PRTG Network Monitor Feature Overview

Quick Download, Installation and Configuration

  • Quick ad-hoc Download (40 MB): no web forms or registration hassles
  • Runs on all Windows versions: server or workstation, XP or later, 32 or 64 bit
  • Installs in 3 minutes: no additional downloads (.NET, SQL Server etc.) required
  • Interactive guidance by the software: no manual reading or training required
  • Option 1: Auto Discovery creates sensors for your network (about 1 min per device)
  • Option 2: Manual device/sensor setup (about 5 min per device)


Easy to Use: Choose Between Three User Interfaces

  • Web Browser based Interface: state of the art, AJAX based web site
  • Windows GUI: native Windows application especially for large installations
  • iPhone app: Access monitoring status on-the-road (must be purchased separately)
  • All user interfaces allow SSL-secured local and remote access and can be used simultaneously
  • Read more about the user interface options in the PRTG manual


Comprehensive Network Monitoring



Flexible Alerting

  • 12 notification technologies: Email, SMS/Pager, Instant messaging, syslog and SNMP Trap, HTTP request, Event log entry, Play alarm sound files, Any external technology that can be triggered by an EXE or batch file
  • Status alerts (up, down, warning)
  • Limit alerts (value above/below x)
  • Threshold alerts (above/below x for y minutes)
  • Multiple condition alerts (x and y are down)
  • Escalation alerts (extra notifications every x min during downtime)
  • Dependencies (avoid alarm floods)
  • Acknowledged Alarms (no more notifications for this alarm)
  • Alert Scheduling (no low priority alerts at night)

Data Publishing and Maps

  • Real time dashboards with live performance and status information
  • Private and public dashboards: e.g. screens for network operations centers or maps with at-a-glance information for other employees
  • Interactive map designer with 60 different map objects (status icons, traffic charts, top 10 lists, etc.)
  • For more and detailed features please check our knowledge base


In-Depth Reporting

  • Reports in HTML or PDF format
  • Reporting tasks can be run ad-hoc or scheduled (daily, weekly, monthly)
  • Historic monitoring data can be exported as HTML, XML, CSV
  • More than 30 report templates included
    • Detailed graphs and data tables for one or more sensors
    • Uptime/Downtime (% and seconds)
    • Good/failed requests (% and totals)
    • Top 100 Bandwidth Usage
    • Top 100 CPU Usage
    • Top 100 Ping Times
    • Top 100 Disk Space
    • Top 100 Uptime/Downtime
    • And several others
  • For screenshots, sample reports and more detailed information please check our knowledge base.


High Performance Design and High Security Standards

  • PRTG supports monitoring from 1 to 30,000 sensors per installation
  • Paessler's proprietary database system is highly optimized for monitoring data (data is accessible through API)
    • Much faster than SQL servers with less CPU usage
    • Powerful enough to store years of data for thousands of sensors
  • Low system requirements: Even a Netbook can monitor 1,500 sensors
  • Multiple Probes allow to distribute high loads
  • Multi site monitoring secured by SSL encryption for probe connections
  • SSL secured web server (HTTPS) for web, Windows and iPhone GUI
  • Multiple User accounts with shared and private sensors as well as rights management
  • More security features


Support for Customization

  • Custom Sensors
  • Custom Notifications
  • Custom Device Templates
  • Custom OIDLIB files
  • Reports and web interface can be branded
  • PRTG RESTful API allows to create/edit/delete monitoring objects and to access monitoring data


Why PRTG from Paessler?

  • Software Engineering Made in Germany
  • World Class Support
    • Inquiries answered in less than 24 hours on business days
    • Answers come from our own in-house support engineers and the developer staff
    • Paessler provides an extensive online knowledgebase