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Why choose Site24x7?

Strong core features backed with AIOps

Cut down on silos and monitor your entire IT environment from end to end with Site24x7's capabilities. With features like anomaly detection, instant alerts, forecasts, and intelligent reports, Site24x7 ensures your services are ready and available for your customers and that you have a fail-proof plan to mitigate downtime. Save your IT team time and manual effort by configuring automatic incident remediation using IT automation.

On-the-go monitoring using Android and iOS devices

You can receive instant alerts and stay informed about your IT environment effortlessly from anywhere, anytime, through Android and iOS mobile apps. The user-friendly mobile, tablet, and TV apps let you access dashboards, monitor reports, and quickly troubleshoot issues.

Customized MSP and CSP features

With a separate pricing pack and a set of features targeting managed service providers and cloud service providers, Site24x7 provides remote monitoring and management for different customer accounts.

Comprehensive application performance monitoring

Obtain extensive application performance monitoring, encompassing availability and performance monitoring for various applications such as Java, .Net, PHP, Ruby, Node.js, as well as cloud applications. Trace application requests, mapping dependencies, and monitoring key transactions.

Seamless observability

Our comprehensive observability tool caters to your neo-observable needs by collating and visualizing all your metrics, traces, and logs in a holistic view. You can also strategize and optimize your infrastructure better without compromising on your organization's goals. Level up your infrastructure operations with just a few clicks. Site24x7 is extremely user-friendly; you'll be all set in just a minute!

One-stop shop for your IT monitoring needs

As part of ManageEngine's comprehensive suite of IT management products, Site24x7 serves as a centralized hub for various IT management needs, including IT service management, unified endpoint management, and security information and event management. Furthermore, being a division of Zoho, ManageEngine's Site24x7 is committed to continuous research and development and a customer-centric approach.

Site24x7 vs. Icinga

Services Offered Site24x7 Icinga
Legacy, Modern, and Hybrid Infrastructure Monitoring
OS Support: Windows, Linux, Solaris, IBM AIX, Mac OS and FreeBSD
80+ performance metrics
Dell iDRAC, HP iLO, and HP UX Monitoring
Out-of-the-box Monitoring
Microsoft Applications Monitoring
(Except SharePoint, and Office 365)
Cron Monitoring
Metrics Monitoring (Prometheus and StatsD)
Hadoop Monitoring
SMART Disk Monitoring
Integration (Plugins)
Custom Plugins
Network Monitoring
Network Discovery
(SNMP, ICMP, and CIDR)
SNMP v1-3 Support
Automatic Layer 2/ Layer 3 Network and Topology Maps
Support for Devices like Routers, Switches, Firewalls, and Printers
Device Templates
(Over 11,000 device templates from 450+ vendors)

(Not enough data to confirm)
SNMP Traps for Instant Alerts
Cisco Meraki Monitoring
VPN Monitoring
Third-Party Integration for Workflow
Cisco IPSLA Monitoring
(via plugin integrations)
Bandwidth Monitoring
(via plugin integrations)
Interfaces Monitoring for Traffic and Errors Discards
(via plugin integrations)
Infrastructure Details
(via plugin integrations)
Network Traffic (NetFlow) Monitoring
(Supports NetFlow, sFlow, J-Flow, CFlow, IPFIX, NetStream, and AppFlow. Analyzes top applications and conversations by source and destination using the application and DSCP templates.)

Network Configuration Management
(Yes out-of-the-box)
Virtualization Monitoring
VMware Monitoring
(Monitors VMware clusters, vCenter, ESX/ESXi hosts, VMs, datastores, resource pools, snapshots, and hardware sensors)
Nutanix Monitoring
(Monitors Nutanix clusters, hosts, and VMs)
Hyper-V Monitoring
Citrix XenSever Monitoring
Container Monitoring
Docker Monitoring
Kubernetes Monitoring
Multi-Cloud Monitoring
AWS Monitoring
Azure Monitoring
GCP Monitoring
OCI Monitoring
Guidance Reports for Cloud Platforms
Cloud Cost Management
(Via ManageEngine CloudSpend)
Log Management
Collect Log Data from Multiple Servers
Consolidate Logs across Servers
Out-of-the-box Support for Common Applications—MySQL, Kafka, Apache, Tomcat, NGINX, Logstash, and other cloud logs
Query-based Searching
Query-based Alerts
Pre-defined Dashboards
Cluster Messages based on Pattern Similarity
Support for Cloud Logs like AWS and Azure
Event Logs and SysLogs Monitoring
Internet Services and End User Experience Monitoring
Website Monitoring
Synthetic Monitoring (Browser)
REST API Monitoring
Front-end monitoring using protocols like PING, POP, IMAP, FTP, SMTP, NTP, and WebSocket
Monitoring from global locations
Security Monitoring
(Only SSL)
Real User Monitoring (RUM)
Application Performance Monitoring
Java
.Net, PHP, Ruby, Python, and Node.js
Service Maps
Mobile monitoring for Flutter App
Thread Dump Analysis
Critical Application Performance Monitoring Features
Distributed Tracing
Remote Monitoring
Internal Network
VPN Monitoring
VoIP Monitoring
VDI Monitoring
Microsoft Office 365 Monitoring
(Out-of-the-box)
Platform Features
Support for Monitor Grouping and Management
Free Tools
Threshold based Alerting
SLA Management & Reporting
IT Automation
Multi-User Login
Customizable Dashboards
Security and Compliance
↳ Patching, Agents, and Updates
Agent Delivery & Deployment yes yes
(Limited)
Agent Signature Verification yes no
Agent Checksum Validation yes no
Agent Ports yes yes
Agent & Server Patching yes yes
(Limited)
Agent Upgrades yes yes
(Limited)
Non-Root Agent Support yes yes
(Limited)
Agent Delivery Security yes yes
(Limited)
↳ Incident Response & Security Operations
Dedicated Incident Response Team yes no
Proactive Threat Monitoring yes no
↳ Vulnerability Management & Testing
Dedicated Vulnerability Management Program yes no
External Penetration Testing yes no
Red Team Engagement yes no
↳ Identity & Access Management
SSO Capability yes yes
Biometrics Authentication yes no
Two-factor Authentication yes yes
Okta Login Support yes yes
Active Directory Integration yes yes
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) yes yes
IP Allowlisting yes no
↳ Data Security
TLS/SSL for Data in Transit yes yes
AES-256 for Data at Rest yes no
Logs and Traces can Redact PII before Storage yes no
API Key/Token Encryption & Rotation yes no
↳ Compliance Certifications
SOC 2 Type II yes no
ISO 27001 yes no
ISO 27017 yes no
ISO 27018 yes no
ISO 27701 yes no
ISO 9001 yes no
SOC 1 type II yes no
TX-RAMP yes no
CSA- STAR LVL- 1,2 yes no
GDPR Compliance (for EU) yes no
Compliant with other Privacy Regulations yes no
Note: Icinga, as an open-source platform, does not carry compliance certifications, Site24x7 delivers a privacy-first monitoring solution backed by extensive certifications.
↳ Tracking and Auditing
Audit Logs for User Activity yes yes
(Via module)
API Access Logging yes no
Config Change Tracking yes no
Compliance Dashboards yes no
↳ Data Residency & Privacy
Regional Data Centers (EU/US/Asia) yes no
Customer-Managed Keys (CMK) for Encryption Yet to be released no
Data Retention Control (Configurable Log/Metric Retention) yes no
Option to Store Logs/Metrics within Specific Regions yes no
Data Isolation between DCs yes yes
(Limited Manual setup)
Multi-DC Replication yes no
Automated Failover Mechanisms yes yes
(Very limited)
For MSPs
Multi-tenancy
White Labeling
Single Invoice
Data Isolation between Customers
Business Units to administer individual monitoring accounts based on business application, geography, type, and resource ownership
AIOps
Anomaly Detection
Dynamic Thresholds for Anomaly Detection
Forecasting
Outlier Detection in Capacity Planning
Alerts
Voice Call, SMS, and Mobile App Notifications
(App notification, emails only)
Alarm Management
Mobile App
Android and iOS Apps
Third-party Integrations
Microsoft Teams, Webhooks, Zendesk, ConnectWise, Telegram, Zapier, Moogsoft, Zoho Desk and Cliq, Freshservice, ManageEngine Service DeskPlus, and AlarmsOne
SIGNL4, ilert, AlertOps, Stackstorm, Zigiwave, and Citunius
Slack, Jira, PagerDuty, ServiceNow, VictorOps, BigPanda, and ZenDuty
Support Options
Phone
Chat
E-mail
Documentation
Community
Knowledge Base
Video Tutorials
Pricing
Pricing Starts at $9/mo No transparent pricing
Free Trial
Free Training
This comparison was updated on January 13, 2025. We try to keep the comparison pages updated to the best of our ability. However, we also recommend browsing competitors' release pages for the latest updates. All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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