# Comparison of network monitoring systems

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of notable network monitoring systems. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.

## Features

| Name | IP SLA reports | Logical grouping | Trending | Trend prediction | Auto discovery | Agentless | SNMP | Syslog | Plugins | Triggers / alerts | MIB compiler | Web app | Distributed monitoring | Inventory | Platform | Data storage method | License | Maps | Access control | IPv6 | Latest release date | Latest release version |
| Cacti | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | PHP | RRDtool, MySQL, MariaDB | GNU GPL | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | 2022-05-18 | 1.2.21 |
| Checkmk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | C, Python | RRDtool | GNU GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2022-08-30 | 2.1.0p11 |
| collectd | No | No | No | No | Push model; multicast possible | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing | Yes | No | C | RRDtool | GNU GPL | No | Apache ACL | Yes | 2020-09-03 | 5.12 |
| Cruz | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Java, C++, .NET | MySQL, Oracle | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2019-02 | 8.0.0 |
| FreeNATS | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Via plugin | Yes | In PHP Code | No | Full Control | No | No | PHP | MySQL | GNU GPL | No | Yes | Un­known | 2018-11-14 | 1.20.1b |
| Ganglia | No | Yes | Yes | No | Via gmond check in | No | Via plugin | No | Yes | No | No | Viewing | Yes | Un­known | C, PHP | RRDtool | BSD | Yes | No | Un­known | 2016-06-14 | 3.7.2 |
| Icinga | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Yes | Via plugin | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Via plugin | C | MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL | GNU GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2024-01-18 | 2.14.2 |
| InterMapper | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing | Yes | Yes | Windows, Linux & Mac OS | PostgreSQL | Limited free, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2017-07 | 6.1.5 |
| isyVmon | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Via plugin | PHP | RRDtool, MySQL | Limited free, Commercial | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | Un­known | Un­known |
| Munin | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Partial | No | Viewing | Via nodes | Un­known | Perl | RRDtool | GNU GPL | Un­known | Un­known | Yes | 2021-02-22 | 2.0.67 |
| Nagios | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Yes | Via plugin | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Via plugin | C | Flat file, SQL (via ndoutils), MySql (Via Nconf) | GNU GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2022-04-14 | 4.4.7 |
| Netdisco | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Perl | PostgreSQL | BSD | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2024-09-13 | 2.079001 |
| NetXMS | Un­known | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | C, Java | PostgreSQL, PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB, MariaDB, MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle, SQLite | GNU GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2024-04-15 | 4.5.6 |
| NeuralStar | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Un­known | MS SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Un­known | Un­known |
| Octopussy | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full control | No | Yes | Perl, ASP | MySQL | GNU GPL | No | Yes | No | 2017-06-03 | 1.0.16 |
| op5 Monitor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Via plugin | C, PHP | Flat file, SQL | Limited free, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Monthly | 7.3.0 |
| OpenKBM | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Un­known | Proprietary with JDBC support | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Un­known | Un­known |
| OpenNMS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Java | JRobin / RRDTool / Apache Cassandra, PostgreSQL | AGPLv3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2023-06-15 | 31.0.9 |
| OPNET's AppResponse Xpert | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | No | Un­known | Un­known | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known |
| OSI NetExpert | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Java, C++ | Oracle | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2013-04 | 10.0 |
| PacketTrap | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing, Reporting | Yes | Yes | Un­known | SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Un­known | Un­known |
| Pandora FMS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Perl, PHP, C++, JavaScript | MySQL, Percona Server for MySQL | GPLv2, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2017-07 | 7.0 NG 707 |
| PA Server Monitor | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | Yes | Windows, C++, .NET | SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server | Limited free, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2023-08 | 9.2 |
| Performance Co-Pilot | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Optional, Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing | Yes | Yes | C Perl, Python, POSIX, MinGW | Flat file | GPL, LGPL | No | Yes | Yes | 2016-11-15 | 3.11.6 |
| PRTG | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Windows | Flat file | Limited free, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2023-07-25 | 23.3.86 |
| ScienceLogic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Python | MySQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Un­known | Un­known |
| SevOne | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | C, C++, PHP | MySQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2022-11 | 6.4 |
| Shinken | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Via plugin | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | Via plugin | Python | Flat file, MySQL, Oracle, Graphite, Sqlite, MongoDB | AGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2016-03-10 | 2.4.3 |
| SolarWinds | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | .NET | SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Un­known | Un­known |
| Spiceworks | Un­known | Yes | Un­known | Un­known | Yes | Yes | Un­known | Un­known | Yes | Yes | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Yes | PHP | Sqlite | Un­known | Yes | Un­known | Un­known | 2018-03-21 | 7.5.00107 |
| Xymon/Hobbit | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Via plugin | Via plugin | No | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | Via plugin | C, Shell | Flat file, RRDTool, MySQL via plugin | GNU GPL | Via plugin | Apache ACL | No | 2019-09-05 | 4.3.30 |
| Zabbix | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | C, PHP | MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, Percona Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite | AGPLv3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2024-12-20; 2 months ago | 7.2.1 |
| Zenoss Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Python, Java | ZODB, MariaDB, Apache HBase | Free Core GPL, Commercial Enterprise | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2018-01-09 | 6.1.0 |
| ZIS-System | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Windows | MariaDB | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2020-02-01 | 5.8 |
| Name | IP SLA Reports | Logical Grouping | Trending | Trend Prediction | Auto Discovery | Agentless | SNMP | Syslog | Plugins | Triggers / Alerts | MIB Compiler | WebApp | Distributed Monitoring | Inventory | Platform | Data Storage Method | License | Maps | Access Control | IPv6 | Latest release date | Latest release version |

### Legend
#### Product name

    The name of the software, linked to its Wikipedia article.

#### IP SLAs reports

    Support of Cisco's IP Service Level Agreement mechanism.

#### Logical grouping

    Supports arranging the hosts or devices it monitors into user-defined groups.

#### Trending

    Provides trending of network data over time.

#### Trend prediction

    The software features algorithms designed to predict future network statistics.

#### Auto discovery

    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 SNMP daemon does not count as an agent.

#### SNMP

    Able to retrieve and report on SNMP statistics.

#### Syslog

    Able to receive and report on Syslogs.

#### Plugins

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

#### Triggers / alerts

    Capable of detecting threshold violations in network data, and alerting the administrator in some form.

#### MIB compilter

    Able to read MIB data, to quickly understand what resources are being managed.

#### 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.
   * Acknowledging: Users can interact with the software through the web-based frontend to acknowledge alarms or manipulate other notifications.
   * 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 monitoring

    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 storage method

    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 control

    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.