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    Icinga

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AIcinga is an open source network monitoring platform. It includes automation, modularized integration packages, and prebuilt alerts and reporting capabilities.N/A
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    Icinga
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    Icinga
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Icinga
    Considered Both Products
    Icinga GmbH
    Chose Icinga
    PRTG was the solution that was implemented before. As Icinga is Open Source we saved the licensing fee, as we ran out of free checks. I also had knowledge in Icinga so we switched over.

    Nagios is inferior to Icinga in my opinion, as Icinga has the better Web UI, which I use the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Icinga
    Installation and initial configuration is straight forward. However the system can grow in complexity very quickly, if not managed correctly.
    Incentivized
    Chose Icinga
    The best of commercial products is nearly as good at cross platform monitoring as Icinga, and all of them are expensive.
    Incentivized
    Chose Icinga
    Icinga was initially a fork of Nagios. Over time, the configuration language was replaced with something more programmatic. This configuration language is one of the big sellers of this product. It allows flexible, quick configuration of large sets of hosts and services with …
    Incentivized
    Chose Icinga
    While Icinga holds its own against old stalwarts like Nagios and Zabbix, it simply can't compete with the new generation of SaaS service/server monitoring software in terms of ease of use, feature-completeness, integration with things like Cloudwatch, CloudHealth, New Relic, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Icinga
    There are two main competitors of Icinga in my opinion, Nagios, and NetFlow based monitoring solutions. Both are good, Icinga, is a more refined version of Nagios with a much better API and backwards compatibility to the platform. If you are running Nagios, you can transfer …
    Incentivized
    Chose Icinga
    Icinga is better than Nagios because of its nicer user interface. New Relic can monitor CPU/memory and disk usage, but it's more of a performance and application troubleshooting tool rather than monitoring.
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    User Ratings
    Icinga
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)