Centreon vs NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE comparison

Centreon and NETSCOUT are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Centreon is ranked #26 with an average rating of 7.3, while NETSCOUT is ranked #53 with an average rating of 8.5. Centreon holds a 1.3% mindshare in NMS, compared to NETSCOUT’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Centreon users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of NETSCOUT users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

Centron and NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE compete in network monitoring and performance management. NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE has the upper hand with advanced features suited for complex network environments despite Centreon’s cost-effectiveness.

Features: Centreon offers real-time network monitoring, customizable dashboards, and seamless integration with open-source solutions. NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE features extensive network diagnostics, proactive performance insights, and a focus on advanced service assurance.

Room for Improvement: Centreon could enhance its scalability for larger networks, improve advanced diagnostic capabilities, and expand service assurance features. NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE may improve integration simplicity, streamline initial deployment processes, and optimize user interface for ease of use.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Centreon provides easy deployment focused on simplicity and flexibility, with responsive customer support. NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE offers robust deployment suited for large networks, extensive troubleshooting support, and optimization assistance, requiring more setup effort.

Pricing and ROI: Centreon offers competitive setup costs and flexible pricing attractive to smaller enterprises, providing appealing ROI for cost-effective solutions. NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE requires higher initial investment justified by long-term performance benefits and feature richness for enterprise-level environments.

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Categories and Ranking

Centreon

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

26th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Infrastructure Monitoring (28th), Cloud Monitoring Software (19th)

NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

53rd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

4.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Centreon is 1.3%, down from 2.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Centreon	1.3%
NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE	0.5%
Other	98.2%

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Sulesh PK

Monitoring and Operations Pilot at Egis S.A.

Experience enhanced monitoring with real-time alerts and efficient support

I would like to see automation in the poller features, as currently, the poller is not automated. If we could automate the addition or removal of hosts in the poller, it would improve efficiency. Sometimes, Centreon does not show the status of services as updated, which should be addressed. Additionally, enhancements are needed in identifying configuration issues, providing real-time alerts in case of issues, and improving the HTTP configuration tasks, as Centreon does not currently display issues with HTTP links, requiring manual investigation.

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Ian Munoz

Ingeniero en Telecomunicaciones at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Has improved traffic visibility and simplified dashboard use, but could benefit from better integration with other tools

NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE works very well in our case. We have not experienced any troubles with traffic analysis SolarWinds has a dashboard that is older and not as user-friendly. NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE has an easier dashboard to manipulate compared to SolarWinds. NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE is not…

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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 picked Centreon because, after an open-source comparison, and given what we want to do, and our skills and experience as well, it was the best solution for us, the most reliable for our services."

"Centreon's real-time monitoring, despite having some manual aspects, supports us in managing our operations effectively."

"We have all our tickets inside Centreon in real-time and can monitor a lot of ELP and CLN in real-time for application purposes."

"Another feature we use is Business Activity, which provides us with an end-user perspective when a service is down or isn't working correctly. This is helpful when monitoring the KPIs. When we see a device or server that isn't working, we find the root cause."

"We are alerted on service impacts and not when something is down. We have saved a lot of time on non-business-hours intervention."

"We have a single GUI where we can view the status of all our infrastructure."

"If they have the same issues that we had, which means a lot of pollers spread across the whole infrastructure and no central view to look at the entire status with the need to manage everything together, then it is a good solution."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is that most of its plug-ins are free."

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"The most valuable features of this solution are monitoring and maintaining traffic queuing, as well as seeing who is using the bandwidth."

"nGenius provides us with increased visibility during IT deployments."

"NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE has an easier dashboard to manipulate compared to SolarWinds."

"I like the single pane of glass view. I like being able to go to one place instead of having to hunt around for everything."

"The solution's technical support team consists of good engineers and technicians."

"We have seen a measurable decrease in mean time to know and mean time to repair, and because the tool allows us to get to things a lot quicker and see things a lot quicker, we have actually reduced those times and it has definitely helped with our network uptime, with an improvement in uptime of at least 50 percent."

"I like the single pane of glass view because it presents everything in one window, obviously. You can see it all. With a quick glance, you get a pretty good snapshot of what's going on in a particular situation."

Cons

"The product collects the information, but it fails to send them via SMS, WhatsApp or Telegram."

"The scalability of Centreon is very bad because of the nature of the software."

"Release management and quality of testing need improvement, because with each major upgrade we have many issues coming in. Then, it takes several minor upgrades to get rid of them."

"The problem with the reporting is you have to configure the report, and after that, you will have the same report every month, every week, every day. You have to sync it in order to have a great report."

"There are improvements that they need to make to their API. When we're using different systems and we want to disable monitoring for a specific server, we still can't do that through the API. That's something that's lacking."

"To get it started is a lot of work, since it comes empty. We had to push information into it to make it work."

"I would like to see a better UI, one which is more responsive."

"I went through a few things with them to do with Centreon MAP, to do with active polygons, being able to draw an area and make that active. The functionality was in the older version of Centreon MAP and in the new version, which was a complete rewrite, they dropped it."

More Centreon cons

"NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE is not integrated with SolarWinds. They work in different ways."

"Before an attack starts, seeing the traffic behavior and activities would be great. The tool should also share alerts since it is an area where the product has certain shortcomings."

"In terms of additional features, I would like to see better event notification. Right now, we put in an email address to receive an alert and it receives every event and every alert that comes out. We need something a little more granular."

"Usability is the area with the biggest room for improvement. We've found that with NETSCOUT, while it's a fantastic product, the usability is a major factor because there are just way too many clicks. It's obvious, from our experience, that the people who are developing the product aren't using it."

"They require a lot of manual effort as traffic flows, networks, and formal times change."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is not too high. Licensing is driven by how many hosts you monitor, but because you can run the agentless version, you don't have to declare every host to Centreon, one at a time. That means you can drive your infrastructure supervision with a very low number of declared hosts."

"In terms of licensing, you have to think through if the components that need licensing are really needed. For example, the Map module: If you don't need a map to be shown, I don't see a point in paying for those licenses, if you just use it a couple of times a month or a couple of times a week... You can use the Centreon free version and get the main features. The licensing part is, I would say, only for bigger customers who have the option to pay more and who really need those kinds of modules, fancy reports, etc."

"Centreon is better than Nagios XI in regards to cost and support response times, when you have a problem. If you have a problem, it costs money to contact the Nagios XI support."

"You purchase a package. You have a support contract (there is also a platinum support contract) and it is per module. That means you have to pay, e.g., for the MBI module or the BAM module. Or, if you want to save a lot of money, you can pay for IMP, which is the complete package."

"Open-source solutions like this can be very cost effective for an organization looking for a product that they can quickly implement, as there is no initial cost and there are no license renewal fees. However, it is important to take into consideration some of the related costs that may come along as needed, such as training, support, and product enhancements."

"The tool is cheaply priced."

"I think Centreon's pricing is fair, especially given the criticality of our system. They were cheaper than the other solutions. The licensing terms were pretty straightforward. I believe it was based on the number of hosts."

"It's quite expensive when you use the Enterprise version, but if you compare it to other providers, it's more like a middle-of-the-line product. It's always good to have a price that is lower, but I would say the price is okay because we get very good support and if we have any other issues we can always contact them. There has never been a time when I didn't get help from them."

More Centreon pricing and cost advice

"The tool's price is okay. On a scale of one to ten, I rate it as a five, where one means it is not expensive, and ten means it is the most expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

Construction Company

Government

14%

Construction Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	14

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Large Enterprise	4

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Centreon?

Centreon's pricing is not very expensive. Initially, I rated it seven, but corrected to five out of ten.

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What needs improvement with Centreon?

I have certain concerns with Centreon, such as being unable to set downtime for multiple devices at once due to the limitation of adding only 50 devices in a single go. Increasing this limit would ...

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What is your primary use case for Centreon?

We are using Centreon for monitoring devices, both LAN and WAN devices. There are subsidiaries for my company, so if any devices go down or there are any service alerts, we receive alerts through C...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE?

The tool's price is okay. On a scale of one to ten, I rate it as a five, where one means it is not expensive, and ten means it is the most expensive.

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What needs improvement with NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE?

NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE is not integrated with SolarWinds. They work in different ways.

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What is your primary use case for NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE?

I use the solution in my company to analyze international traffic.

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Overview

Centreon offers a robust IT infrastructure monitoring platform, featuring user-friendly dashboards and real-time monitoring. It excels in scalability and integration, making it suitable for monitoring diverse network environments.

Centreon stands out with its unified monitoring capabilities, providing businesses with user-friendly dashboards and extensive plugins for customization. Its scalability ensures companies can expand monitoring tasks without incurring additional costs. Integration capabilities allow seamless interaction with ticketing systems and automation tools. Centreon offers customizable reporting and effectively manages downtimes, providing real-time feedback and proactive maintenance through Business Activity and Anomaly Detection features. Despite its strengths, users find areas for improvement including downtime scheduling, API functionalities, UI enhancements, end-to-end monitoring, and documentation. Businesses are increasingly demanding better automation, network discovery, cloud monitoring, and notification options.

What are Centreon's standout features?

Unified Monitoring: Delivers a comprehensive monitoring platform for IT infrastructure.
User-Friendly Dashboards: Offers intuitive and customizable dashboards for efficient monitoring.
Extensive Plugins: Enables flexibility and customization through numerous plugins.
Scalability: Allows expansion of monitoring duties without additional costs.
Integration Capabilities: Seamlessly integrates with ticketing systems and other tools.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Cost Efficiency: Minimized resolution time through proactive maintenance features.
Ease of Use: Simplifies monitoring with its user-friendly interface.
Proactive Issue Resolution: Real-time monitoring and alerts help prevent service outages.
Customizable Reporting: Adapts reports to meet specific organizational requirements.
Diverse Network Management: Capable of handling diverse IT environments efficiently.

Centreon is implemented across industries to monitor IT infrastructures, including networks, servers, and applications. Companies leverage it to track server performance, manage network devices, and receive timely alerts on device status. Its ability to integrate with ticketing systems and automation tools streamlines operations, enhancing global IT infrastructure monitoring and customer service management with real-time feedback and issue resolution.

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NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE provides an efficient overview of application services and network performance with a single view, offering quick issue identification to reduce disruption.

NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE is designed to offer comprehensive monitoring and maintenance of network traffic. It facilitates substantial bandwidth visibility and improves network uptime. With a user-friendly dashboard, it excels in troubleshooting to identify root causes swiftly. Although it effectively collects networking information in large enterprises, there is room for improvement in event notification granularity and reducing manual maintenance. Enhanced usability and better integration with tools like SolarWinds are desired for a more streamlined user experience.

What are the key features of NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE?

Single Pane of Glass View: Offers comprehensive visibility into network performance.
User-Friendly Dashboard: Simplifies navigation compared to alternatives.
Advanced Troubleshooting: Quickly identifies root causes of issues.
Extensive Bandwidth Visibility: Ensures network stability and uptime.

What benefits and ROI should users look for?

Reduced Mean Time to Know: Accelerates issue identification and resolution.
Proactive Monitoring: Detects threshold violations to maintain performance.
Cloud Environment Stability: Ensures consistency in service access.

NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE sees widespread use in sectors like finance and oil and gas, where monitoring application and service access across sites is critical. It supports the performance of unified communication applications and proactive SaaS monitoring, enhancing network stability and troubleshooting capabilities in secure environments.

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Sample Customers

Airbus, Bollore, BT, Canal Plus, Kuehne Nagel, Limagrain, LVMH, Oberthur Technologies, Orange, Darty, Addax Petroleum, Plastic Omnium, Auchan, Valeo, Saint Gobin, Clarins, Hugo Boss, JC Decaux, French Government (Defense, Justice, Environment, Agriculture), OptiComm, Thales, Zeiss.

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