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SolarWinds ipMonitor vs. PRTG Network Monitor

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SolarWinds ipMonitor

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds ipMonitor is a lightweight performance monitoring tool. It enables monitoring from a single console and out-of-the-box visibility, with some automation available.

    $1,570

    installation

    PRTG

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/APRTG Network Monitor is the flagship offering from German software company Paessler, for monitoring local and wide area networks (LANs & WANs), servers, websites, apps, and more.

    $2,149

    per year

    Pricing
    SolarWinds ipMonitorPRTG
    Editions & Modules
    ipMonitor - 500 Monitors
    $1570
    installation
    ipMonitor - 1000 Monitors
    $2620
    installation
    ipMonitor -2500 Monitors
    $5770
    installation
    PRTG 500
    $2,149
    per year
    Hosted 500
    $2,149
    per year
    PRTG 1,000
    $3,899
    per year
    Hosted 1000
    $3,899
    per year
    PRTG 2,500
    $8,099
    per year
    Hosted 2500
    $8,099
    per year
    PRTG 5,000
    $14,199
    per year
    Hosted 5000
    $14,199
    per year
    PRTG 10000
    $17,899
    per year
    PRTG Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    subscription license
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SolarWinds ipMonitorPRTG
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SolarWinds ipMonitorPRTG
    Considered Both Products
    SolarWinds
    Chose SolarWinds ipMonitor
    IpMonitor is easy to set up and has a clear and easy reading interface. It's user-friendly for entry-level technicians. The price is good.
    However, for big enterprises, PRTG Network Monitor might be a better solution.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds ipMonitor
    ipMonitor is easier to set up and is straightforward. The other products seem to require getting a bit more into the weeds to get everything to work correctly. It was more work than I was willing to do and opted to just go with an off-the-shelf solution that could get my …
    Incentivized
    Paessler
    Chose PRTG
    Being able to monitor multiple networks and devices all over the country. and easy of deployment has set PTRG apart from the competition. I have used multiple monitoring tools in the past 20 years and PTRG works right out of the box with minimal configuration compared with …
    Incentivized
    Chose PRTG
    PRTG is more affordable and easier to set up, at least for an SMB than Solarwinds, and is just more user-friendly than Nagios.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    SolarWinds ipMonitorPRTG
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of SolarWinds ipMonitor and PRTG Network Monitor
    Feature
    SolarWinds ipMonitor
    6.7
    24 Ratings
    PRTG Network Monitor
    8.3
    64 Ratings
    Automated network device discovery6.710 Ratings8.357 Ratings
    Network monitoring8.024 Ratings9.763 Ratings
    Alerts8.223 Ratings9.264 Ratings
    Network mapping6.619 Ratings8.045 Ratings
    Customizable reports4.223 Ratings7.954 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation00 Ratings8.154 Ratings
    Network capacity planning00 Ratings7.445 Ratings
    Packet capture analysis00 Ratings7.133 Ratings
    Wireless infrastructure monitoring00 Ratings8.246 Ratings
    Hardware health monitoring00 Ratings9.161 Ratings
    User Ratings
    SolarWinds ipMonitorPRTG
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (24 ratings)
    9.2
    (64 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    9.3
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (18 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)