Progress Flowmon vs pmacct

Progress Flowmon9.0Visit Ppmacct8.4Visit

Higher score Progress Flowmon #3 in Bandwidth Monitoring Software 9.0/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 4 features Try Progress Flowmon

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P pmacct #7 in Bandwidth Monitoring Software 8.4/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 4 features Visit pmacct

• Progress Flowmon fits best

  Advanced hybrid network observability

• pmacct fits best

  Technical teams needing flexible flow accounting

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Side by side

Feature	Progress Flowmon 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Ppmacct 8.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.4
Ranking	#3 in Bandwidth Monitoring Software	#7 in Bandwidth Monitoring Software
Best for	Advanced hybrid network observability	Technical teams needing flexible flow accounting
Pricing model	Paid	Free
Starting price	Pricing on request · 30-day trial	Free plan
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	30 days	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Linux
Integrations	9 integrations	12 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Progress Flowmon 0/4 · pmacct 0/4
Application monitoring	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
User monitoring	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
SNMP monitoring	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Bandwidth alerts	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Flow protocol support	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Monitored device limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Historical data retention	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Ingests NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, jFlow, cflowd and NetStream Combines traffic, topology, response-time and capacity analysis Adds machine learning, packet capture and REST automation	Supports NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, packet capture, BGP, BMP, and telemetry Combines filtering, sampling, tagging, aggregation, and Layer 7 classification Exports to SQL, NoSQL, flat files, Kafka, AMQP, and multiple flow protocols
Cons	Pricing requires contact with Progress or its partner network Full packet capture and forensic analysis use separate Flowmon modules Its broad feature set may exceed narrower monitoring needs	Linux-only, self-hosted deployment limits platform flexibility Broad configuration options require network engineering expertise No commercial tiers for teams seeking packaged vendor support
Our verdict	Progress Flowmon is a network and security monitoring platform for NetOps and SecOps teams managing on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments. It collects flow data from infrastructure such as firewalls, routers, switches and cloud… Read the review →	pmacct is an open-source suite of passive network monitoring and traffic-accounting daemons for network operators and engineers. It collects IPv4 and IPv6 traffic through packet captures, NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, NFLOG, BGP, BMP, and… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Progress Flowmon — where it wins

  • Ingests NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, jFlow, cflowd and NetStream
  • Combines traffic, topology, response-time and capacity analysis
  • Adds machine learning, packet capture and REST automation

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contact with Progress or its partner network
  • Full packet capture and forensic analysis use separate Flowmon modules
  • Its broad feature set may exceed narrower monitoring needs

• pmacct — where it wins

  • Supports NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, packet capture, BGP, BMP, and telemetry
  • Combines filtering, sampling, tagging, aggregation, and Layer 7 classification
  • Exports to SQL, NoSQL, flat files, Kafka, AMQP, and multiple flow protocols

  Where it doesn't

  • Linux-only, self-hosted deployment limits platform flexibility
  • Broad configuration options require network engineering expertise
  • No commercial tiers for teams seeking packaged vendor support

• Progress Flowmon9.0/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

  A broad hybrid monitoring platform for teams needing flow, topology, performance and security analysis.

  Try Progress FlowmonFull verdict →
• Ppmacct8.4/10 · Free plan

  A flexible, self-hosted toolkit for flow collection, packet accounting, and network-data export.

  Visit pmacctFull verdict →