# Nagios XI Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about Nagios XI Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Network Monitoring products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/152793/Nagios-XI --- # Nagios XI Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on March 13, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Integrations](#integrations)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Nagios XI ## What is Nagios XI? Nagios XI provides comprehensive network monitoring for routers, switches, firewalls, and network devices using SNMP and protocol-level inspection. Monitor network performance, bandwidth utilization, and connectivity in real-time with automated discovery that maps your infrastructure. Track network traffic and device health with intelligent threshold alerts to prevent bottlenecks and maintain optimal connectivity. ## What is Nagios XI used for? [Network Monitoring](https://www.capterra.com/network-monitoring-software/)[Server Monitoring](https://www.capterra.com/server-monitoring-software/)[Database Monitoring](https://www.capterra.com/database-monitoring-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 44 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive 98% Neutral 2% Negative 0% Starting price $2595 Flat Rate, One Time Free trial available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... 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[4.6 (255)](https://www.capterra.com/p/172323/ManageEngine-Applications-Manager/reviews/) Starting Price $2595 Flat Rate, One Time Starting Price $395 Flat Rate, Per Year Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 4.2 (43) Ease Of Use 4.6 (255) Value For Money 4.4 (35) Value For Money 4.7 (216) Customer Service 4.0 (34) Customer Service 4.7 (250) ## Nagios XI alternatives Highest Rated [4.7 (343)](https://www.capterra.com/p/168192/Site24x7/reviews/) Starting price $10.00 Per User, Per Month [4.5 (255)](https://www.capterra.com/p/251336/ManageEngine-OpManager/reviews/) Starting price $95.00 Per User, Per Month [4.6 (254)](https://www.capterra.com/p/21581/PRTG-Network-Monitor/reviews/) Starting price $179.00 Per User, Per Month [4.7 (310)](https://www.capterra.com/p/141792/Pulseway/reviews/) Starting price $67.00 Per User, Per Month [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/152793/Nagios-XI/alternatives/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. Server Monitoring 4.9 (9) 77.78% of 9 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Continuously scan servers on a designated network to monitor health and search for any irregularities or failures Alerts/Notifications 4.6 (7) 85.71% of 7 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges Dashboard 4.5 (6) 66.67% of 6 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Assembly of graphs and charts for visualizing and tracking statistics/metrics Network Analysis 4.7 (6) 66.67% of 6 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Run tests on a network to find the root cause of network issues Real-Time Notifications 4.8 (6) 66.67% of 6 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Notifications that are delivered to users as soon as an event occurs Monitoring 4.8 (4) 100.00% of 4 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Observe and track the demand, usage, progress or quality of a system, product, or user Nagios XI 67 features Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities System alerts about the need to escalate an issue or request Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges Automatically identify unusual behavior Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases Track, monitor and analyse information pertaining to specific applications Plan, schedule, and execute organization's accounts and assets to ensure compliance with policies and laws A record of all activities within the system, including user access, changes made, etc. Automatically identify systems to be monitored Automatically create schedules based on business needs or employee availability and qualifications Measure the actual bandwidth available on a local network (LAN or WiFi) Define network parameters and threshold settings to monitor network health and take necessary precautions Monitor service demand and performance to plan for adequate resources that meet business needs Determine and plan production capacity based on changing demands Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier Analyze the performance of containers Alter the layout and content of dashboards Alter the layout and content of reports Assembly of graphs and charts for visualizing and tracking statistics/metrics Creation and customization of dashboards Manage and store data in a database Graphical representation of data Analyze the performance of Databases Track and manage task relationships and dependencies Access client's system information, including hardware and software configuration, to perform diagnostics Receive and/or send email notifications for urgent updates, requests, or other information Ability to oversee and optimize the operations of a mail server A chronological record of actions or occurrences within a network, software, or process Manage and track all disruptions and incidents Monitor the IP addresses of the incoming traffic Inspecting the issue resolution process for compliance with related systems and regulatory guidelines Schedule predetermined or ad hoc maintenance services and labor requests Observe and track the demand, usage, progress or quality of a system, product, or user Operate multiple applications in a shared environment Run tests on a network to find the root cause of network issues Tracks and makes accessible data on the health of servers and other network components. Monitor and manage resource utilization for network infrastructure A set of indicators that tracks the performance of networks, applications, systems, teams, etc. Monitoring and measurement of relevant metrics to assess the performance of IT resources Predict future data based on historical data sets Receive data and information in real time Active monitoring of systems, applications, or networks Notifications that are delivered to users as soon as an event occurs Active reporting of data and metrics Access work applications remotely, for when working away from the office and/or traveling Remotely monitor and manage client networks, endpoints, systems, and devices via locally installed applications Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data Set & manage permission levels based on user roles and restrict access to only authorized individuals Securely stores data to prevent data loss or breaches Continuously scan servers on a designated network to monitor health and search for any irregularities or failures Set and monitor service level agreements to ensure timely response and resolution Allow users to access multiple services after entering their login credentials once Security protocol that ensures secure, encrypted communication over the internet, safeguarding sensitive data from unauthorized access Track the status over time for a request, process, asset, or transaction Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes Alerts for when traffic utilization or network performance deviates from pre-defined threshold settings Monitor or audit historical and current transactions to analyze customer account activities Review data from past periods to reveal recurring tendencies and predict future performance Take actions to troubleshoot issues for networks, devices, etc. Track the availability time for a designated network or website over a given period of time Manage user accounts, profiles, roles, permissions, and other details across applications, devices or networks Track and manage virtual machines (VMs) running on physical host machines Create a virtual version of operating systems, storage devices, or computer network resources Interact with data visualization elements, such as charts and graphs, to drill down into data Collect and analyze traffic data about website visitors Get Advice We can help you find the software with the features you need. Features 4.3 (41) 4.3 Based on 41 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.4 (35) Free Trial Free Version [View pricing plan details](https://www.capterra.com/p/152793/Nagios-XI/pricing/) Free Edition $0.00 It includes: - Includes 7 Nodes or 100 Services - whichever is reached first Standard Edition $2,595 Flat Rate,One Time It includes: - Configuration Rollback - Bandwidth Usage Report - Executive Summary Report - Custom Action URLs - Custom Host and Service Actions - Custom Views - Custom Dashboards - Advanced Dashboard Deployment - Instant Remote Host Access - Emailed Reports - Enhanced Configuration GUI - Mobile Interface - Escalation Wizard - Remote Passive Monitoring Enterprise Edition $4,690 Flat Rate,One Time It includes: - Capacity Planning - Advanced Business Process Monitoring - Scheduled Reports - Scheduled Pages - SNMP Trap Interface - Bulk Modification Tool - Bulk Renaming Tool - Bulk Notification Settings - Audit Log - Deadpool Settings - Service-Level Agreement (SLA) Reports - Configuration Rollback - New Wizards and Components - Bandwidth Usage Report - Executive Summary Report - Custom Action URLs - Custom Host and Service Actions - Custom Views - Custom Dashboards - Advanced Dashboard Deployment - Instant Remote Host Access - Emailed Reports - Enhanced Configuration GUI - Mobile Interface - Escalation Wizard - Remote Passive Monitoring Value for money 4.4 (35) 4.4 Based on 35 reviews ## Integrations [ Slack](https://www.capterra.com/p/135003/Slack/)[ Microsoft Teams](https://www.capterra.com/p/168668/Microsoft-Teams/)[ Google Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/268690/Google-Cloud-Platform/)[ JIRA Service Management](https://www.capterra.com/p/227102/JIRA-Service-Management/)[ Docker](https://www.capterra.com/p/148132/Docker/)[ ServiceNow](https://www.capterra.com/p/254088/ServiceNow/)[ PagerDuty](https://www.capterra.com/p/125693/PagerDuty/)[ Nagios Network Analyzer](https://www.capterra.com/p/152750/Nagios-Network-Analzyer/) Connect with a Capterra advisor for a free 15-minute consultation Get a personalized software list aligned to your business needs with guidance from our expert advisors. Our team has helped 1 million+ businesses like yours find options that fit their needs. ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.0 (34) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.0 (34) 4.0 Based on 34 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.5 Based on 44 reviews Filter by rating 5(24) 4(19) 3(1) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent CL Cyril L. Responsable Systèmes d’information Construction ### "Essentiel dans un service IT" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 3.0 3.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 August 7, 2025 Je démarre mon Dashboard tous les matins, et si tout est vert je passe à des taches plus importantes, top ! Pros L’utilisation au quotidien, une fois le tout bien parametré, est un vrai gain de temps, et permet de se concentrer sur d’autre chose que la surveillance. L’info n’est plus à aller chercher, elle vient à vous si besoin. Cons Comme tous les logiciels paramètrables ou personnalisables, là encore il peut être complexe de trouver, ou adapter des plugin compatible avec votre matériel et votre besoin. Alternatives considered [Centreon](https://www.capterra.com/p/234559/Centreon/) [Zabbix](https://www.capterra.com/p/135902/Zabbix-Monitoring-Solution/) Reasons for choosing Nagios XI J’ai choisi nagios pour son intégration. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Engineer Food & Beverages ### "Very nice tool for network monitoring" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 2.0 2.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 6/10 February 6, 2025 Pros Nagios XI is a very complet tool for monitoring computer networks. Cons Nagios XI can be quite complex to set up the first time you use it. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User CTO Primary/Secondary Education ### "Eficiente para una monitorización básica, aunque con margen de mejora" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 3.0 3.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 January 12, 2025 He utilizado Nagios XI como herramienta de monitorización en un entorno con pocos servidores para supervisar parámetros clave como el uso de CPU, memoria y espacio en disco. Mi experiencia ha sido positiva en términos de fiabilidad y efectividad para tareas básicas, aunque la configuración inicial me llevó algo de tiempo y paciencia. Pros Me ha gustado su flexibilidad, ya que permite una amplia personalización con plugins y scripts para adaptarse a necesidades específicas. También me gusta su capacidad para definir alertas. Su sistema de notificaciones es fiable y puede integrarse con múltiples canales de comunicación. Permite la opción gratuita para 7 servidores. Cons La Interfaz de usuario, aunque funcional, su diseño es poco intuitivo y podría mejorarse en términos de usabilidad. La curva de aprendizaje, ya que requiere un nivel técnico medio para configuraciones avanzadas, lo que puede ser un obstáculo para usuarios nuevos. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. MF Michael F. Mission Critical Engineer Information Technology and Services ### "Highly customizable monitoring" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 March 29, 2024 Pros The ability to extend monitoring to custom monitors Cons A steep learning curve to use portions of the product Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. GB Gil B. DevOps Computer & Network Security ### "Monitoring essentials out of the box" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 May 20, 2023 The experience is positive for the most part could use more plugins and a better way to set users on specific notofication alerts. Pros Unbosrding is fast and easy. Out of the box default monitoring metrics are really what you need to get started, they have a handful of ready to use plugins and in any other case you could build your own custom plugin real easy. Cons The GUI doesn't seem to be most updated and some of the features are hard to find (UX issue) Switched from [Prometheus](https://www.capterra.com/p/235335/Prometheus/) Support Alternatives considered [Grafana](https://www.capterra.com/p/196036/Grafana-Enterprise/) [Zabbix](https://www.capterra.com/p/135902/Zabbix-Monitoring-Solution/) [Prometheus](https://www.capterra.com/p/209529/Prometheus/) Reasons for choosing Nagios XI Price for support and easy to use Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. JT joel t. Support iT Wireless ### "Etude sur Najios" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 3.0 3.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 April 6, 2023 Supervision en temps reelles des servers, RAM DISQUE DUR PROCESSEUR Etat actif ou eteint les alertes Pros Son interface graphique , simple, agreable, son monitoring reseau Cons configuration pas facile, prix couteux, Switched from [PRTG Hosted Monitor](https://www.capterra.com/p/246295/PRTG-Hosted-Monitor/) plus recent, plus facile a configurer , d'autres fonctionnalites Alternatives considered [PRTG](https://www.capterra.com/p/21581/PRTG-Network-Monitor/) Reasons for choosing Nagios XI Le plus populaire , et efficace Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Prashant D. Devops Engineer Information Technology and Services ### "Simple and Outbox IT Infrastructure Monitoring Tool" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 March 31, 2023 Pros Nagios provide a centralized view of system status and provide alerts when issue arise over mail and sms.It supports multiple plugins and extensions with the help of plugins we can monitor server, application, databases, network devices and store their trends. It can also escalate alerts to multiple users or groups based on specific criteria. Cons Not facing any issue yet,easy to use and maintain. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. GB Gil B. DevOps Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing ### "Nagios XI Basic - One stop solution for monitoring" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 January 13, 2023 Nagios XI was easy to setup (from the tools we tested), although it has many plugins you can always and easily create your own plugin (anything that is measurable), it has good alerting system when it comes to emails, seems like the GUI/UX could have been more modern but overall experience is very good. Pros I really liked the easy setup and the fact that it's a one stop solution with the amount of available plugins Cons For certain configuration you need to read the manual doesn't seem to be trivial titles. Also the wizards have good defaults but there should be an easier way for customization Switched from [Prometheus](https://www.capterra.com/p/209529/Prometheus/) The ease of setup and scale up, the pricing and the out of the box and available plugins. We were looking for an in premise solution. Alternatives considered [Prometheus](https://www.capterra.com/p/209529/Prometheus/) Reasons for choosing Nagios XI Nagios XI includes both the monitoring and the grapghs in one tool as well as the alerting, the price and support is a plus. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User SRE Information Technology and Services ### "Nagios XI - Easy customization over web interface" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 7/10 November 21, 2022 Was using this tool for more than 6 months in a weekly basis. Was great to get news about our infra and share with other teams graphs about detected problems. Pros This tool give us a lot of visibility of our work. Was ease to configure and get alerts and nice dashboards. Cons I can't make auto discovery of new services. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. CH Cody H. Account Manager Computer Software ### "Workhorse tool that gets the job done" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 May 19, 2022 I have used this tool for server monitoring for many years, my entire workflow would be different and much harder without it Pros Easy to setup, secure, solid functionally and notification options. Cons Portions of the UI are somewhat dated by current standards. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. 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