2 categories · RankedPaessler PRTG Network Monitor
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor is a network and infrastructure monitoring tool that covers bandwidth, servers and applications in one product · paessler.com ↗
Leads at small business. Ranked 14 of 119 for enterprise buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Ranked first. Next is Auvik at 15%.
Zabbix is first at 27%. 2 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
LogicMonitor is first at 15%.
Why models recommend it
“PRTG Network Monitor: Very popular for mid-sized companies. Easy to set up, sensor-based pricing (be careful with sensor counts), good all-in-one feel.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Scale-constrained question · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor is the best default choice.”Perplexity Sonar · Direct question · first choice
“Best for: teams that want an easy-to-use, all-in-one, sensor-based monitoring platform.”GPT-5.4 mini · Comparative question · first choice
“Choose PRTG for a relatively fast, all-in-one deployment with broad protocol support.”Perplexity Sonar · Comparative question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Reddit community sentiment: Strongly discouraged by networking professionals”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
“PRTG, Auvik, WhatsUp Gold, and Kentik are examples of products whose pricing units should be modeled carefully before purchase.”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“While powerful, it has received a "Fair" rating (2.5/5) with reservations. Its sensor-based licensing can become expensive”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
“Past vulnerabilities in its sensor/web components; cloud elements raise data routing concerns.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, over the 186 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 135 | 17 | Compare → | |
| 93 | 15 | Compare → | |
| 80 | 11 | View → | |
| 74 | 3 | Compare → | |
| 73 | 9 | Compare → | |
| 63 | 14 | Compare → | |
| 62 | 9 | Compare → | |
| 57 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 30 | 1 | View → | |
| 29 | 5 | View → |
What the models named instead of Paessler PRTG Network Monitor →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Paessler PRTG Network Monitor's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- From a one-person IT team to a global MSP
- Price stated
- per month paid annually
- Starting price
- 179
- Free plan or trial
- FREE TRIAL
- Customers named
- Zurich Airport, TAFJORD, Jena University Hospital, Leica Geosystems AG, Skyscanner, Integrated Precision Systems, Dr. Erler Kliniken
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 147 of the 186 answers that named Paessler PRTG Network Monitor and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
375 of the 409 domain citations in answers naming Paessler PRTG Network Monitor 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 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 1,209 | 13 | 2026-09-28 | CDN, Infra monitoring | |
| Webinar or virtual event | 130 | 0 | 2025-11-24 | ||
| Case study | 74 | undated | |||
| Comparison | 70 | 0 | 2026-03-25 | RMM | |
| News or press | 23 | undated | |||
| Template or tool | 13 | undated | |||
| Glossary or explainer | 12 | 0 | 2026-03-18 | Infra monitoring | |
| Conference or event | 3 | 0 | 2018-04-06 | ||
| Report or ebook | 2 | 0 | 2017-09-29 | ||
| Podcast or video | 2 | undated |
Most recent
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- 2026-08-12Bridging it and ot in the energy sector making substation monitoring actually work blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page paessler.com 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.