SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor alternatives

3 tools to consider instead of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, shown against it.

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor Nagios Zabbix Auvik
Vendor SolarWinds Nagios Enterprises Zabbix SIA Auvik Networks (Kaseya)
Pricing model Quote only Free tier + paid plans Open source + paid options Quote only
Free tier No Yes Yes No
Deployment Self-hosted, Cloud Self-hosted Self-hosted, Cloud Cloud
Open source No Yes (GPL-2.0) Yes (AGPL-3.0) No
Best for IT infrastructure teams who need SNMP-based visibility into the health of owned network devices and links. IT teams wanting a proven, self-hosted monitoring engine, free at the core with a paid path to a web UI and reporting. Teams that want a free, unlimited, self-hosted monitoring platform with an optional paid support contract. MSPs and multi-site IT teams needing automated discovery and device monitoring across many networks.
Pricing

Licensed by number of monitored elements/nodes; no public price list, quote requested through SolarWinds sales.

Checked on the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026: no prices are published. Expect to be quoted.

Nagios Core is free and open source; Nagios XI is a perpetual license priced by monitored node count, with an Enterprise add-on tier.

XI Standard from $2,595
XI Enterprise from $4,690

Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget.

The software is free and fully featured with no host/metric limits; paid tiers are optional support subscriptions, not feature gates.

Silver from €245/month
Gold from €660/month

Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget.

Priced per managed device (many device types monitored for free); no public price list, quote via sales.

Checked on the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026: no prices are published. Expect to be quoted.

Features
  • SNMP-based device and interface monitoring
  • Automated network topology mapping
  • NetPath hybrid IT path visualization
  • Customizable performance dashboards and alerts
  • Wireless heat maps
  • Capacity forecasting
  • Integration with the wider Orion platform modules
  • Host and service availability checks
  • Large open-source and commercial plugin ecosystem
  • Web-based configuration and auto-discovery (XI)
  • Performance graphing and dashboards (XI)
  • SLA and capacity planning reports (XI Enterprise)
  • REST API (XI)
  • Multi-tenancy and SSO (XI Enterprise)
  • SNMP, agent-based and API-based monitoring
  • Unlimited hosts, metrics, users and alerts
  • Auto-discovery and low-level discovery rules
  • Customizable dashboards and triggers
  • Distributed monitoring with proxies
  • Built-in anomaly detection and trend prediction
  • Web-based configuration and templates
  • Automated network discovery and topology mapping
  • Device configuration backup and change tracking
  • Traffic flow analysis (NetFlow/sFlow)
  • Multi-tenant dashboards for MSPs
  • Wireless network monitoring
  • SaaS management (SaaS Management add-on)
  • Alerting and automated remediation actions

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