Cacti vs Spectrum 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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72% 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

Spectrum

Network Monitoring Software

5 1 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

Spectrum is an online-based Network Monitoring Software. Switch to the AWS Region in which your service (server instance, in case of EC2) has been initiated. Create a new product on Spectrum and enter your AWS IAM User credentials with full CloudWatch access. Create an SNS Topic (give it any name) and create a HTTPS Subscription to our magic URL. Configure your CloudWatch alarm to send a Notification to this AWS Topic on Alarm and OK state. Read more

Pricing Options

Free Trial Not Available
Cacti Offers Custom plan.

Free Trial Not Available
Spectrum 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%

72% 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

65%
Reviews

60%
Momentum

60%
Popularity

65%

Features

Total Features	2 Features	1 Features
Common Features for All	Bandwidth Monitoring Helps to monitor the amount of data transmitted in a specified amount of time. 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	Bandwidth Monitoring Helps to monitor the amount of data transmitted in a specified amount of time. 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

Technical Details

Organization Types Supported	Individuals Medium Business Small Business	Individuals Medium Business Small Business
Platforms Supported	SaaS/Web/Cloud	SaaS/Web/Cloud
Modes of Support	Online	Online
API Support	Available	NA

Reviews & Ratings

User Rating	4.2/5 17 user ratings	5/5 1 user ratings
Ratings Distribution	Excellent 41.2% Very Good 41.2% Average 11.8% Poor 5.9% Terrible 0%	Excellent 100% Very Good 0% Average 0% Poor 0% Terrible 0%
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Pricing

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