Nagios XI
8.1#2 in dns monitoring software$2,595 one-timeFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
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openITCOCKPIT
7.5#5 in infrastructure monitoringFrom €1 a yearFree planiOSWebAPILinux
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| Fact | Nagios XI | openITCOCKPIT |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
Nagios XI plans
- Standard — 100 Nodes$2,595, paid once
- Enterprise — 100 Nodes$4,690, paid once
- FreeFree
- Standard$2,595, paid once
- Standard (100-Node)$2,595, paid once
- Enterprise$4,690, paid once
openITCOCKPIT plans
- Community EditionFree
- Bronze€1 a year
- Silver€3.50 a year
- Gold€5 a year
- Platin€10 a year
- SpecificPriced on request
Pick Nagios XI if…
Nagios XI suits teams that want to monitor infrastructure from a Linux server they manage. It is also relevant to organizations that need self-hosted deployment, node-based licenses, or offline installation.
Pick openITCOCKPIT if…
It suits teams monitoring mixed infrastructure, applications or containers that want dashboards, alerts and availability reporting. Community and Enterprise editions provide different server platform support.