Both NotePager Pro and PageGate can integrate with most network monitoring software to send alerts. There are, however, a few major differences between the two programs. Primarily, NotePager Pro is a single PC application and cannot run as a Windows service, which makes the program logon dependent. Alternatively, PageGate was written with server functions in mind and can run as a Windows service, which means it isn't logon dependent.

If you integrate NotePager Pro with network monitoring software, we recommend that you leave a user logged in to the desktop of the system running NotePager Pro. If a user is not logged in to the system, NotePager Pro may not be able to function appropriately and process the alerts from the network monitoring software. 

Unlike NotePager Pro, PageGate can run as a Windows service, which means the program is not logon dependent. For example, you could reboot the system and not log in and PageGate will simply start its services in the background without a user logging in to the desktop.

NotePager Pro contains a single connection engine, which means the program can only establish one message delivery session at a time. PageGate has support for up to sixteen simultaneous delivery engines, allowing it a tremendous level of throughput for high volume messaging environments. While NotePager Pro has the ability to send SMS, email and pages, PageGate offers the additional functionality; like the ability to communicate with web APIs, XMPP chat servers and the ability to process reply SMS messages when using cellular hardware, just to name a few features. 

Additionally PageGate has far more extensive support for cellular hardware than NotePager Pro. When you are sending alerts from monitoring software, we encourage you to use cellular hardware as then you are not relying on Internet connectivity to send alerts as that could be where the failure is occurring.

Additional Information and Integration Steps for Network Monitoring Software