Cacti vs SolarWinds ipMonitor Comparison

76% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more

Cacti

Network Monitoring Software

4.2 17 user ratings

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81% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more

SolarWinds ipMonitor

Network Monitoring Software

4.5 17 user ratings

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Overview

Description

Cacti is a complete network graphing solution designed to harness the power of RRDTool's data storage and graphing functionality. Round robin archive (RRA) settings can be customized giving the user the ability to gather data on non-standard timespans while storing varying amounts of data. Contains a "data input" mechanism that allows users to define custom scripts that can be used to gather data. Each script can contain arguments that must be entered for each data source created using the script (such as an IP address). Read more

SolarWinds ipMonitor is an online-based Network Monitoring Software. The Startup Wizard guides you through an automated discovery and alert configuration process, offering out-of-the-box recommendations for what to monitor on each device and application. Over a dozen notification types help ensure you will know about network issues or application failures. Receive alerts via email or text message, or even right to Windows Event Log files. Avoid late-night calls and resolve issues without your intervention by automating corrective actions to restore services if a failure occurs. Read more

Pricing Options

Free Trial Not Available
Cacti Offers Custom plan.

Free Trial Available
SolarWinds ipMonitor Offers Custom plan.

SW Score & Breakdown

76% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more

Features The Feature Score % is calculated using the weighted average method, where core features hold more weight in the final calculation. Read more

68%
Reviews

60%
Momentum

60%
Popularity

72%

81% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more

Features The Feature Score % is calculated using the weighted average method, where core features hold more weight in the final calculation. Read more

82%
Reviews

60%
Momentum

65%
Popularity

65%

Features

Total Features	2 Features	6 Features
Common Features for All	Bandwidth Monitoring Helps to monitor the amount of data transmitted in a specified amount of time. Internet Usage Monitoring Enables users to monitor and control the use of internet facility in an organization like preventing someone to access unsafe sites SLA Monitoring Helps to tackle every critical aspect of service-level agreement (SLA) contract that in turn helps to monitor network performance Server Monitoring Helps monitoring server's system resources like Network, CPU Usage, Memory Consumption, I/O, etc. to facilitate offering a better customer experience Uptime Monitoring Monitors and ensures the availability and reliability of the network and its applications when users need them Web Traffic Reporting Provides detailed reports on network traffic to help and manage it efficiently	Bandwidth Monitoring Helps to monitor the amount of data transmitted in a specified amount of time. Internet Usage Monitoring Enables users to monitor and control the use of internet facility in an organization like preventing someone to access unsafe sites SLA Monitoring Helps to tackle every critical aspect of service-level agreement (SLA) contract that in turn helps to monitor network performance Server Monitoring Helps monitoring server's system resources like Network, CPU Usage, Memory Consumption, I/O, etc. to facilitate offering a better customer experience Uptime Monitoring Monitors and ensures the availability and reliability of the network and its applications when users need them Web Traffic Reporting Provides detailed reports on network traffic to help and manage it efficiently + 3 More - Show Less

Technical Details

Organization Types Supported	Individuals Large Enterprises Medium Business Small Business	Individuals Large Enterprises Medium Business Small Business
Platforms Supported	SaaS/Web/Cloud Installed - Windows	SaaS/Web/Cloud Installed - Windows
Modes of Support	Online	Online
API Support	Available	NA

Reviews & Ratings

User Rating	4.2/5 17 user ratings	4.5/5 17 user ratings
Ratings Distribution	Excellent 41.2% Very Good 41.2% Average 11.8% Poor 5.9% Terrible 0%	Excellent 59.3% Very Good 29.6% Average 11.1% Poor 0% Terrible 0%
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Pricing

Pricing Options	Free Trial Not Available Cacti Offers Custom plan.	Free Trial Available SolarWinds ipMonitor Offers Custom plan.
Pricing Plans Monthly Plans Annual Plans	Cacti Custom	SolarWinds ipMonitor Custom
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