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PRTG Network Monitor vs. vRealize Network Insight

June 2024

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Juniper Mist Premium Analytics

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the market share of Juniper Mist Premium Analytics is 0.1% and it decreased by 43.1% compared to the previous year. The market share of PRTG Network Monitor is 4.2% and it decreased by 27.5% compared to the previous year. The market share of vRealize Network Insight is 0.7% and it decreased by 22.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

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Network Monitoring Software

0.4%

Cloud Monitoring Software

9.3%

Featured Reviews

Shiva_Prasad

Senior Technical Consultant at Black Box Network Services

Jan 25, 2024

A cloud solution for warehousing with a troubleshooting feature

The initial setup is straightforward. It's based on user requirements. We also conduct heat mapping using a couple of tools. The only requirement is to understand the technical or configuration aspects from the user's end and then configure it. Mist takes no more than 15 to 20 minutes for a particular deployment. You need to understand the end user's environment and have a concrete plan on whether it's a greenfield installation or an existing one, considering the density and height. Based on that, we need to develop a passive heat map. Then, you need to discuss with the user to understand exactly what needs to be configured and what they require in their environment. Based on that, you can proceed with the installation. Additionally, you can perform post-installation heat mapping to ensure it matches the earlier heat map. I rate the initial setup an eight out of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy.

Comprehensive and effective network monitoring with user-friendly interface, diverse range of sensors, and excellent scalability

Pierre-Anderson ELLO

IT Manager at Cdci

Nov 22, 2023

Je l’utilise pour surveiller le système de défense, les différents commutateurs et les connexions entre les différents bureaux de vente. De plus, je l’utilise pour surveiller mes différents environnements virtuels Surveillance et prise de décision proactive L’aspect le plus précieux est la gamme…

Provides deep analytical insights and makes migrations efficient with dependency mapping

Paul Bryant

Private Consultant at Freelance

Mar 9, 2023

I'm a consultant. I'm consulting and setting it up for my clients. I don't have one running in my environment. Its use cases include: Deeper analytical insights into network traffic. Ability to troubleshoot network performance issues within the environment. NSXT, micro-segmentation…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."

"The single dashboard is a valuable feature."

"The bandwidth monitoring is a very attractive feature, it can tell you the bandwidth utilization while it is attempting to connect to the host for feedback."

"From a network point of view, we can see the state of the network, as well as bandwidth usage and downtime."

"PRTG is simple to manage. First, you can create a template for a device, then apply it to hundreds of similar devices. That's a great advantage."

"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"I really love the activity library. It gives the flexibility to discover data and metrics about my interface and data server."

"This solution provides us with the needed feedback on our IT infrastructure. It allows us to grab all the information from a single point of view."

"The sensors and remote probes are phenomenal. We use them for all of our global sites. The problem with our global sites are that they are all VPNs. If the link goes down, you can't monitor other solutions, as it just goes off the grid. Having remote probes allows them to still carry on and get the information that we need when it comes back up, sending the information to us."

"We can see trends for a lot of different things, such as hard drive space and bandwidth usage. We can see and plan for the future by knowing, "We're sort of at 75% capacity now. In three months time, we know we're going to be up to 90%,so we need to plan ahead for it, getting upgrades booked in place." Since things like this take time and effort, it's handy to see trends into the future of where our company is going."

"It allows you to see traffic that you couldn't otherwise see, which is traffic within your Layer 3-bounded network, meaning east-west traffic. It's hard to get that any other way."

"The most valuable feature for me is the different views that you can get when selecting an application or a VLAN. It shows you the traffic flows. It gives you a visual representation of something that, in text, just may not make as much sense."

"The best feature of this application is its ability to capture everything within the same application, as well as capture all the traffic."

"The initial setup was straightforward."

"We can see everything going on in NSX and get a good picture of our environment."

"The graphical interface of this environment is so good with all the views, the graphics, and everything in them. It's really easy for me. It doesn't need an engineer to work on it. It's easy enough that anyone can get into the environment and look for issues or look at how communication is going on across the VMs. It's pretty much straightforward."

"It gives the visibility that was either broken or there in pieces only. This solution provides a unified view of the whole system, back and forth. It has helped to reduce time to value, increase performance, more easily manage networks, and provide deep visibility."

"By doing dependency mapping, it makes migrations more efficient. There are less outages that require engineers to spend additional hours troubleshooting the migration failures."

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Cons

"The technical support needs improvement."

"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."

"Performance-wise, PRTG Network Monitor still needs improvement because a large number of SNMPv3 queries reduces tool performance."

"PRTG Network Monitor can improve by having better integration with devices."

"PRTG could use reporting tools and mobile alert tools. It should be easier to diagnose and respond to problems from a mobile device on the go."

"Having a Unix implementation or Unix installation could be an improvement. Right now, it's based just on Windows, and that's a problem for some customers."

"The automation should be improved."

"It would be nice if it gave us alerts via Gmail or SMS message."

"The technical support could respond a little bit quicker."

"The Desktop app is good but it can be really sluggish at times, especially when you're editing different elements."

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"It just needs to be more reliable and more accurate. At some point, there are some things where it does not match properly."

"If it were more application-aware, more descriptive; if it were able to determine the application that is actually doing the communication, that would be easier. More application information: which user or account it's accessing, is it accessing this application, doing these calls, if it is accessing a script, what script is it accessing. Things like that would provide deeper analytics so I can track what's going on. It would not just be, "These people shouldn't be talking," but who is actually doing these calls."

"I would like to see more reporting features, more dashboards."

"I would like to see them expand the capabilities to infrastructure types other than just VMware."

"The only real improvement they can make is to add more third-party vendors into the environment, mostly switch manufacturers, because it's really limited to Cisco equipment and there are a lot of companies out there other than Cisco."

"The solution is very much viewer centric and it would be nice if it would transcend just the virtual infrastructure."

"The compatibility with each and every component of the infrastructure is the main thing that I am looking for. I would like them to make sure that it's compatible with different kinds of storage systems, etc. I have seen the compatibility list. I feel it can be more compatible than it is right now."

"There are some random glitches in the Web UI, but they are usually pretty cosmetic in nature. I don't really seem to use any browser other than Chrome with it. I also get some weird errors from time to time on the hardware NetFlow Collectors, where it doesn't sync data."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive."

"Because we are only on the free version, we have a limited number of sensors. Therefore, we are not monitoring as much as we want to be to obtain historical information."

"I rate the licensing for PRTG Network Monitor an eight out of ten."

"The price of PRTG Network Monitor is more expensive than other solutions, such as OP Network Manager."

"Sensors on free version can run out quick."

"We looked at PRTG and SolarWinds. From a cost side perspective, compared to PRTG, and from what you get back from it, PRTG was sort of a hands down the winner."

"We are using the premium version of PRTG Network Monitor. The price of the solution is a bit higher than competitors but it is worth the extra money. However, it would be helpful if the price was lower."

"We are using the basic PRTG that we can download for free. For now, we only need to monitor less than 100 devices. For more than 100 devices, we would need to buy a license. PRTG is much cheaper than SolarWinds."

"The licensing fees are billed annually and there are no costs in addition to this."

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"We have spent less time investigating network flows, so it is absolutely cost-effective."

"The solution has helped us to reduce time, increase performance, reduce costs, and even easily manage networks. We are probably seeing 10 to 20 percent labor savings because we are able to be very specific and focused on what we want to do. It ends up saving the customer money and makes us be more efficient on our cost deliveries."

"I rate vRealize Network Insight's pricing a seven point five out of ten."

"Cost always has room for improvement, you could always make it cheaper. But I think it's a good value for what you pay for it."

"vRealize Network Insight is expensive."

"The solution has reduced the time that we spend on other products. For example, with NSX, we were able to quickly find things that we would normally spend days trying to figure out."

"It's a little expensive, but for what you're getting out of the product, you often see the trade-off. It depends on the type of licensing you have. It might be a little too pricey for some."

"It has brought more money into our company."

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Comparison Review

it_user174738

IT Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

May 31, 2015

Nagios vs. Zabbix vs. PRTG vs. Spiceworks vs. Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor

I have researched a quite a few network monitoring tools which can be used for various monitoring purposes of not only the servers, but the intermediate routers as well. There are majorly three types of these softwares. Ones which are completely open-source, you can do almost anything you want…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Educational Organization

47%

Computer Software Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

11%

Manufacturing Company

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Questions from the Community

We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Juniper Mist Premium Analytics?

The solution is expensive. I rate the pricing an eight out of ten.

What needs improvement with Juniper Mist Premium Analytics?

The technical support needs improvement.

What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?

PRTG network monitor is one of the best tool i have ever used for the monitoring. It have auto discovery option. it a...

What do you like most about PRTG Network Monitor?

The tool is integrated with our email for the alerts.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PRTG Network Monitor?

PRTG Network Monitor is cheap.

What do you like most about vRealize Network Insight?

The tool's ease of configuration and use and the availability of information and artifacts through professional servi...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for vRealize Network Insight?

I rate vRealize Network Insight's pricing a seven point five out of ten.

What needs improvement with vRealize Network Insight?

The IT infrastructure industry is expected to evolve towards a hybrid cloud model in the next five to ten years. In t...

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Overview

Juniper Mist Premium Analytics is a comprehensive network analytics solution that provides organizations with valuable insights into their network performance and user experience. The primary use case of this product is to enable IT teams to proactively monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize their network infrastructure.

The most valuable functionality of Juniper Mist Premium Analytics is its AI-driven insights and recommendations. Leveraging machine learning algorithms, it analyzes vast amounts of network data to identify anomalies, predict potential issues, and suggest remediation actions. This proactive approach helps organizations minimize network downtime, improve user experience, and optimize network performance.

By providing real-time visibility into network performance, Juniper Mist Premium Analytics helps organizations quickly identify and resolve network issues. It offers detailed analytics on network traffic, application performance, and user behavior, allowing IT teams to pinpoint the root cause of problems and take immediate action. This not only reduces troubleshooting time but also enhances overall network reliability.

Furthermore, Juniper Mist Premium Analytics enables organizations to optimize their network infrastructure. It provides insights into network capacity utilization, application usage patterns, and user behavior, allowing IT teams to make informed decisions about network design, resource allocation, and capacity planning. This helps organizations to ensure that their network is efficiently utilized and can support the growing demands of their users.

PRTG Network Monitor runs on a Windows machine within your network, collecting various statistics from the machines, software, and devices which you designate. PRTG comes with an easy-to-use web interface with point-and-click configuration. You can easily share data from it with non-technical colleagues and customers, including via live graphs and custom reports. This will let you plan for network expansion, see what applications are using most of your connection, and make sure that no one is hogging the entire network just to torrent videos.

To monitor a large IT environment, it's important to be able to scale PRTG up. Paessler PRTG Enterprise Monitor includes all the proven capabilities of PRTG Network Monitor, which are enhanced by exclusive ITOps Board for a service-oriented, central overview of multiple PRTG servers.

VMware vRealize Network Insight delivers intelligent operations for software-defined networking and security. It helps customers build an optimized, highly-available and secure network infrastructure across multi-cloud environments. It accelerates micro-segmentation planning and deployment, enables visibility across virtual and physical networks and provides operational views to manage and scale VMware NSX deployments.

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Jameson Bank, Sidnix, RungeICT, MedicalAnimal, Truck-lite, GamingGrids, The Covell Group, Forsythn County Schools, NetMass, Musgrove Park Hospital, Lanes Health, Columbia Southern University, Vodafone, Intrust Bank

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