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Centerity Monitor vs Nagios Core comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Centerity Monitor
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
76th
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Nagios Core
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
18th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (19th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Centerity Monitor is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nagios Core is 1.4%, down from 3.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nagios Core1.4%
Centerity Monitor0.5%
Other98.1%
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1312155 - PeerSpot reviewer
Andean Region Manager at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
A user-friendly solution that comes with a valuable machine learning feature
We use Centerity to monitor some business views related with ERP systems. For example we use this monitor to mesure electronic billing process. As a part of digital Transformation process coporation automates some process to avoid delays and human mistakes and we incorporated Centerity Platform to…
HY
Senior System Administrator at Interactive Group
Monitoring solution provides comprehensive visibility across IT infrastructure
The good thing about Nagios Core is it covers everything. Everything in the IT domain, you can monitor anything. You can even monitor printers, the ports of printers, Core workstations, and storage. You can monitor the workflow Core and the utilization of computes. If you want to grasp everything of your IT equipment on a single interface, you can use Nagios. It's the best one. It provides dashboards, and you can also configure your emails and alerts with it. If something is critical, you can configure it to notify via emails. It has a very handy dashboard, providing live alerts and visibility for everything.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The machine learning feature is valuable."
"The Centerity gives us exactly what we need from performance system monitoring."
"Centerity is much more than a monitoring tool — it’s a unified, end-to-end, enterprise-class and multi-tenanted AIOps Platform that is purpose-built to help MSPs and data-centers deliver the highest levels of up-time and performance."
"This is probably the greatest advantage of Nagios - it can be customized to a degree to suit your monitoring needs."
"We have saved a lot of time, money, and effort in reducing disaster times, which is owed to Nagios quick alerting."
"What I like about Nagios Core is that it helps me ensure everything is running smoothly by checking the status of hosts and services."
"Using Nagios, I'm managing more than 1000 services, which involves the following operating nodes: IBM AIX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, HP-Unix, Windows enterprise-grade OS, Cisco router/switches, FortiGate and WatchGuard firewalls, APC UPS systems, and many more."
"We are using Nagios Core on a VM and it's working very well, even though the specs of the VM are very low because it doesn't require much storage."
"This is a fit for purpose product which means that if you have a definite list of requirements and are not willing, or unable, to spend money on big enterprise tools, then Nagios is a tool to go to."
"Nagios monitors our servers, so we know if anything goes wrong and can solve the problem before it happens."
"Its an awesome product to use."
 

Cons

"One of the major improvements should be it implementation as a SaaS"
"They can improve the functionality that provides some numbers related to the behavior of the metrics."
"The GUI must be improved. Graphs must be changed including high level maps"
"When compared to earlier versions, it looks like 4.x has lost the statusmap.cgi module."
"Nagios Core could improve by adding a user interface. If you want the user interface you have to use Nagios XI."
"Nagios Core would benefit from aggregations if a particular server goes down."
"Default interface is clunky and slow."
"t was a little hard to get our setup represented in the configuration."
"Nagios' great customizability is also one of its greatest drawback."
"The core version is no match for the XI version."
"Making it a little easier to configure and set up from the start would help. There are multiple layers that you have to wade through to be able to set it up, to do it the right way, and to get it to do what you want it to do."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"We are using the free version of Nagios Core."
"We are using the open-source, unpaid version."
"It's free."
"Nagios Core is a cheap solution."
"I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
"We are using the free version."
"Nagios Core is an open source solution, and there are no licensing fees."
"Nagios Core is free to use."
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Top Industries

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Comms Service Provider
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise24
 

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What needs improvement with Nagios Core?
The dashboard should be improved. It's very simple. I don't have a very clear or specific suggestion. You can change the skin of the dashboard, however, it's good for me.
What is your primary use case for Nagios Core?
I was a senior system administrator. I've been using Nagios Core for more than ten years now. It can be used to monitor hosts, such as machines, and monitor services of any kind. I'm using it to mo...
What advice do you have for others considering Nagios Core?
I want to see something that is proactive to protect me. On the basis of the data, I would like Nagios to improve. That said, I would rate the overall solution ten points out of ten.
 

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Centerity Systems has thousands of customers world wide, including Fortune 500 Enterprises such as Cisco, General Electric, Siemens, Harris Corporation, and Coca-Cola.
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