3 categories · RankedLibreNMS
LibreNMS is an open-source, community-driven network monitoring system that uses SNMP to automatically discover and monitor network hardware such as routers without agents · librenms.org ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor is first at 44%.
Zabbix is first at 27%.
LogicMonitor is first at 15%.
Why models recommend it
“My suggestion: Start with LibreNMS. It strikes the best balance between a modern interface, automatic device discovery, and being entirely free forever”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“If you have a Linux admin on staff, start with LibreNMS (for network gear) or Zabbix (for everything).”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Zabbix and LibreNMS are excellent open-source choices”Mistral Small · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Simple, free, and focused on network monitoring with auto-discovery. Lightweight and easy to start with, but narrower scope than Zabbix.”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Five-minute defaults, notably associated with LibreNMS, can miss short congestion bursts and interface flapping”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“Before adopting something like LibreNMS ... ensure the community fork is active.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as LibreNMS, over the 70 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 16 | Compare → | |
| 57 | 23 | Compare → | |
| 47 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 29 | 2 | View → | |
| 25 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 21 | 5 | Compare → | |
| 20 | 0 | View → | |
| 19 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 16 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 14 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of LibreNMS →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on LibreNMS's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- your network
- Free plan or trial
- An online demo is available for you to try before installing.
- Integrations
- 5
- Customers named
- Wavedirect Telecommunications
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 56 of the 70 answers that named LibreNMS and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
196 of the 196 domain citations in answers naming LibreNMS came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glossary or explainer | 49 | 0 | 2019-11-19 | ||
| Comparison | 35 | 0 | 2026-04-24 | ||
| Conference or event | 7 | 0 | 2025-11-27 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 3 | 0 | 2025-01-05 | ||
| Report or ebook | 1 | 0 | 2017-02-15 |
Most recent
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page librenms.org exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.