ITRS Geneos vs Nagios Fusion comparison

ITRS and Nagios are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. ITRS is ranked #31 with an average rating of 7.0, while Nagios is ranked #47 with an average rating of 8.5. ITRS holds a 1.2% mindshare in IM, compared to Nagios’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of ITRS users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Nagios users who would recommend it.

ITRS Geneos

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

In the IT infrastructure monitoring domain, ITRS Geneos and Nagios Fusion are key competitors. ITRS Geneos generally has the upper hand in terms of ease of deployment and customer service, while Nagios Fusion is preferred for its robust feature set and extensive monitoring capabilities.

Features: ITRS Geneos provides advanced real-time monitoring, comprehensive analytical tools, and deep insights into complex systems. Nagios Fusion offers data aggregation across distributed networks, centralized system overview, and customizable alerts, catering to environments with vast IT assets.

Room for Improvement: ITRS Geneos could enhance its setup simplicity, increase feature integration for broader functionality, and improve scalability for larger systems. Nagios Fusion might focus on delivering more personalized customer support, expanding its advanced analytics capabilities, and refining its user interface for better intuitiveness.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ITRS Geneos requires a more detailed setup process but offers highly rated and supportive customer service to ease implementation and support. Nagios Fusion is quicker to deploy with a simpler setup but lacks the personal touch in customer service found in Geneos.

Pricing and ROI: ITRS Geneos involves higher initial setup costs, justified by enhanced ROI through detailed analytics and performance tracking. Nagios Fusion provides a lower-cost setup, emphasizing operational efficiency and reduced total ownership cost, appealing to budget-conscious organizations.

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Categories and Ranking

ITRS Geneos

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

31st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (28th), Network Monitoring Software (46th)

Nagios Fusion

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

47th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of ITRS Geneos is 1.2%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nagios Fusion is 0.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Sanket

Chief Manager at a marketing services firm with 501-1,000 employees

With the help of the solution, we can predict and prevent failures

Currently, the most valuable thing for an individual is a mobile device. Since that is where people are currently tracking everything, we have multiple applications or apps that are for various products. I would like ITRS Geneos to develop an app, where instead of going to specific login terminals or logging into laptops or desktops to check alerts, we can have visibility in the app itself. Using the ITRS Geneos app, we could see the error message during our travels or wherever we are. I would like to see the capacity of messages for forecasting increased. Since the NSE is the number one derivative stock exchange in the work for three consecutive years, the number of messages is important. We use the capacity planner in ITRS to forecast our data needs for the next two months. The planner is important because the volume of data we produce is becoming more and more volatile compared to when we first started using ITRS Geneos in 2014.

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SyarulIdzuddin Adzmi

Operation Director at Digital Pulse Sdn Bhd

A suitable choice for unified and efficient infrastructure monitoring across diverse environments providing user-friendly GUI, cost-effectiveness, and versatility

We use it for this specific client, they've deployed multiple instances of it across various locations to facilitate monitoring. To effectively monitor their infrastructure, it seems necessary to implement additional monitoring solutions for all three types of devices they have Nagios Fusion…

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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

"It's also easy to implement. The implementation of Geneos is very easy and interesting. It's not complicated. It's very quick to implement. The installation is very easy. There are many topics about ITRS Geneos that explain more about the features of the function of Geneos."

"The solution's log monitoring and alerting mechanisms are very user-friendly and easy to plug and play."

"This tool allows one to analyse, integrate and customize as per the systems and allows you to set your own rules."

"It's a very powerful application monitoring tool across the industry. Many free, open-source tools are available. There are also paid tools, but ITRS Geneos is a real-time application monitoring tool where the user can monitor, self-configure, and manage alerts through their console."

"This solution has helped provide relief to existing Level 2 teams, allowing them to focus efforts on in-depth problem analysis."

"The NetProbe carries over 100 samplers which are capable of monitoring hardware, OS, and the application layer."

"Tons of default modules which are available out of the box"

"The solution is used across the entire investment banking division, covering environments such as electronic trading, algo-trading, fixed income, FX, etc. It monitors that environment and enables a bank to significantly reduce down time. Although hard to measure, since implementation, we have probably seen some increased stability because of it and we have definitely seen teams a lot more aware of their environment. Consequently, we can be more proactive in challenging and improving previously undetected weaknesses."

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"It is easier for client installation, and the configurations are doable even for a newcomer in the field."

"Nagios Fusion version 12.8 excels in user-friendly GUI design, cost-effectiveness, and ease of deployment."

"Being open source lets us customize it for our monitoring needs, saving us money."

"It's very easy to manage and monitor it."

Cons

"One thing that could be improved in terms of rapid scaling would be more ability to clone aspects of an implementation. It seems like there are opportunities in this area, where we have repetitive tasks to do when it comes to implementing things on new servers or on new gateways. It would be great if there was an easy way to clone something that had already been done."

"I would like to see ITRS integrate its setup editor with a SVN to check-in setup XML after major changes."

"Much of the reporting outside of the user interface is very basic and requires much customization to be useful."

"There is one drawback to using lightweight data collection: we lack the feature of observability based on time series, such as historical model data. This makes it difficult to view data in ITRS. ITRS needs to improve this feature."

"The main feature that needs work is the Dashboard designer."

"I would really like to see something from the Geneos side to set up automated reporting from ITRS. We have to send reporting to management every day. To do that we have to check the dashboard and then we have to report whether everything is fine or not. In the future, I want something, some reporting kind of feature in ITRS, where it can collect all the data and mention what is green, what is amber, what is red in a report."

"There is a part of the rules for monitoring alerts. I want to understand more about how to choose the samples and the requirements for the rules. That is the part that I want to understand better and get better training for."

"The deployment method for upgrading is a bit tricky. It takes a little bit of manual effort. If that could be a bit more automated, it would help us a lot."

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"Adding application performance monitoring to the product alongside infrastructure monitoring would make it a more complete and useful solution."

"In future iterations of this solution, there is a desire for more seamless integration with other monitoring software."

"Nagios Fusion should include a 'remember me' option when logging in, so we don't need to enter a username and password every time."

"There are some bugs, although not that many. There are some situations where the solution is not stable but the number of problems is not very high."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"When I first came in, their pricing was very high. ITRS had a high expectation of what their price should be based on perceived value. I think they have been realizing, more recently, that there are other competitors, so their pricing is a lot better. Licensing for on-premise is okay, however I feel there is quite some work to be done for cloud and containers. We're still working with them to try and work out what that pricing should look like."

"It is expensive. They have to look at the model around when we move to cloud and how that's going to work. The licensing cost does pay off because of the improvements in support to our business."

"Pricing and licensing is based on the requirements."

"The pricing seems reasonable. We're happy enough with it."

"The licensing cost may seem expensive upfront. However, the service is outstanding, the tool does things that no other tools can do, and the customizability more than makes up for the cost of licensing."

"ITRS Geneos is not a cheap tool. It's a moderate price for the banking industry. The reason we are not able to add the ITRS monitoring tool for the non-banking industries, and non-finance industries, is that the pricing is too high."

"The organization is not just purchasing a license for the product, but also managing services and professional services from ITRS. Another factor is if the implementation is going to be in production, non-production, or both."

"I can say it's not that cheap because the licensing is a little bit costly"

More ITRS Geneos pricing and cost advice

"The pricing is quite reasonable, especially when compared to the broader market."

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Top Industries

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ITRS Geneos?

I would say that it is an easy-to-use monitoring tool. Amongst the available monitoring tools, it is a really good option.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ITRS Geneos?

The pricing is high. Licensing fees might be around 500$ per server monthly.

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What needs improvement with ITRS Geneos?

ITRS Geneos is a legacy system. It predicts or provides proactive measures once an issue is resolved. It doesn't offer any predictive capabilities or root cause analysis. They throw a lot of data i...

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What do you like most about Nagios Fusion?

Nagios Fusion version 12.8 excels in user-friendly GUI design, cost-effectiveness, and ease of deployment.

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What needs improvement with Nagios Fusion?

In future iterations of this solution, there is a desire for more seamless integration with other monitoring software.

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What advice do you have for others considering Nagios Fusion?

Overall, I would rate it eight out of ten.

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Overview

ITRS Geneos is a real-time monitoring tool designed for managing increasingly complex, hybrid and interconnected IT estates.

Built with financial services and trading organisations in mind, it collects a wide range of data relating to server performance, infrastructure, trading, connectivity and applications, and analyses it to provide relevant information and alerts in real time.

Geneos can give full stack visibility across highly dynamic environments and presents all the information through a single pane of glass and its configurable and customisable dashboards provide end-to-end visibility to both technical and business users.

For more information, please visit https://www.itrsgroup.com/products/geneos

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Nagios Enterprises delivers official products, services, and solutions for and around Nagios – the industry standard in enterprise-grade IT infrastructure monitoring. With millions of users worldwide, Nagios is the undisputed champion in the IT monitoring space. Our team of dedicated professionals works to ensure total customer satisfaction with all the services we provide. Our extensive network of partners helps extend Nagios services and solutions to new organizations and markets worldwide to meet a variety of business needs. Nagios Enterprises was founded in 2007 by Ethan Galstad. Ethan created what would later become known as Nagios in 1999, and currently serves as the President of Nagios Enterprises.

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Sample Customers

ITRS Geneos is used by over 170 financial institutions, including JPMorgan, HSBC, RBS, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs. Clients range from investment banks to exchanges and brokers.

NuBlue, St.Elisabeth Hospital, Akamit Systems, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, ValueClick, Sunrise Banks

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