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What is PRTG?

PRTG Network Monitor is the flagship offering from German software company Paessler, for monitoring local and wide area networks (LANs & WANs), servers, websites, apps, and more.

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Paessler PRTG Network Monitor review

Rating: 9 out of 10
March 26, 2025
Vetted ReviewVerified User
We use PRTG Network Monitor as a monitoring tool and a platform to manage the capacity of the several links and interconnections on our network. It is also used as reporting t...
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Verified user
Manager
PRTG Network Monitor5 years of experience

Reasonable software with questionable capital owners

Rating: 5 out of 10
March 25, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
PRTG Network Monitor helps us stay on top of our entire IT setup. We use it to monitor our network, a large number of Windows servers, branch offices, and critical business ap...
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Verified user
Administrator
PRTG Network Monitor10 years of experience

PRTG Network Monitor is a solid contributor to Network Monitoring

Rating: 9 out of 10
November 14, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Certainly! PRTG Network Monitor plays a crucial role in our organization, providing valuable insights into our network infrastructure. By monitoring switches, networking equip...
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Manager
PRTG Network Monitor8 years of experience

PRTG Network Monitor still leads in value and native app support.

Rating: 10 out of 10
June 17, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
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Erik Tank
Technician - Information Technology
Systems and Security Architect
East Moline School District 37
PRTG Network Monitor15 years of experience

PRTG is a solid network monitoring solution.

Rating: 8 out of 10
June 11, 2024
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We use three PRTG servers, two with the free edition and the third with a paid edition. We have three different networks, and each of those is covered by one instance of PRTG....
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Carlos Coque
Analyst - Information Technology
System Administrator
IBEX Payroll Services
PRTG Network Monitor8 years of experience
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Pricing

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PRTG 500

$2,149

On Premise
per year

Hosted 500

$2,149

Cloud
per year

PRTG 1,000

$3,899

On Premise
per year

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.paessler.com/pricing

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $2,149 per year
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Product Demos

PGT 305 : MINI PROJECT - DEMO VIDEO PRTG NETWORK MONITOR

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PGT 305 : MINI PROJECT - DEMO VIDEO PRTG NETWORK MONITOR

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PRTG Network Monitor Demo

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PRTG Network Monitor Live Demo

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Monitor Large Scale Environments the Easy Way - PRTG Network Monitor

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Features

Network Performance Monitoring

A network performance monitoring system monitors the entire network for performance problems and collects performance data such as network traffic analysis performance bottlenecks, etc.

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Product Details

What is PRTG?

PRTG Network Monitor is the flagship offering from German software company Paessler, for monitoring local and wide area networks (LANs & WANs), servers, websites, apps, and more. It also includes free VoIP monitoring software.

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PRTG Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows
Mobile ApplicationAndroid

Frequently Asked Questions

PRTG Network Monitor is the flagship offering from German software company Paessler, for monitoring local and wide area networks (LANs & WANs), servers, websites, apps, and more.

PRTG starts at $2149.

ManageEngine OpManager, N-able N-central, and Datadog are common alternatives for PRTG.

Reviewers rate Network monitoring highest, with a score of 9.4.

The most common users of PRTG are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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PRTG real time traffic monitoring

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
April 20, 2019
Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Real Estate Company, 10,001+ employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
PRTG Network Monitor
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
PRTG is an excellent tool for monitoring bandwidth utilization in our organization. It gives us complete real-time data on bandwidth utilization of all our external and internal connections.
Pros
  • Bandwidth utilization.
  • Historic data of circuit health.
  • Monitors device health.
Cons
  • Addition of new Sensors to accommodate new networking vendors.
  • Support of Google Maps for geographical mapping.
  • Support of new APIs on the PRTG.
Likelihood to Recommend
PRTG is well suited for real-time bandwidth utilization. You can also view traffic based on specific segmentation and VLANs. PRTG, however, is less robust when it comes to SNMP monitoring of devices. Device hardware details and monitoring can be improved. It does provide sensors to monitor Virtual machines and their health. It is great if only bandwidth, CPU load, disk space, and memory need to be monitored.

PRTG Network Monitor: an easy-to-use monitoring tool with a useful demo

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
June 17, 2024
Verified User
Manager in Engineering
Telecommunications Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
PRTG Network Monitor
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We currently use PRTG Network Monitor to monitor the infrastructure we have at the cross-network level for several projects we manage. Initially, PRTG Network Monitor allowed us to reduce the impact of penalties for delays in restoring services due to non-compliance with SLA. We are currently trying to extend it to use in network monitoring for some specific clients
Pros
  • real time monitoring
  • sending alerts via email
  • traffic capture to generate reports both in real time and accumulated
Cons
  • Sending alerts via WhatsApp or through a call
  • incorporation of the database to integrate with power BI
  • create customizable dashboards
Likelihood to Recommend
It is very useful for monitoring network infrastructure such as Switch, Router, AP, FW, SD-WAN equipment and for the infrastructure part if I consider that monitoring for servers is very basic (CPU, Memory, RAM) which perhaps It can be done with another tool from the same manufacturer or perhaps integrated into the PRTG Network Monitor

Need SNMP monitoring? PRTG Network Monitor has you covered.

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
June 11, 2024
MM
Mike McGuire
Director of Telecommunications
City of Monroe (Telecommunications, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
PRTG Network Monitor
10 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use PRTG Network Monitor to monitor traffic flow on bandwidth, up-time on devices, and custom SNMP sensors. We use it on everything from core level switches down to individual customer connections. Often used in times of troubleshooting to be able to show customers and clients when connections have gone down, how long they have been down, or if there is any active traffic on the connection at the time on inquiry.
Pros
  • Real-Time monitoring (30 second averages)
  • Map view (lay out your devices via geo-locations)
  • Historical data on connections / devices
  • Flexibility to add devices that support SNMP output
Cons
  • While detailed, the views of sensors could be a little less clunky
  • Quicker averages (5 seconds or less) for a true 'real-time' view would be ideal
  • A better mobile interface would be good. Often just use the desktop version, even on a mobile device.
Likelihood to Recommend
We probably use it in less capacity than most people would. For us, we use it mostly to monitor connections and look at historical data. PRTG Network Monitor has a TON of options inside each sensor and at times it can almost be overload when you're trying to tweak the details of each one. If someone is looking for a true 'real-time' monitoring device, just be advised that it functions best on 30 second averages. Can go lower, but we have found 30 to be the ideal spot for the way it performs.

PRTG Network Monitoring from the college classroom to the field

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
April 04, 2017
PD
Philip D
Professor
Pittsburgh Technical Institute (Higher Education, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
PRTG Network Monitor
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
PRTG is used a classroom environment to acclimate students in using the product before they enter the field. Our students are required to take on an internship before graduation and using the products in the classroom transitions them directly to the employer to hit the ground running with industry tools. PRTG is used in a sandbox lab that is running various intrusion testing. The student has no fear of breaking an environment to analyze incidents that can happen in real time. PRTG is also run on the classroom VLAN which also monitors vSphere traffic of over 1000 virtual machines. These machines can be monitored for events and incidents that a demo could rarely perform. The plethora of data interpretation makes the incidents and events a real time situation.
Pros
  • Excellent graphs and eye candy.
  • The software can be used on small footprints like devices on the Pine64.
  • There is very little overhead on the product. You install out of the box and do a walk-through configuration.
Cons
  • I would like to see labs done where actual real alarms could be observed.
  • Although they have mapping software for dashboards, it doesn't look as easy as it should.
  • There is a huge learning curve to interpret everything you are seeing.
Likelihood to Recommend
When you want to do network monitoring quickly PRTG has the way to do it quickly. This would be well suited for a NOC situation where an analyst could focus their time on the product and learn the ins and outs of monitoring.

A solid product that is a good value for the price and works as advertised

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
April 27, 2020
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Investment Management Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
PRTG Network Monitor
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use PRTG for real-time monitoring of all the servers across our various environments. It is, among other tools, a critical part of our infrastructure and alerts us almost instantly when a parameter has exceeded the specified ranges that we have setup. It is a very flexible tool and I have been extremely impressed with it overall.
Pros
  • Very easy to setup new sensors (new endpoints to monitor).
  • High level of customization for various features.
  • User-friendly, intuitive web UI.
Cons
  • Documentation could be a little more thorough/easy to understand.
  • Built-in reports could be expanded a little bit more.
  • Does not support SSO or more than one Active Directory sync.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is an excellent real-time monitoring tool, good for things like device uptime and resource utilization. You can monitor parameters such as ping, CPU and memory usage, available disk space, and also generate reports and graphs based on historic utilization to help plan for future growth. What PRTG is not intended for is use as an Intrusion Prevention System, it will only report to you on what activities that are occurring.
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