Blog Entry of 2010-Oct-25 in Press, PRTG 8
PRTG 8 Wins Comparison Test of German Magazine "Funkschau"
The German IT magazine „Funkschau“ released a comparison test of four monitoring solutions.
Our network monitoring software, PRTG, is rated as best product and the jury's recommendation.
On Friday, the German magazine "Funkschau", specialized in communication technology, released a comparison test of four big monitoring solutions: They tested PRTG 8 against "WhatsUp Gold Premium 14.3, OpManager 8.7," and "Orion Network Performance Monitor 10.0." The jury decided on PRTG 8 as the overall winner, among others because of its cost effectiveness, the friendly user interface, and its capability to monitor distributed networks. The article outlines PRTG as “Made in Germany—quick to install, easy to use.”
In the full test, you can read: “A complex infrastructure [of your network] does not mean that using PRTG Network Monitor is complicated, as all you need is one single PRTG core server to monitor your complete network. […] The automatic discovery of a local network with an IP address range from 0 to 255 is processed quick as lightning and, in our test, it worked flawlessly, managing to discover everything. […] PRTG Network Monitor 8 complies with all demands we put on a monitoring solution. The product is complete, simple to install, flexible to use, it scales effectively, communicates easily, and explains itself well. Beyond that, it does not stress budgets as much as several competitive products. During the test, it convinced with high usability, reliability, and accuracy.” Go and see for yourself! The full article is now available in English: Be alarmed—avoid catastrophies