Cacti vs IFTTT

Cacti

Description: Cacti is an open-source network monitoring and graphing tool that provides easy monitoring of network devices and servers. It polls devices for utilization data, stores the data, and generates graphs and statistics to help analyze network traffic and utilization.

Type: software

Pricing: Open Source

IFTTT

Description: IFTTT is a free platform that helps you automate actions between different web services and apps. It provides premade 'applets' that link two apps or services together via a simple if-this-then-that formula. For example, you can create an applet to automatically save new photos you post on Facebook to your Dropbox account.

Type: software

Pricing: Freemium

Cacti Features

• Graphing and monitoring tool for network devices
• Supports SNMP polling for data collection
• Customizable graphs and dashboards
• Threshold-based alerting
• Supports RRDTool for data storage
• Web-based interface
• Plugin architecture for extendibility

IFTTT Features

• Automate actions between web services and apps
• Premade 'applets' that link two apps or services together
• If-this-then-that formula for creating automation
• Integrations with a wide range of popular apps and services
• Customizable applets and ability to create your own
• Mobile apps for iOS and Android

Cacti

• Open Source

IFTTT

• Freemium