The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of notable network monitoring systems. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.
Name | IP SLA Reports | Logical Grouping | Trending | Trend Prediction | Auto Discovery | Agentless | SNMP | Syslog | Plugins | Triggers / Alerts | MIB Compiler | WebApp | Distributed Monitoring | Inventory | Platform | Data Storage Method | License | Maps | Access Control | IPv6 | Latest release date | Latest release version |
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Cacti | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | PHP | RRDtool, MySQL, MariaDB | GNU GPL | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | 2022-05-18 | 1.2.21 |
Checkmk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | C, Python | RRDtool | GNU GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2022-08-30 | 2.1.0p11 |
collectd | No | No | No | No | Push model; multicast possible |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing | Yes | No | C | RRDtool | GNU GPL | No | Apache ACL | Yes | 2020-09-03 | 5.12 |
Cruz | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Java, C++, .NET | MySQL, Oracle | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2019-02 | 8.0.0 |
FreeNATS | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Via plugin | Yes | In PHP Code | No | Full Control | No | No | PHP | MySQL [1] | GNU GPL | No | Yes | Unknown | 2018-11-14 | 1.20.1b |
Ganglia | No | Yes | Yes | No | Via gmond check in | No | Via plugin | No | Yes | No | No | Viewing | Yes | Unknown | C, PHP | RRDtool | BSD | Yes | No | Unknown | 2016-06-14 | 3.7.2 |
Icinga | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Yes | Via plugin | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Via plugin | C [2] | MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL [3] | GNU GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2024-01-18 | 2.14.2 [4] |
InterMapper | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing | Yes | Yes | Windows, Linux & Mac OS | PostgreSQL | Limited free, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2017-07 | 6.1.5 |
isyVmon | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Via plugin | PHP | RRDtool, MySQL | Limited free, Commercial | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
Munin | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Partial | No | Viewing | Via nodes | Unknown | Perl | RRDtool | GNU GPL | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | 2021-02-22 | 2.0.67 |
Nagios | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Yes | Via plugin | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Via plugin | C | Flat file, SQL (via ndoutils), MySql (Via Nconf) | GNU GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes [5] | 2022-04-14 | 4.4.7 [6] |
NeDi | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Perl, PHP | Pg, MySQL, RRDTool, MariaDB | GPL3, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2016-04 | 1.6 [7] |
Netdisco | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Perl | PostgreSQL | BSD | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2022-04-22 | 2.052005 [8] |
NetXMS | Unknown | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | C, Java | PostgreSQL, PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB, MariaDB, MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle, SQLite | GNU GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2024-04-15 | 4.5.6 |
NeuralStar | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Unknown | MS SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
Octopussy | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full control | No | Yes | Perl, ASP | MySQL | GNU GPL | No | Yes | No | 2017-06-03 | 1.0.16 |
op5 Monitor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Via plugin | C, PHP | Flat file, SQL | Limited free, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Monthly | 7.3.0 |
OpenKBM | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Proprietary with JDBC support | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
OpenNMS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Java | JRobin / RRDTool / Apache Cassandra, PostgreSQL | AGPLv3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2023-06-15 | 31.0.9 |
OPNET's AppResponse Xpert | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | No | Unknown | Unknown | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
OSI NetExpert | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Java, C++ | Oracle | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2013-04 | 10.0 |
PacketTrap | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing, Reporting | Yes | Yes | Unknown | SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
Pandora FMS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Perl, PHP, C++, JavaScript | MySQL, Percona Server for MySQL [9] | GPLv2, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2017-07 | 7.0 NG 707 |
PA Server Monitor | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | Yes | Windows, C++, .NET | SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server | Limited free, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2023-08 | 9.2 |
Performance Co-Pilot | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Optional, Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing | Yes | Yes | C Perl, Python, POSIX, MinGW | Flat file | GPL, LGPL | No | Yes | Yes | 2016-11-15 | 3.11.6 |
PRTG | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Windows | Flat file | Limited free, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2023-07-25 | 23.3.86 |
ScienceLogic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Python | MySQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
SevOne | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | C, C++, PHP | MySQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2022-11 | 6.4 [10] |
Shinken | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Via plugin | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | Via plugin | Python | Flat file, MySQL, Oracle, Graphite, Sqlite, MongoDB | AGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2016-03-10 | 2.4.3 |
SolarWinds | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | .NET | SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
Spiceworks | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | PHP | Sqlite | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | 2018-03-21 | 7.5.00107 |
Xymon/Hobbit | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Via plugin | Via plugin | No | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | Via plugin | C, Shell | Flat file, RRDTool, MySQL via plugin | GNU GPL | Via plugin | Apache ACL | No | 2019-09-05 | 4.3.30 |
Zabbix | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | C, PHP | MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, Percona Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite [11] | AGPLv3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2024-06-04; 58 days ago | 7.0.0 [12] |
Zenoss Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Python, Java | ZODB, MariaDB, Apache HBase | Free Core GPL, Commercial Enterprise | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2018-01-09 | 6.1.0 |
ZIS-System | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Windows | MariaDB | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2020-02-01 | 5.8 |
Name | IP SLA Reports | Logical Grouping | Trending | Trend Prediction | Auto Discovery | Agentless | SNMP | Syslog | Plugins | Triggers / Alerts | MIB Compiler | WebApp | Distributed Monitoring | Inventory | Platform | Data Storage Method | License | Maps | Access Control | IPv6 | Latest release date | Latest release version |
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of notable network monitoring systems. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.
Name | IP SLA Reports | Logical Grouping | Trending | Trend Prediction | Auto Discovery | Agentless | SNMP | Syslog | Plugins | Triggers / Alerts | MIB Compiler | WebApp | Distributed Monitoring | Inventory | Platform | Data Storage Method | License | Maps | Access Control | IPv6 | Latest release date | Latest release version |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cacti | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | PHP | RRDtool, MySQL, MariaDB | GNU GPL | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | 2022-05-18 | 1.2.21 |
Checkmk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | C, Python | RRDtool | GNU GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2022-08-30 | 2.1.0p11 |
collectd | No | No | No | No | Push model; multicast possible |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing | Yes | No | C | RRDtool | GNU GPL | No | Apache ACL | Yes | 2020-09-03 | 5.12 |
Cruz | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Java, C++, .NET | MySQL, Oracle | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2019-02 | 8.0.0 |
FreeNATS | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Via plugin | Yes | In PHP Code | No | Full Control | No | No | PHP | MySQL [1] | GNU GPL | No | Yes | Unknown | 2018-11-14 | 1.20.1b |
Ganglia | No | Yes | Yes | No | Via gmond check in | No | Via plugin | No | Yes | No | No | Viewing | Yes | Unknown | C, PHP | RRDtool | BSD | Yes | No | Unknown | 2016-06-14 | 3.7.2 |
Icinga | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Yes | Via plugin | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Via plugin | C [2] | MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL [3] | GNU GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2024-01-18 | 2.14.2 [4] |
InterMapper | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing | Yes | Yes | Windows, Linux & Mac OS | PostgreSQL | Limited free, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2017-07 | 6.1.5 |
isyVmon | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Via plugin | PHP | RRDtool, MySQL | Limited free, Commercial | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
Munin | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Partial | No | Viewing | Via nodes | Unknown | Perl | RRDtool | GNU GPL | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | 2021-02-22 | 2.0.67 |
Nagios | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Yes | Via plugin | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Via plugin | C | Flat file, SQL (via ndoutils), MySql (Via Nconf) | GNU GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes [5] | 2022-04-14 | 4.4.7 [6] |
NeDi | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Perl, PHP | Pg, MySQL, RRDTool, MariaDB | GPL3, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2016-04 | 1.6 [7] |
Netdisco | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Perl | PostgreSQL | BSD | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2022-04-22 | 2.052005 [8] |
NetXMS | Unknown | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | C, Java | PostgreSQL, PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB, MariaDB, MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle, SQLite | GNU GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2024-04-15 | 4.5.6 |
NeuralStar | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Unknown | MS SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
Octopussy | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full control | No | Yes | Perl, ASP | MySQL | GNU GPL | No | Yes | No | 2017-06-03 | 1.0.16 |
op5 Monitor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Via plugin | C, PHP | Flat file, SQL | Limited free, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Monthly | 7.3.0 |
OpenKBM | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Proprietary with JDBC support | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
OpenNMS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Java | JRobin / RRDTool / Apache Cassandra, PostgreSQL | AGPLv3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2023-06-15 | 31.0.9 |
OPNET's AppResponse Xpert | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | No | Unknown | Unknown | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
OSI NetExpert | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Java, C++ | Oracle | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2013-04 | 10.0 |
PacketTrap | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing, Reporting | Yes | Yes | Unknown | SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
Pandora FMS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Perl, PHP, C++, JavaScript | MySQL, Percona Server for MySQL [9] | GPLv2, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2017-07 | 7.0 NG 707 |
PA Server Monitor | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | Yes | Windows, C++, .NET | SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server | Limited free, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2023-08 | 9.2 |
Performance Co-Pilot | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Optional, Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing | Yes | Yes | C Perl, Python, POSIX, MinGW | Flat file | GPL, LGPL | No | Yes | Yes | 2016-11-15 | 3.11.6 |
PRTG | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Windows | Flat file | Limited free, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2023-07-25 | 23.3.86 |
ScienceLogic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Python | MySQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
SevOne | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | C, C++, PHP | MySQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2022-11 | 6.4 [10] |
Shinken | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Via plugin | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | Via plugin | Python | Flat file, MySQL, Oracle, Graphite, Sqlite, MongoDB | AGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2016-03-10 | 2.4.3 |
SolarWinds | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | .NET | SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
Spiceworks | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | PHP | Sqlite | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | 2018-03-21 | 7.5.00107 |
Xymon/Hobbit | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Via plugin | Via plugin | No | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | Via plugin | C, Shell | Flat file, RRDTool, MySQL via plugin | GNU GPL | Via plugin | Apache ACL | No | 2019-09-05 | 4.3.30 |
Zabbix | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | C, PHP | MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, Percona Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite [11] | AGPLv3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2024-06-04; 58 days ago | 7.0.0 [12] |
Zenoss Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Python, Java | ZODB, MariaDB, Apache HBase | Free Core GPL, Commercial Enterprise | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2018-01-09 | 6.1.0 |
ZIS-System | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Windows | MariaDB | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2020-02-01 | 5.8 |
Name | IP SLA Reports | Logical Grouping | Trending | Trend Prediction | Auto Discovery | Agentless | SNMP | Syslog | Plugins | Triggers / Alerts | MIB Compiler | WebApp | Distributed Monitoring | Inventory | Platform | Data Storage Method | License | Maps | Access Control | IPv6 | Latest release date | Latest release version |