Alternatives to ManageEngine OpManager

Zoho's network monitoring software for routers, switches and hybrid infrastructure. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as ManageEngine OpManager.

  • PRTG Network Monitor

    Sensor-based network monitoring, free for the first 100 sensors.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsWebSelf-hosted

    PRTG provides sensor-based monitoring with autodiscovery, maps and alerting, free for 100 sensors, but runs on a Windows server and licenses per sensor.

  • SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

    Industry-standard self-hosted network performance monitor with intelligent maps.

    PaidProprietarySelf-hosted

    SolarWinds NPM adds NetPath and intelligent maps for network path visibility, but is paid software with significant licensing cost for smaller organisations.

  • LibreNMS

    Discover and monitor network equipment from a central server.

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

    LibreNMS is free and open source under GPL-3.0, discovering network equipment with alerting and graphs, depending on supported protocols and credentials.

  • Zabbix

    Enterprise-scale open-source monitoring for networks and applications.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxWebSelf-hosted

    Zabbix is free and open source under AGPL-3.0, scaling to tens of thousands of devices, though its configuration has a real learning curve.

  • Observium

    Autodiscovering network monitoring platform with a clean interface.

    FreemiumProprietaryLinuxWebSelf-hosted

    Observium autodiscovers devices with a clean interface, but its community edition updates less often and alerting is in the subscription edition.

  • OpenNMS

    Carrier-grade open-source network monitoring platform with event correlation.

    FreemiumOpen sourceSelf-hosted

    OpenNMS is open source with carrier-grade event correlation, but complexity may be overkill for small networks and enterprise support is paid.

  • Checkmk

    Hybrid open-source and commercial monitoring with agent-based and SNMP auto-discovery.

    FreemiumOpen sourceSelf-hosted

    Checkmk is open source with agent-based and SNMP auto-discovery, with advanced features and scaling in paid commercial editions.

  • NetXMS

    Monitor network devices, servers and infrastructure through a central platform.

    FreemiumOpen sourceSelf-hosted

    NetXMS is open source and monitors network devices and servers from a central platform, with enterprise editions under separate terms.

Also worth comparing

These listings name ManageEngine OpManager as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Nagios XI

    Commercial self-hosted edition of Nagios with a web-based setup wizard.

    PaidProprietarySelf-hosted

    ManageEngine OpManager covers fault, performance and configuration management with a free tier for smaller networks, but remains proprietary.

  • Pandora FMS

    A monitoring platform for servers, networks, applications and logs, with an open-source edition.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    ManageEngine OpManager is proprietary network monitoring covering fault, performance and configuration management, with paid tiers for larger networks.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.