Capabilities |
Citrix EdgeSight |
eG Enterprise |
In-depth monitoring of the Citrix Virtual Apps/Virtual Desktop tiers including visibility to active sessions, applications accessed, failed desktops, etc. |
Heavyweight agent monitors Citrix Virtual Apps sessions |
Lightweight agent on the Virtual Apps servers offers deep insight. Agentless monitoring of Virtual Desktop VMs |
Visibility into user logon performance and breakdown of logon time constituents |
Yes |
Yes |
Monitoring of Windows server health (for Virtual Apps and other Citrix applications) |
Yes |
Yes |
Monitoring of Citrix NetScalers |
No |
Monitors NetScalers using Nitro API. Also integrates with NetScaler Insight. |
Monitoring of other Citrix tiers – StoreFront, Web Interface, Cloud Bridge, Provisioning Services, XenMobile, etc. |
Limited |
Yes |
Ability to search by user and look at that user’s session/desktop |
No |
Yes |
Monitoring of virtualization platform health |
No |
Yes, supports 10+ hypervisors including VMware vSphere, Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V |
In-depth Monitoring of non-Citrix tiers supporting the Citrix service – Microsoft SQL, VMware, Active Directory, Network devices, storage, etc. |
No |
Yes |
Ability to monitor virtual desktops in-depth in an agentless manner and report on applications running in the desktop and users accessing these applications |
No |
Yes |
Director/EdgeSight |
No |
Yes |