Feature Comparison Matrix
Feature Nagios Icinga About Nagios Infrastructure Monitoring ® Servers Nagios is the leader and industry standard in enterprise-class monitoring Network Elements solutions. Our monitoring products are Applications trusted by more than a million users System Metrics worldwide to monitor their mission- critical IT infrastructure. Custom Services Alerting Based in the United Email States, Nagios Enterprises actively Mobile Phone develops Nagios Custom Method products to meet the needs of end User-Specific Notification Customization - users, and delivers consulting, support, training, and certification for Nagios. Advanced Notification Engine - User-Specific Interface Customization - About Icinga Views - Customizable Views - Icinga is a young project designed as Unlimited Per-User Views - incompatible Nagios fork by German company Netways GmbH. Icinga View Rotations - suffers from high developer turnover Dashboards and poses legal risks to organizations Customizable Dashboards - that deploy it. Screen Dashboard - Maps - Use Caution Google Maps Integration - Both Icinga and Netways GmbH have a Nagvis Maps history of intentionally violating Hypermap - international intellectual property laws. Custom Maps - You may be putting yourself and your Web Based Configuration organization at risk if you deploy or Configuration Wizards - implement Icinga in your organization. Advanced Configuration GUI - Authentication Knowingly using or working with products or companies that violate Session Authentication - intellectual property laws and treaties Active Directory Authentication - can have significant legal and financial LDAP Authentication - repercussions. Performance Graphs Advanced performance graphs - Time-stacked Performance Graphs - The Bottom Line Reports Nagios offers better ROI, lower TCO, Data Export and more capabilities than Icinga. Advanced Reports - Choose the better solution – Nagios! Scheduled Reports - www.nagios.com/compare Database Backend Multi-Tenant Capabilities Distributed Monitoring Capabilities Agents
Nagios Enterprises, LLC US: 1-888-NAGIOS-1 Web: www.nagios.com Page 1 P.O. Box 8154 Int'l: +1 651-204-9102 Email: [email protected] Saint Paul, MN 55108 Fax: +1 651-204-9103 USA Revision 1.4 – August, 2011 How Nagios Compares To Icinga
Feature Nagios Icinga What People Say Agentless Monitoring SNMP “Nagios has been monitoring our systems for the last couple of years WMI and the amount of flexibility that it Extendable Architecture - has given us is amazing. “ Stable, Proven OSS Core - – Systems Administrator, Gulf 1 Million+ Users Worldwide - Research Center
Commercial Support Options - “Nagios rocks. We've been using it Support Contracts - in production...and it has definitely Live, Web-Based Training - allows us to get a better look at things as well as be much more Self-Paced Training - proactive to network issues. “ US-Based Company - – CTO, pvbb.net 12+ Year Proven Industry Track Record - "With Nagios we were able to Flexible Licensing Options - consolidate multiple commercial Sitewide and Educational Discounts - monitoring solutions into one, and at Free Addons Developed For Product 2000+ < 10 the same time reduce our Team Turnover / Volatility Low High maintenance costs." – Manager IT Infrastructure Operations, Sunrise Communications The Better Solution “Nagios is one of the most powerful Nagios is the clear winner when it comes to monitoring and managing the challenges of open-source tools I've found for your complex IT infrastructure. Learn more about how Nagios solutions can solve your network monitoring." toughest challenges by visiting the Nagios Solutions center at: – Managing Director, Imperitas Group http://www.nagios.com/solutions
With Nagios you'll never be left having to explain why an unseen infrastructure outage hurt your organization's bottom line.
Nagios XI monitors your entire IT infrastructure to ensure systems, applications, services, and business processes are functioning properly. In the event of a failure, Nagios can alert technical staff of the problem, allowing them to begin remediation processes before outages affect business processes, end-users, or customers.
Nagios XI pricing starts at $595 and includes one year of support, maintenance, self-paced training access, and access to special customer-only downloads.
To download a free 60-day trial, visit:
http://www.nagios.com/products/nagiosxi/try
More Information
For more information about Nagios products and services, contact us:
• Online: www.nagios.com • Phone: 888-NAGIOS-1 or 651-204-9102 Copyright © 2011 Nagios Enterprises. The information contained in this document is provided for • informational purposes only. Nagios Enterprises makes no warranties, express or implied, in this summary. Email: [email protected] Additional components may be required to achieve full functionality.
Nagios Enterprises, LLC US: 1-888-NAGIOS-1 Web: www.nagios.com Page 2 P.O. Box 8154 Int'l: +1 651-204-9102 Email: [email protected] Saint Paul, MN 55108 Fax: +1 651-204-9103 USA Revision 1.4 – August, 2011