PRTG Network Monitor vs VMware Aria Operations for Applications comparison

Paessler GmbH and VMware are both solutions in the Cloud Monitoring Software category. Paessler GmbH is ranked #8 with an average rating of 7.6, while VMware is ranked #29 with an average rating of 7.5. Paessler GmbH holds a 4.4% mindshare in CMS, compared to VMware’s 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Paessler GmbH users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of VMware users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 24, 2024

PRTG Network Monitor and VMware Aria Operations for Applications compete in the network and application monitoring category. While PRTG Network Monitor leads in simplicity and affordability, VMware offers enhanced features and integration with cloud platforms, valued by users despite its higher price.

Features: PRTG Network Monitor offers rapid deployment, easy setup, and comprehensive monitoring capabilities, making it user-friendly for small to medium environments. It has flexible licensing options and supports extensive compatibility with varied infrastructure. VMware Aria Operations for Applications is appreciated for its advanced feature set, robust integration with cloud platforms, and a user-friendly interface that provides deep insights into performance metrics.

Room for Improvement: PRTG Network Monitor is critiqued for its expensive licensing for advanced capabilities, limited application monitoring, and the need for more detailed SLA reports. Users also mention the desire for improved map design and dashboard interface. VMware Aria Operations for Applications faces criticism for its high costs and complex licensing structure, particularly for extensions like Tanzu Observability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: PRTG Network Monitor is known for straightforward deployment across hybrid and on-premises environments, though its technical support is limited to email and European business hours. VMware Aria Operations for Applications also provides easy deployment and responsive technical support, but users report additional licensing costs.

Pricing and ROI: PRTG Network Monitor is noted for competitive pricing, particularly for SMEs, offering a cost-effective solution with good ROI. Conversely, VMware Aria Operations for Applications entails higher costs due to separate licenses for different integrations, affecting total investment, though its consolidated pricing model is efficient.

To learn more, read our detailed PRTG Network Monitor vs. VMware Aria Operations for Applications Report (Updated: February 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

PRTG Network Monitor

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

8th

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

8th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

101

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (5th)

VMware Aria Operations for ...

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

43rd

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

29th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (36th), Container Monitoring (9th)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Cloud Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of PRTG Network Monitor is 4.4%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Aria Operations for Applications is 1.5%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Tochukwu Uzomba

Solutions Architect at Boch Systems Company Limited

Efficiently monitor networks across regions with seamless setup and robust feature set

PRTG Network Monitor is easy to set up. Within a few minutes, it is operational. It is an all-in-one monitoring solution without extra costs. For example, we set it up for an insurance company with branches across Africa. We are able to monitor from Lagos without installing anything in the branches, using the agentless feature. We just put in the IP address and the parameter, and we monitor from those ends. Additionally, all the sensors are very useful. Most people are interested in the bandwidth monitoring sensor to see what bandwidth the users are consuming. The pricing is affordable compared to SolarWinds.

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ToniLindberg

senior consultant at Virtual Consultants Sverige AB

Troubleshooting capabilities have improved application monitoring and support engagement

I can see what happens end to end, which is pretty beneficial. The solution has troubleshooting capabilities, providing a direct connection to knowledge base articles from VMware Broadcom. When I encounter an error, I can search directly within the system to see what solutions have been employed by others. It has a familiar interface, which makes it easy to get started.

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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 very easy to manage when you've got time to do some work on it: things like adding devices, adding groups, adding sensor clusters, and being able to clone and move stuff around."

"The solution provides us response times to issues."

"Technical support is helpful."

"The most valuable feature of PRTG Network Monitor is the dashboards. We can check to see the resources and the uptime."

"It is great for service level agreements and can comply fully with internet monitoring or any interface."

"The most valuable features of PRTG Network Monitor are user-friendly, and the graphical interface is good for all the network devices that are mapped in this organization. It's very easy to find reports for any devices that we are looking for."

"It improves the status of my infrastructure, from networking devices to real-time machines."

"Good compilation of the system's information."

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"Tanzu itself, integrated with multiple solutions, bestows support and security upon a container platform, especially when it comes to managing open-source container platforms such as Kubernetes."

"This solution allows me to have true visibility for any metrics when it comes to my cloud, and private."

"No issues with stability."

"For us, the ease of deployment in combination with TMZ was the most important part because we don't have to manually deploy a complex monitoring solution. We can more or less do that with the click of a button, and we are not dependent on the developers to provide us with all the necessary features and functions to make that work. We can just deploy it on a workload cluster and monitor at least a good part of the workload. If we want to go into detail, we clearly need to make changes, but for a good part of application monitoring, it gives us good insights."

"The solution is great for virtualization and preparing the infrastructure in Tanzu to test products. It's very fast and has good visibility."

"People are very pleased with the implementation."

"VMware comes with a support team, and if you have trouble, you can easily create a ticket, and VMware will help you. Therefore, the best aspect is the support."

"The stability of Aria Operations for Applications has improved significantly over the years."

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Cons

"A room for improvement in PRTG Network Monitor is its sensors. Its application technology sensor, such as the IAS, .NET, etc., needs some improvement because it doesn't work as expected. For example, the IAS sensor doesn't give immediate information, and the information you get from it isn't of good value. The web GUI of PRTG Network Monitor also needs improvement because errors keep popping up if it's not been updated to the latest version. What I'd like to see in the next release of the tool is end-to-end topology mapping for the business model, and that should be required. There has to be a technical map. Technical mapping and topological creation are missing in PRTG Network Monitor, so I would like to see those in the future."

"The Desktop app is good but it can be really sluggish at times, especially when you're editing different elements."

"PRTG Network Monitor can improve by adding prevention and detection features."

"The scalability of this solution could improve as well as the automated provisioning of the infrastructure."

"In a very few cases, customers want more detailed reports, which we cannot meet."

"PRTG Network Monitor could improve interaction with customers by offering direct support involvement instead of just mail responses."

"When it comes to third-party integration, one of the things we were looking at was putting some sensors onto our firewall, for instance. If there were a little bit more documentation and some step-by-step guides around that, that would be useful for us."

"I would like to see them take their graphing tools and convert them into a collector so that we can point telemetry to them"

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"The solution could be expensive, which might be a limiting factor."

"The initial setup should be easier and more seamless."

"It could use a URL document server. Everything in the market is moving towards automation and everybody's looking for the single click operations as well relational data locality."

"The solution could be expensive, which might be a limiting factor."

"In the new version, I would love to see more prediction capabilities. It would be great if one could see the alerts get a little more enriched with information and become more human-friendly instead of the technical stuff that they put in there. I think those would be really awesome outcomes to get."

"I would like to see integration with Kubernetes cluster and APIs so that you can manage the entire stack."

"The main problem I have is that the license cost is very high."

"Its billing model is consumption-based. I understand the consumption-based model, but it is not necessarily easy to estimate and guess how many points or how much we are going to consume on a specific application up until we get to that point. So, for us, it would be helpful to have more insights or predictability into what we can expect from a cost perspective if we are starting to use specific features. This can potentially also drive our consumption a bit more."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Sensors on free version can run out quick."

"Licenses are very expensive, so I would like to see cheaper licensing."

"Pricing for PRTG Network Monitor is a nine out of ten. It meets my company's budget and monitoring requirements. My company is on a perpetual license."

"It's a cost-efficient tool."

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

"We are using the premium version of PRTG Network Monitor. The price of the solution is a bit higher than competitors but it is worth the extra money. However, it would be helpful if the price was lower."

"The licensing fees are billed annually and there are no costs in addition to this."

"In my company now, we are using the free version."

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"The licensing costs are very high, particularly when you consider that we have to purchase a level 1 license for every integration, such as the load balancer, HAProxy, and the MSSP. And if you want to use vSAN, that's another license. Then, of course, Tanzu Observability has its own separate license."

"Different locations require different setups. In your terms, around 300 to around 400K USD."

"I would rate the pricing as three out of five."

"I don't have the details. In our case, there is a mixture in place. We have production usage, and we are also doing training for VMware. So, we also have a training instance. It is worth the money you would spend on it. That's because if you were to build all of this yourself by using some of the open source tools, then you would need a lot of time."

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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

Educational Organization

54%

Computer Software Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

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 prices are very high for PRTG Network Monitor. That's why I'm using the free100 sensor license.

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What do you like most about VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront?

VMware comes with a support team, and if you have trouble, you can easily create a ticket, and VMware will help you. Therefore, the best aspect is the support.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront?

The deployment is fast if you know what you're doing. The pricing could be a limiting factor as it's usually not cheap, but they bundle it so it might include additional services.

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What needs improvement with VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront?

I am not sure what can be improved. The solution could be expensive, which might be a limiting factor.

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Tanzu Observability, Wavefront, Wavefront by VMware, VMware Tanzu Observability

Overview

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.

Paessler GmbH

VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront is a powerful tool for monitoring and analyzing the performance and availability of applications and infrastructure in real-time.

With its comprehensive monitoring capabilities, visualizing and analyzing data becomes effortless. The real-time alerting system ensures timely issue resolution, while scalability and a user-friendly interface provide a seamless experience for smooth operations.

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Sample Customers

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