Nagios XI vs nfdump

Nagios XI

6.4 #39 in Log Management Software

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nfdump

6.4 #7 in Network Traffic Analysis Software

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Nagios XInfdump
Free planYesYes
Free trialYes
Paid fromFreeFree
Platformsapi, Linux, self-hosted, WebLinux, self-hosted
Free planNo
Flow protocolsNetFlow, sFlow, jFlow, IPFIXNetFlow v1, NetFlow v5, NetFlow v7, NetFlow v9, IPFIX, sFlow v4, sFlow v6
Application visibilityYes
Conversation analysisYesYes
Bandwidth monitoringYesYes
Deploymenton_premiseson_premises
Included hosts100 hosts
VM monitoringYes
Service monitoringYes
Metrics retentioncustom
Deployment modelself-hosted
OS coveragelinux and windows
Agentless monitoringYes
Log pipelinesYes
Archive exportYes
Live log tailingYes
Deployment optionsself-hosted
Structured log parsingYes
Monitoring methodhybrid
Supported operating systemsLinux, Windows, macOS, AIX, Solaris
Server auto-discoveryYes
Process monitoringYes
Container monitoringYes

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