Paessler PRTG Reviews

Paessler PRTG

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Total 5 out of 5 stars
ease 4.5 out of 5 stars
features 4.5 out of 5 stars
design 4.5 out of 5 stars
support 4.5 out of 5 stars

Description

Groundskeeper is an IT monitoring solution tailored for educational institutions and academy trusts, offering a self-hosted platform that consolidates data from various school IT systems such as servers, network devices, firewalls, backup solutions, Microsoft 365, management information systems, and other essential services into a unified dashboard. This enables IT teams to effectively track the status of their infrastructure, manage alerts, and utilize straightforward summaries along with red, amber, and green indicators to convey service health to school administrators. By operating on the school’s dedicated server, Groundskeeper ensures that all data remains within the school’s network, enhancing security and control. The software is specifically crafted to assist school IT personnel in managing diverse technological environments, identifying potential problems, and determining which systems require further attention. Its comprehensive monitoring capabilities extend across all systems linked to a school’s IT framework, with the dashboard designed to deliver operational insights to both technical staff and senior leadership, facilitating informed decision-making and efficient resource management. Ultimately, Groundskeeper aims to empower educational institutions by streamlining IT oversight and enhancing the overall effectiveness of their technology management.

Description

Paessler PRTG is an all-inclusive monitoring solution with an intuitive, user-friendly interface powered by a cutting-edge monitoring engine. It optimizes connections and workloads, reduces operational costs, and prevents outages. It also saves time and controls service level agreements (SLAs). This solution includes specialized monitoring features such as flexible alerting, cluster failover, distributed monitoring, maps, dashboards, and in-depth reporting.

API Access

Has API Yes 

API Access

Has API Yes 

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Integrations

Active Directory Yes 
AlertOps No 
AutoMonX No 
BrightGauge No 
Check Point IPS No 
DNSWatch No 
Dropbox No 
Ekara No 
FortiGate NGFW Yes 
Google Analytics No 
ITOC360 No 
MIDAS No 
Microsoft 365 Yes 
PagerTree No 
Parny No 
SMSEagle No 
ThreatSync No 
Veeam Data Platform Yes 
Vivantio No 
WatchGuard Network Security Yes 

Integrations

Active Directory Yes 
AlertOps Yes 
AutoMonX Yes 
BrightGauge Yes 
Check Point IPS Yes 
DNSWatch Yes 
Dropbox Yes 
Ekara Yes 
FortiGate NGFW No 
Google Analytics Yes 
ITOC360 Yes 
MIDAS Yes 
Microsoft 365 No 
PagerTree Yes 
Parny Yes 
SMSEagle Yes 
ThreatSync Yes 
Veeam Data Platform No 
Vivantio Yes 
WatchGuard Network Security No 

Pricing Details

£0
The Community Edition is free and includes five connectors. Pro is free during early access for the first 100 schools that request it, until version 1.0 and at least August 31, 2027. Planned version 1.0 pricing is £100/year per primary-phase school, £250/year per secondary- or other-phase school, and £100/year per group for Central, plus a Pro license for each school.
Free Trial No 
Free Version Yes 

Pricing Details

$2149 for PRTG 500
PRTG 100
Free of charge
• 100 free sensors

PRTG 500- Start Small & Upgrade Later
From $2,149
500 Sensors

PRTG 1000- Small & Medium Sized Environments
From $3,899
1000 Sensors

PRTG 2500- Medium Sized Environments
From $8,099
2,500 Sensors

Best Value:
PRTG 5000- Large Environments
From $14,999
5,000 Sensors

PRTG 10000- Very Large Environments
From $17,899
10.000 Sensors

PRTG Enterprise
Custom Pricing
• Unlimited sensors
• Unlimited server installations

All pricing is based on a subscription basis.
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version Yes 

Deployment

Web-Based No 
On-Premises Yes 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows Yes 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises Yes 
iPhone App Yes 
iPad App Yes 
Android App Yes 
Windows Yes 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars Yes 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person Yes 

Vendor Details

Company Name

RSJ Software Ltd

Founded

2026

Country

United Kingdom

Website

groundskeeper.rsjsoftware.com

Vendor Details

Company Name

Paessler GmbH

Founded

1997

Country

Germany

Website

www.paessler.com

Product Features

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

Alerts / Notifications Yes 
Application Monitoring Yes 
Bandwidth Monitoring Yes 
Capacity Planning Yes 
Configuration Change Management No 
Data Movement Monitoring No 
Health Monitoring Yes 
Multi-Platform Support No 
Performance Monitoring Yes 
Point-in-Time Visibility No 
Reporting / Analytics Yes 
Virtual Machine Monitoring Yes 

Product Features

Database Monitoring

Anomaly Detection Yes 
Autodiscovery Yes 
Capacity Planning No 
Dashboard Yes 
Dependency Tracking No 
Historical Trend Analysis Yes 
Multitenancy No 
Notifications / Alerts Yes 
Performance Monitoring Yes 
Permissions / Access Controls No 
Predictive Analytics No 
Prioritization No 
Query Analysis No 
Resource Optimization Yes 
Troubleshooting Yes 

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

Alerts / Notifications Yes 
Application Monitoring Yes 
Bandwidth Monitoring Yes 
Capacity Planning No 
Configuration Change Management No 
Data Movement Monitoring Yes 
Health Monitoring Yes 
Multi-Platform Support Yes 
Performance Monitoring Yes 
Point-in-Time Visibility Yes 
Reporting / Analytics Yes 
Virtual Machine Monitoring Yes 

Network Monitoring

Bandwidth Monitoring Yes 
Baseline Manager Yes 
Diagnostic Tools Yes 
IP Address Monitoring Yes 
Internet Usage Monitoring Yes 
Real Time Analytics Yes 
Resource Management No 
SLA Monitoring Yes 
Server Monitoring Yes 
Uptime Monitoring Yes 
Web Traffic Reporting Yes 

System Monitoring

Alerts / Notifications Yes 
Antivirus Management No 
Data Backup / Recovery No 
Device Monitoring Yes 
Inventory Management Yes 
Patch Management Yes 
Policy-based Automation No 
Remote Monitoring Yes 
Reporting / Analytics Yes 
Risk Analysis Yes 
Server Monitoring Yes 
Service Configuration Management No 

VoIP Monitoring

Alerts / Notifications Yes 
Call Detail Record (CDR) Analysis Yes 
Call Quality Monitoring Yes 
IP SLA Monitoring Yes 
Jitter Testing Yes 
Latency Monitoring Yes 
MOS Monitoring Yes 
Packet Loss Monitoring Yes 
QoS Monitoring Yes 
Reporting / Analytics Yes 
Troubleshooting Yes 

Website Monitoring

Availability Testing Yes 
Event Logs No 
Event-Based Notifications Yes 
FTP Monitoring Yes 
Mail Server Monitoring Yes 
Maintenance Scheduling No 
Performance Metrics Yes 
Real Time Monitoring Yes 
Transaction Monitoring Yes 
Uptime Reporting Yes 

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