Nutanix Prism vs PRTG Network Monitor comparison

The compared Nutanix and Paessler GmbH solutions aren't in the same category. Nutanix is ranked #5 in VM , with an average rating of 8.8, and holds a 10.7% mindshare in the category. Paessler GmbH is ranked #5 in NMS , with an average rating of 8.4, and holds a 3.3% mindshare. Additionally, 98% of Nutanix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Paessler GmbH users who would recommend it.

Nutanix Prism

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98% willing to recommend

PRTG Network Monitor

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92% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Nutanix Prism and PRTG Network Monitor based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Virtualization Management Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Nutanix Prism vs. PRTG Network Monitor

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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

6.9

Nutanix Prism enhances management efficiency, reduces costs, and provides ROI through staff reduction and streamlined operations despite higher initial costs.

Sentiment score

6.6

PRTG Network Monitor provides cost-effective returns by enhancing efficiency, reducing downtime, and minimizing staffing needs through proactive monitoring.

Initially, the CapEx was higher than VMware's, but considering the operational cost over time, it has been beneficial.

Khurram Hussain

Head of Infrastructure Operations Security at Gulf Cable & Elec. Ind. Co.

You will get 60% ROI with Nutanix Prism on-premises.

MukundKambli

Lead Solutions Architect at Team Computers

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It provides accurate data for utilization, allowing us to monitor and optimize our investments in WAN connection capacity.

Mahmoud Abd El-Rasol

Network Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

After introducing PRTG Network Monitor, we have saved time, and it's easy for everybody to monitor everything.

reviewer2759802

Architect at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

The implementation reduced our employee resources from 20-25 to 5-6 employees.

Madhan Cs

Senior consultant at Cambridge Institute of Technology

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

7.7

Nutanix Prism support is praised for prompt, knowledgeable service, high reliability, and effective resolution of complex issues.

Sentiment score

6.7

PRTG Network Monitor support is generally effective, but time zone issues and complex queries can delay responses.

Basic means standard business hours support, Production means 24/7, Mission Critical means faster SLA with technical account managers connectivity, and Ultimate means full white-glove support with a dedicated team.

Usha Rani

Director at Eglobe infra solutions

Nutanix support is excellent, and their response time is extremely fast.

Khurram Hussain

Head of Infrastructure Operations Security at Gulf Cable & Elec. Ind. Co.

If there is any hardware issue with HP or Dell, customers don't need to raise tickets with the hardware OEM. They can raise tickets on the Nutanix portal itself.

MukundKambli

Lead Solutions Architect at Team Computers

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They resolve our queries 24/7.

madhan kumar hs

software engineer at Capgemini

The setup process is well-documented, making it easy to deploy.

Tochukwu Uzomba

Solutions Architect at Boch Systems Company Limited

Tutorials are available so I can manage any issue with PRTG Network Monitor easily.

SikanderAli

IT Infrastructure Engineer at Atlas

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.8

Nutanix Prism is highly praised for its effortless scalability, supporting large environments with minimal downtime and straightforward expansion.

Sentiment score

7.4

PRTG Network Monitor is scalable and flexible for varying deployments but requires extra licenses and hardware for growth.

Nutanix Prism is completely scalable; you can add nodes and disks without using downtime, allowing for easy scaling.

Biniyam Samuel

Junior System Cloud Engineer at DeliverICT

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On a scale of one to ten, scalability is rated as 9.5.

Tochukwu Uzomba

Solutions Architect at Boch Systems Company Limited

PRTG Network Monitor has the ability to scale and add new devices.

SikanderAli

IT Infrastructure Engineer at Atlas

You can install them in each network, even if they are not connected, and it works.

Petr Pouzar

IT Consultant at M-COM s.r.o

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.8

Nutanix Prism is highly reliable and stable, with quick bug resolutions, minor update challenges, and excellent user satisfaction.

Sentiment score

7.9

PRTG Network Monitor is highly stable with reliable performance, minimal downtime, and robust updates, despite minor external issues.

The entire Nutanix solution is stable.

Khurram Hussain

Head of Infrastructure Operations Security at Gulf Cable & Elec. Ind. Co.

I have not experienced any downtimes, crashes, or performance issues with Nutanix Prism.

Biniyam Samuel

Junior System Cloud Engineer at DeliverICT

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We haven't needed vendor support for the last three years, which demonstrates the product's stability.

Mahmoud Abd El-Rasol

Network Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

PRTG Network Monitor is stable in my experience, and I have not encountered issues with crashes or downtime.

Megha Pawar

Associates at Mphasis

PRTG Network Monitor is very stable and requires low maintenance.

ShubhamBharti

Software Engineer at Asahi Beverages

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Room For Improvement

Nutanix Prism needs interface, pricing, and automation improvements, better third-party integration, enhanced analytics, migration ease, and licensing flexibility.

PRTG Network Monitor needs improvements in customization, performance, support, integration, analytics, and cost-efficiency for enhanced usability and flexibility.

The presales and marketing team should inform clients about resource requirements, such as RAM used by CVM, to help manage expectations.

Khurram Hussain

Head of Infrastructure Operations Security at Gulf Cable & Elec. Ind. Co.

Regarding Nutanix Prism's single pane overview, the limitation is that you cannot troubleshoot all errors from Prism Central; you sometimes need to log into the CLI to change settings such as the IP address of the CVM in the AHV.

Biniyam Samuel

Junior System Cloud Engineer at DeliverICT

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The initial auto-discovery added too many unnecessary sensors, so auto-discovery should only take the necessary sensors into consideration.

Madhan Cs

Senior consultant at Cambridge Institute of Technology

They need to improve application performance monitoring, error tracing mechanisms, and log management.

Tochukwu Uzomba

Solutions Architect at Boch Systems Company Limited

PRTG Network Monitor should provide syslog monitoring since it is not available at this time.

SikanderAli

IT Infrastructure Engineer at Atlas

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Setup Cost

Enterprise buyers find Nutanix Prism's pricing variable, appreciating features but noting high costs and complex licensing compared to alternatives.

PRTG Network Monitor is cost-effective for enterprises, but costs may rise; offers flexible licensing with annual support.

At first, the cost seemed heavy, but over time, its cost-effectiveness became evident.

Khurram Hussain

Head of Infrastructure Operations Security at Gulf Cable & Elec. Ind. Co.

I hear that Nutanix Prism is more expensive than others, but as a technical person, I don't know the details about the pricing aspect.

Biniyam Samuel

Junior System Cloud Engineer at DeliverICT

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The licensing part is a recurring license for every year, which is very affordable, making PRTG Network Monitor budget-friendly.

madhan kumar hs

software engineer at Capgemini

Pricing is by the number of devices, not by sensor.

Tochukwu Uzomba

Solutions Architect at Boch Systems Company Limited

The prices are very high for PRTG Network Monitor.

SikanderAli

IT Infrastructure Engineer at Atlas

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Valuable Features

Nutanix Prism excels with unified management, intuitive interface, automation, and analytics, enhancing IT operations and infrastructure management.

PRTG Network Monitor is valued for its rapid deployment, intuitive interface, scalability, reliability, and comprehensive monitoring features.

Nutanix Prism is completely scalable; you can add nodes and disks without downtime, allowing for easy scaling.

Biniyam Samuel

Junior System Cloud Engineer at DeliverICT

One of the most useful features is the disaster recovery setup, which includes two clusters, one for our production server and another for our recovery site.

Khurram Hussain

Head of Infrastructure Operations Security at Gulf Cable & Elec. Ind. Co.

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PRTG Network Monitor already provided me with 100 free sensors, which is enough for my network monitoring.

SikanderAli

IT Infrastructure Engineer at Atlas

PRTG Network Monitor has a good dashboard that shows each and every piece of information, so we can easily find out what is happening with the systems.

reviewer2759802

Architect at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

These reports help me in my day-to-day work, and I rely on them because they provide proof during escalation, with exact downtime logs and related information.

Chandhan P

Software engineer at Bosch

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Categories and Ranking

Nutanix Prism

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Virtualization Management Tools (5th), Data Center Infrastructure Management (5th)

PRTG Network Monitor

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

112

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (5th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (4th), Cloud Monitoring Software (9th)

Mindshare comparison

Nutanix Prism and PRTG Network Monitor aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Nutanix Prism is designed for Virtualization Management Tools and holds a mindshare of 10.7%, down 14.7% compared to last year.
PRTG Network Monitor, on the other hand, focuses on Network Monitoring Software, holds 3.3% mindshare, down 4.0% since last year.

Virtualization Management Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Nutanix Prism	10.7%
VMware Aria Operations	27.1%
IBM Turbonomic	11.9%
Other	50.300000000000004%

Virtualization Management Tools

Network Monitoring Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
PRTG Network Monitor	3.3%
Zabbix	6.9%
SolarWinds NPM	3.4%
Other	86.4%

Network Monitoring Software

Featured Reviews

Usha Rani

Director at Eglobe infra solutions

Provides comprehensive management with AI-driven insights and predictive analytics for seamless IT operations

The major improvement recommended for Nutanix Prism is more multi-cloud cost optimization. It shows performance and usage but is limited in detailed cross-cloud cost analysis. Improvement is needed for deeper FinOps-style ML insights that compare costs between on-premise, AWS, Azure, etc. Enhancements for the current mobile version of Prism are necessary as its functions are limited. Full mobile native control with real-time alerts and AI suggestions are required for one-click actions. Better integration with third-party tools and predictive maintenance for hardware is needed; currently, the focus is on VM and storage, not hardware life cycle. Predictions for node-level hardware failures or SSD wear-out, fan sensor alerts in advance are essential improvements, as is AI-based security threat detection focusing on unusual login patterns such as ransomware behavior or privilege escalations.

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madhan kumar hs

software engineer at Capgemini

Alerting precision has reduced incident response times and improved department-level network visibility

The auto-pause sensor during the maintenance window is good without any false alerts, and it prevents me from getting flooded with alerts during planned maintenance, helping department heads understand their own network usage better. It has reduced incident response time by giving clearer ownership of each alert, ensuring alerts go to the proper recipient. SNMP testers and auto-pause are among the best features of PRTG Network Monitor, which is particularly useful for different departments such as HR and finance, where alerts can be filtered accordingly. The alerting features and dashboard of PRTG Network Monitor are very helpful, especially in our industry. However, the dashboard can look cluttered on smaller screens, which is one negative aspect. PRTG Network Monitor has impacted us positively; we have stopped getting flooded with alerts during planned maintenance or unplanned outages. Compared to others, this gives specific alerts very quickly and helps department heads understand their own network usage better, thus reducing incident response time so that each alert has clear ownership.

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IT Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

May 31, 2015

Nagios vs. Zabbix vs. PRTG vs. Spiceworks vs. Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor

I have researched a quite a few network monitoring tools which can be used for various monitoring purposes of not only the servers, but the intermediate routers as well. There are majorly three types of these softwares. Ones which are completely open-source, you can do almost anything you want…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

25%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	25
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	28

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	59
Midsize Enterprise	19
Large Enterprise	47

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Nutanix Prism?

Nutanix Prism offers web scaling, which facilitates easy scaling.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Prism?

I hear that Nutanix Prism is more expensive than others, but as a technical person, I don't know the details about the pricing aspect.

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What needs improvement with Nutanix Prism?

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What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?

PRTG network monitor is one of the best tool i have ever used for the monitoring. It have auto discovery option. it avoid the configuring the device in PRTG. It automatically discover the device an...

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What do you like most about PRTG Network Monitor?

The tool is integrated with our email for the alerts.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PRTG Network Monitor?

The pricing was higher at the beginning, but the recurring licensing cost is affordable and reasonable. Overall, the pricing, setup cost, and licensing is fair for our industry. They have quoted us...

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Overview

Nutanix makes infrastructure invisible, elevating IT to focus on the applications and services that power their business. The Nutanix enterprise cloud platform leverages web-scale engineering and consumer-grade design to natively converge compute, virtualization and storage into a resilient, software-defined solution with rich machine intelligence. The result is predictable performance, cloud-like infrastructure consumption, robust security, and seamless application mobility for a broad range of enterprise applications.

Nutanix

PRTG Network Monitor runs on a Windows machine within your network, collecting various statistics from the machines, software, and devices which you designate. PRTG comes with an easy-to-use web interface with point-and-click configuration. You can easily share data from it with non-technical colleagues and customers, including via live graphs and custom reports. This will let you plan for network expansion, see what applications are using most of your connection, and make sure that no one is hogging the entire network just to torrent videos.

To monitor a large IT environment, it's important to be able to scale PRTG up. Paessler PRTG Enterprise Monitor includes all the proven capabilities of PRTG Network Monitor, which are enhanced by exclusive ITOps Board for a service-oriented, central overview of multiple PRTG servers.

Paessler GmbH

Sample Customers

JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, SAIC Volkswagen

Jameson Bank, Sidnix, RungeICT, MedicalAnimal, Truck-lite, GamingGrids, The Covell Group, Forsythn County Schools, NetMass, Musgrove Park Hospital, Lanes Health, Columbia Southern University, Vodafone, Intrust Bank

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