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Catchpoint vs Centreon comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.1
Catchpoint delivers significant ROI with fewer outages, enhanced user experience, real-time insights, cost-effectiveness, and 24/7 support.
Sentiment score
8.1
Centreon enhances ROI through efficient monitoring, quick issue resolution, cost savings, and minimal impact during outages.
It significantly saves time by automating monitoring tasks and reduces costs as it requires fewer resources.
System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Centreon provides timesaving and costsaving benefits as it lets us manage multiple devices on a single platform.
Network Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.8
Catchpoint's 24/7 proactive customer support is highly rated for responsiveness, reliability, and professional assistance, ensuring high user satisfaction.
Sentiment score
7.1
Centreon's customer service is responsive and knowledgeable, though availability limitations and support level improvements are needed.
We do not have direct access to Centreon's technical support.
Network Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
If issues arise, like services appearing as down in Centreon, technical support helps check the polar-server communication.
System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Technical support from Centreon responds within 24 hours and resolves issues quickly.
Monitoring and Operations Pilot at Egis S.A.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Catchpoint's scalability is praised for adapting to growth, excelling in SaaS environments, though on-premises setups face challenges.
Sentiment score
7.0
Centreon is valued for flexibility and scalability, though improvements in data management and alert scaling are recommended.
Occasionally, for several hours, we do not receive any alerts, causing a business impact.
Network Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
We use other tools for adding and deploying configured devices, but direct access from Centreon would be beneficial.
Monitoring and Operations Pilot at Egis S.A.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.6
Catchpoint is praised for its stability, reliability, and consistent performance, earning high satisfaction and trust from users.
Sentiment score
7.5
Centreon is stable and reliable, though stability may vary; support resolves issues swiftly, especially with the latest versions.
Centreon is a much more straightforward and stable tool compared to Icinga.
System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Sometimes we do not receive alerts, causing business impact, and users ask why no alerts were received.
Network Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Catchpoint struggles with complex setups, UI issues, and lacks automation, needing better integration, flexibility, and cost efficiency.
Centreon users seek improved customization, monitoring, UI, documentation, integration, mobile features, auto-remediation, multilingual support, and notifications.
If we could receive similar data for the China market as we do for North America and Asia Pacific, this would be helpful.
Technical Consultant Project Lead at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Enhancements are needed in identifying configuration issues, providing real-time alerts in case of issues, and improving the HTTP configuration tasks.
Monitoring and Operations Pilot at Egis S.A.
Reliability is sometimes an issue. Centreon has a developer mode and production mode, but sometimes alerts don't come through in production mode.
Network Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
While Centreon excels at server-level monitoring, it lacks the ability to track web app availability and latency, unlike Dynatrace, which is efficient in this area.
System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Catchpoint's pricing is high but cost-effective for large enterprises, offering competitive features and volume discounts, challenging smaller budgets.
Centreon provides an open-source solution for SMEs but has a complex pricing model for enterprises needing premium features.
Centreon's pricing is not very expensive.
Monitoring and Operations Pilot at Egis S.A.
 

Valuable Features

Catchpoint improves performance and reduces downtime with synthetic monitoring, root cause analysis, and user-friendly reporting tools.
Centreon offers unlimited monitoring, enhanced visualization, and customizable features for efficient oversight with extensive device compatibility and anomaly detection.
The scatter plot is very useful. It shows red dots wherever there are issues.
Technical Consultant Project Lead at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Monitoring is a fundamental pillar of technical support, and Centreon streamlines this process, reducing the need for extensive manual checks.
System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Centreon's real-time monitoring, despite having some manual aspects, supports us in managing our operations effectively.
Monitoring and Operations Pilot at Egis S.A.
Centreon allows us to monitor all of our devices on one platform.
Network Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Catchpoint
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
56th
Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software
31st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (37th), Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) (11th)
Centreon
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
24th
Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software
18th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
IT Infrastructure Monitoring (29th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Catchpoint is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Centreon is 1.4%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Network Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Centreon1.4%
Catchpoint0.6%
Other98.0%
Network Monitoring Software
 

Featured Reviews

AnmolRai - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant Project Lead at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Valuable monitoring features enhance ecommerce experience while improvement needed in region-specific insights
As part of the improvement, there are certain categories, like for the China market, where we face issues. We are currently using an external tool, Splunk, for reporting. If we could receive similar data for the China market as we do for North America and Asia Pacific, this would be helpful.
Sulesh PK - PeerSpot reviewer
Monitoring and Operations Pilot at Egis S.A.
Experience enhanced monitoring with real-time alerts and efficient support
I would like to see automation in the poller features, as currently, the poller is not automated. If we could automate the addition or removal of hosts in the poller, it would improve efficiency. Sometimes, Centreon does not show the status of services as updated, which should be addressed. Additionally, enhancements are needed in identifying configuration issues, providing real-time alerts in case of issues, and improving the HTTP configuration tasks, as Centreon does not currently display issues with HTTP links, requiring manual investigation.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Construction Company
10%
Retailer
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Computer Software Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise12
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise14
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Catchpoint?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that the cost was very cost-effective and affordable.
What needs improvement with Catchpoint?
Catchpoint can be improved as it has a complex setup and configuration, and dashboard customization and UX should be improved.
What is your primary use case for Catchpoint?
My main use case for Catchpoint is proactive monitoring of application performance, availability, and user experience. A quick specific example of how I use Catchpoint for monitoring application pe...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Centreon?
Centreon's pricing is not very expensive. Initially, I rated it seven, but corrected to five out of ten.
What needs improvement with Centreon?
I have certain concerns with Centreon, such as being unable to set downtime for multiple devices at once due to the limitation of adding only 50 devices in a single go. Increasing this limit would ...
What is your primary use case for Centreon?
We are using Centreon for monitoring devices, both LAN and WAN devices. There are subsidiaries for my company, so if any devices go down or there are any service alerts, we receive alerts through C...
 

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Sample Customers

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Airbus, Bollore, BT, Canal Plus, Kuehne Nagel, Limagrain, LVMH, Oberthur Technologies, Orange, Darty, Addax Petroleum, Plastic Omnium, Auchan, Valeo, Saint Gobin, Clarins, Hugo Boss, JC Decaux, French Government (Defense, Justice, Environment, Agriculture), OptiComm, Thales, Zeiss.
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