Compare Opsview Community edition

So how does our free edition - Opsview Community edition - compare to other open source monitoring systems?

Well, in truth, there are lots to choose from and each one is extensible using addons. So we've done an out-of-the-box comparison between Opsview Community 3.13 edition, the most established open source monitoring tool, Nagios® Core, and the free software projects Icinga and Zabbix.

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  Nagios® Core Icinga Zabbix Opsview Community
Free (and always will be) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Open Source license Yes Yes Yes Yes
Free, native Android mobile app Via 3rd party apps Via 3rd party apps Via 3rd party apps Yes
Google Chrome browser plugin Via 3rd party apps Via 3rd party apps No Yes
Core
Distributed monitoring - capable Yes Yes Yes Yes
Distributed monitoring - point & click No No No Yes
Triggers & multi-channel alerts Yes Yes Yes Yes
SLA tracking No Yes Yes Yes
Web-based configuration No No Yes Yes
Multi-lingual interface No Yes Yes Yes
Business & technical views No No No Yes
Performance charts No No Yes Yes
Integrated SNMP monitoring No No Yes Yes
Complete configuration and status APIs No No Yes Yes
Easy Cloud services support No No No Yes
Web
Easy-to-use GUI No Yes No Yes
Dynamic dashboard No Yes Yes Yes
Dynamic table views No Yes Yes Yes
Filtered table views No Yes Yes Yes
Compound commands No Yes Yes Yes
Dynamic drill down maps No Yes Yes Yes
Template grid & tactical overviews No Yes Yes Yes
LDAP authentication No Yes Yes Yes
Single sign-on No No Yes Yes
Multi-tenancy No No Yes Yes
Documentation, Community and Support
Community & commercial help Yes Yes Yes Yes
Online forums Yes Yes Yes Yes
Documentation wiki Yes Yes Yes Yes
Public roadmap No Yes Yes Yes
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Opsview team regularly updates this comparison chart to reflect the progress made by each project. This page is maintained on a 'best efforts' basis. If you wish to suggest updates please contact us.