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PRTG Network Monitor vs Pandora FMS: catalog facts
PRTG Network MonitorPandora FMS
Freemium

Free for up to one hundred sensors. Larger deployments require a paid licence.

Freemium

An open-source edition is available; commercial on-premise and SaaS licences are sold…

Windows, Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • One hundred sensors free forever, which covers a small network
  • Autodiscovery, maps and alerting configured through one interface
  • Covers servers, networks, applications, logs and user experience
  • Dashboards, reports and alerts built in
  • Licensing is per sensor and gets expensive quickly
  • Windows server only, closed source
  • Aimed at organisations, so setup is more involved than a desktop monitor
  • Many features and add-ons belong to the commercial editions
Self-hosted Self-hosted, Hosted service
Closed source Open source
License not stated License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 24, 2026

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