# theGuard Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 theGuard Software Review 2026: Features, Reviews, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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theGuard

## What is theGuard?

theGuard! supports you in monitoring and managing IT systems. With a broad suite of modules, theGuard! offers a holistic solution for IT management that helps optimize the performance, availability and stability of the IT infrastructure. The core of theGuard! is monitoring, which makes it possible to monitor a wide range of IT resources such as servers, network devices, databases. By continuously capturing and analyzing data, theGuard! provides detailed insights into the state of IT systems.

## What is theGuard used for?

[IT Management](https://www.capterra.com/it-management-software/)[Network Monitoring](https://www.capterra.com/network-monitoring-software/)[Server Monitoring](https://www.capterra.com/server-monitoring-software/)

Overall rating

Based on 2 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

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Neutral

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Negative

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Starting price

$20000

Flat Rate, One Time

Free trial  
available

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### theGuard

5.0 (2)

VS.

[4.5 (254)](https://www.capterra.com/p/251336/ManageEngine-OpManager/reviews/)

Starting Price

$20000

Flat Rate, One Time

Starting Price

$95

Flat Rate, Per Year

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

3.5 (2)

Ease Of Use

4.6 (249)

Value For Money

4.0 (1)

Value For Money

4.6 (226)

Customer Service

5.0 (2)

Customer Service

4.5 (244)

## theGuard alternatives

[4.7 (343)](https://www.capterra.com/p/168192/Site24x7/reviews/)

Starting price

$10.00

Per User, Per Month

Highest Rated

[4.9 (125)](https://www.capterra.com/p/149665/Domotz-PRO/reviews/)

Starting price

$1.50

Per User, Per Month

[4.5 (31)](https://www.capterra.com/p/10008506/ManageEngine-OpManager-Plus/#reviews)

Starting price

$1233.00

Per User, Per Month

[4.1 (195)](https://www.capterra.com/p/13803/N-central/reviews/)

Starting price

$1.75

Per User, Per Month

## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Alerts/Notifications

4.5 (2)

100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Real-Time Monitoring

4.5 (2)

100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Active monitoring of systems, applications, or networks

Real-Time Notifications

4.5 (2)

100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Notifications that are delivered to users as soon as an event occurs

Dashboard

4.0 (1)

100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Assembly of graphs and charts for visualizing and tracking statistics/metrics

Data Visualization

3.0 (1)

0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Graphical representation of data

Monitoring

5.0 (1)

100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Observe and track the demand, usage, progress or quality of a system, product, or user

theGuard 49 features

Track and report on everything that happens within the system or network

System alerts about the need to escalate an issue or request

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Measure the actual bandwidth available on a local network (LAN or WiFi)

Identify component attributes like servers, hardware, software, and manage relationships across all services

Conduct tracking and assessment of application and device behavior without breaks or interruptions

Monitor performance details involving CPU/memory utilization

Alter the layout and content of dashboards

Alter the layout and content of reports

Assembly of graphs and charts for visualizing and tracking statistics/metrics

Creation and customization of dashboards

Graphical representation of data

Analyze the performance of Databases

Automatically scan the network for devices and take pre-defined actions upon discovery

Access client's system information, including hardware and software configuration, to perform diagnostics

Track unplanned equipment or network failures

Receive and/or send email notifications for urgent updates, requests, or other information

Ability to oversee and optimize the operations of a mail server

A chronological record of actions or occurrences within a network, software, or process

Monitor the IP addresses of the incoming traffic

Inspecting the issue resolution process for compliance with related systems and regulatory guidelines

Track and organize the number of licenses available to the organization

Schedule predetermined or ad hoc maintenance services and labor requests

Observe and track the demand, usage, progress or quality of a system, product, or user

Support multiple types of devices

Run tests on a network to find the root cause of network issues

Tracks and makes accessible data on the health of servers and other network components.

Set up and configure network resources to make them accessible for authorized users, devices and servers

A set of indicators that tracks the performance of networks, applications, systems, teams, etc.

Monitoring and measurement of relevant metrics to assess the performance of IT resources

Create, manage, and track policies and procedures within an organization

Analyze and gain insights into data in real-time

Receive data and information in real time

Active monitoring of systems, applications, or networks

Notifications that are delivered to users as soon as an event occurs

Active reporting of data and metrics

Creating relationships between different IT assets to define their status and dependencies in a network

Remotely monitor and manage client networks, endpoints, systems, and devices via locally installed applications

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Planning and managing of resources and procedures to mitigate the impact of events and incidents

Continuously scan servers on a designated network to monitor health and search for any irregularities or failures

Internet standard protocol for collecting information about managed devices on a network

Track the status over time for a request, process, asset, or transaction

Alerts for when traffic utilization or network performance deviates from pre-defined threshold settings

Track, manage, or resolve user requests and IT incidents/issues

Take actions to troubleshoot issues for networks, devices, etc.

Track the availability time for a designated network or website over a given period of time

Track and manage virtual machines (VMs) running on physical host machines

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Features

5.0 (2)

5.0

Based on 2 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.0 (1)

Free Trial

Basic

$20,000

Flat Rate,One Time

Value for money

4.0 (1)

4.0

Based on 1 reviews

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

5.0 (2)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

5.0 (2)

5.0

Based on 2 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

5.0

Based on 2 reviews

Filter by rating

5(2)

4(0)

3(0)

2(0)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

MT

Maximilian T. C.

Service Manager

Utilities

### "Grundsolide Software"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

February 16, 2024

Pros

Die umfangreichen Funktionen und die Stabilität dieser Software haben sich bei uns seit Jahren bewährt.

Cons

Die Menüführung könnte kompakter sein, damit man sich schneller zurecht findet.

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RS

Roland S.

Service Manager

Utilities

### "Top für Überwachung der OT-Netzwerke"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

February 6, 2024

Zuverlässiges und sehr ausgereiftes Produkt.

Pros

Deckt alle unsere Geräte (Firewalls, Switche, Router usw.) ab, stellt diese auch grafisch korrekt dar (PSMs). Auf die Alarmierung kann man sich verlassen.

Cons

Die GUI ist teils etwas veraltet. Die neue WebCenter noch nicht komplett ausgebaut.

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