On list price OpManager is the cheaper of the two at every size where both publish a number. 50 devices cost $445 a year on OpManager Standard and $645 on Professional, against $1,229 on WhatsUp Gold Business, $2,049 on Enterprise and $3,469 on Enterprise Plus. Above 50 devices Progress publishes nothing, so OpManager's ladder, $1,145 for 100 devices and $5,995 for 1,000 on Professional, is the number to hold a WhatsUp Gold quote to.
Both products license by device and both run on a server you own, so this is a closer comparison than most in network monitoring. The differences are in what each edition includes, how many installations you may run, and how much of the price list is public. Every figure below was read in October 2026 from whatsupgold.com/pricing and ManageEngine's online store, in US dollars before tax. The arithmetic is ours and each step is shown.
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OpManager vs WhatsUp Gold pricing at 50 devices
50 devices is the only size where both vendors print a price, which makes it the fair place to start. Both columns are yearly subscriptions with support and updates included.
| Edition, 50 devices | Per year | Per device per year | Against OpManager Professional |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpManager Standard | $445 | $8.90 | 0.69x |
| OpManager Professional | $645 | $12.90 | 1.00x |
| WhatsUp Gold Business | $1,229 | $24.58 | 1.91x |
| WhatsUp Gold Enterprise | $2,049 | $40.98 | 3.18x |
| WhatsUp Gold Enterprise Plus | $3,469 | $69.38 | 5.38x |
The editions do not line up one to one, so the ratios overstate the gap a little at the top. WhatsUp Gold Enterprise adds log management, application and virtualization monitoring, a second installation and 24/5 phone support. Enterprise Plus adds traffic analysis and configuration management and allows up to four installations. OpManager Professional already includes VMware and Hyper-V monitoring and Layer 2 discovery, which Standard lacks, but sells flow analysis and configuration backup as add-ons.
The feature-matched comparison
The fairest pairing is WhatsUp Gold Enterprise Plus against OpManager Professional with the two add-ons that cover the same jobs: NetFlow analysis and Network Configuration Manager. At 50 devices that is $645 for OpManager Professional, $766 for NCM on 50 devices and $798 for NetFlow on 50 interfaces.
| 50 devices, flow and config included | Per year |
|---|---|
| OpManager Professional + NCM 50 + NetFlow 50 | $2,209 |
| WhatsUp Gold Enterprise Plus | $3,469 |
| Difference | $1,260 a year, WhatsUp Gold 1.57x |
So the gap shrinks from 5.4x on the sticker to about 1.6x once both sides do the same work. Two things can move it further. Each OpManager pack includes two user logins, and an unlimited user pack costs $958 a year, which would bring OpManager to $3,167, still $302 under Enterprise Plus. And WhatsUp Gold Enterprise Plus allows up to four installations, while OpManager Standard and Professional run on one server, with distributed monitoring reserved for the Enterprise edition, which starts at $4,595 for 250 devices.
How much does WhatsUp Gold cost for more than 50 devices?
Progress does not publish it. Every WhatsUp Gold edition is listed as "starting from" a 50-device price, and anything larger goes to a sales quote. OpManager publishes the whole ladder, so it is the most useful reference you can bring to that call. The last column shows what WhatsUp Gold Business would cost if Progress kept its 50-device rate of $24.58 per device. That is our extrapolation, not a Progress price, and volume quotes usually come in lower.
| Devices | OpManager Standard | OpManager Professional | Professional per device | WhatsUp Gold Business at the 50-device rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | $445 | $645 | $12.90 | $1,229 (published) |
| 100 | $795 | $1,145 | $11.45 | $2,458 |
| 250 | $1,845 | $2,645 | $10.58 | $6,145 |
| 500 | $2,895 | $3,845 | $7.69 | $12,290 |
| 1,000 | $4,095 | $5,995 | $6.00 | $24,580 |
OpManager's per-device price falls by more than half between 50 and 1,000 devices on Professional. If a WhatsUp Gold quote for 250 devices comes back near $6,000, it is pricing you at the 50-device rate with no volume discount at all, and you have a published competitor at $2,645 to point to. Our WhatsUp Gold pricing breakdown covers the editions, add-ons and perpetual math in full.
Is OpManager cheaper than WhatsUp Gold?
Yes, at every size with a published price. 50 devices cost $645 a year on OpManager Professional against $1,229 on WhatsUp Gold Business, 1.9 times as much, and $3,469 on Enterprise Plus. With flow analysis and configuration backup added to OpManager the gap narrows to about 1.6x, $2,209 against $3,469. Above 50 devices WhatsUp Gold is quoted rather than listed.
Small networks under 50 devices
This is where the two price lists diverge most. OpManager sells packs of 10 and 25 devices, at $95 and $245 a year on Standard or $145 and $345 on Professional. WhatsUp Gold has no paid tier below 50 devices, so a 30-device office pays the full $1,229 for Business, which works out to $40.97 per device it actually uses.
The free editions flip that. The WhatsUp Gold Free Edition covers 10 devices permanently, with discovery, mapping, alerting and reporting. OpManager's Free Edition covers 3 devices and 2 users. For a network of eight switches and a firewall, WhatsUp Gold's free tier does the job and OpManager's does not.
Perpetual licenses compared
Both vendors still sell a license you own. OpManager Professional for 50 devices is $1,545 perpetual, or $1,095 on Standard, and ManageEngine prices annual maintenance at 20% of the license, so $309 a year on Professional. WhatsUp Gold sells Premium at $5,089 for 50 devices and Total Plus at $14,439 for 50 points, each with one year of updates and support, and does not publish the renewal. Premium alone costs 3.3 times the OpManager Professional perpetual license before either renewal is counted.
Which one to buy for your network
Pick OpManager if price per device matters, you have more than 50 devices, or you want a published number for every size, edition and add-on before you talk to anyone. Pick WhatsUp Gold if you want traffic analysis, configuration management and logs in one edition without assembling add-ons, if you need several installations without moving to an enterprise tier, or if your network fits inside the 10-device Free Edition. If PRTG is also on the shortlist, our OpManager vs PRTG pricing and PRTG vs WhatsUp Gold comparisons run the same sizes, and Site24x7 vs OpManager pricing covers the hosted option.
Because WhatsUp Gold above 50 devices is quote-only, the cleanest way to get a fair number is to ask both vendors for the same device count, edition features and term at the same time, in writing, and compare the responses line by line. Teams that buy software this way regularly tend to run it through procurement software that collects vendor quotes side by side, so the renewal three years later starts from the original bids rather than from memory.
What neither tool sees from inside the network
OpManager polls from its server and WhatsUp Gold from its installation, both inside your network. When the internet uplink, the firewall or that server goes down, the network monitor goes quiet at the same moment your customers notice. Neither price list buys you a view from outside.
If what you mostly need is an alert when the website, the VPN gateway, the mail server or a branch office IP stops answering from the internet, that is a smaller and cheaper job. AlertPing runs ping monitoring and port monitoring from US East and EU Central, confirms every failure from the second region before it pages anyone, and covers 100 endpoints for $348 a year on Team. Keep whichever network monitor you choose for the switches inside. Teams leaving WhatsUp Gold entirely can compare the rest of the field on our WhatsUp Gold alternative page.
Is WhatsUp Gold priced per device or per sensor?
Per device. A WhatsUp Gold license covers every interface, disk, service and counter on a device, and the pricing grid lists monitors per device as unlimited on every edition. OpManager is also licensed per device. That is the main structural difference from PRTG, which counts each measurement as a separate sensor.
Does OpManager include NetFlow and configuration backup?
Not in Standard or Professional. NetFlow analysis is an add-on from $198 a year for 10 interfaces, and Network Configuration Manager from $190 a year for 10 devices. At 50 devices and 50 interfaces they cost $766 and $798. OpManager Nexus, formerly OpManager Plus, bundles both and costs $1,233 a year for 50 devices.
Why do OpManager vs WhatsUp Gold price comparisons disagree?
Mostly because of which edition and pack each source picks. ManageEngine's own comparison page lists OpManager at $245 a year for 10 devices, while its store sells the 10-device subscription for $95 on Standard and $145 on Professional; $245 is the 25-device Standard pack. Take each price from the vendor's own store or pricing page, and check that the edition, device count and term match before comparing.