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Observium vs vnStat

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

Observium

Observium

Network & Admin

Observium is an open source network monitoring platform that provides auto-discovery of network devices and monitoring of routers, switches, servers, and other devices. It features SNMP polling, alerts, reporting, graphing, and more.

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vnStat

vnStat

Network & Admin

vnStat is an open-source network traffic monitor for Linux that keeps a log of network traffic for the selected interface(s). It uses the network interface statistics provided by the kernel to keep track of the monthly, daily and hourly bandwidth usage.

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