#1 most frequent
Spain
38.6%22 installations of 57
What is Pandora FMS?
Pandora FMS is a flexible monitoring solution. It is presented as ideal for medium and big-sized environments with at least 100 devices. Users can monitor any device, infrastructure, application, IT as well as business processes and services. It allows business users to obtain information from their concerns in real time, visualizing the data in a direct way.
Categories & Use Cases
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Top Performing Features
Alerts
Alerts warning of critical infrastructure component failure can be sent via email or SMS or other channel
Category average: 9
Network monitoring
Monitoring network device availability and performance indicators like bandwidth, packet loss, CPU, WAN links, etc.
Category average: 8.9
Hardware health monitoring
Ability to monitor key hardware metrics including temperature, fan speed, and power supply
Category average: 9
Areas for Improvement
Network mapping
Dynamic mapping tool allows the network topology to be mapped showing performance metrics, and link connection and utilization
Category average: 7.8
Customizable reports
Ability to schedule, generate, and deliver custom performance and availability reports
Category average: 7.2
Wireless infrastructure monitoring
Ability to monitor wireless access points, controllers, and connected clients
Category average: 7.6
Who Buys & Uses Pandora FMS
#2 most frequent
United States of America
19.3%11 installations of 57
#3 most frequent
Mexico
10.5%6 installations of 57
Pandora FMS, an excellent monitoring tool
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Pandora FMS is the corporate monitoring system we've been using for years in our corporation. It allows us to obtain functional alerts and trend analysis for our entire IT infrastructure. Our main goals with Pandora FMS are to achieve a capable and reliable monitoring system, and a system that allows us to develop our capacity plan. Pandora FMS meets both objectives.
Pros
- Alert management and dispatch
- Generating charts and trends
- Customization of dashboards
- Integration with systems
Cons
- The interface is not intuitive due to the number of options it has and its organization.
- It has a free version with limitations, and another paid version. The commercial one has a quite high cost.
- It has a certain learning curve.
Return on Investment
- Substantial improvement in monitoring service. Detecting alerts on time always results in economic savings.
- Improvement in the periodic report associated with the capacity plan. The tool is indispensable in decision-making.
- Centralization and tool savings. Pandora FMS's versatility allows centralizing several functions into a single tool.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Centreon, Opsview Monitor, Nagios Core and Icinga
Other Software Used
Zimbra Email & Collaboration, Docker, Ubuntu
Pandora FMS Review
Pros
- All-in-one software
- Flexible and easy configuration
- Multi-platform
- Design in PERL, CCS and HTML5
Cons
- Community version small features
Return on Investment
- It is a tool with an appropriate cost that allows to have results in a very limited time.
- Having a health dashboard and alerts of important business in the company is an important differential with any other monitoring solution on the market.
- Monitoring can be adjusted to the business, considering service SLAs and adjusting the platform according to the needs of each department of the company.
