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                    - The Monitoring Experts
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The #1 Alternative to Solarwinds

  • All-in-one monitoring instead of a combination of management tools
  • PRTG can replace many SolarWinds solutions at a fair price
  • Easily integrate other IT services and applications into PRTG
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Fully-featured, no credit card required, 30 days trial, unlimited use of PRTG

Our Users Give Top Ratings for Monitoring With Paessler PRTG

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Compare PRTG to SolarWinds

FEATURE

PRTG

PRTG

SolarWinds

SolarWinds

One tool for your entire network

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
not included

Easy setup, intuitive monitoring

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
not included

Automatic network discover

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
not included

Real-time alerts & notifications

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
not included

Custom maps & dashboards

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
not included

Agentless monitoring

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
not included

On-premises or cloud-based

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
included

Enterprise version

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
included

Freeware version

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
not included

Distributed network monitoring

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
included

Server & application monitoring

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
not included

Network performance monitoring

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
included

Bandwidth monitoring

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
included

Network traffic analyzer

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
not included

Cloud services monitoring

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
not included

Virtual infrastructure monitoring

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
not included

Storage resource monitoring

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
not included

Database monitoring

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
included

Web performance monitoring

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
not included

Supports leading technologies

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
included

Create your own scripts

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
included

Includes technical support

PRTG
included
SolarWinds
included

PRTG makes network monitoring as easy as it gets

Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent all kinds of network issues.

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Discover powerful monitoring features for your entire IT infrastructure

maps and dashboards
maps and dashboards

Multiple user interfaces 

  • Enjoy the possibilities of our web interface
  • Edit multiple monitoring objects at once with the PRTG app for desktop
  • Use our PRTG apps for iOS and Android for monitoring on the go

Maps & dashboards

  • Visualize your network the way you need
  • Use real-time maps with live status information
  • Create helpful dashboards with the PRTG map designer
maps and dashboards
maps and dashboards
notification templates
notification templates

Alerts & notifications

  • Receive alerts when there are problems or unusual metrics
  • Set custom thresholds for your monitoring
  • Benefit from built-in notification methods (email, push, HTTP requests, and more)
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“Switching to PRTG saved us time and money by replacing SolarWinds, Cacti, and SNMPC with one tool that also offers a mobile app.”

Stein Erik Høybakk, Senior Network Engineer
TAFJORD
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