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The following tables compare general and technical information for several [[Wikipedia:Notability|notable]] [[network monitoring system]]s. For more information, please refer to the individual product articles.

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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of [[Wikipedia:Notability|notable]] [[network monitoring system]]s. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.

== Features ==

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|-

! Name

! IP SLA Reportsreports

! Logical Groupinggrouping

! Trending

! Trend Predictionprediction

! Auto Discoverydiscovery

! Agentless

! [[Simple Network Management Protocol|SNMP]]

! [[Syslog]]

! Plugins

! Triggers / Alertsalerts

! [[Management information base|MIB]] Compilercompiler

! [[Web application|WebAppapp]]

! Distributed Monitoringmonitoring

! Inventory

! Platform

! Data Storagestorage Methodmethod

! License

! [[Network mapping|Maps]]

! Access Controlcontrol

! [[IPv6]]

! Latest release date

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| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 20222025-0503-1823

| 1.2.2130

|-

! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Check MK|Checkmk]]

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| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 20222025-0805-3006

| 2.1.0p114

|-

! {{rh}} | [[collectd]]

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| {{No}}

| [[PHP]]

| [[MySQL]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Install PHP Source - FreeNATS Wiki |url=http://www.purplepixie.org/freenats/wiki/Install_PHP_Source |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=www.purplepixie.org}}</ref>

| [[MySQL]]

| {{GPL-lic}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Unknown}}

| 20112018-0711-0914

| 1.1320.3b1b

|-

! {{rh}} | [[Ganglia (software)|Ganglia]]

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| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| C<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://wiki.icinga.org/display/icinga2/Intro |title=Intro - Icinga 2 - Icinga Wiki |access-date=2013-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927224405/https://wiki.icinga.org/display/icinga2/Intro |archive-date=2013-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

| [[MariaDB]], [[MySQL]], [[PostgreSQL]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Debian - Icinga DB |url=https://icinga.com/docs/icinga-db/latest/doc/02-Installation/03-Debian/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=icinga.com}}</ref>

| [[MySQL]], [[PostgreSQL]], [[Oracle Database]]

| {{GPL-lic}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 20212024-1101-1218

| 2.1314.2<ref name=icinga2version>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md|title=Icinga2 Changelog|website=[[GitHub]] |date=October 2022 }}</ref>

|-

! {{rh}} | [[InterMapper]]

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| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}<ref name=nagiosipv6>{{cite web|url=http://labs.nagios.com/2013/09/06/nrpe-2-15-released-now-with-ipv6-support/|title=NRPE IPv6 Support|access-date=2013-10-07|archive-date=2024-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724213540/http://labs.nagios.com/2013/09/06/nrpe-2-15-released-now-with-ipv6-support/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

| 2022-04-14

| 4.4.7<ref name=nagiosversion>{{cite web|url=https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/|title=Nagios Core Changelog|accessdate=2021-01-07}}</ref>

|-

! {{rh}} | [[NeDi]]

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| [[Perl]], [[PHP]]

| [[PostgreSQL|Pg]], [[MySQL]], [[RRDTool]], [[MariaDB]]

| {{Yes-No|GPL3, Commercial}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2016-04

| 1.6<ref name=NeDi>{{cite web|url=http://www.nedi.ch/|title=NeDi Find It!|accessdate=2016-10-07}}</ref>

|-

! {{rh}} | [[Netdisco]]

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| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 20222024-0409-2213

| 2.052005079001<ref name=Netdisco>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/netdisco/netdisco/releases|title=Releases · netdisco/netdisco · GitHub|website=[[GitHub]] |accessdate=20222024-0509-0320}}</ref>

|-Unknown

! {{rh}} | [[NetXMS]]

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| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 20232024-0104-2615

| 4.35.6

|-

! {{rh}} | [[NetCrunch]]

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| [[JavaScript]]

| [[Flat file, SQL]]

| Commercial

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2023-03-27

| 13.0.3<ref name=NetCrunch>{{cite web|url=https://www.adremsoft.com/netcrunch/whatsnewv12|title=Releases · NetCrunch/NetCrunch · AdremSoft|website=[[AdremSoft]] |accessdate=2022-09-02}}</ref>

|-Unknown

! {{rh}} | [[NMIS]]

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| [[Perl, JSON]]

| [[MongoDB 4.2]]

| Free, Commercial

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 1999-02-17

| NMIS 9

|-

! {{rh}} | [[Kratos Defense & Security Solutions|NeuralStar]]

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| [[Java (programming language)|Java]]

| JRobin / [[RRDTool]] / [[Apache Cassandra]], [[PostgreSQL]]

| {{free|[[GNU Affero General Public License|AGPLv3]]}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 20232025-0108-1113

| 3134.0.30

|-

! {{rh}} | [[Micro Focus OpsBridge]]

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes2}}Via integration

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Full Control}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| [[C++]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[Perl]]

| [[PostgreSQL]], [[Oracle Database]]

| {{nonfree|Commercial}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2020-12-24

| 2020.11

|-

! {{rh}} | [[OPNET|OPNET's AppResponse Xpert]]

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| {{Yes}}

| [[Perl]], [[PHP]], [[C++]], [[JavaScript]]

| [[MySQL]], [[Percona Server for MySQL]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Installation [current] |url=https://pandorafms.com/manual/!current/en/documentation/pandorafms/installation/01_installing |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=pandorafms.com}}</ref>

| [[MySQL]], [[Oracle database|Oracle]]

| {{Yes-No|[[GPL#Version 2|GPLv2]], Commercial}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 20172024-0706-11

| 7.0 NG 707777

|-

! {{rh}} | [[PA Server Monitor]]

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| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 20222025-0506

| 89.5

|-

! {{rh}} | [[Performance Co-Pilot]]

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| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 20162025-1103-1527

| 6.3.11.67

|-

! {{rh}} | [[PRTG Network Monitor|PRTG]]

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| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

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| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|Full Control}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| [[Delphi]]

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| Windows

| [[Flat file]]

| {{Yes-No|Limited free, Commercial}}

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| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 20202025-1103-2418

| 2025.41.64104

|-

! {{rh}} | [[ScienceLogic]]

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| {{Yes}}

| 2022-11

| 6.4<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ibm.com/cloud/blog/announcements/announcing-ibm-sevone-network-performance-management-version-64 | title=Announcing IBM SevOne Network Performance Management Version 6.4 | website=[[IBM]] }}</ref>

|-

! {{rh}} | [[Shinken (software)|Shinken]]

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| [[Python (programming language)|Python]]

| [[Flat file]], [[MySQL]], [[Oracle Database|Oracle]], [[Graphite (software)|Graphite]], [[Sqlite]], [[MongoDB]]

| {{free|[[GNU Affero General Public License|AGPL]]}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

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| 2018-03-21

| 7.5.00107

|-

! {{rh}} | [[:de:Spectrum Enterprise Manager|CA Spectrum]]

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{optional|Perf. AddOn}}

| {{optional|Perf. AddOn}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| [[C++]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[JavaScript]]

| [[Sleepycat]]-QSL, [[MySQL]], InfluxDB

| {{Yes-No| Commercial, per Device}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2020-06-29

| 20.2

|-

! {{rh}} | [[Xymon|Xymon/Hobbit]]

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| 2019-09-05

| 4.3.30

|-

! {{rh}} | [[Vigilo NMS]]

| {{Yes}} (NMS and NOC editions)

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}} via integration

| {{Yes}} via integration

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}} via [[Prelude SIEM]]

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes|Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting}}

| {{Yes}} (NMS and NOC editions)

| {{Yes}} via [[GLPI]]

| [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[Perl (programming language)|Perl]]

| [[PostgreSQL]], [[RRDtool]]

| {{Yes-No|Free ([[GPL#Version 2|GPLv2]]) OSS edition, Commercial NOC/NMS editions}}

| {{Yes}} (NMS and NOC editions)

| {{Yes}} (NMS and NOC editions)

| {{optional|Via plugin}}

| 2017-09-14

| 4.1.0

|-

! {{rh}} | [[Zabbix]]

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| {{Yes}}

| [[C (programming language)|C]], [[PHP]]

| [[MariaDB]], [[MySQL]], [[Oracle Database|Oracle]], [[Percona Server]], [[PostgreSQL]], [[SQLite]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=2 Requirements |url=https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/en/manual/installation/requirements |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=www.zabbix.com}}</ref>

| [[Oracle Database|Oracle]], [[MySQL]], [[PostgreSQL]], [[IBM Db2]], [[SQLite]]

| {{free|[[GNU Affero General Public License|AGPLv3]]}}

| {{GPL-lic}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|Q136722|P348|P577}}

| 2022-09-21

| {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|Q136722|P348}}

| 6.2.3<ref>{{cite web |title=Release Notes for Zabbix 6.2.3 |url=https://www.zabbix.com/rn/rn6.2.3 |url-status=live |access-date=6 Oct 2022 |website=zabbix |publisher=Zabbix which owns Zabbix LLC}}</ref>

|-

! {{rh}} | [[Zenoss Core]]

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|! Name

! IP SLA Reports

! Logical Grouping

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=== Legend ===

; Product Namename : The name of the software, linked to its Wikipedia article.

; IP SLAs Reportsreports : Support of Cisco's [[Service Assurance Agent|IP Service Level Agreement]] mechanism.

; Logical Groupinggrouping : Supports arranging the hosts or devices it monitors into user-defined groups.

; Trending : Provides trending of network data over time.

; Trend Predictionprediction : The software features algorithms designed to predict future network statistics.

; Auto Discoverydiscovery : The software automatically discovers hosts or network devices it is connected to.

; Agentless : The product does not rely on a software agent that must run on hosts it is monitoring, so that data can be pushed back to a central server. "Supported" means that an agent may be used, but is not mandatory. An [[Simple Network Management Protocol|SNMP]] daemon does not count as an agent.

; SNMP : Able to retrieve and report on [[SNMP]] statistics.

; Syslog : Able to receive and report on [[Syslog]]s.

; Plugins : Architecture of the software based on a number of 'plugins' that provide additional functionality.

; Triggers /Alerts alerts : Capable of detecting threshold violations in network data, and alerting the administrator in some form.

; MIB compilter : Able to read [[Management information base|MIB]] data, to quickly understand what resources are being managed.

; WebApp : Runs as a web-based application.

; Web app : Runs as a web-based application.

:* No: There is no web-based frontend for this software.

:* Viewing: Network data can be viewed in a graphical web-based frontend.

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:* Reporting: Specific reports on network data can be configured by the user and executed through the web-based frontend.

:* Full Control: ALL aspects of the product can be controlled through the web-based frontend, including low-level maintenance tasks such as software configuration and upgrades.

; Distributed Monitoringmonitoring : Able to leverage more than one server to distribute the load of network monitoring.

; Inventory : Keeps a record of hardware and/or software inventory for the hosts and devices it monitors.

; Platform : The platform (Coding Language) on which the tool was developed/written.

; Data Storagestorage Methodmethod : Main method used to store the network data it monitors.

; License : License released under (e.g. [[GPL]], [[BSD license]], etc.).

; Maps : Features graphical network maps that represent the hosts and devices it monitors, and the links between them.

; [[Access Controlcontrol]] : Features user-level security, allowing an administrator to prevent access to certain parts of the product on a per-user or per-role basis.

; IPv6 : Supports monitoring [[IPv6]] hosts and/or devices, receiving IPv6 data, and running on an IPv6-enabled server. Supports communication using IPv6 to the SNMP agent via an IPv6 address.

==See also==

*[[Data Cap Integrity Act]]

==References==