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PRTG Manual: Differences between PRTG Network Monitor and PRTG Hosted Monitor

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See below for the differences between the settings and features that PRTG Network Monitor and PRTG Hosted Monitor have to offer.

Licensing, Payment, Infrastructure

Topic	PRTG Network Monitor	PRTG Hosted Monitor
Trial period	30 days	10 days
Freeware edition	Freeware (100 sensors) available	No freeware available, smallest edition is Hosted 500
Payment	One-time license fee plus annual maintenance	Monthly or annual subscription
Change of subscription or license size	License: up only	Subscription: up and down, anytime
Maximum installation size	Max. 10,000 sensors recommended	10,000 sensors
PRTG update management	Done by user	Done by Paessler

Features

Feature	PRTG Network Monitor	PRTG Hosted Monitor
Local probe	Yes	No
Hosted probe	No	Yes
Cluster	Yes	No
Freeware edition (100 sensors)	Yes	No
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access to PRTG core server	Yes	No
Historic data purging (manually defined)	Yes	No
Active Directory integration	Yes	No
License/subscription settings via PRTG web interface	Yes	No
Recommended sensors on local probe/hosted probe	Yes	No
Auto-discovery for groups on local probe/hosted probe	Yes	No
Mini probes	Yes	No
Device tools on local probe/hosted probe	Yes	No
Proxy server settings	Yes	No
System information on local probe/hosted probe	Yes	No
PRTG Administration Tool on PRTG core server	Yes	No
Notification methods:
Send Email	Yes	Yes
Send SMS/Pager Message	Yes	Yes
Execute HTTP Action	Yes	Yes
Send Amazon Simple Notification Service Message	Yes	Yes
Assign Ticket	Yes	Yes
Send Push Notification	Yes	Yes
Send Microsoft Teams Message	Yes	Yes
Send Slack Message	Yes	Yes
Send MQTT Publish Notification	Yes	Yes
Send OPC UA Notification	Yes	Yes
Add Entry to Event Log	Yes	No
Send Syslog Message	Yes	No
Send SNMP Trap	Yes	No
Execute Program	Yes	No
Re-login request on setup pages after 15 minutes	Yes	No
IPv6 on local probe/hosted probe	Yes	No
Single sign-on	Yes	No
Multi-factor authentication	No*	Yes

* PRTG Network Monitor supports multi-factor authentication with Microsoft Entra ID and Okta.

For more information, see the Knowledge Base: How can I enable Microsft Entra ID multifactor authentication?
For more information, see the Knowledge Base: How can I enable Okta multi-factor authentication?

Sensors on the Hosted Probe of PRTG Hosted Monitor

You can use the following sensors on the hosted probe of PRTG Hosted Monitor:

Supported Sensors
AWS Alarm v2 sensor
AWS Cost sensor
AWS EBS v2 sensor
AWS EC2 v2 sensor
AWS ELB v2 sensor
AWS RDS v2 sensor
Beckhoff IPC System Health sensor
Business Process sensor
Cisco IP SLA sensor
Citrix XenServer Host sensor
Citrix XenServer Virtual Machine sensor
Cloud HTTP v2 sensor
Cloud Ping v2 sensor
Cluster Health sensor
Common SaaS sensor
Core Health sensor
Dell EMC Unity Enclosure Health v2 sensor
Dell EMC Unity File System v2 sensor
Dell EMC Unity Storage Capacity v2 sensor
Dell EMC Unity Storage LUN v2 sensor
Dell EMC Unity Storage Pool v2 sensor
Dell EMC Unity VMware Datastore v2 sensor
DICOM Bandwidth sensor
DICOM C-ECHO sensor
DICOM Query/Retrieve sensor
DNS v2 sensor
Docker Container Status sensor
FortiGate System Statistics sensor
FTP sensor
FTP Server File Count sensor
HL7 sensor
HPE 3PAR Common Provisioning Group sensor
HPE 3PAR Drive Enclosure sensor
HPE 3PAR Virtual Volume sensor
HTTP sensor
HTTP Advanced sensor
HTTP Apache ModStatus PerfStats sensor
HTTP Apache ModStatus Totals sensor
HTTP Content sensor
HTTP Data Advanced sensor
HTTP IoT Push Data Advanced sensor
HTTP Transaction sensor
HTTP XML/REST Value sensor
IMAP sensor
IP on DNS Blacklist sensor
LDAP sensor
Microsoft 365 Mailbox sensor
Microsoft 365 Service Status sensor
Microsoft 365 Service Status Advanced sensor
Microsoft Azure SQL Database sensor
Microsoft Azure Storage Account sensor
Microsoft Azure Subscription Cost sensor
Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine sensor
Modbus TCP Custom sensor
MQTT Round Trip sensor
MQTT Statistics sensor
MQTT Subscribe Custom sensor
NetApp Aggregate sensor
NetApp I/O sensor
NetApp LIF sensor
NetApp LUN sensor
NetApp NIC sensor
NetApp Physical Disk sensor
NetApp SnapMirror sensor
NetApp System Health sensor
NetApp Volume sensor
NetApp Volume v2
OPC UA Certificate sensor
OPC UA Custom sensor
OPC UA Server Status sensor
Ping sensor
Ping Jitter sensor
POP3 sensor
Probe Health sensor
RADIUS v2 sensor
RDP (Remote Desktop) sensor
Redfish Power Supply sensor
Redfish System Health sensor
REST Custom sensor
Sensor Factory sensor
SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol sensor
SIP Options Ping sensor
SMTP&IMAP Round Trip sensor
SMTP&POP3 Round Trip sensor
SNMP APC Hardware sensor
SNMP Buffalo TS System Health sensor
SNMP Cisco ADSL sensor
SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Connections sensor
SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Traffic sensor
SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Users sensor
SNMP Cisco CBQoS sensor
SNMP Cisco System Health sensor
SNMP Cisco UCS Blade sensor
SNMP Cisco UCS Chassis sensor
SNMP Cisco UCS Physical Disk sensor
SNMP Cisco UCS System Health sensor
SNMP CPU Load sensor
SNMP Custom sensor
SNMP Custom Advanced sensor
SNMP Custom String sensor
SNMP Custom String Lookup sensor
SNMP Custom Table sensor
SNMP Dell EqualLogic Logical Disk sensor
SNMP Dell EqualLogic Member Health sensor
SNMP Dell EqualLogic Physical Disk sensor
SNMP Dell Hardware sensor
SNMP Dell PowerEdge Physical Disk sensor
SNMP Dell PowerEdge System Health sensor
SNMP Disk Free sensor
SNMP Fujitsu System Health v2 sensor
SNMP Hardware Status sensor
SNMP HP LaserJet Hardware sensor
SNMP HPE BladeSystem Blade sensor
SNMP HPE BladeSystem Enclosure System Health sensor
SNMP HPE ProLiant Logical Disk sensor
SNMP HPE ProLiant Memory Controller sensor
SNMP HPE ProLiant Network Interface sensor
SNMP HPE ProLiant Physical Disk sensor
SNMP HPE ProLiant System Health sensor
SNMP IBM System X Logical Disk sensor
SNMP IBM System X Physical Disk sensor
SNMP IBM System X Physical Memory sensor
SNMP IBM System X System Health sensor
SNMP interSeptor Pro Environment sensor
SNMP Juniper NS System Health sensor
SNMP LenovoEMC Physical Disk sensor
SNMP LenovoEMC System Health sensor
SNMP Library sensor
SNMP Linux Disk Free sensor
SNMP Linux Load Average sensor
SNMP Linux Meminfo sensor
SNMP Linux Physical Disk sensor
SNMP Memory sensor
SNMP NetApp Disk Free sensor
SNMP NetApp Enclosure sensor
SNMP NetApp I/O sensor
SNMP NetApp License sensor
SNMP NetApp Logical Unit sensor
SNMP NetApp Network Interface sensor
SNMP NetApp System Health sensor
SNMP Nutanix Cluster Health sensor
SNMP Nutanix Hypervisor sensor
SNMP Poseidon Environment sensor
SNMP Printer sensor
SNMP QNAP Logical Disk sensor
SNMP QNAP Physical Disk sensor
SNMP QNAP System Health sensor
SNMP Rittal CMC III Hardware Status sensor
SNMP RMON sensor
SNMP SonicWall System Health sensor
SNMP SonicWall VPN Traffic sensor
SNMP Synology Logical Disk sensor
SNMP Synology Physical Disk sensor
SNMP Synology System Health sensor
SNMP System Uptime sensor
SNMP Traffic sensor
SNMP Windows Service sensor
SNTP sensor
Soffico Orchestra Channel Health sensor
SSH Disk Free sensor
SSH INodes Free sensor
SSH Load Average sensor
SSH Meminfo sensor
SSH Remote Ping sensor
SSH SAN Enclosure sensor
SSH SAN Logical Disk sensor
SSH SAN Physical Disk sensor
SSH SAN System Health sensor
SSH Script sensor
SSH Script Advanced sensor
SSL Certificate sensor
SSL Security Check sensor
System Health sensor
TFTP sensor
Traceroute Hop Count sensor
Veeam Backup Job Status sensor
Veeam Backup Job Status Advanced sensor
VMware Datastore (SOAP) sensor
VMware Host Hardware (WBEM) sensor
VMware Host Hardware Status (SOAP) sensor
VMware Host Performance (SOAP) sensor
VMware Virtual Machine (SOAP) sensor
Zoom Service Status sensor

Sensors on a Remote Probe Device

You can use the following sensors only on a remote probe device.

For performance reasons, you cannot add these sensors to the hosted probe of PRTG Hosted Monitor.

Supported Sensors
Active Directory Replication Errors sensor
ADO SQL v2 sensor
Dell PowerVault MDi Logical Disk sensor
Dell PowerVault MDi Physical Disk sensor
DHCP sensor
Enterprise Virtual Array sensor
Event Log (Windows API) sensor
Exchange Backup (PowerShell) sensor
Exchange Database DAG (PowerShell) sensor
Exchange Database (PowerShell) sensor
Exchange Mailbox (PowerShell) sensor
Exchange Mail Queue (PowerShell) sensor
Exchange Public Folder (PowerShell) sensor
EXE/Script sensor
EXE/Script Advanced sensor
File sensor
File Content sensor
Folder sensor
HTTP Full Web Page sensor
HTTP Push Count sensor
HTTP Push Data sensor
HTTP Push Data Advanced sensor
Hyper-V Cluster Shared Volume Disk Free sensor
Hyper-V Host Server sensor
Hyper-V Virtual Machine sensor
Hyper-V Virtual Network Adapter sensor
Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device sensor
IPFIX sensor
IPFIX (Custom) sensor
IPMI System Health sensor
jFlow v5 sensor
jFlow v5 (Custom) sensor
Microsoft SQL v2 sensor
MySQL v2 sensor
NetFlow v5 sensor
NetFlow v5 (Custom) sensor
NetFlow v9 sensor
NetFlow v9 (Custom) sensor
Oracle SQL v2 sensor
Oracle Tablespace sensor
Packet Sniffer sensor
Packet Sniffer (Custom) sensor
PerfCounter Custom sensor
PerfCounter IIS Application Pool sensor
Port sensor
Port Range sensor
PostgreSQL sensor
Python Script Advanced sensor
QoS (Quality of Service) One Way sensor
QoS (Quality of Service) Round Trip sensor
sFlow sensor
sFlow (Custom) sensor
Share Disk Free sensor
SMTP sensor
SNMP Trap Receiver sensor
Syslog Receiver sensor
Windows CPU Load sensor
Windows IIS Application sensor
Windows MSMQ Queue Length sensor
Windows Network Card sensor
Windows Pagefile sensor
Windows Physical Disk I/O sensor
Windows Print Queue sensor
Windows Process sensor
Windows SMTP Service Received sensor
Windows SMTP Service Sent sensor
Windows System Uptime sensor
Windows Updates Status (PowerShell) sensor
WMI Battery sensor
WMI Custom sensor
WMI Custom String sensor
WMI Disk Health sensor
WMI Event Log sensor
WMI Exchange Server sensor
WMI Exchange Transport Queue sensor
WMI File sensor
WMI Free Disk Space (Multi Disk) sensor
WMI HDD Health sensor
WMI Logical Disk I/O sensor
WMI Memory sensor
WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2005 sensor (Deprecated)
WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2008 sensor
WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2012 sensor
WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2014 sensor
WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2016 sensor
WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2017 sensor
WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2019 sensor
WMI Remote Ping sensor
WMI Security Center sensor
WMI Service sensor
WMI Share sensor
WMI SharePoint Process sensor
WMI Storage Pool sensor
WMI Terminal Services (Windows 2008+) sensor
WMI Terminal Services (Windows XP/Vista/2003) sensor
WMI UTC Time sensor
WMI Vital System Data v2 sensor
WMI Volume sensor
WSUS Statistics sensor

Settings

These settings are only available in PRTG Network Monitor.

Setting Title	Setting Name
Auto-Update	When a New Version is Available
	Installation Time
	Release Channel
Notification Templates	Add Entry to Event Log
	Send Syslog Message
	Send SNMP Trap
	Execute Program
Core & Probes	Proxy Configuration
	Probe Connection IP Addresses
	Mini Probes
	Mini Probe Port
Administrative Tools For Probes	Restart Probe (local probe)
Scanning Intervals	Available Intervals (definition of individual intervals)
Notification Delivery	SMTP Delivery (everything but sender email address and name)
Recommended Sensors Detection	Detection Handling
User Interface (PRTG Web Interface)	DNS Name
	Google Analytics Tracking ID
User Interface (PRTG Web Server)	IP Address for PRTG Web Server
	TCP Port for PRTG Web Server
	PRTG Web Server Port
	PRTG Web Server Security
	Connection Security
	Active IP Address/Port Combinations
User Accounts	Login Name
	Password
	Passhash
Administrative Tools For The PRTG Core Server	Create Configuration Snapshot
	Write Core Status File
	Clear Caches
	Load Lookups and File Lists
	Recalculate PRTG Graph Data Cache
	Restart PRTG Core Server Service
	Reload Logging Configuration
Advanced Network Analysis	System Information
Scheduled Restart Settings (Local Probe)	Restart Options
	Restart Schedule
	Specify Day
	Specify Hour