viewing Yes Un­known C, PHP RRDtool BSD Yes No Un­known 2015-04 3.7.1
Glasswire No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Windows Proprietary Limited free, Commercial No Yes Yes 2014-09 1.0.25
GroundWork Inc. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multiple PostgreSQL, RRDTool, OpenTSDB Limited free, Commercial Yes Yes Yes 2014-10 7.0.1
Highlight Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes .NET SQL Commercial No Yes Yes 2015-10 7.7.1
HP Network Node Manager (NNMi) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Via integration Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes C++, Java, Perl PostgreSQL, Oracle Database Commercial Yes Yes Yes 2014-07 10.00
IBM Tivoli Network Manager Possible via configuration Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Un­known MySQL, Oracle Database, DB2 Commercial Yes Yes Yes
Icinga Via plugin Yes Yes No Via plugin Supported Via plugin Via plugin Yes Yes Full Control Yes Via plugin C[1] MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle Database GPL Yes Yes Yes 2015-07 1.13.3
InterMapper Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Viewing Yes Yes Windows, Linux & Mac OS PostgreSQL Limited free, Commercial Yes Yes Yes 2014–01 v5.7.1
IPHost Network Monitor Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting Yes No Windows FirebirdSQL Commercial No No Yes 2014-09 3.5.8152
isyVmon Yes Yes Yes No Via plugin No Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Via plugin PHP RRDtool, MySQL Limited free, Commercial Via plugin Yes Yes
Kaseya Network Monitor Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Un­known FirebirdSQL Commercial Yes Yes Un­known
Kaseya Traverse Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Java SQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes 2013-08 5.6
LogicMonitor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes SaaS Proprietary Commercial Yes Yes - Full RBAC Yes hosted; automatic monthly updates
ManageEngine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Windows SQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes
Monitorix No No Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Viewing Yes Un­known Perl RRDtool GPL Un­known Yes Yes 2015-03 3.7.0
Munin No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Partial Viewing Via nodes Un­known Perl RRDtool GPL Un­known Un­known Yes 2014-11 2.0.25
Nagios Via plugin Yes Yes No Via plugin Supported Via plugin Via plugin Yes Yes Yes Yes Via plugin C, PHP Flat file, SQL GPL Yes Yes Yes[2] 2015-08 4.1.1[3]
NetQoS Performance Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting Yes Yes Un­known Un­known Commercial Yes Yes Un­known
Network Instruments Observer Infrastructure Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Un­known Proprietary Database Commercial Yes Yes Yes
NetXMS No Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes C++ MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite GPL Yes Yes No 2014-10 1.2.17
NeuralStar Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Un­known MS SQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes
CA UIM fka Nimsoft Monitor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting Yes Yes Un­known SQLServer, Oracle, MySQL Limited free,Commercial Yes Yes Yes
Observium Yes Yes Yes No Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control No Yes PHP RRDtool, MySQL QPL, Commercial Yes Yes Yes Rolling release N/A
op5 Monitor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Via plugin C, PHP Flat file, SQL Limited free, Commercial Yes Yes Yes 2014-09 7.0.1
OpenKBM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Un­known Proprietary with JDBC support Commercial Yes Yes Yes
OpenNMS Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Java JRobin / RRDTool, PostgreSQL AGPLv3 Yes Yes Yes 2015-08 16.0.3
Opmantek NMIS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Yes Perl MongoDB, RRDtool GPL, Commercial Yes Yes Yes 2014-11 8.5.4G
OPNET's AppResponse Xpert Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting Yes No Un­known Un­known Commercial Yes Yes Un­known
Opsview Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes No Perl SQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes
OSI NetExpert Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Java, C++ Oracle Commercial Yes Yes Yes 2013-04 10.0
PA Server Monitor No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Viewing, Reporting Yes Yes C++ SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server Commercial Yes Yes No 2014-7 5.5
PacketTrap Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Viewing, Reporting Yes Yes Un­known SQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes
Pandora FMS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Perl, PHP, C++ MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle GPLv2, Commercial Yes Yes Yes 2014-01 5.0
PathSolutions Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes C SQLite Commercial Yes Yes No 2013-02 V4.3
Performance Co-Pilot No Yes Yes No Yes Optional, Limited Yes Yes Yes Yes Viewing Yes Yes C Perl, Python, POSIX, MinGW Flat file GPL, LGPL No Yes Yes 2014-10 3.10
PRTG Network Monitor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Windows Proprietary Freeware and Commercial Yes Yes Yes 2015-01 15.1.13
Redcell Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Java, C++ MySQL, Oracle Commercial Yes Yes Yes 2014-08 7.2.3
Scrutinizer Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting Yes Yes Un­known MySQL Limited free, Commercial Yes Yes Yes
ScienceLogic Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Python MySQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes
ServersCheck Yes Yes Yes No Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes No Un­known Flat file, ODBC Commercial Yes Yes Un­known
SevOne Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes C, PHP MySQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes 2015-08 5.4.2
Shinken Via plugin Yes Yes No Yes No Via plugin Via plugin Yes Yes Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting Yes Via plugin Python Flat file, MySQL, Oracle, Graphite, Sqlite, MongoDB AGPL Yes Yes Yes 2014-08 2.0.3
Solarwinds Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes .NET SQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes
CA Spectrum Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes C, Java Berkeley DB, MySQL Commercial Yes Yes Yes 2015-02 9.4.2
Spiceworks ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
TclMon Yes Yes Yes No Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Viewing No No Un­known RRDTool BSD Yes Yes No 2009-12 1.1.1
uptime software Yes Yes Yes No Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes No Java (Windows, Linux) MySQL, SQL, Oracle Commercial Yes Yes Un­known 2014-04 7.3
Verax NMS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes No Un­known Oracle, SQL, Commercial Yes Yes Un­known 2014-06 2.5.4
VitalSuite Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Java, C++ MS SQL, Oracle Commercial Yes Yes Yes 2014-11 R14
Xymon/Hobbit Yes Yes Yes No Via Plugin Via Plugin Via Plugin No Yes Yes Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting Yes Via Plugin C, Shell Flat file, RRDTool, MySQL via plugin GPL Via Plugin Apache ACL No 2015-11 4.3.22
Zabbix Yes Yes Yes No Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes C, PHP Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, IBM DB2, SQLite GPL Yes Yes Yes 2015-04 2.4.5
Zenoss Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Control Yes Yes Python, Java ZODB, MySQL, RRDtool Free Core GPL, Commercial Enterprise Yes Yes Yes 2014-04 4.2.5
Name IP SLA Reports Logical Grouping Trending Trend Prediction Auto Discovery Agentless SNMP Syslog Plugins Triggers / Alerts WebApp Distributed Monitoring Inventory Platform Data Storage Method License Maps Access Control IPv6 Latest release date Latest release version

Legend

Product Name
The name of the software, linked to its Wikipedia article.
IP SLAs Reports
Support of Cisco's IP Service Level Agreement mechanism.
Logical Grouping
Supports arranging the hosts or devices it monitors into user-defined groups.
Trending
Provides trending of network data over time.
Trend Prediction
The software features algorithms designed to predict future network statistics.
Auto Discovery
The software automatically discovers hosts or network devices it is connected to.
Agentless
The product does not rely on a software agent that must run on hosts it is monitoring, so that data can be pushed back to a central server. "Supported" means that an agent may be used, but is not mandatory. An SNMP daemon does not count as an agent.
SNMP
Able to retrieve and report on SNMP statistics.
Syslog
Able to receive and report on Syslogs.
Plugins
Architecture of the software based on a number of 'plugins' that provide additional functionality.
Triggers/Alerts
Capable of detecting threshold violations in network data, and alerting the administrator in some form.
WebApp
Runs as a web-based application.
  • No: There is no web-based frontend for this software.
  • Viewing: Network data can be viewed in a graphical web-based frontend.
  • Acknowledging: Users can interact with the software through the web-based frontend to acknowledge alarms or manipulate other notifications.
  • Reporting: Specific reports on network data can be configured by the user and executed through the web-based frontend.
  • Full Control: ALL aspects of the product can be controlled through the web-based frontend, including low-level maintenance tasks such as software configuration and upgrades.
Distributed Monitoring
Able to leverage more than one server to distribute the load of network monitoring.
Inventory
Keeps a record of hardware and/or software inventory for the hosts and devices it monitors.
Data Storage Method
Main method used to store the network data it monitors.
License
License released under (e.g. GPL, BSD license, etc.).
Maps
Features graphical network maps that represent the hosts and devices it monitors, and the links between them.
Access Control
Features user-level security, allowing an administrator to prevent access to certain parts of the product on a per-user or per-role basis.
IPv6
Supports monitoring IPv6 hosts and/or devices, receiving IPv6 data, and running on an IPv6-enabled server. Supports communication using IPv6 to the SNMP agent via an IPv6 address.

Release history

Name First public release date First public release version First stable release date First stable release version Latest stable release version date Latest testing release version date
AccelOps ? ? ? ? ? ?
AggreGate Network Manager February 8, 2008 (2008-02-08) 4.02.01 February 8, 2008 (2008-02-08) 4.02.01 5.01.02 / November 13, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-11-13) 5.10.25 / October 17, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-10-17)
Argus Apr,1994[4] 1.3 Apr,1994 1.3 3.0.8/Sept 2014 3.0.7.36/Aug 2014
Avaya VPFM ? ? ? ? ? ?
Centina Systems NetOmnia June,2006 1.0 June,2006 1.0 5.4.3/Sep 2013 5.5
collectd ? ? ? ? ? ?
Dhyan Network management System ? ? ? ? ? ?
dopplerVUE ? ? ? ? ? ?
EMC Smarts Template:1996 Template:1.0 Template:1998 Template:2.0 Template:9.4.1 ?
ExtraHop ? ? ? ? ? ?
Name First public release date First public release version First stable release date First stable release version Latest stable release version date Latest testing release version date
FreeNATS ? ? ? ? ? ?
Ganglia ? ? ? ? ? ?
Glasswire ? ? ? ? ? ?
Highlight 2000 1.0 2000 1.0 7.7.1/Oct 2015 7.7.2
HP Network Node Manager (NNMi) ? ? ? ? ? ?
Kaseya Network Monitor ? ? ? ? ? ?
IBM Tivoli Network Manager ? ? ? ? ? ?
Icinga May 15, 2009 0.8 December 16, 2009 1.0 ? ?
InterMapper ? ? ? ? v5.7.1 January 20, 2014 ?
IPHost Network Monitor 2008-04-01 2.1 2008-04-01 2.1 3.5 / September 1, 2014 (2014-09-01)[5] 3.5 / September 1, 2014 (2014-09-01)
isyVmon ? ? ? ? ? ?
Name First public release date First public release version First stable release date First stable release version Latest stable release version date Latest testing release version date
LogicMonitor 2008 1 2008 1 hosted; automatic monthly updates n/a
Monitorix September 11, 2005 (2005-09-11) 0.7.8 ? ? 3.7.0 / March 12, 2015 (2015-03-12) ?
Munin ? ? ? ? ? ?
Nagios March 14, 1999 (1999-03-14) ? ? ? 4.1.1 / August 19, 2015 (2015-08-19)[3] ?
NetCrunch ? ? ? ? 7.3 / November 2013 (2013-11) ?
NetQoS Performance Center ? ? ? ? ? ?
Network Instruments Observer Infrastructure ? ? ? ? ? ?
NetXMS ? ? ? ? ? ?
Nimsoft Monitoring Solution ? ? ? ? ? ?
Observium ? ? ? ? ? ?
Name First public release date First public release version First stable release date First stable release version Latest stable release version date Latest testing release version date
OpenKBM ? ? ? ? ? ?
OpenNMS ? ? ? ? 1.10.8 / January 2013 (2013-01) ?
Opmantek NMIS 1999 ? ? ? 8.5G / June 2014 (2014-06) ?
OPNET's AppResponse Xpert ? ? ? ? ? ?
Opsview ? ? ? ? ? ?
op5 Monitor ? ? ? ? ? ?
OSI NetExpert ? ? ? ? 10.0 / April 17, 2013 (2013-04-17) 10.1 / June 12, 2013 (2013-06-12)
PA Server Monitor 2004 1.0.0.6 ? ? 5.4.0.156 / May 2014 (2014-05)[6] ?
PacketTrap ? ? ? ? ? ?
Pandora FMS October 14, 2004 (2004-10-14) ? ? ? 5.0 SP2 / December 27, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-12-27)[7] ?
PathSolutions ? ? ? ? v4.3 / February 13, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-02-13)[8] ?
Performance Co-Pilot ? ? ? ? ? ?
PRTG Network Monitor June 30, 2008 (2008-06-30) 7.0 ? ? v15.1.13 / January 13, 2015 ?
Scrutinizer ? ? ? ? ? ?
Name First public release date First public release version First stable release date First stable release version Latest stable release version date Latest testing release version date
Redcell ? ? ? ? 7.2.3 / October 5, 2014 (2014-10-05) ?
PA Server Monitor 2004 1.0.0.6 ? ? 5.4.0.156 / May 2014 (2014-05)[6] ?
ServersCheck ? ? ? ? ? ?
SevOne 2008 2.6 2008 2.6 5.3.7 / 21-Nov-2014 5.4.RC4.0 / 26-Sept-2014
Shinken ? ? ? ? ? ?
Solarwinds ? ? ? ? 10.7 / April 17, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-04-17)[9] ?
Spiceworks July, 2006 1.0beta Nov, 2006 1.0 7.4 / May 8, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-05-08) 7.5beta/August 12, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-08-12)
TclMon ? ? ? ? ? ?
uptime software June 2002 (2002-06) up.time 1.0 June 2002 1.0 7.3 / April 2014; 10 years ago (2014-04)[10] ?
Verax NMS ? ? ? ? ? ?
Xymon/Hobbit February 2002 (2002-02) 1.0 (as bbgen) March 2005 (2005-03) 4.0 (as Hobbit) 4.3.22 November 2015 (2015-11) 4.3.22 November 2015 (2015-11)
Name First public release date First public release version First stable release date First stable release version Latest stable release version date Latest testing release version date
Zabbix April 7, 2001 (2001-04-07) 1.0alpha1 23 March 2004 1.0 2.4.5 / April 21, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-04-21) 2.4.5rc1 / April 10, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-04-10)
Zenoss ? ? ? ? 4.2.5 / April 24, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-04-24) ?
Zyrion Traverse ? ? ? ? 5.5.348 / July 5, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-07-05) 5.6.102 / August 19, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-08-19)

References

  1. ^ https://wiki.icinga.org/display/icinga2/Intro
  2. ^ "http://labs.nagios.com/2013/09/06/nrpe-2-15-released-now-with-ipv6-support/". {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  3. ^ a b "http://www.nagios.org/projects/nagioscore/history/nagios-4-version-history". Retrieved September 18, 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  4. ^ ftp://ietf.org/ietf/rmonmib/rmonmib-minutes-94dec.txt
  5. ^ "IPHost Network Monitor release notes".
  6. ^ a b "PA Server Monitor release notes".
  7. ^ "Pandora FMS Latest Release and detailed roadmap".
  8. ^ "PathSolutions Latest Release".
  9. ^ "SolarWinds software latest release".
  10. ^ "uptime software latest release".
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