Alternatives to SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Industry-standard self-hosted network performance monitor with intelligent maps. 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 SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor.

  • PRTG Network Monitor

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

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsWebSelf-hosted

    PRTG Network Monitor uses per-sensor licensing with the first 100 sensors free, includes autodiscovery, maps and alerting, but needs a Windows server and is closed source.

  • ManageEngine OpManager

    Zoho's network monitoring software for routers, switches and hybrid infrastructure.

    FreemiumProprietarySelf-hosted

    ManageEngine OpManager covers fault, performance and configuration management in one console, stays proprietary, and offers a free tier for smaller networks before paid tiers.

  • Zabbix

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxWebSelf-hosted

    Zabbix is free and open source under AGPL-3.0, scales to tens of thousands of devices with proxies, but has extensive configuration and a real learning curve.

  • LibreNMS

    Discover and monitor network equipment from a central server.

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

    LibreNMS is free and open source under GPL-3.0, discovers network equipment from a central server, and provides alerting and historical graphs without licence costs.

  • OpenNMS

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

    FreemiumOpen sourceSelf-hosted

    OpenNMS is an open source, carrier-grade network monitor with event correlation and Grafana integration, with paid tiers for enterprise support and advanced features.

  • Checkmk

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

    FreemiumOpen sourceSelf-hosted

    Checkmk mixes open source and commercial editions, auto-discovers hosts through agents and SNMP, and gates advanced features and scaling behind paid editions.

  • Observium

    Autodiscovering network monitoring platform with a clean interface.

    FreemiumProprietaryLinuxWebSelf-hosted

    Observium autodiscovers devices with graphs and inventory in a clean interface, is not open source, and keeps alerting and faster releases in its subscription edition.

  • Nagios XI

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

    PaidProprietarySelf-hosted

    Nagios XI is a commercial self-hosted Nagios edition with a web setup wizard, using perpetual per-node licensing that grows expensive as infrastructure expands.

Also worth comparing

These listings name SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Cacti

    RRDtool-based graphing and monitoring for network devices.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxWebSelf-hosted

    SolarWinds NPM adds NetPath and intelligent network maps for enterprise IT, but is commercial, closed source and needs dedicated infrastructure.

  • Centreon

    French enterprise network and IT monitoring platform with business activity dashboards.

    FreemiumOpen sourceSelf-hosted

    SolarWinds NPM is paid, closed source network performance monitoring with NetPath and intelligent maps, a significant cost for smaller organizations.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.