What Is WhatsUp Gold? Features, Pricing & Alternatives

Overview

WhatsUp Gold is a network monitoring product from Progress Software^[16]. It covers infrastructure, performance and traffic monitoring, with network detection and response, virtualisation monitoring that maps virtual infrastructure to physical hosts, and a Distributed Mode for managing remote sites^[16].

Pricing is published per 50 devices per year: Business starts at US$1,229 with one installation and 10×5 email support; Enterprise at US$2,049 with up to two installations, advanced reporting and 24×5 phone and email support; and Enterprise Plus at US$3,469 with up to four installations^[16]. Enterprise Scale, with a custom number of installations, is quote-based. Add-ons include Network Detection and Response Lite from US$866 a year and virtual network performance monitoring sensors from US$520 a year each^[16]. Prices exclude taxes^[16].

WhatsUp Gold’s per-device annual pricing is easy to forecast for stable networks, and a free trial is available^[16]. Its installation-count limits per tier and on-premises architecture make it less suited to large distributed or cloud-first estates than SaaS platforms.

What WhatsUp Gold does

Infrastructure, performance and traffic monitoring
Network Detection and Response add-on
Virtualisation monitoring
Distributed Mode for remote sites
Advanced reporting (Enterprise tiers)
Free trial

WhatsUp Gold pricing

Per year for 50 devices: Business from US$1,229, Enterprise from US$2,049, Enterprise Plus from US$3,469; Enterprise Scale by quote. Add-ons: NDR Lite from US$866/year; NPM sensor from US$520/year. Prices exclude taxes. Free trial.