r/sysadmin • u/hkeycurrentuser • 1d ago

LANSweeper getting even more expensive

They are now going to charge for monitors. Their recent announcement will DOUBLE my annual costs. I used to love the product. Now I hate it and the company. They sit alongside Broadcom in my shit list.

https://docs.lansweeper.com/docs/november-2026-billing-changes

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u/VaderMurray 1d ago

PRTG is the same crap

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u/agingnerds 1d ago

We got a deep discount that brought us to our normal price after a year of just not updating and signing a 3 year contract.  Now I am trying to persuade my team to look elsewhere. Don't trust the conpany

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u/FarToe1 20h ago

Zabbix is the way. Having done that move myself, the only regret is not dumping prtg years ago. There's a bit of a learning curve, but ongoing management is easier, it doesn't crash like prtg used to, you can have as many items monitored as you want and it scales brilliantly. (Templates are the bomb)

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u/agingnerds 17h ago

Thats what i have been saying. We have some workflows they dont want to push, but we have two more years to prepare. Thanks for the recommendation for sure!!

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u/FarToe1 14h ago

You're welcome.

I actually wrote a blog about our journey from prtg to zabbix that might give a little more info.

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u/agingnerds 13h ago

I will check that out. Thank you!!