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 | |
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Max number of external engines/satellites/agents | 500+Source: Integra Case Study | 100Source: Spiceworks.com. Search for "This will lead to all kinds of performance issues on Spiceworks" | 60Source: Paessler.com. Search for "PRTG still scales well up to 60 probes", under "Stability Considerations" |
Max number of monitored devices | 2300+Source: Customer report | 1000Source: Spiceworks.com. Search for "Spiceworks will not run well on a shared disk in a virtual environment" | Approx 1000Source: Paessler.com. Search for "ca. 1,000 devices" |
Max number of monitored items/sensors | 30000+Source: Customer sizing reports | ? | 10000Source: 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 serverNew 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
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Customer Support Level
PA Server Monitor | Nagios | Spiceworks | New Relic | PRTG | |
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Phone Support |
Hanjo P, Pohlmann & Dimai GbR, Germany
Jeremy B, Challenger, Australia
Data 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
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PA Server Monitor
Stays up to date on security advisories. Updated OpenSSL to patch POODLE vulnerability in 2014, almost two years before Spiceworks. |
Spiceworks
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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.txt |
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Advanced Features
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