Network and Data Center Monitoring Software in AI answers

Data as of Oct 21, 2026Based on 765 AI responsesReviewed by Dimitry Apollonsky

AI summary

LogicMonitor holds a clear lead, frequently recommended for automated discovery and hybrid-cloud infrastructure visibility. For deep packet capture and low-latency troubleshooting, Wireshark is the usual answer instead.

What’s changing · since July

Since July, Grafanarising has become one of the three most named platforms for general infrastructure monitoring. Over the same period, Domotzfalling dropped out of recommendations for automated network discovery.

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Rank and Mentioned in · since Jul 5

#	Brand	Recommended for	Mentioned in
1	LogicMonitor 51% automated hybrid-cloud infrastructure discovery and machine learning-powered alerting	automated hybrid-cloud infrastructure discovery and machine learning-powered alerting	51%
2	Datadog 42% cloud-native unified observability, synthetic testing, and containerized architectures	cloud-native unified observability, synthetic testing, and containerized architectures	42%
3	ManageEngine ITOMManageengine product line 27% multi-vendor physical, virtual, and storage infrastructure management	multi-vendor physical, virtual, and storage infrastructure management	27%
3	Dynatrace 24% causal AI root-cause analysis across enterprise application stacks	causal AI root-cause analysis across enterprise application stacks	24%
5	Zabbix 23% customizable, open-source enterprise network monitoring without licensing fees	customizable, open-source enterprise network monitoring without licensing fees	23%
5	SolarWinds 20% traditional on-premises network topology mapping and storage reporting	traditional on-premises network topology mapping and storage reporting	20%
5	ThousandEyesOwned by Cisco 20% global internet path visualization and enterprise synthetic testing	global internet path visualization and enterprise synthetic testing	20%
8	PRTG Network MonitorPaessler product line 19% sensor-based monitoring across on-premise hardware and network traffic	sensor-based monitoring across on-premise hardware and network traffic	19%
8	Kentik 17% hybrid, multi-cloud, and SD-WAN network flow observability	hybrid, multi-cloud, and SD-WAN network flow observability	17%
10	SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorSolarWinds product line 14% deep multi-vendor hardware visibility and enterprise flow diagnostics	deep multi-vendor hardware visibility and enterprise flow diagnostics	14%
10	Auvik 14%		14%
10	SolarWinds Storage Resource MonitorSolarWinds product line 13%		13%
13	Datadog Network Performance MonitoringDatadog product line 11%		11%
13	Paessler 11%		11%
13	Wireshark 10%		10%
13	Prometheus 9%		9%
17	BigPanda 8%		8%
17	Endace 8%		8%
17	IBM Storage InsightsIBM product line 8%		8%
17	SolarWinds Network Topology MapperSolarWinds product line 7%		7%
17	NetApp 7%		7%
17	NinjaOne 7%		7%
17	Checkmk 7%		7%
24	tcpdump 6%		6%
24	SyncroMSP 6%		6%
24	Catchpoint 6%		6%
24	Grafana 6%		6%
24	SolarWinds ObservabilitySolarWinds product line 5%		5%
24	Lansweeper 5%		5%
24	DellOwned by Dell Technologies 5%		5%
31	Domotz 4%		4%
31	Dynatrace DavisDynatrace product line 4%		4%
31	SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud ObservabilitySolarWinds product line 4%		4%
31	Cisco 4%		4%
31	ServiceNow 4%		4%
31	SuperOps 4%		4%
31	Device42 4%		4%
31	Moogsoft 4%		4%
31	ScienceLogic Skylar AIScienceLogic product line 3%		3%
31	Site24x7 3%		3%
31	Netdata Cloud 3%		3%
31	Manageengine 3%		3%
31	Arkime 3%		3%
44	ntopngNtop product line 3%		3%
44	OpenNMS 3%		3%
44	Obkio 3%		3%
44	Connectwise 3%		3%
44	Ntop 3%		3%
44	eG Innovations 3%		3%
44	Gigamon 3%		3%
44	ExtraHop RevealXExtraHop product line 3%		3%
44	N-able N-centralN-able product line 3%		3%
44	Arista Networks 2%		2%
44	LogicMonitor Edwin AILogicMonitor product line 2%		2%
44	ExtraHop 2%		2%
44	IBM 2%		2%
44	Grafana OSSGrafana product line 2%		2%
44	Corvil AnalyticsPico product line 2%		2%
44	ScienceLogic 2%		2%
44	Selector AI 2%		2%
44	SplunkOwned by Cisco 2%		2%
44	LibreNMS 2%		2%
44	Zeek 2%		2%
44	Napatech 2%		2%
44	Keysight Technologies 2%		2%
66	Pico 2%		2%
66	Datto RMMDatto product line 2%		2%
66	HaloPSAUsehalo product line 2%		2%
66	SmokePingOetiker product line 2%		2%
66	N-able 2%		2%
66	PagerDuty 2%		2%
66	NETSCOUT nGeniusONENetScout product line 2%		2%
66	Motadata 2%		2%
66	cPacket Networks 2%		2%
66	Pure1Pure Storage product line 2%		2%
66	Nmap 2%		2%
66	Autotask PSA 2%		2%
66	iperfEnergy Sciences Network product line 2%		2%
66	NetBrain 1%		1%
66	Profitap 1%		1%
66	Dell Storage Resource ManagerDell Technologies product line 1%		1%
66	Uptime Kuma 1%		1%
66	perfSONAR 1%		1%
66	Pure Storage 1%		1%
66	Broadcom 1%		1%
66	NetScout 1%		1%
66	IBM ConcertIBM product line 1%		1%
66	NetApp BlueXPNetApp product line 1%		1%
66	ServiceNow ITOMServiceNow product line 1%		1%
66	Faddom 1%		1%
66	IBM SevOneIBM product line 1%		1%
66	Datadog WatchdogDatadog product line 1%		1%
66	ScienceLogic SL1ScienceLogic product line 1%		1%
66	New Relic 1%		1%
66	VmwareOwned by Broadcom 1%		1%
66	Riverbed 1%		1%
66	SolarWinds Orion PlatformSolarWinds product line 1%		1%
66	Rootly 1%		1%
66	Nagios 1%		1%
66	Garland Technology 1%		1%

Who leads each AI engine

ChatGPT SearchChatGPT Search: LogicMonitor
Google AI ModeGoogle AI Mode: =1LogicMonitor Datadog

Mentioned in on each engineChatGPT SearchGoogle AI Mode

Widest split: ManageEngine ITOM, 20% on ChatGPT Search and 31% on Google AI Mode.

Mentioned in on each AI engine, by brand
Brand	ChatGPT Search	Google AI Mode
LogicMonitor	55%	50%
Datadog	37%	47%
ManageEngine ITOM	20%	31%
Dynatrace	22%	29%
SolarWinds	25%	16%
ThousandEyes	20%	17%
Zabbix	16%	23%
Kentik	17%	17%
PRTG Network Monitor	16%	17%
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor	15%	14%

Latest insights

Weeks of Jul 27 – Sep 6, 2026 · Since Jul 5

Datadog Gap between platforms: The platform gap for Datadog in Network and Data Center Monitoring Software narrowed to 8.4 points, Google AI Mode ahead
Dynatrace Gap between platforms: Dynatrace's Mentioned in is higher on Google AI Mode than on ChatGPT Search in Network and Data Center Monitoring Software: 29.2% vs 22%
ManageEngine ITOM Gap between platforms: ManageEngine ITOM's Mentioned in is higher on Google AI Mode than on ChatGPT Search in Network and Data Center Monitoring Software: 31.3% vs 18.1%
Zabbix Gap between platforms: Zabbix's platform gap in Network and Data Center Monitoring Software narrowed: Google AI Mode 23%, ChatGPT Search 16%
SolarWinds Gap between platforms: SolarWinds's platform gap in Network and Data Center Monitoring Software narrowed: ChatGPT Search 27.8%, Google AI Mode 17.7%

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Market map

Mentioned in · since Jul 5

Leading brands by topic

Questions by topic7

Storage performance and capacity monitoring
- What's the best software for monitoring and reporting on storage performance and capacity?
- What are the best solutions for monitoring the performance and capacity of specific storage array hardware?
- Which applications provide performance and capacity monitoring specifically for storage hardware platforms?
Network infrastructure discovery and mapping
- Which tool provides the best automated discovery and mapping of our entire IT network infrastructure?
- What is the best solution for automating the discovery and mapping of our whole IT network?
- What are the best software options for fully automated network infrastructure discovery and visualization?
Alert deduplication and root-cause correlation
- Which network monitoring platforms best reduce alert noise with deduplication and root-cause correlation?
- Which network monitoring solutions are most effective at handling alert fatigue through deduplication and root-cause analysis?
- I need network monitoring software that excels at cutting down alert noise through root-cause correlation and deduplication features.
Network performance monitoring
- What's the best network monitoring system that provides detailed performance dashboards for a large enterprise?
- Show me software options for data center network monitoring that feature visual performance dashboards.
- I am looking for network monitoring platforms with synthetic testing, flow analysis, and global service dashboards. Which ones should I consider?
- I'm looking for a network performance monitoring tool that can handle a complex, global enterprise network. What's the best NPMD (Network Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics) tool?
- Which network performance monitoring vendors offer synthetic testing, flow analysis, and global service dashboards?
Small environment storage monitoring
- What are some good options for storage monitoring software designed for small-scale data center environments?
- What storage monitoring solutions are suitable for a small-scale data center?
- Which storage monitoring tools are recommended for smaller data center infrastructures?
Multi-tenant monitoring for msps
- Which network and data center monitoring platforms offer observability across hybrid environments while allowing for child-account multi-tenancy?
- What are the top-rated monitoring platforms for managed service providers that feature role-based access, integrated billing, and multi-tenant dashboards?
- Can you recommend data center and network monitoring platforms that handle hybrid infrastructure and allow for child-account multi-tenancy?
- Which monitoring platforms are best for MSPs needing multi-tenant dashboards, billing, and role-based access?
Low-latency data center packet capture and jitter analysis tools
- Which monitoring tools are best for packet capture, jitter analysis, and low-latency data center environments?
- Which monitoring platforms are recommended for low-latency data center environments that require packet capture and jitter analysis features?
- I'm searching for tools that provide jitter analysis and packet capture for low-latency data center networks.

Which tools monitor network devices, storage arrays, and hypervisors in one data center dashboard?
What is the best infrastructure monitoring tool?

Sources AI cites99

56% of citations point at the ranked brands’ own sites. youtube.com, gartner.com, techradar.com are the most-cited sites outside the ranked brands’ own domains.

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