Windows-based network and server monitoring from Paessler built around sensors for SNMP, WMI, flows, ping and HTTP, with maps and dashboards.
Pricing and hosting
- Pricing
- Free plan
- Free plan
- Freeware edition: 100 sensors
- Open source
- No
- Self-hosted
- Yes
- Launched
- 2003
- Status
- Active
- Website
- paessler.com
Plans and prices change; check the tool's own site before you decide.
What it does
Network monitoring checklist
9 of 10 confirmed in PRTG Network Monitor's own documentation. The same checklist is used for every tool in Network.
- SNMP polling Yes
- Flow analysis Yes
- Device discovery Yes
- Topology maps Yes
- Latency and path Yes
- Bandwidth graphs Yes
- Syslog and traps Yes
- Configuration backup Not confirmed
- Alerting Yes
- Wireless Yes
No device configuration backup.
Checked against: paessler.com, paessler.com (2)
Server and infrastructure monitoring checklist
9 of 10 confirmed in PRTG Network Monitor's own documentation. The same checklist is used for every tool in Infrastructure.
- Host agent Not confirmed
- Agentless checks Yes
- Windows hosts Yes
- Auto-discovery Yes
- Process and service checks Yes
- Log collection Yes
- Containers Yes
- Alerting with notifications Yes
- Dashboards Yes
- Plugins or integrations Yes
Probe-based (SNMP/WMI/SSH sensors), no host agent; Docker Container Status sensor.
Checked against: paessler.com, paessler.com (2), paessler.com (3)
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