![]() The first test was adding a single device. One of the best features is the auto mapping component that creates a logical web view of how your devices are connected on the network. While it may not follow the physical topology of your environment (though you can certainly create a map to do so), it does an excellent job of helping you visualize how everything fits together in the network puzzle. In addition, the ability to filter and zero in on devices that you care about is a killer feature for visually-oriented folks that like to see the 30,000 foot view of their network. By default they are all dumped under a “Discovered Devices” group, but you can easily organize these later on. The last stop is Analyze where all of the reporting takes place. The Discover tab is geared around discovering devices on your network using filter criteria. My Network represents all the devices under your network with their status indicators. Many applications in this category have a steep learning curve, including PRTG and Nagios XI, but I had no issues quickly figuring out where to go in WhatsUp Gold. Most everything happens in three phases under three tabs. Simply put, Progress WhatsUp Gold is exceptionally sleek and intuitive. The vast majority of tasks IT pros will need to perform will run from the browser. Managing DevicesĪ key area where WhatsUp Gold differs from Paessler PRTG and certainly from stodgier-looking tools, like Nagios XI, is in the look and feel of its interface. ![]() However, once I pointed my browser to localhost and logged in using the default credentials, everything spun into motion. My initial impression after the installation was “now what?” Unless you bothered to watch the training videos, there’s no real evidence that anything was running. It doesn’t require much input beyond clicking through some default installation paths and authorizing it to access your network. WhatsUp Gold installs like any other Windows application. Once you're actually installing, things get almost disappointingly simple. While that's not a huge negative, it does put it behind the convenience level of cloud tools, like Datadog, and it'll also add some more dollars to your overall licensing costs. This software needs to be installed locally and it needs to be installed on a Windows machine, preferably one running Microsoft Windows Server. Installation and ConfigurationĪgain, similar to its Editors' Choice co-winner, PRTG, Progress hasn't made WhatsUp Gold available as a cloud service. For those who want to try before they buy, a free trial is available on the Progress WhatsUp Gold website, though you'll need to click down one level from the primary WhatsUp Gold page to find it. That statement actually includes the per-device licensing model, which should appeal to those who need a comprehensive view of every monitored device as opposed to the sensor-level model offered by fellow Editors' Choice winner, Paessler PRTG. That negative aside, however, the software has a lot to offer. ![]() One of the few downsides with the product is that Progress has chosen to go the other way, adding quite a bit of potential pricing variation depending on the options you need and then not making any of the actual pricing information available on its web site. That means you’ll need to contact them for an official quote before making a decision. However, most of the competition was very transparent about pricing, offering detailed web pages describing what and how they charge. WhatsUp Gold starts at $2,740 for 25 devices, which is fairly solid in this category. That and a friendly, (though somewhat nebulous) per-device licensing plan, earn it our Editors' Choice designation along with competitor, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor. WhatsUp Gold has a reputation from early on as being somewhat basic in the metrics it can offer an IT professional, but after our review, we found the platform has greatly matured and now delivers among the best monitoring capabilities we saw in this roundup. WhatsUp Gold has long been a go-to entry in the network monitoring software space.
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