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Learn why network admins prefer Site24x7 as an alternative to Observium

Site24x7 offers more breadth and depth of monitoring than Observium does, as demonstrated by the comparison given on this page. Instead of having to piece together multiple solutions for your different monitoring needs, you can rely solely on Site24x7, which provides comprehensive monitoring capabilities with which you can monitor networks, servers, websites, applications, and the cloud—all from one place.

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Why Site24x7 is a better alternative to Observium

  • Strong core features

    Cut down on silos and monitor your entire IT environment from end to end with Site24x7's full-stack capabilities. Site24x7 offers a peerless scope of coverage developed over 15 years of continuous research and development.

  • Easy deployment

    Start monitoring in a minute and scale your operations with minimal overhead costs. Our robust monitoring solution provides complete visibility as you traverse through your network devices from a comprehensive dashboard.

  • An AIOps platform

    Stay agile, even in complex environments, with anomaly detection, instant alerts, forecasts, and intelligent reports. Accelerate incident remediation across your enterprise without manual intervention to reduce downtime and minimize human error.

Site24x7 vs. Observium

Services Offered Site24x7 Observium
Legacy, Modern, and Hybrid Infrastrcuture Monitoring
System Monitoring greycheckmark circled
Windows, Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, RedHat, Mandriva, Fedora, SUSE, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, AlmaLinux, Amazon Linux, IBM AIX, Oracle Solaris, Gentoo, CoreOS, Raspberry Pi, ARM Processor, and RancherOS), FreeBSD, and OSX
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Windows, Linux(includes Raspberry Pi), FreeBSD
Out-of-the-box Monitoring greycheckmark circled
60+ metrics monitored
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Basic Application Monitoring greycheckmark circled
Detailed performance monitoring
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Microsoft Applications Monitoring greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Cron Monitoring greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Hadoop Monitoring greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
SMART Disk Monitoring greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
StatsD Metrics Monitoring greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Integration (Plugins) greycheckmark circled
100+ plugins
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Custom Plugins greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Vitualization Monitoring
VMware Monitoring greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Nutanix Monitoring greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Hyper-V Monitoring greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Citrix Xen Sever Monitoring greyclose circled greycheckmark circled
Container Monitoring
Docker Monitoring greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Kubernetes Monitoring greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Multi-Cloud Monitoring
AWS monitoring greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Azure Monitoring greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
GCP Monitoring greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Guidance Reports for Cloud Platforms greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Network Monitoring
Network Discovery via SNMP and ICMP greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Can only add devices by checking if the neighboring device uses SNMP
SNMP v1-3 Support greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Support for Devices like Routers, Switches, Firewalls, and Printers greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Device Templates greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Custom SNMP monitoring greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
SNMP Traps for Instant Alerts greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Automatic Layer 2/ Layer 3 Network and Topology Maps greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Only topology maps
Infrastructure Details greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Network Traffic Monitoring (NetFlow) greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Bandwidth Monitoring greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Network Configuration Management (NCM) greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Interfaces Monitoring for Traffic and Errors Discards greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Cisco Meraki Monitoring greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Only using SNMP
VPN Monitoring greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Third-Party Integration for Workflow greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
VoIP Monitoring greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Log management
Centralized Log Collection greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Out-of-the-box support for common applications - MySQL, Kafka, Apache, Tomcat, NGINX, and Logstash greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Support for Cloud Logs like AWS and Azure greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Event Logs and SysLogs Monitoring greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Only syslog rule-based alerts
Query-based Searching greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Saved Searches greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Query based Log Alerts greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Pre-defined Dashboards greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Cluster Messages based on Pattern Similarity greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Application Performance Monitoring
Application Performance Troubleshooting for Java, .NET, PHP, Node.js, Python, and Ruby on Rails Applications greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Service Maps greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Key Transactions greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Distributed Tracing greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Platform specific Metrics like JVM for Java, IIS for .NET, and NVM for Node.js greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Mobile APM greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Internet Services and End User Experience Monitoring
Website Monitoring greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Synthetic Transaction Monitoring greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
REST API Monitoring greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Monitoring from Global Locations greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Security Monitoring greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Real user monitoring
Real-Time Global Application Performance greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Monitor and Manage Javascript Errors greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Real-Time Website Performance Stats by ISPs, Devices, And Browsers greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Monitor AJAX Requests greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Platform features
Support for Monitor Grouping and Management greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Free Tools greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Status Pages to show Service Status to Customers greycheckmark circled
via Site24x7 StatusIQ
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Maintenance Period greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Resource Organization using Tags greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Setting Monitor Dependencies greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Threshold-based Alerting greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Configuration Rules for
Automatic Association of Properties
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Email Reports greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Out-of-the-box Reports greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Log Reports greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
SLA Management and Reporting greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
IT Automation greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Multi-user Login greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Dashboards greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
MSP Support greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Terraform support greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Alerts
Voice Call, SMS, Email, and Mobile App greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Only email
Alarm Management greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Third-party integrations
ConnectWise Manage, Amazon EventBridge, Zoho Analytics, Freshservice, Zoho Desk, Zoho Cliq, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus On-Premises, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus MSP, Opsgenie, Moogsoft, Zendesk, Zapier, ServiceNow, Jira greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
ManageEngine AlarmsOne, Discord, Webhook, Telegram, VictorOps, Slack, PagerDuty, Microsoft Teams greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Secure login features
SSO Capability greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Biometrics Authentication greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Two-factor Authentication greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
OAuth 2.0 greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Okta Login Support greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Active Directory Integration greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Ability to Restrict IP Addresses greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Password Policy greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
AI-powered monitoring
Anomaly Detection greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Forecasting greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Support options
Phone greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Chat greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Email greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Knowledge Base greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Video Tutorials greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
Community page greycheckmark circled greycheckmark circled
Pricing
Licensing Model Based on the number of interfaces monitored Based on the number of installations
Free Trial greycheckmark circled
30 days
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Free Training greycheckmark circled greyclose circled
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This comparison was updated on July 18, 2023. We try to keep the comparison pages updated to the best of our ability. However, we recommend browsing competitors' release pages for the latest updates. All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Hear it from our customers

Site24x7 gives us visibility into end user UI experience from global locations which is critical for our business. The instant alerting capabilities keep us on top of issues and helps us minimize end user impact. Thanks for the great service.

Sarah Kulp

Director of software operations at Informz

I wanted a new feature in Site24x7 APM Insight and guess what? Its done. I was not used to working with companies that actually deliver what they say they would, but Site24x7 is different! A big thanks for putting customers first.

Kieren Dowding

CTO, Your Phones Covered

We use Site24x7 to alert us to slow servers as well as outages of the server. We are aware of server issues before the client is aware of it – which is invaluable to building a strong client relationship. I have not seen anything else that gives us the breadth of monitoring points that we need. Site24x7 gives us great insight.

Rick Pearson

Director at The Ripe Group

Site24x7 gives us deep visibility into critical performance parameters of our resources and helps us stay on top of issues. The all-in-one dashboard gives us one console visibility without the need of shifting to multiple monitoring devices to get complete insights. Ease of use and affordable pricing are factors that impressed me about Site24x7.

Oleksii Holovko

CISO, Revenue Grid

Compare Site24x7 with other monitoring platforms

Site24x7 is a cloud-based monitoring solution that tracks the availability and performance of different components that run your IT. It offers out-of-the-box solutions for DevOps, system engineers, and network admins. Compare Site24x7 with other monitoring platforms and learn why Site24x7 is the best choice for an all-in-one monitoring solution.

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