Paessler PRTG

Network management with PRTG

Professionally manage your network and test for free

 

  • Monitor your systems, hardware, applications, and your entire network
  • Receive custom alerts and notifications in the event of errors and malfunctions
  • Get 100 sensors free for life, all functionality included, no strings attached
 

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Free network management software PRTG – at your fingertips

 

If you’re looking for free network monitoring tools but don’t want to limit yourself with regards to the feature set, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor has you covered.

Its free edition comes with 100 sensors free for life. Apart from NetFlow sensors, which are only available in the commercial editions, the free version offers the full functionality (server monitoring, application monitoring, performance test tools, VMware monitoring, VoIP monitoring, and much more).

Need more than 100 sensors to monitor a larger IT infrastructure? No problem. PRTG is easily scalable – see our commercial licenses and pricing here.

And if you’re still unsure, we throw in a fully-featured, 30-day trial with an unlimited number of sensors so that you can try out everything. No strings attached.

 

PRTG makes network management as easy as it gets

Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent network outages and downtime.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What can I monitor with PRTG network management software?

Our all-in-one network monitoring software helps you monitor, maintain and provision your computer networks. It offers comprehensive performance and fault management for networks and servers and monitors networks for technical problems caused by overloaded servers, crashed connections, or users.

Bandwidth monitoring & management

With PRTG, you can easily break down the bandwidth utilization of your devices by different parameters, such as IP address, port number, or protocol. Immediately identify bandwidth bottlenecks and the applications, servers, and users that are using up your bandwidth.

Network availability monitoring

Continuously check whether your servers, websites, and other endpoints are available and reachable using Ping. By knowing your systems' uptimes and downtimes, you can immediately detect faults or system slowdowns, which also helps MSPs meet their Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

Network performance monitoring

Monitor network speed, CPU load, memory usage, website loading times, response time, round-trip times (RTT), and many other parameters that influence the performance of your infrastructure and, ultimately, business processes. Use PRTG to make sure that your network stays stable and reliable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What network management looks like in PRTG

Diagnose network issues by continuously tracking the status and performance of your network using SNMP, WMI, SSH, packet sniffing, flow protocols, and other technologies. Show uptime, disk health, CPU usage, 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 your on-premises, cloud, and virtual infrastructure.

 

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


 

 

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

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“All-around winning
network monitor”

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“The real beauty of PRTG is the endless possibilities it offers”

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“PRTG Network Monitor
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4 reasons why to choose PRTG as your network management software

Protect your network from damage

Use PRTG’s network management tools to help guard against faults and system errors so end users and customers can access information quickly and seamlessly.

Check the availability and performance of servers, workstations, databases, firewalls, and other endpoints, and analyze bandwidth usage and network traffic in detail. By having reliable data about the health, performance, and usage of your network, you can effectively manage and optimize it.

Receive real-time alerts and notifications

PRTG network management software sends you an instant alert that helps you troubleshoot network issues if one of your devices does not respond, an unusual event is registered, or a set threshold is crossed.

Define your individual error limits, configure notification triggers, choose from various notification channels such as SMS, email, push, syslog message, and many more – and let PRTG do the rest for you.

Save time with automated actions

No time to or no idea how to get started with your network management system? No problem. PRTG comes with a powerful Auto-Discovery feature that automatically detects devices in your network and lists them in a comprehensive device tree overview.

What’s more: You can configure PRTG to take a certain action in case of an alarm, for example restart Windows services or execute an external script. This way, network management can take care of many frequent network problems without any intervention from your side.

Get comprehensive network overviews

As a sysadmin, it’s no great news for you that network management doesn’t work without an overview of all network devices. PRTG lets you easily create structured network topology maps as well as custom dashboards via drag and drop.

Or generate comprehensive reports from PRTG’s wealth of historical data, including activity diagrams and charts that show all network usage parameters over time – for enhanced network optimization and future capacity planning.

 

Your network manager at a glance – even on the go

Set up PRTG in minutes and use it on almost any mobile device.

 

PRTG comes with all the features you need, plus more your IT infrastructure won't want to live without.

 

 

PRTG monitors these vendors and applications in one view!

 

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

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

 

 

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


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Create innovative solutions with Paessler’s partners

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

IP Fabric

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

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Plixer

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

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UVnetworks

UVexplorer integrates tightly with PRTG to bring fast and accurate network discovery, detailed device inventory, and automatic network mapping to the PRTG platform.

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“Excellent tool for detailed monitoring. Alarms and notifications work greatly. Equipment addition is straight forward and server initial setup is very easy. ...feel safe to purchase it if you intend to monitor a large networking landscape.”

Infrastructure and Operations Engineer in the Communications Industry, firm size 10B - 30B USD

Read the entire review at Gartner Peer Insights 

 

PRTG makes network management as easy as it gets

Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent network outages and downtime.

 

Manage your network: FAQ

 

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PRTG the multi-tool

PRTG: The multi-tool for sysadmins

Adapt PRTG individually and dynamically to your needs and rely on a strong API:

  • HTTP API: Access monitoring data and manipulate monitoring objects via HTTP requests
  • Custom sensors: Create your own PRTG sensors for customized monitoring
  • Custom notifications: Create your own notifications and send action triggers to external systems
  • REST Custom sensor: Monitor almost everything that provides data in XML or JSON format

 

We asked: would you recommend PRTG?
Over 95% of our customers say yes!

 

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.

 

Recommend PRTG

 

Still not convinced?

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More than 500,000
sysadmins love PRTG

Paessler PRTG is used by companies of all sizes. Sysadmins love PRTG because it makes their job a whole lot easier.

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Monitor your entire IT infrastructure

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

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Try Paessler PRTG
for free

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

 

 

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

 

 

PRTG

Network Monitoring Software - Version 25.1.102.1373 (January 9th, 2025)

Hosting

Download for Windows and cloud-based version PRTG Hosted Monitor available

Languages

English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese

Pricing

Up to 100 sensors for free (Price List)

Unified Monitoring

Network devices, bandwidth, servers, applications, virtual environments, remote systems, IoT, and more

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