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Network Observability Software with PRTG

Get complete visibility into your entire network

  • Detect issues proactively for enhanced end user experience
  • Leverage in-depth analytics and historical data for capacity planning
  • Create advanced customizable dashboards and topology maps
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PRTG network observability software: What you will find on this page

Table of content
  • Full insight into your network infrastructure
  • What network observability looks like in PRTG
  • 5 more reasons why to choose PRTG as your network observability software
  • Explore our preconfigured PRTG sensors for network observability software
  • Network Observability Software: FAQ

PRTG makes network observability as easy as it gets

Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent network performance issues, anomalies, and potential outages.

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Full insight into your network infrastructure

With Paessler PRTG, you get complete visibility into every part of your network, helping you truly understand what’s happening across your entire infrastructure. PRTG pulls data from all your network devices, applications, and cloud services, and gives you a clear, comprehensive picture of your network's health and performance.

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Stay ahead of costly issues

Keep a close eye on your critical network components in real time. By using smart, sensor-driven technology, PRTG spots potential bottlenecks and anomalies before they become big problems.

This proactive monitoring helps you minimize downtime and avoid costly service disruptions.

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Dashboards that work for you

User-friendly dashboards in PRTG are fully customizable, and allow you to display the network performance metrics that are most important to your business.

Whether it’s tracking latency, bandwidth usage, or device status, you’ll be able to identify and address issues quickly, helping you allocate resources more efficiently.

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Instant alerts that matter

The alerting system in PRTG is highly customizable so that you will only be notified about issues that matter.

You can set up alerts for specific thresholds or unusual activity to make sure the right people on your team are informed immediately. This means quicker responses and faster resolutions.

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Deep analytics and insights

PRTG doesn’t just provide real-time monitoring; it also stores historical data for you to analyze.

With these insights, you can track long-term trends, pinpoint recurring issues, and make data-driven decisions to optimize your network over time.

What network observability looks like in PRTG

Diagnose network issues by continuously tracking device states, traffic flows, and latency. Show bandwidth usage, uptime, and other key metrics in real time. Visualize monitoring data in clear graphs and dashboards to identify problems more easily. Gain the overview you need to troubleshoot network slowdowns, outages, and performance bottlenecks.

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Device tree view of the complete monitoring setup

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Custom PRTG dashboard for keeping an eye on the entire IT infrastructure

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Live traffic data graph in PRTG

Start observing your network with PRTG and see how it can make your network more reliable and your job easier.

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IT experts agree: Paessler PRTG is a great solution for IT infrastructure monitoring

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“All-around winning
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“The real beauty of PRTG is the endless possibilities it offers”

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“PRTG Network Monitor 
is very hard to beat”

5 more reasons why to choose PRTG as your network observability software

Flexible and scalable subscription options

PRTG offers a range of subscription plans that adapt to your network monitoring needs. Whether you're managing an on-premises setup or a multi-cloud environment, you can easily scale PRTG as your network grows.

This flexibility allows your IT teams to monitor network traffic, application performance, and network infrastructure without worrying about complex licensing.

Quick setup for immediate monitoring

PRTG is designed to get you started quickly. Its intuitive interface and preconfigured sensors let your IT teams set up network and application performance monitoring with minimal effort.

You can begin tracking real-time telemetry data, performance metrics, and network traffic within minutes, and optimize network performance without delays.

Responsive high-end customer support

We are known for our reliable customer support. Whether you're troubleshooting performance issues, setting up complex monitoring use cases, or optimizing dashboards for specific metrics, our global support team is ready to assist.

This hands-on support helps reduce downtime and improve mean time to resolution (MTTR) when performance issues arise.

Engaged community for practical insights

Our global PRTG user community is filled with network and IT operations professionals sharing real-world solutions and use cases.

Whether you're looking to leverage PRTG for cloud-native applications, hybrid cloud environments, or traditional data centers, our community provides actionable insights to help optimize your observability strategy.

Frequent updates and improvements

We continuously improve PRTG, with regular updates that enhance network observability and performance monitoring capabilities.

These updates include new features for anomaly detection, deeper network visibility, and enhanced telemetry data collection. Our goal is to make sure PRTG as your network observability solution grows as your infrastructure does.

Explore our preconfigured PRTG sensors for network observability

PRTG comes with more than 250 native sensor types for monitoring your entire on-premises, cloud, and hybrid cloud environment out of the box. Check out some examples below!

Cisco Meraki Network Health

The Cisco Meraki Network Health sensor monitors the health of Cisco Meraki network devices via the Cisco Meraki Dashboard API. It can show the following:

  • IoT devices in alerting, dormant, offline, and online status
  • Meraki Radios (MR) devices in alerting, dormant, offline, and online status
  • Meraki Switching (MS) devices in alerting, dormant, offline, and online status
  • Meraki Security (MX) devices in alerting, dormant, offline, and online status
  • Uplinks in active, failed, not connected, and ready status
Cisco Meraki Network Health
Cisco Meraki Network Health

SNMP NetApp Network Interface

The SNMP NetApp Network Interface sensor monitors a network card of a NetApp storage system. It can show the following:

  • Number of incoming and outgoing errors
  • Incoming and outgoing traffic
SNMP NetApp Network Interface
SNMP NetApp Network Interface

EXE/Script

The EXE/Script sensor runs an executable file (.exe) or a script (batch file, VBScript, PowerShell) on the probe system. This option is available as part of the PRTG API. It can show the following:

  • Execution time
  • Value that the executable file or script file returns in one channel
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EXE/Scrip

EXE/Script Advanced

The EXE/Script Advanced sensor runs an executable file (.exe) or a script (batch file, VBScript, PowerShell) on the probe system. This option is available as part of the PRTG API. It can show the following:

  • Downtime
  • Value that the executable file or script file returns in several channels
EXE/Script Advanced
EXE/Script Advanced

See the PRTG Manual for a list of all available sensor types.

PRTG is compatible with all major vendors, products, and systems

compatible with all major vendors, products, and systems

PRTG makes network observability as easy as it gets

Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent network performance issues, anomalies, and potential outages.

Free download
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”Adopting PRTG has been like going from being in the dark to being in the light. Before, we had limited visibility into what was happening in the infrastructure and in the network. Now, however, thanks to the comprehensive dashboard and real-time notifications, we receive constant updates on the status of facilities and services, and our way of working has gone from passive to proactive.”

Luca Meneghesso, Senior IT infrastructure and Security Specialist
Banca Profilo

”GESAC increasingly focuses on innovation to improve the quality of services offered and the experience of passengers handled every day by Naples Airport. Thanks to PRTG, we finally have unified, automatic, and continuous monitoring of the airport network and can guarantee quick and timely interventions.”

Domenico Ciervo, GESAC ICT Manager
Naples International Airport

”As an international company, PRTG is ideal for us. If something went down half way across the world, we wouldn’t be woken up – we can rely on PRTG to identify the problem and alert us before it occurs – enabling the right person, in the right time zone to resolve the problem. At the end of the day, if we’re to provide an internal network experience for our employees that meets expectations, we need a tool like PRTG to be successful.”

Barry Kelly, Systems Engineer
Skyscanner

“I would recommend PRTG because it has helped us significantly improve service uptime by highlighting important alerts that would otherwise result in a system failure or service disruption if action was not taken. Thanks to PRTG, we can ensure that The Ritz London’s network and IT systems are five-star, just like the hotel.”

Richard Isted, IT Manager
The Ritz London

Your network observability monitor at a glance – even on the go

PRTG is set up in a matter of minutes and can be used on a wide variety of mobile devices.

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We are an AWS Technology Partner  

Paessler is a certified partner in the Amazon Web Services ecosystem, which includes a growing community of software vendors who are building solutions on cloud computing.

What does this mean for you?

  • Easy integration of AWS services and CloudWatch data with PRTG
  • State-of-the-art features for monitoring your cloud environment
  • Expert technical support around your AWS monitoring setup

Create innovative solutions with Paessler’s IT partners

Partnering with innovative IT vendors, Paessler unleashes synergies to create
new and additional benefits for joined customers.

IP Fabric

IP Fabric

Combining PRTG’s broad monitoring feature set with IP Fabric’s automated network assurance creates a new level of network visibility and reliability.

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NetBrain

NetBrain

Integrating monitoring results from PRTG into NetBrain maps makes the foundation for network automation.

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Plixer

Plixer

Paessler and Plixer provide a complete solution adding flow and metadata analysis to a powerful network monitoring tool.

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Find the root cause of the problem with our PRTG network observability solution

Real-time notifications mean faster troubleshooting so that you can act before more serious issues occur.

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Network Monitoring Software – Version 24.4.102.1351 (November 12th, 2024)

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Network Observability Software: FAQ

 

What is network observability?

Network observability refers to the ability to monitor and understand the state of your network infrastructure by collecting and correlating data from various network components. It involves analyzing telemetry data like logs, metrics, and traces to gain real-time insights into network performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize operations. Paessler PRTG enables network observability by providing comprehensive visibility into your network’s health and performance.

Why should I use network observability?

Network observability helps IT teams detect and resolve issues faster, improve performance, and optimize network operations. Unlike traditional network monitoring, which only alerts you to problems, observability provides deep insights into network behavior, allowing for better troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and overall network optimization. With observability features in PRTG, you can visualize network traffic, identify bottlenecks, and monitor critical performance metrics in real-time.

How does PRTG support network observability?

PRTG supports network observability by providing real-time monitoring of your entire network infrastructure, including cloud environments, on-premises systems, and hybrid cloud setups. It gathers telemetry data from devices, apps, and network traffic, visualizing key performance metrics through customizable dashboards. PRTG also offers advanced alerting, anomaly detection, and end-to-end visibility. This allows you to identify and resolve network issues before they impact performance or cause downtime.

What kind of data does PRTG collect for network observability?

PRTG collects a wide range of data, including bandwidth usage, latency, device health, application performance metrics, and more. It pulls telemetry data from network devices, cloud environments, virtual machines, and applications, providing comprehensive visibility into both the infrastructure and network traffic. This data is displayed in real-time and stored for historical analysis.

How can PRTG help reduce MTTR (Mean Time to Resolution)?

PRTG helps reduce MTTR by providing actionable insights into network performance issues. Its real-time alerts notify you of performance degradations or anomalies as soon as they happen. With customizable dashboards and in-depth data visualization, you can identify the root cause of issues and minimize downtime. Included automation and alerting features further streamline troubleshooting efforts and lead to quicker resolution times.

Can PRTG handle multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments for network observability?

Yes, PRTG is well suited for multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments. It offers the flexibility to monitor connectivity and performance across on-premises, cloud-native, and SaaS environments. Our observability platform tracks network traffic, application performance, and cloud network metrics for full-stack observability. This allows IT teams to maintain end-to-end visibility and optimize workloads across diverse infrastructures without losing sight of potential blind spots.

What is a sensor in PRTG?

In PRTG, “sensors” are the basic monitoring elements. One sensor usually monitors one measured value in your network, for example the traffic of a switch port, the CPU load of a server, or the free space on a disk drive. On average, you need about 5-10 sensors per device or one sensor per switch port.

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Paessler conducted trials in over 600 IT departments worldwide to tune its network monitoring software closer to the needs of sysadmins. The result of the survey: over 95% of the participants would recommend PRTG – or already have.

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Bandwidth, servers, virtual environments, websites, VoIP services – PRTG keeps an eye on your entire network.

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Everyone has different monitoring needs. That’s why we let you try PRTG for free.

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Start your network observability journey with PRTG and see how it can make your network more reliable and your job easier.

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