PRTG Manual: Differences between PRTG on premises and PRTG hosted by Paessler
Important Information |
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This section was moved and is no longer up to date. To get a comprehensive overview about differences between PRTG on premises and PRTG Hosted Monitor, see section Differences between PRTG on premises and PRTG Hosted Monitor. |
See below for the differences between the settings and features that PRTG on premises and PRTG Hosted Monitor have to offer.
Licensing, Payment, Infrastructure
Topic |
PRTG on premises |
PRTG Hosted Monitor |
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Trial period |
30 days |
10 days |
Freeware |
freeware (100 sensors) available |
no freeware, smallest edition is PRTG 500 |
Payment |
one-time license fee plus yearly maintenance |
monthly fee |
PRTG edition size flexibility |
upgrade only |
upgrade or downgrade |
Maximum installation size |
10,000 sensors |
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PRTG update management |
done by user |
done by Paessler |
Feature |
PRTG on premises |
PRTG Hosted Monitor |
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Local probe |
Yes |
No |
Hosted probe |
No |
Yes |
Cluster |
Yes |
No |
Freeware (100 sensors) |
Yes |
No |
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access to core server |
Yes |
No |
Historic data purging (manually defined) |
Yes |
No |
Active Directory integration |
Yes |
No |
License settings via PRTG web interface |
Yes |
No |
Recommended Sensors on local probe/hosted probe |
Yes |
No |
Auto-discovery for groups on local probe/hosted probe |
Yes |
No |
Mini probes |
Yes |
No |
Device tools on local probe/hosted probe |
Yes |
No |
Proxy server settings |
Yes |
No |
System information on local probe/hosted probe |
Yes |
No |
PRTG Administration Tool on PRTG core server |
Yes |
No |
Notification methods:
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Yes |
No |
Re-login request on setup pages after 15 minutes |
Yes |
No |
IPv6 on local probe/hosted probe |
Yes |
No |
Sensors on the Hosted Probe of PRTG Hosted Monitor
You can use the following sensors on a remote probe device.
Sensors to Be Used on a Remote Probe Device |
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Active Directory Replication Errors sensor |
ADO SQL v2 sensor |
Dell PowerVault MDi Physical Disk sensor |
Dell PowerVault MDi Logical Disk sensor |
Enterprise Virtual Array sensor |
Event Log (Windows API) sensor |
Exchange Backup (PowerShell) sensor |
Exchange Database DAG (PowerShell) sensor |
Exchange Database (PowerShell) sensor |
Exchange Mailbox (PowerShell) sensor |
Exchange Mail Queue (PowerShell) sensor |
Exchange Public Folder (PowerShell) sensor |
EXE/Script sensor |
EXE/Script Advanced sensor |
File sensor |
File Content sensor |
Folder sensor |
HTTP Full Web Page sensor |
HTTP Push Count sensor |
HTTP Push Data sensor |
HTTP Push Data Advanced sensor |
Hyper-V Cluster Shared Volume Disk Free sensor |
Hyper-V Host Server sensor |
Hyper-V Virtual Network Adapter sensor |
Hyper-V Virtual Machine sensor |
Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device sensor |
IPFIX sensor |
IPFIX (Custom) sensor |
IPMI System Health sensor |
jFlow v5 sensor |
jFlow v5 (Custom) sensor |
Microsoft SQL v2 sensor |
MySQL v2 sensor |
NetFlow v5 sensor |
NetFlow v5 (Custom) sensor |
NetFlow v9 sensor |
NetFlow v9 (Custom) sensor |
Oracle SQL v2 sensor |
Oracle Tablespace sensor |
Packet Sniffer sensor |
Packet Sniffer (Custom) sensor |
PerfCounter Custom sensor |
PerfCounter IIS Application Pool sensor |
Port sensor |
Port Range sensor |
PostgreSQL sensor |
Python Script Advanced sensor |
QoS (Quality of Service) One Way sensor |
QoS (Quality of Service) Round Trip sensor |
sFlow sensor |
sFlow (Custom) sensor |
Share Disk Free sensor |
SMTP sensor |
SNMP Trap Receiver sensor |
Syslog Receiver sensor |
Windows CPU Load sensor |
Windows IIS 6.0 SMTP Received sensor |
Windows IIS 6.0 SMTP Sent sensor |
Windows IIS Application sensor |
Windows MSMQ Queue Length sensor |
Windows Network Card sensor |
Windows Pagefile sensor |
Windows Physical Disk I/O sensor |
Windows Print Queue sensor |
Windows Process sensor |
Windows System Uptime sensor |
Windows Updates Status (PowerShell) sensor |
WMI Battery sensor |
WMI Custom sensor |
WMI Custom String sensor |
WMI Disk Health sensor |
WMI Event Log sensor |
WMI Exchange Server sensor |
WMI Exchange Transport Queue sensor |
WMI File sensor |
WMI Free Disk Space (Multi Disk) sensor |
WMI HDD Health sensor |
WMI Logical Disk I/O sensor |
WMI Memory sensor |
WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2005 sensor (Deprecated) |
WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2008 sensor |
WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2012 sensor |
WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2014 sensor |
WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2016 sensor |
WMI Remote Ping sensor |
WMI Security Center sensor |
WMI Service sensor |
WMI Share sensor |
WMI SharePoint Process sensor |
WMI Storage Pool sensor |
WMI Terminal Services (Windows 2008+) sensor |
WMI Terminal Services (Windows XP/Vista/2003) sensor |
WMI UTC Time sensor |
WMI Vital System Data v2 sensor |
WMI Volume sensor |
WSUS Statistics sensor |
For performance reasons, you cannot add these sensors to the hosted probe of a PRTG Hosted Monitor instance.
These settings are only available in PRTG on premises.
Setting Title |
Setting Name |
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Auto-Update |
When a New Version is Available |
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Installation Time |
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Release Channel |
Notification Templates |
Add Entry To Event Log |
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Send Syslog Message |
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Send SNMP Trap |
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Execute Program |
Core & Probes |
Proxy Configuration |
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Probe Connection IPs |
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Mini Probes |
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Mini Probe Port |
Administrative Tools for Probes |
Restart Local Probe |
Scanning Intervals |
Available Intervals (definition of individual intervals) |
Notification Delivery |
SMTP Delivery (everything but sender email and name) |
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SMS Delivery |
Recommended Sensors Detection |
Detection Engine |
User Interface (Website) |
DNS Name |
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Google Analytics Tracking ID |
User Interface (Web Server) |
IP Address for Web Server |
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TCP Port for Web Server |
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Web Server Port |
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Web Server Security |
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Connection Security |
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Active IP Address/Port Combination(s) |
User Accounts |
Login Name |
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Password |
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Passhash |
Administrative Tools for the Core Server |
Create Configuration Snapshot |
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Write Core Status File |
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Clear Caches |
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Load Lookups and File Lists |
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Recalculate PRTG Graph Data Cache |
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Restart PRTG core server service |
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Reload Logging Configuration |
Advanced Network Analysis |
System Information |
Scheduled Restart Settings (Local Probe) |
Restart Options |
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Restart Schedule |
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Specify Day |
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Specify Hour |