Huawei eSight vs PRTG Network Monitor comparison

Huawei and Paessler GmbH are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Huawei is ranked #46 with an average rating of 7.8, while Paessler GmbH is ranked #6 with an average rating of 7.7. Huawei holds a 1.0% mindshare in IM, compared to Paessler GmbH’s 4.5% mindshare. Additionally, 72% of Huawei users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Paessler GmbH users who would recommend it.

Huawei eSight

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72% willing to recommend

PRTG Network Monitor

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91% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 5, 2024

PRTG Network Monitor and Huawei eSight compete in the network monitoring solutions category. Users favor PRTG Network Monitor for its pricing and support, while Huawei eSight is preferred for its extensive features and perceived value.

Features: PRTG Network Monitor is known for its ease of use, customizable monitoring, and detailed alerts. Huawei eSight offers advanced network and device management and a broader feature set, making it versatile.

Room for Improvement: PRTG Network Monitor could enhance scalability and reporting capabilities. Huawei eSight has a steep learning curve and requires better integration options. Huawei eSight needs improved accessibility, and PRTG Network Monitor needs better scalability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: PRTG Network Monitor is simple and quick to deploy with responsive customer service. Huawei eSight, being more complex to deploy, benefits from comprehensive support and detailed documentation. PRTG Network Monitor offers faster setup, while Huawei eSight provides thorough support.

Pricing and ROI: PRTG Network Monitor has a lower initial setup cost and quicker ROI, appealing to cost-conscious users. Huawei eSight's higher initial investment is justified by its extensive features and long-term benefits. PRTG Network Monitor offers immediate cost advantages, whereas Huawei eSight provides a more substantial ROI over time.

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Categories and Ranking

Huawei eSight

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

46th

Average Rating

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Management Applications (9th)

PRTG Network Monitor

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (5th), Cloud Monitoring Software (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Huawei eSight is 1.0%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PRTG Network Monitor is 4.5%, down from 5.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

Featured Reviews

Gary Strydom

Desktop Analyst at Transnet

Jun 25, 2024

Used to monitor devices and provides the hardware alarms feature

We use the solution to monitor the hardware environment of our data center. We mainly use Huawei eSight to monitor the devices. It assists in monitoring our devices in terms of utilization and monitoring. We are using the solution in the IT industry The solution's most valuable dashboard features…

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Noman-Saleem

Network Support Officer at Habib Metropolitan Bank Ltd

Oct 29, 2024

Detects suden changes but significant pricing concerns affect the effectiveness of network traffic troubleshooting

We use PRTG Network Monitor for monitoring traffic on interfaces and the behavior of network traffic. If there are sudden changes in traffic or any configuration issues, we can sort them out using PRTG. It's very helpful for troubleshooting and monitoring traffic utilization on our interfaces…

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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

"I like that it supports all our Huawei devices. Unlike other network monitoring tools that monitor Huawei devices, it provides more details when it comes to monitoring or management. We can get complete details about the devices, and management is also simple."

"The product is stable."

"The solution's most valuable dashboard features include monitoring storage, resource availability, and hardware alarms."

"The most important features are alarm management and the visualization of the health of our network devices."

"One of the most beneficial features of Huawei eSight is its simplicity and ease of use."

"We use Huawei eSight to monitor devices like Wi-Fi controllers, LAN switches, and routers."

"I like the real-time location monitor or RTLS feature. It is similar to the monitoring feature in Cisco Prime."

"eSight allows me to monitor and solve any problem in the backbone and any switch in real-time."

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

"The email notifications are helpful, and the dashboards are user-friendly for people with little network monitoring knowledge."

"It is a central solution in terms of how to actually use it. It has a very easy dashboard. Everything is concise. We are able to create custom sensors. For different parts of the business, we have many products across many environments, and it works for everything."

"One of its valuable features is the fact that it handles multiple operating systems... And I like the fact that it tells me when things are about to fall over, which means I can preempt it and not have to wake up at three in the morning to fix it."

"The most valuable feature is the dashboard interface. It's very clean, it's very simple to use."

"Speed of deployment is one of the most valuable features."

"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."

"The product is easy to use and the web interface is fantastic."

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Cons

"The solution and the operating system come separately. It would be easier if we did not have to deploy anything. A bundle feature would be better."

"eSight has many features and options, but sometimes, we feel that it should be more advanced, like Cisco. It would be good if they can enable some automation part in eSight. Most of our customers want automation in their network. They don't want a dependency on everything. That's why the automation part must be improved in Huawei. It will be beneficial for customers. Cisco has different products, and there are multiple products for monitoring, automation, etc. In the software-defined network, Cisco has ACI, and VMware has NSX. Such options must be there in Huawei to move to a software-defined network. Unlike Cisco, in the case of eSight, there is only one product. I am not aware of any other product. It would be good to enhance it with at least some automation options so that we can use it effectively in the campus network or big data center environment. When I implemented this Huawei solution, I faced some limitations in particular areas like wireless scanning. This is another part that they can improve. Wireless reporting option is not as effective as other monitoring solutions. For a particular use case, if a customer is asking for some reports, sometimes they are not 100% satisfactory. The reporting structure must be improved."

"This solution could be improved by offering monitoring for all devices and not only Huawei devices."

"The solution needs to improve it's user interface to make it more modern and stylish. They need to design proper menu positions, features, etc. Right now the layout is complicated."

"It is not a very flexible product."

"The price could be less costly."

"The variety of license types should be made simpler as, at present, it is complex."

"Huawei eSight should work on the option to have the email notification working on Office 365 Exchange."

More Huawei eSight cons

"The thing that we do struggle with a bit is in the historic data. If I want look over 30 days, because it averages out onto one graph, you can't zoom in and drill down information."

"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."

"I wouldn't mind better categories for the sensors. When I go to add a new sensor for a new device, there are some categories in there already, and they can be filtered out, but there's quite a large pool of sensors... When I want to go in and find something quite specific, I have got to scroll down and scroll down to find what I'm actually looking for,"

"The clustering aspect needs improvement, as there is a bit of confusion about you do when hit that 5000 probe mark."

"Sometimes, it is difficult to drill down further to get information, e.g., if we saw spike in traffic, then we would want to drill down and find out what is causing that spike in traffic."

"There is room for improvement in this solution for the performance and third-party monitoring protocols. They need to be updated to the latest ones."

"If PRTG could help me see the bandwidth for each host I have on my network, either for a wireless or a wired network, that would be very helpful."

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is very expensive."

"Pricing depends on the competition. If your competitor is like Cisco, then Huawei is much more competitive when it comes to pricing."

"The pricing for Huawei eSight is reasonable, especially with the base license and incremental licenses for additional devices. However, the variety of license types can be a bit complex. We used to sell eSight but switched to another solution, so we're not actively trading it anymore."

"The solution’s pricing is reasonable."

"Its pricing is better than any other Huawei product. Some products are cheaper in Huawei, and some products are cheaper in Cisco. Cisco has more benefits and options than Huawei if you consider different network environments."

"I would rate this solution a nine out of ten for pricing. The pricing depends on which features you use and can become expensive."

"PRTG Network Monitor is very expensive."

"It is about £4,500 for the first year, then about another 15 to 20 percent annually after that. So, we are looking at about £1000 running costs a year. When you think about how much an outage costs per minute, it's negligible."

"We bought a license for 4000 sensors."

"Sensors on free version can run out quick."

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

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

"The scalability is there, but smaller companies might need CAM software to be able afford the product."

"We pay for a perpetual license and we have a support fee."

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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

22%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Educational Organization

53%

Computer Software Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Huawei eSight?

We use Huawei eSight to monitor devices like Wi-Fi controllers, LAN switches, and routers.

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What needs improvement with Huawei eSight?

Huawei eSight should work on the option to have the email notification working on Office 365 Exchange.

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What is your primary use case for Huawei eSight?

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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 avoid the configuring the device in PRTG. It automatically discover the device an...

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What do you like most about PRTG Network Monitor?

The tool is integrated with our email for the alerts.

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

The pricing is harshly increased, from $4,000 last year to $99,000 now, with no additional features added. This is unbearable.

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Huawei

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Overview

Huawei's eSight is a unified software suite for planning, operating, and maintaining complex enterprise ICT infrastructure from global, converged networks and data centers to multimedia and video communications that includes the facilities necessary for delivering performance and IT services. eSight provides a platform that supports infrastructure and devices from third-party providers, to develop custom management applications and improves O&M efficiency.

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.

Sample Customers

Marina Bay, CITIC Pacific Mining

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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