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M3 vs Nagios XI

M3

m3db.io

Nagios XI

nagios.com

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FigureM3Nagios XI
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial—Yes
Open source——
Web—Yes
Windows—Yes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
APIYesYes
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published19
Spec score · Metrics Monitoring Tools7.7 (#20)9.0 (#5)
DeploymentM3 can be installed with binaries or Docker, and its documentation includes cluster deployment with Kubernetes.Nagios XI is self-hosted on Linux and offers virtual machine images for VMware Workstation, Oracle VirtualBox, VMware ESXi and vSphere, and Microsoft Hyper-V.
IntegrationsThe documentation describes integrations with Prometheus, Graphite, Grafana, and InfluxDB.Nagios XI supports authentication with Active Directory or LDAP over SSL, Single Sign-On with Microsoft Entra ID, and two-factor authentication through Duo.
SupportThe project links to a community Slack and GitHub repository.A paid license includes the first year of Maintenance & Support, version upgrades, up to ten support cases, Support Portal access, Premium features, and an assigned Customer Success Manager.

Plans

M3

  • M3 (open source)Free

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Nagios XI

  • Standard — 100 Nodes$2,595, paid once
  • Enterprise — 100 Nodes$4,690, paid once
  • FreeFree
  • FreeFree
  • Standard$2,595, paid once
  • Standard (100-Node)$2,595, paid once
  • Enterprise$4,690, paid once
  • Enterprise (100-Node)$4,690, paid once
  • SitewidePriced on request

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M3

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Nagios XI

Nagios XI monitors servers, network devices, applications and services from a Linux server you manage. It checks configured thresholds, records results and sends notifications. Standard includes more than 90 configuration wizards, auto-discovery, dashboards, performance graphs, an open REST API, automation, configuration rollback and snapshots. Enterprise adds SLA and capacity-planning reports, scheduled reports and pages, business process intelligence, bulk changes and an audit log. Users can be restricted to assigned host and service groups, with authentication options including Active Directory or LDAP over SSL, Microsoft Entra ID single sign-on and Duo two-factor authentication. It is self-hosted on Linux, with virtual machine images for several hypervisors and offline installation on Red Hat and CentOS Stream. A 30-day trial provides unlimited monitoring, Enterprise features and direct support without a credit card. The free plan is limited to 7 nodes or 100 services, whichever comes first. Paid perpetual licenses are priced by monitored nodes: Standard is $2,595.00 once and Enterprise is $4,690.00 once, each shown for 100 nodes.

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