Nagios XI vs openITCOCKPIT
Nagios XI
nagios.com
openITCOCKPIT
openitcockpit.ioSide by side
| Figure | Nagios XI | openITCOCKPIT |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | €0.08/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 9 | 6 |
| Spec score · Infrastructure Monitoring | 9.0 (#3) | 8.3 (#11) |
| Spec score · Server Monitoring | 9.0 (#4) | 8.3 (#12) |
| Headquarters | St. Paul, Minnesota, United States | Fulda, Germany |
| Integrations | Nagios XI supports authentication with Active Directory or LDAP over SSL, Single Sign-On with Microsoft Entra ID, and two-factor authentication through Duo. | Listed integrations include Grafana, Prometheus, PagerDuty, Mattermost, Rocket.Chat, ServiceNow, Slack, i-doit, Checkmk and Nagios Core. |
| Monitoring engine | Nagios XI is built on the open-source Nagios Core engine and adds its own web interface, database, dashboards, reports and API. | It uses Naemon as its monitoring engine and is described as 100% compatible with Nagios. |
| Support | 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. | Basic subscription support includes up to five support requests per contract period; higher support tiers list 25 or 50 cases per year and response times. |
Plans
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
openITCOCKPIT
- Community EditionFree
- Bronze€1 a year
- Silver€3.50 a year
- Gold€5 a year
- Platin€10 a year
- SpecificPriced on request
In their own words
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.
openITCOCKPIT
openITCOCKPIT is an open-source monitoring platform for servers, virtual machines, network devices, applications, containers, cloud environments and IoT. Its web frontend and JSON API configure and visualize Nagios, Naemon and Prometheus monitoring, with user permissions. Naemon is the monitoring engine, and the platform is described as compatible with Nagios. Prometheus integration supports exporter management, alert rules and graphical configuration. A cross-platform agent monitors CPU, memory, disks, network interfaces, services, processes, temperature sensors, QEMU and Docker containers on Windows, Linux and macOS. Users can build and share dashboards, and produce availability and SLA reports in PDF, HTML or CSV, manually or on a schedule. The Community Edition is free at free. Paid plans are listed at €1 a year for Bronze, €3.50 a year for Silver, €5 a year for Gold and €10 a year for Platin. Ubuntu and Debian server support is listed for both editions; Red Hat/Enterprise Linux support is an Enterprise subscription feature.