Top 10 Network Monitoring Tools & Software

Hello and welcome to this week's top 10,

where we're looking at the top 10

network monitoring tools and software.

Now that more and more companies are

reliant on digital tools to ensure

business productivity and efficiency, no

one can afford to struggle with a

network problem. The question is, though,

which network monitoring tool delivers

the best results? Before we start, make

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trends, tech, and solutions. So here they

are, the top 10 options to help you make

your investment count. Starting us off at

number 10 then, we've got Spiceworks.

Spiceworks is free to use, making it

available to any company no matter the

size. And it comes with a convenient

web-based GUI for monitoring performance.

The connectivity dashboard comes with

integrations available for other

essential Spicebox tools to connect

multiple parts of, say, the cloud, help

desk, and inventory monitoring. Number

nine, Icinga. An open-source approach to

network monitoring, Icinga helps you to

track the performance of your cloud

services, network, and data center. As an

entirely web-based software, Icinga can

be configured through your GUI or using

domain specific language to track all

the metrics crucial to your performance

management strategies. Number eight,

ConnectWise Automate. A solution suited

for the modern world of hybrid work,

ConnectWise Automate can be used

remotely and proactively to monitor all

kinds of endpoints, networks, and

computers. The solution will

automatically discover all the devices

in your network to make them more

visible. There's also a patch management

tool for protecting systems with central

patching. Number 7, Zabbix. Zabbix allows

you to instantly watch things like

packet loss rate, network bandwidth usage,

and device temperature issues in a

matter of seconds. Zabbix has an active

community spread around the world and

gives users freedom to use the open

source solution without the risk of

vendor lock-in. Number six, Nagios. Nagios

can help you track the sources of

unknown issues in your environment. With

Nagios, it's easy to monitor important

metrics like response times of crucial

nodes, availability, and more. You can even

access advanced features like agentless

monitoring and determine where

unresponsive machines are in your system.

Halfway there at number five, and we have

Catchpoint. Promising an easy way to

identify, visualize, and manage

interconnection and peering issues

across networks, Catchpoint provides full

visibility into your entire environment.

This system provides you with insights

into services delivering edge, local,

transit, hybrid, and backbone networks by

proactively testing from a customer's

point of view. At number four, we have

Paessler from PRTG Monitor. The highly

customizable PRTG monitoring solution

from Paessler allows you to choose

between a range of sensor options to

monitor all the sectors of your network.

Each sensor also monitors an individual

value in your network such as hardware

parameter sensors, bandwidth monitoring

sensors, VoIP and quality of service

sensors as well. Number three, OpManager.

Created by the ManageEngine brand,

OpManager offers real-time monitoring of

the performance of your network devices

and can track everything from storage

devices to wireless LAN controllers,

firewalls, and routers. Their customizable

dashboard comes with access to a huge

range of widgets so you can design your

monitoring experience from scratch. At

number two, Datadog. Datadog's networking

monitoring tool gives you a complete

view of all your cloud and on-premises

networks including application layer

performance and health insights into any

of your devices. You'll get full

visibility into every layer of your

infrastructure while monitoring for DNS

performance, application issues, and more.

And finally, at number one here we have

SolarWinds. SolarWinds's network

performance monitor automatically tracks

your availability with advanced

performance analytics, critical path

visualization, and instant alerts, keeping

you one step ahead of your network.

There's access to intelligent mapping to

help you determine where connections are

coming from and which applications or

devices are consuming the most bandwidth.

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