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Cacti vs MRTG

A side-by-side look at Cacti and MRTG. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Cacti

Cacti

Network & Admin

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.

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MRTG

MRTG

Network & Admin

MRTG is an open source network monitoring software. It tracks traffic load on network links and creates graphs to visualize utilization over time. Useful for monitoring bandwidth usage.

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