2 categories · RankedPaessler PRTG Network Monitor
Standing by category
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Network monitoring and management | Network and edge | 11% | 4 of 78 | 4% | 52 | accepted challenger | |
| Network detection and response | Security operations | 5% | 4 of 102 | 10% | 10 | accepted challenger |
Movement
By model
How each model treated Paessler PRTG Network Monitor across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
By framing
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“PRTG is positioned as the broadest out-of-the-box package for small to mid-sized IT teams that want a quick start with broad coverage.” Muse Glimmer 30B · Network monitoring · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend starting with Auvik or PRTG Network Monitor as top network management and automation software options” Grok 4.1 Fast · Network monitoring · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“The Best All-Rounder: Paessler PRTG Network Monitor ... widely considered the gold standard for Small to Medium Businesses” Qwen 3.7 Flash · NDR · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For most small-to-medium businesses with limited IT staff, a freemium tool like PRTG often provides the best value.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · Network monitoring · budget prompt · first choice
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“basic PRTG setups... Do not rely on these for actual network defense.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · NDR · negative prompt · hard negative
“Has had vulnerabilities including CSS injection (CVE-2022-35739) and other issues” MiniMax M2.5 · Network monitoring · negative prompt · soft negative
“PRTG — costs scale poorly and setup can be overwhelming” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Network monitoring · negative prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, over the 171 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Paessler PRTG Network Monitor was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
What carried it into the answer
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 153 of the 171 answers that named Paessler PRTG Network Monitor and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
496 of the 496 domain citations in answers naming Paessler PRTG Network Monitor came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
paessler.com ranks 8 on Google for the category's searches. In the answers, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor takes 11% of first choices and Auvik takes 26%.ShowHide
Search and answers
In search
Google, US estimates- Searches for its name, Google
- 480 a month (“paessler prtg network monitor”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 4 a month
- Organic visits to its site
- about 107,237 a month
- Searches its site ranks for
- 12,432 · 876 in the top three
- Sites linking to it
- 9,224
- Paid Google search
- 4 searches its ads show for, about 139 clicks and $12,945 a month (estimate)
In answers
This edition- First choices
- 37 across its categories
- Named in
- 171 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 153 of the answers that named it
Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read September 28, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
What it publishes
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What it publishes
ShowHide| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 1,209 | 13 | 2026-09-28 | CDN, Infra monitoring | |
| Webinar or virtual event | 130 | 0 | 2025-11-24 | ||
| Case study | 74 | undated | |||
| Comparison | 70 | 0 | 2026-03-25 | RMM | |
| News or press | 23 | undated | |||
| Template or tool | 13 | undated | |||
| Glossary or explainer | 12 | 0 | 2026-03-18 | Infra monitoring | |
| Conference or event | 3 | 0 | 2018-04-06 | ||
| Report or ebook | 2 | 0 | 2017-09-29 | ||
| Podcast or video | 2 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-28Siemens s7 300 and s7 400 monitoring native plc visibility without gateways blog
- 2026-09-21Air gapped monitoring in the energy sector how prtg keeps isolated ot networks visible blog
- 2026-09-17What 1088 it teams told us about monitoring in 2026 blog
- 2026-09-09Prtg multi platform probe moves to quic blog
- 2026-08-19It skills shortage how to do more with the team you already have blog
- 2026-08-12Bridging it and ot in the energy sector making substation monitoring actually work blog
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The company
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor is its own company.ShowHide
The company
In its own words
Stated by the vendor, not checked- Positioning
- Complete Network Monitoring. Zero Blind Spots.
- For
- From a one-person IT team to a global MSP
- Price stated
- per month paid annually paessler.com/pricing
- Starting price
- 179 paessler.com/pricing
- Free plan or trial
- FREE TRIAL paessler.com
- Customers named
- Zurich AirportTAFJORDJena University HospitalLeica Geosystems AGSkyscannerIntegrated Precision SystemsDr. Erler Kliniken
- Not stated on the pages read
- Integrations, certifications, hosting
What Paessler PRTG Network Monitor's own pages state, read October 5, 2026: paessler.com, paessler.com/pricing, paessler.com/monitoring/security, paessler.com/prtg/features/alerts, paessler.com/partners. A claimed page can correct any of them.
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- where Paessler PRTG Network Monitor is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
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- who was chosen in the answers that did not name Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, and every reason the record gives;
- a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
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