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Nagios Core vs Netrounds comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Nagios Core
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
18th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
IT Infrastructure Monitoring (19th)
Netrounds
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
91st
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Network Diagnostics (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Nagios Core is 1.3%, down from 2.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Netrounds is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Network Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nagios Core1.3%
Netrounds0.4%
Other98.3%
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Featured Reviews

HY
Senior System Administrator at Interactive Group
Monitoring solution provides comprehensive visibility across IT infrastructure
The good thing about Nagios Core is it covers everything. Everything in the IT domain, you can monitor anything. You can even monitor printers, the ports of printers, Core workstations, and storage. You can monitor the workflow Core and the utilization of computes. If you want to grasp everything of your IT equipment on a single interface, you can use Nagios. It's the best one. It provides dashboards, and you can also configure your emails and alerts with it. If something is critical, you can configure it to notify via emails. It has a very handy dashboard, providing live alerts and visibility for everything.
it_user738366 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Network Operations at a tech company with 51-200 employees
​Fast and easy notification of problems on the network
Network quality monitoring of multicast TV channels and other network monitorings. This product gives us a good historical overview over the network and quick alarms for problems Fast and easy notification of problems on the network. The web GUI Grouping of jobs Making your own dashboards…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We use the product to monitor server applications."
"Its an awesome product to use."
"The most valuable feature of Nagios Core is the ability to check the availability of the server for network connectivity. Additionally, the interface is good."
"This product covers all of our infrastructure health checks, and has triggers for us to alert us to any unusual behaviour of the monitored systems."
"It sends alerts to the right people which ensures there is no delay in the correct person or team looking into issues, and it has helped to reduce downtime in the production environment to almost zero so we now spend less time on network or server administration."
"We are using Nagios Core on a VM and it's working very well, even though the specs of the VM are very low because it doesn't require much storage."
"The poller is really good, I can easily implement new stuff and it is scalable."
"Before we implemented Nagios, we did not know which servers were up or down until a customer told us, and now I can see trends over time and it gives me perspective of what needs to be improved so we are able to work proactively as opposed to reactively."
"The live packet capture feature enables quicker troubleshooting and better network monitoring."
"Network quality monitoring of multicast TV channels and other network monitorings."
 

Cons

"Nagios' great customizability is also one of its greatest drawback."
"Generally, it does what I need it to do, but better error reporting would be great."
"The NetEase reporting structure needs improvement, especially the availability report, which is weak."
"Setup is bit complicated due to the large set of libraries it needs, but this may be because it's open source."
"Some of the reporting functionality is a bit basic and configuration is a chore although by the use of NagiosQL this can be made a lot easier."
"Nagios Core can improve the graphical interface, it would make things a little easier."
"The core version is no match for the XI version."
"This is the open source product, so it's a toolkit rather than a complete solution."
"The web interface is ok, but I would like to see if it was possible to group jobs better and to create our own dashboards."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Lessening the price point would be an improvement."
"The product is cheaply priced."
"Nagios Core is free to use."
"I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
"It's free."
"It's free."
"We are using the free version."
"Most the plugin features are free."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Construction Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Outsourcing Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise24
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Nagios Core?
The dashboard should be improved. It's very simple. I don't have a very clear or specific suggestion. You can change the skin of the dashboard, however, it's good for me.
What is your primary use case for Nagios Core?
I was a senior system administrator. I've been using Nagios Core for more than ten years now. It can be used to monitor hosts, such as machines, and monitor services of any kind. I'm using it to mo...
What advice do you have for others considering Nagios Core?
I want to see something that is proactive to protect me. On the basis of the data, I would like Nagios to improve. That said, I would rate the overall solution ten points out of ten.
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Sample Customers

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