# Cacti Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Cacti the right Website Monitoring solution for you? Explore 12 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/213077/Cacti/reviews --- Cacti 4.5 (12) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/213077/Cacti/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Cacti Ease of use 4.3 Customer Service 3.6 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-12 of 12 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Cesar Enrique P. PROJECT MANAGER Telecommunications Used the software for: 2+ years ### "CACTI: a simple and quite useful tool" November 7, 2023 5.0 We started using CACTI as a free tool and after validating some functionalities we acquired licensing, we used it for some specific projects where Cacti meets the requirements of the end client and we have started to use it in other projects in a transversal way. Pros What I liked most about CACTI is that it is very simple to use, very intuitive and also easy to deploy, it does not require advanced knowledge. Cons What I liked least about CACTI is that I see that it is widely used as a free tool but in reality it is a tool that has many functionalities. Review Source Chamroeunrith C. IT Manager Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Cacti Best Graph monitoring for ISP" September 12, 2021 5.0 when i work at ISP i use cacti too, and its easy to use, we use mixed devices from china, us etc, so function is not the same, especially MiB that not suitable to use with other monitoring too, but from this experence we use cacti, we build the custom MiB from devices and then import to cacti and we can monitor all the devices such as transmission devices mostly huawei product we need to build the custom template to monitor those devices. Pros easy to monitor the graph, its support all kind of devices, and sysadmin can build custom template for cacti too based on the MiB of the manufacture devices. graph are generate every 5min, not high load on the server performance, especially for ISP there have alot of customer. email notification is very good to send alert in case there have problem, or link down, also can automatically send email directly to customer as well the graph of their usage etc. weathermap plugin is powerful to let the system admin/network engineer to draw and connect devices and show the realtime traffic on the link. Cons its perfect already i have no comment about this. Review Source MM Michal M. Ing. Information Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "One of the best open source monitoring tools " September 11, 2022 4.0 Solid monitoring for medium size company, fine for switches, firewalls, routers and all devices which supports snmp, syslog (so all devices) Pros Easy to deploy, stable, flexible and fast. Cons Scripts and plugins gets obsolete, but that's the "price" of open source = its free, sometimes you have to learn and script your way to get things done. Alternatives considered [Zabbix](https://www.capterra.com/p/135902/Zabbix-Monitoring-Solution/) Reason for choosing Cacti Ease of deployment, user friendly management. Switched from [Nagios Core](https://www.capterra.com/p/152751/Nagios-Core/) Nagios was a bit complicated and suffered some security bugs in the past. Review Source RK Raju K. system engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Cacti" August 26, 2022 5.0 very good Pros cost effective, easy deployment, light foot print. Cons Application monitoring could be improved, best if OVA files were available for deployment on virtualized environment. Alternatives considered [Infraon IMS](https://www.capterra.com/p/187651/Everest-IMS/)[PRTG](https://www.capterra.com/p/21581/PRTG-Network-Monitor/) Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Sales Director Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good tool for monitoring" February 14, 2022 4.0 Pros I've been using Cacti for years. Robust in that it does what it's supposed to do. Connects to all network devices that we have used. Cons Somewhat tricky user interface, especially when you have a lot of devices under management and when you want to focus on events in the past. Review Source MG MONICA G. Engineer Financial Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "CACTI: highly recommended for inexperienced users" December 9, 2023 4.0 A friend recommended the tool to me because I was not very expert, he showed me how he had it implemented in his company and I thought it was great. Afterwards we made contact to acquire it and the issue was very agile and we use it on a daily basis to monitor our grid. Pros The tool is supremely intuitive, no great knowledge is needed to implement, configure or use it, apart from the real-time monitoring it is very agile Cons The hiring issue was a little delayed. The rest has been very good. Review Source RM Ricardo M. network analyst Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Cacti, Excellent monitoring tool" July 18, 2022 5.0 Pros It is an excellent monitoring tool and easy to configure. Good tool for SNMPD and allows sending alerts via email of the services when they are not working. Cons Making updates can be complex and configuring plugin architecture is a bit complex and when sending alerts when a service is down sometimes it is not usually immediate Review Source DG Diego G. Senior Infrastructure Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "CACTI" November 21, 2023 5.0 Pros It is a useful and intuitive tool to use, especially in my field of networks. Cons That I had a much more summarized general vision. Review Source JC Jeremy C. Network Admin Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Cacti is Great" March 19, 2019 4.0 Very useful I use it to graph my routers, switches and printers Pros The graphs,the ability to use SNMPv3 and the community which is of course FOSS Cons KB needs an update. Finding the right template you need can be a challenge Review Source JO Jorge O. Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Cacti" November 16, 2023 4.0 Pros The ease of use and the capabilities it gives Cons It is a good product I like all the features Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Engineering infraestructure Telecommunications Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Aplicacion amigable con el usuario" November 14, 2023 4.0 buena, aunque muy tediosa en su configuracion Pros logs de interfaces de red y validacion de registros de errores Cons la configuracion de las interfaces es muy tediosa es la desventaje cualquiera no las puede configurar Review Source JHB Julian Hernan B. Ingeniero de infraestructura Telecommunications Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Cacti monitoreo" November 15, 2023 5.0 Pros Las alertas son fáciles de comprender el menú es facil Cons Algunas veces es difícil la apertura en exploradores como edge. Review Source Similar Products Featured