<div dir="ltr"><div>I leverage free and open source software whenever possible, so I'm not familiar with the commercial offerings such as what you're using and I don't know how the ones I've used compare, so YMMV. But both Zabbix and Netdata are powerful enterprise-level solutions that may meet your needs and might be worth investigating. Regarding cost, both are free solutions but also have commercial-backed subscription options which presumably provide additional capabilities. (But I don't subscribe to either.)</div><div><br></div><div>I've used Zabbix for monitoring my libraries' Windows servers, linux servers, firewalls, network switches, VPNs, routers, etc. It's a robust enterprise-level solution that gives you complete control over the level of monitoring and metrics you want to collect data on, limited only by the amount of effort you put into learning and configuring the system to suit your needs.</div><div><br></div><div>While I still do maintain my Zabbix server, I've been largely phasing it in favor of Netdata. For my own needs, Netdata essentially provides a turnkey solution via its default client installation without any additional configuration. In my use case, it requires very considerably less effort to configure. There are some key differences in how the two solutions operate, but Netdata with almost no additional configuration works perfectly for me. In the way I use Netdata, I can't use it to monitor network appliances like switches, routers, printers, so I probably won't <u>entirely</u> phase out my Zabbix server and will just maintain a simple config for up/down status and maybe some basic metrics/alerts on devices I don't otherwise have the Netdata client installed on. But if you subscribe to the Netdata cloud offering, perhaps/probably it would fill in those particular blanks.</div><div><br></div><div>2 cents. Good luck with your quest!</div><div><br></div><div>______________________________</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><b>Chad Neeper</b><br><font size="1">Senior Systems Engineer</font><br><br><b>Level 9 Networks</b><br><font size="1">740-548-8070 (voice)<br>866-214-6607 (fax)</font><br><br><font size="1"><i>Full IT/Computer consulting services -- Specialized in public libraries</i></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM Kevin Freeman via OPLINTECH <<a href="mailto:oplintech@lists.oplin.org">oplintech@lists.oplin.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg4983563257119687688">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> The networking monitoring software we use is up for renewal with a very large price increase. We are currently using Paessler PRTG Network Monitor which is very good about alerting but I am not sure it is worth the price jump. I would
like to know what other Network Monitoring tools others are using and how pricey they might be.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kevin Freeman<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Coordinator of Information Technology<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fairfield County District Library<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">219 N Broad Street <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lancaster, OH 43130<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">740-653-2745 ext 201<u></u><u></u></p>
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