Open Source Paessler PRTG Network Monitor AlternativesTop Network Monitors and other similar apps like Paessler PRTG Network Monitor

The best open source alternative to Paessler PRTG Network Monitor is Zabbix. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Paessler PRTG Network Monitor and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Paessler PRTG Network Monitor are Sniffnet, Nagios, LibreNMS and Pandora FMS.

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  1. Zabbix icon
     200 likes

    Gather and analyze accurate statistics and performance metrics, visualize it, get notified about current and potential issues without delay, and take advantage of our time-tested professional development and support.

    119 Zabbix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
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    Zabbix vs Paessler PRTG Network Monitor Comments
    aseques
    Positive
    6

    Both offer network monitoring and alerting

    Guest
    Negative
    0

    PRTG is easy to install and operate, while Zabbix is complicated and usually requires expensive consultants to get everything working correctly.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    -7

    this does not integrate well with switches and routers, it is more for windows networks

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Zabbix is Free and Open SourcePaessler PRTG Network Monitor is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Zabbix is Privacy focusedPaessler PRTG Network Monitor is not according to our users
  2. Nagios icon
     91 likes

    Nagios is a powerful monitoring system licensed under Nagios Enterprises that helps organizations identify and resolve IT infrastructure issues.

    135 Nagios alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. LibreNMS icon
     37 likes

    LibreNMS is an autodiscovering PHP/MySQL based network monitoring system forked from Observium. LibreNMS aims to be easy to use, painless to deploy, and support monitoring of a wide range of devices. Observium's license changed to a modified QPL license in May 2012, and...

    33 LibreNMS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • MySQL Community Edition
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • JavaScript
    • PHP
     
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    LibreNMS vs Paessler PRTG Network Monitor Comments
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    Positive
    0

    Clean interface that's easy to navigate and provides just about everythng

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • LibreNMS is Free and Open SourcePaessler PRTG Network Monitor is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. Pandora FMS icon
     70 likes

    Enterprise-ready monitoring solution that provides unparalleled flexibility for IT to address both immediate and unforeseen operational issues, including infrastructure and IT processes.

    39 Pandora FMS alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
  5. Cabot icon
     18 likes

    Cabot is a free, open-source, self-hosted infrastructure monitoring platform that provides some of the best features of PagerDuty, Server Density, Pingdom and Nagios without their cost and complexity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. OpenNMS Horizon icon
     11 likes

    OpenNMS is an open-source network monitoring platform that helps you visualize and monitor everything on your local and distributed networks.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. HyperDX icon
     19 likes

    An open source observability platform: Unify session replays, logs, traces, and errors – all without the Datadog price tag.

    77 HyperDX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  8. Munin icon
     45 likes

    Munin is a networked resource monitoring tool that can help analyze resource trends and "what just happened to kill our performance?" problems. It is designed to be very plug and play. A default installation provides a lot of graphs with almost no work.

    68 Munin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. DeepFlow icon
     5 likes

    Unify your cloud-native monitoring with zero-code eBPF, advanced profiling, and 10x storage efficiency.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  10. NAV icon
     6 likes

    NAV (Network Administration Visualized) is a free software program to monitor networks, developed by UNINETT and used by universities and corporations around the world.

    29 NAV alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. openITCOCKPIT icon
     11 likes

    Easy to use configuration web interface for nagios and neamon. openITCOCKPIT is a perfomant monitoring system with support for distributed monitoring (Satellites), REST API, nice dashboards, maps, graphs and a modular concept for easy customization.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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