WhatsUp Gold - Top Competitors (May 2022)

WhatsUp Gold  Review
ITQlick Score: 70/100
ITQlick Rating:
Pricing: 10/10 - high cost
Category: Network Monitoring -> WhatsUp Gold review -> WhatsUp Gold competitors
Ranking:Ranked 18 out of 30 Network Monitoring systems
Company: Ipswitch, Inc.
Pricing: starts at $1,755 per license
Typical customers: Small, medium and large size businesses
Platforms: Desktop
Links: WhatsUp Gold review, WhatsUp Gold pricing guide
Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / updated: May 11, 2022

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WhatsUp Gold vs. Alternatives in 2024

The two main competitors of WhatsUp software are Nagios XI and Datadog.

Similar to WhatsUp Gold, Nagios XI is a cloud-based IT infrastructure monitoring & alerting software that help users to identify problems before they occur whereas. WhatsUp Gold is built to serve medium and large IT enterprises and on the other hand Nagios XI is built to serve businesses of all sizes.

WhatsUp Gold is a product of IPSwitch, but Nagios XI is designed by Naxios Company. Naxios XI is cloud-based, and by contrast WhatsUp Gold is both on-premise and cloud-based. The software solutions offer training through documentation, Live Online, and Webinars.

Datadog is a monitoring and data analytics software solution built for IT, Dev & Ops teams while WhatsUp Gold is a network monitoring software solution designed to help organizations monitor their networks in the cloud, virtual or on-premise environment.

Datadog is SaaS-based and in comparison WhatsUp Gold is both cloud-based and on-premise. Datadog is a product of DataDog, but WhatsUp is designed by IPSwitch Company. Both software solutions are built for businesses of all sizes including small and medium businesses as well large enterprises.

WhatsUp Gold alternatives - for small & large Business

Here are the top 4 alternatives to WhatsUp Gold that are worth checking out: Spectrum (formerly Dexter + Cheney) for SMBs, Network Performance Monitor for large size business, AdRem NetCrunch for growing companies, and ManageEngine OpManager for low budget organizations.

ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
Score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100 score, based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing pricing Score is a 1 to 10 score, based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
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