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Nagios XI vs Oracle Enterprise Manager comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 6, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.3
Nagios XI support is professional and prompt, though costly, with comprehensive resources lessening the need for direct assistance.
Sentiment score
6.9
Oracle Enterprise Manager's customer service is mixed, with responsiveness praised, but initial-tier resolution times and support experiences vary.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
3.9
Nagios XI requires better integration, user interface, documentation, and enhanced features for easier setup and improved management capabilities.
Sentiment score
4.9
Oracle Enterprise Manager struggles with complexity, high costs, and usability issues, requiring improvements in performance, scalability, and user support.
The GUI could be improved. It's a bit too basic.
Setting up the Oracle Enterprise Manager is challenging as it requires setting up a separate server.
 

Scalability Issues

No sentiment score available
Nagios XI is scalable for various environments, but complex performance and limited documentation challenge extensive infrastructures.
Sentiment score
7.2
Oracle Enterprise Manager scales effectively, handling numerous databases and users, despite possible configuration tweaks and hardware considerations.
 

Setup Cost

No sentiment score available
Nagios XI offers cost-effective monitoring with free and paid versions, though enterprise deployment may involve complex licensing and higher costs.
Sentiment score
6.3
Oracle Enterprise Manager's costs vary by features and infrastructure, with potentially high expenses for advanced capabilities and cloud services.
We are using the free, open-source version.
The licensing is based on the core.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Nagios XI is stable with minimal performance issues, requiring occasional tweaks, and is ideal for large-scale infrastructure monitoring.
No sentiment score available
Oracle Enterprise Manager is stable and reliable, with minor issues in upgrades and performance, rated highly by users.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.5
Nagios XI provides customizable, scalable monitoring with extensive plugin support, real-time insights, and integration, improving user experience and flexibility.
Sentiment score
8.4
Oracle Enterprise Manager enhances database administration with real-time monitoring, easy integration, and proactive issue resolution, improving performance and visibility.
The alerting system is very effective.
It also has features like the AWR report, which helps analyze resource usage during specific times.
 

Categories and Ranking

Nagios XI
Ranking in Server Monitoring
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
57
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (13th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (12th), Cloud Monitoring Software (16th)
Oracle Enterprise Manager
Ranking in Server Monitoring
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
125
Ranking in other categories
Database Development and Management (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Server Monitoring category, the mindshare of Nagios XI is 9.3%, down from 10.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Enterprise Manager is 4.8%, down from 6.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Server Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

FakhruddinLokhandwala - PeerSpot reviewer
A simple monitoring tool that is scalable and stable
Nagios XI doesn't provide scripting. For example, if we have built up multiple IPX tunnels from a base location to a data center location and want to monitor or trigger an alert if the tunnel goes down, Nagios XI does not automatically send alerts notifying us that the tunnel is down. This is a feature we want, and in the past, Nagios completed scripting for us, but it didn't work out well. In addition, Nagios XI doesn't have a feature where we can push the configuration from the server to all our devices. For example, if there are 500 devices in our network and we need to write down a simple command like a show clock or want to write the configuration, we cannot execute this command on all of our devices. We have already raised this issue with Nagios, and they told us they would speak with the BU team to see if this can be applied in the next release. If they do, it will come with an additional license. Another feature we want is the IP SLA Tracking in Cisco. For example, if our ISP connection is traversing through an L2 point, which is a layer two point, we don't have IP-to-IP communication to track those interfaces. So if we need to implement something end-to-end and the interface goes down, we should get alerts for that. And if the interface goes down, there should be specific behaviour so that our traffic can switch over from the LAN or the WAN. That is not in the current Nagios deployment, but they have advised they are working on it.
Muhammad Usman Muzaffar - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides good stability and has an easy implementation process
It is a good tool for monitoring databases. It enhances the overall visibility within the database The older version of the product works with Flash technology. Although the latest version works with Java, it still requires Flash technology. It should utilize only a Java plugin to visualize your…
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Comparison Review

it_user174738 - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
59%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
5%
Manufacturing Company
4%
Educational Organization
75%
Financial Services Firm
4%
Computer Software Company
4%
Government
3%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Nagios XI?
It is an open-source platform with valuable features for performance and stability.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nagios XI?
Nagios XI is an expensive solution. On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten.
What needs improvement with Nagios XI?
From an alerting point of view, some graphics and metrics don't work properly with Nagios XI as they do with Checkmk. The solution's scalability, pricing, stability, and support could be improved. ...
What do you like most about Oracle Enterprise Manager?
What I like most about Oracle Enterprise Manager are its features, particularly the active session history. It provides insights into SQL, and I use it regularly to identify potential issues.
What needs improvement with Oracle Enterprise Manager?
The platform's interface could be more streamlined. Currently, there are multiple ways to navigate to a specific point, which can be confusing. Additionally, there could be further enhancements in ...
 

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Sample Customers

Nagios has over one million users globally, including AOL, DHL, McAfee, MCI, MTV, Yahoo!, Universal, Toshiba, Sony, Siemens, and JPMorgan Chase.
7-Eleven, Halliburton, Cisco, Garmin, Nationwide, Korea Telecom, Allied Irish Bank
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