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PA Server Monitor vs the Competition
How does PA Server Monitor compare? See below to find out why our customers are also fans!
Monitoring Power and Stability
PA Server Monitor
Spiceworks
PRTG
Max number of external engines/satellites/agents
Server Monitor 500+ Source: Integra Case Study
Spiceworks 100 Source: Spiceworks.com. Search for "This will lead to all kinds of performance issues on Spiceworks"
PRTG 60 Source: Paessler.com. Search for "PRTG still scales well up to 60 probes", under "Stability Considerations"
Max number of monitored devices
Server Monitor 3000+
Spiceworks 1000 Source: Spiceworks.com. Search for "Spiceworks will not run well on a shared disk in a virtual environment" Source: Customer report
PRTG Approx 1000 Source: Paessler.com. Search for "ca. 1,000 devices"
Max number of monitored items/sensors
Server Monitor 30000+ Source: Customer sizing reports
Spiceworks ?
PRTG 10000 Source: Paessler.com. Search for" < 10,000 sensors"
Ease of Use
PA Server Monitor
Adding new servers? Copy-paste a list of servers, or do Discovery, and let Smart Config take care of it.
Nagios
"the duplicate configuration on each server soon becomes tedious and unmanageable. There are other alternatives such as mod_gearman but in my opinion these lack the intelligence to be effective. The ability to have centralised configuration in a distributed setup isn't currently supported by Nagios"
Source: http://www.tomvernon.co.uk/blog/2015/02/distributed-monitoring-in-nagios-with-check_mk-multisite/
A 'simple' fix from the Nagios support forum:
PA Server Monitor
Agentless monitoring.
No software is installed on monitored devices.
Nagios
Requires installing and configuring NPRE agent on each Windows server
New Relic
Requires installing and configuring platform-specific agent on each monitored server
PA Server Monitor
One monitor watches many services, with a few clicks.
Tedious to configure monitoring for many services.
Spiceworks
Nagios
Customer Support Level
PA Server Monitor
Nagios
Spiceworks
New Relic
PRTG
Documentation
Support Forum
Email Support
Phone Support
“I'm working in this industry for 15 years now, but I can hardly remember working with a software company with a support like you have. You listen and new features come really fast. I'm deeply impressed by your support and now have the feeling we made the 100% right choice to choose PA Server Monitor.”
Hanjo P, Pohlmann & Dimai GbR, Germany“ You guys are incredible, Your product is great and with support like this it only continues to improve! I have been and will continue to recommend PA Server Monitor to industry colleagues. Keep up the good work.”
Jeremy B, Challenger, AustraliaData Security
PA Server Monitor
All of your data, configuration, network layout, server and network credentials, etc. stays on your hardware. Nothing is sent to the cloud.
Spiceworks
Sends your network data to cloud servers
New Relic
Sends your network data to cloud servers
MAXfocus
Sends your network data to cloud servers
PA Server Monitor
Stays up to date on security advisories. Updated OpenSSL to patch POODLE vulnerability in 2014, almost two years before Spiceworks.
Spiceworks
PA Server Monitor
Any security vulnerabilities are fixed immediately, before any additional features or customer requests.
In addition, we have a 'no known bugs' policy, meaning all bugs are fixed before additional work on the product continues.
Nagios
Known vulnerability in core NPRE module from April 2014 still not fixed.
Source: http://legalhackers.com/advisories/nagios-nrpe.txtPA Server Monitor
- HTTPS for all connections
- Unique Diffie-Helman key exchange parameters for each installation
- Optionally use your own SSL certificate
Advanced Features
PA Server Monitor
- Acknowledge alerts via email
- Built-in automatic failover
- Monitor templates
- Event deduplication
- Event escalation
- Distributed monitoring without a VPN
- RDP to monitored servers without needing a VPN
- Per-server maintenance schedules
- Bulk Config - many configuration changes at once
- Per-monitor scheduling
Surrender!