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Nagios Core pros and cons

Vendor: Nagios
4.1 out of 5

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PROS

Nagios Core provides proactive alerts before failures occur, reducing MTTR and enhancing SLA performance.
Monitoring capabilities allow for rapid problem resolution by providing timely notifications and alerts.
Highly configurable, it allows users to develop and add custom plugins, ensuring flexibility.
It efficiently integrates with tools like Splunk and Datadog, enhancing device and host monitoring.
The open-source nature allows customization to meet specific user needs efficiently.

CONS

The initial setup process is complex, requiring easier configuration and setup.
Scalability is insufficient, limiting effective performance expansion.
Cloud monitoring capabilities are limited due to a lack of plugins.
Integrations need improvement to enhance functionality.
Bandwidth monitoring is inefficient compared to other tools like Cacti.
 

Nagios Core Pros review quotes

HY
Senior System Administrator at Interactive Group
Jan 24, 2025
The good thing about Nagios Core is it covers everything.
Nishith-Vyas - PeerSpot reviewer
Tech Lead at STL Digital Limited
Oct 2, 2024
The reporting structure and the feature set are valuable to me.
Julian-Lewis - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Application Performance Monitoring and Alerting Specialist at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 12, 2024
Nagios Core integrates with tools like Splunk, Datadog, or Dynatrace. It is usually used as a feed to provide more technical information about devices or hosts to another system.
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UB
Administrator at self-employed
Jul 31, 2024
The solution's most valuable feature is that it offers proper alerting capabilities.
ImranRasheed - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, IT at kas
Jun 7, 2024
Monitoring with Nagios Core is helpful because it provides immediate alerts if something goes down, such as a server, or wireless router, or if there's a cable break. This allows us to respond promptly to any issues.
GD
Regional Portfolio Manager at First in Business Solutions
Aug 14, 2023
The notifications are definitely one of the most valuable features of Nagios Core. We know what to look for and what to expect when things are down.
NV
Sr. System Administrator at Guj Info Petro Limited
Mar 21, 2023
Other products are good but from the configuration point of view Nagios is really very lightweight. The price is really good in my opinion. Another important thing is that my Nagios engine still works with Dual core 8GB ram for the last 10 years.
CA
Administrateur reseaux at Orange
Jul 12, 2022
I like that it's very simple to install, easy to manage and deploy, and easy to use for monitoring.
reviewer1298595 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Support Engineer at a cloud solution provider with 11-50 employees
Feb 13, 2023
Alert calls occur anytime a service goes down or a matrix is difficult and that helps us to quickly restore service and transfer work.
Daniel Tamiru - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Database & System Administration at Awash International Bank
Nov 1, 2022
The application performance monitoring feature is valuable.
 

Nagios Core Cons review quotes

HY
Senior System Administrator at Interactive Group
Jan 24, 2025
The dashboard should be improved.
Nishith-Vyas - PeerSpot reviewer
Tech Lead at STL Digital Limited
Oct 2, 2024
The NetEase reporting structure needs improvement, especially the availability report, which is weak.
Julian-Lewis - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Application Performance Monitoring and Alerting Specialist at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 12, 2024
The alerting mechanism in Nagios Core could be improved.
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UB
Administrator at self-employed
Jul 31, 2024
t was a little hard to get our setup represented in the configuration.
ImranRasheed - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, IT at kas
Jun 7, 2024
The interface could be improved.
GD
Regional Portfolio Manager at First in Business Solutions
Aug 14, 2023
There is room for improvement in the graphics.
NV
Sr. System Administrator at Guj Info Petro Limited
Mar 21, 2023
Bandwidth monitoring is the pain point for me because Nagios Core does not monitor bandwidth effectively like Cacti does.
CA
Administrateur reseaux at Orange
Jul 12, 2022
I would like to see a sensor that shows the traffic of a user and what they're doing on the network.
reviewer1298595 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Support Engineer at a cloud solution provider with 11-50 employees
Feb 13, 2023
The user interface could be more interactive because it is pretty basic.
Daniel Tamiru - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Database & System Administration at Awash International Bank
Nov 1, 2022
The initial setup process could be easier.