{"id":55515,"date":"2022-08-22T09:27:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T01:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/version-2.com\/?p=55515"},"modified":"2022-09-29T17:41:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T09:41:18","slug":"the-most-complete-comparison-pandora-fms-open-source-vs-pandora-fms-enterprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/version-2.com\/zh\/2022\/08\/the-most-complete-comparison-pandora-fms-open-source-vs-pandora-fms-enterprise\/","title":{"rendered":"The most complete comparison: Pandora FMS Open Source vs Pandora FMS Enterprise"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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What is Pandora FMS Open Source?<\/h2>\n

Pandora FMS Open Source<\/strong> is not a freemium software, it is not bloatware nor shareware (*Wink for those born before the 80s). Pandora FMS is licensed under GPL 2.0 and the first line of code was written in 2004 by Sancho Lerena, the company\u2019s current CEO.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At that time, free software was in full swing and MySQL was still an independent company, as was SUN Microsystems. Today there are thousands of users of the Open Source version that regularly download updates through the system that we designed for that specific purpose.<\/p>\n

We do not know more about the subject (neither their names, nor their companies\u2026) because, above all, we respect privacy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We consider Pandora FMS to be a real free software. The project has been active in Sourceforge since 2004 and we have all the awards granted by this entity that leads Open Source. All the code is available on Github in real time, but we do believe that there is something more important and that is the documentation we have available in five languages (Spanish, English, French, Japanese and Russian), with a level of depth that allows you to get the most out of it without having to pay for certifications, training or consulting.<\/p>\n

Printed, the manual has more than 1,000 pages (per language) and is maintained by our professional development team, Q&A, translators and professional documentalists. We also have a public forum where we solve questions, with more than 15,000 messages. <\/p>\n

We believe that freedom consists in offering users options, not just giving them part of the pieces of a puzzle without instructions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pandora FMS Enterprise<\/h2>\n

However, Pandora FMS has a version based on a commercial license that extends some of the features present in Pandora FMS OpenSource version. This license incorporates additional source code that is not publicly available or free of charge.<\/p>\n

These features are oriented to demanding professional environments that require some automation and more specific tools already created to use them in operation and with professional support so that if something fails they can ask and get a patch if necessary. It is exactly for these types of environments that we designed Pandora FMS Enterprise. <\/p>\n

If you want to use Pandora FMS Community and have doubts about whether it will be enough for your organization: Don\u2019t hesitate!, it is not a question of size, we have users of the Open version with thousands of agents and who have been using it for years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Obviously the main benefit of the Enterprise version is that you will have someone to support you at all times. Whether it is some problem with an update or throughout the installation of a plugin. But there are many small differences that can be key to optimizing your day-to-day management.<\/p>\n

Next we will describe some of the Enterprise features. If you want to try them yourself, you can test the waters of a 30-day trial version, but let us show it to you at an online meeting and you\u2019ll save yourself the trouble of messing with the software. Your time is valuable and while our documentation is extensive, PFMS has plenty of features.<\/p>\n

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Features<\/h3>\n