Features
| Name | IP SLA Reports | Logical Grouping | Trending | Trend Prediction | Auto Discovery | Agent | SNMP | Syslog | Plugins | Triggers / Alerts | WebApp | Distributed Monitoring | Inventory | Platform | Data Storage Method | License | Maps | Access Control | IPv6 | Latest release date | Latest release version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AdRem NetCrunch | Possible via configuration | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging | No | Yes | Unknown | SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | No | Apr 2013 | 7.1 |
| AccelOps | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Unknown | PostgreSQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Unknown | ||
| AggreGate Network Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Java | MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Firebird, HSQLDB | Limited free, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Unknown | ||
| Argus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging | Yes | Unknown | Perl | Flat file, Berkeley DB | Artistic License | No | Yes | Yes | Feb 2013 | 3.7 |
| CA Spectrum | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | MySQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Avaya VPFM | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Unknown | MySQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Cacti | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Via plugin | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | PHP | RRDtool, MySQL | GPL | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Apr 2012 | 0.8.8a |
| collectd | No | No | No | No | Push model; multicast possible |
Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing | Yes | No | C | RRDtool | GPLv2 | No | Apache ACL | Yes | Jan 2013 | 5.2.1 |
| Dhyan Network management System | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Java | MySQL, Oracle, Derby | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| dopplerVUE | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Unknown | MS SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| ExtraHop | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Full Control | With ECM | Yes | Unknown | Proprietary | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| FreeNATS | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Yes | In PHP Code | Full Control | No | No | PHP | MySQL | GPL | No | Yes | Unknown | ||
| Ganglia | No | Yes | Yes | No | Via gmond check in | Yes | Via plugin | No | Yes | No | Viewing | Yes | Unknown | C, PHP | RRDtool | BSD | Yes | No | Unknown | Feb 2013 | 3.5.7 |
| HP Network Node Manager (NNMi) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Via integration | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Unknown | PostgreSQL, Oracle Database | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Kaseya Network Monitor | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Unknown | FirebirdSQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Unknown | ||
| Name | IP SLA Reports | Logical Grouping | Trending | Trend Prediction | Auto Discovery | Agent | SNMP | Syslog | Plugins | Triggers / Alerts | WebApp | Distributed Monitoring | Inventory | Platform | Data Storage Method | License | Maps | Access Control | IPv6 | Latest release date | Latest release version |
| IBM Tivoli Network Manager | Possible via configuration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | MySQL, Oracle Database, DB2 | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Icinga | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Supported | Via plugin | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Via plugin | PHP | MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle Database | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | May 2013 | 1.9.0 |
| InterMapper | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing | Yes | Yes | Unknown | PostgreSQL | Limited free, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| IPHost Network Monitor | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | No | Unknown | FirebirdSQL | Commercial | No | No | Unknown | ||
| isyVmon | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Via plugin | PHP | RRDtool, MySQL | Limited free, Commercial | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | ||
| LiveAction | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Reporting | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Monitorix | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Viewing | Yes | Unknown | Perl | RRDtool | GPL | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Feb 2013 | 3.0.0 |
| Munin | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Partial | Viewing | Yesvia nodes | Unknown | Perl | RRDtool | GPL | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Mar 2013 | 2.0.12 |
| Nagios | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Supported | Via plugin | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Via plugin | C, PHP | Flat file, SQL | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | March 2013 | 3.5.0 |
| NetQoS Performance Center | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Unknown | ||
| Network Instruments Observer Infrastructure | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Proprietary Database | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| NetXMS | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | No | C++ | MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite | GPL | Yes | Yes | No | Jan 2013 | 1.2.5 |
| Nimsoft Monitoring Solution | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | Yes | Unknown | SQLServer, Oracle | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Name | IP SLA Reports | Logical Grouping | Trending | Trend Prediction | Auto Discovery | Agent | SNMP | Syslog | Plugins | Triggers / Alerts | WebApp | Distributed Monitoring | Inventory | Platform | Data Storage Method | License | Maps | Access Control | IPv6 | Latest release date | Latest release version |
| Observium | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | No | Yes | PHP | RRDtool, MySQL | Observium License | Yes | Yes | Yes | Rolling release | N/A |
| OpenKBM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Proprietary with JDBC support | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| OpenNMS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Java | JRobin, PostgreSQL | GPLv3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Jan 2013 | 1.10.8 |
| OPNET's AppResponse Xpert | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | No | Unknown | Unknown | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Unknown | ||
| Opsview | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | No | Unknown | SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| op5 Monitor | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Via plugin | Unknown | Flat file, SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| PacketTrap | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Reporting | Yes | Yes | Unknown | SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Pandora FMS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Perl | MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle | GPLv2; (Enterprise edition available) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Jan 2013 | 4.0.3 |
| Performance Co-Pilot | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Unknown | Flat file | GPL, LGPL | No | No | Yes | Mar 2013 | 3.7.1 |
| PRTG Network Monitor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Proprietary | Freeware and Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Scrutinizer | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | Yes | Unknown | MySQL | Limited free, Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| ScienceLogic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Python | MySQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| ServersCheck | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | No | Unknown | Flat file, ODBC | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Unknown | ||
| SevOne | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Unknown | MySQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Name | IP SLA Reports | Logical Grouping | Trending | Trend Prediction | Auto Discovery | Agent | SNMP | Syslog | Plugins | Triggers / Alerts | WebApp | Distributed Monitoring | Inventory | Platform | Data Storage Method | License | Maps | Access Control | IPv6 | Latest release date | Latest release version |
| Shinken | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Via plugin | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging, Reporting | Yes | Via plugin | Python | Flat file, MySQL, Oracle, Graphite, Sqlite, MongoDB | AGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Jan 2013 | 1.2.4 |
| Solarwinds | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Unknown | SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Spiceworks | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Supported | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Sqlite | Commercial (Free) | Yes | Yes | No | Jan 2013 | 6.2 |
| TclMon | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viewing | No | No | Unknown | RRDTool | BSD | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Verax NMS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | No | Unknown | Oracle, MySQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Unknown | ||
| WhatsUpGold | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Unknown | SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | May 2013 | 16.1.2 |
| Xymon/Hobbit | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Via Plugin | No | Yes | Yes | Viewing, Acknowledging | Yes | No | C, Shell | Flat file, RRDTool, MySQL via plugin | GPL | No | Apache ACL | No | August 2012 | 4.3.10 |
| Zabbix | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | C, PHP | Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, IBM DB2, SQLite | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Apr 2013 | 2.0.6 |
| Zenoss | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Python | ZODB, MySQL, RRDtool | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Zyrion Traverse | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | Unknown | SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Unknown | ||
| Name | IP SLA Reports | Logical Grouping | Trending | Trend Prediction | Auto Discovery | Agent | SNMP | Syslog | Plugins | Triggers / Alerts | WebApp | Distributed Monitoring | Inventory | Platform | Data Storage Method | License | Maps | Access Control | IPv6 | Latest release date | Latest release version |
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