How does agentless monitoring differ from agent-based monitoring?

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Freddy KUBIAK · Accepted Answer

Agent-based has a possibility to locally filter and transmit only valuable data, while agentless has much higher network utilization

Freddy KUBIAK · Answer

Agentless can access the data via API. While agent-base uses a less efficient method and accesses log data through WMI.

Freddy KUBIAK · Answer

Agent-based monitoring is less intrusive in gathering log data, while agentless requires open ports to fetch the logs

Freddy KUBIAK · Answer

Agent-based monitoring has a lower initial cost for deployment, while agentless monitoring requires resource-intensive deployment.

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