Apica vs NetWitness Platform comparison

Apica and NetWitness are both solutions in the Log Management category. Apica is ranked #17 with an average rating of 7.7, while NetWitness is ranked #38 with an average rating of 8.0. Apica holds a 0.2% mindshare in Log Management, compared to NetWitness’s 0.3% mindshare. Additionally, 81% of Apica users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 75% of NetWitness users who would recommend it.

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75% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

NetWitness Platform and Apica operate within distinct areas of enterprise technology, one in threat detection and response, the other in performance monitoring and testing. NetWitness is favored for its holistic threat detection capabilities, whereas Apica is recognized for its robust performance monitoring, based on user feedback regarding strengths in their respective domains.

Features: NetWitness offers comprehensive threat detection, seamless security operations integration, and extensive monitoring features. Apica provides in-depth performance testing tools, detailed application performance analytics, and comprehensive load testing features, appealing to users seeking robust monitoring solutions.

Room for Improvement: NetWitness users suggest enhancing integration with third-party tools, improving user interface intuitiveness, and reducing the complexity of feature customization. Apica users recommend simplifying the configuration process, enhancing documentation clarity, and improving the initial setup experience to facilitate a smoother onboarding process.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NetWitness users report straightforward deployment processes but have varying experiences with customer service, indicating room for improvement in support consistency. Apica users mention a challenging initial deployment learning curve but consistently praise the quality and responsiveness of their customer support.

Pricing and ROI: NetWitness users are satisfied with its cost-to-value ratio, particularly in terms of security assurance. Apica's competitive pricing is well-received, although some users feel initial setup expenses impact ROI. Both products present compelling value propositions in their areas, balancing cost against performance for their specific focus.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Apica

Ranking in Log Management

17th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (17th), IT Operations Analytics (5th), Observability Pipeline Software (2nd)

NetWitness Platform

Ranking in Log Management

38th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (29th)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of Apica is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetWitness Platform is 0.3%, down from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Punith H K

Senior Systems Engineer at Infosys

Enables users to create scripts easily and provides excellent real-time monitoring features

It is easy to create scripts. We don't have to write any script. Ready-made options are available. We can select, drag, and drop the options, and the script is ready. The solution’s real-time monitoring features have had a huge impact on our service delivery. If we have an application and the script for it, we keep monitoring it. When the script goes red, it indicates that something is not working. So, we check and analyze the applications. We keep track of applications and monitor whether they are live or not. The tool is also useful for monitoring cloud services.

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MOTASHIM Al Razi

CISO at One Bank Limited

It is a stable solution, but they should make the user interface easier to understand

The solution's initial setup takes work. We have to organize multiple paths and many features. The deployment process takes less than a week. But it takes a month to complete if we want to make the solution smarter by integrating it with various devices. I rate the process as a six out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"As always, within the IT industry, everybody's always looking to upgrade and update everything else like that. Apica has been one of those things but it's really hard to replace because it offers us the unique capability to see what the customer is seeing. A lot of other ones can do Selenium script and things like that, but there's a lot in Apica that we use right now. We utilize a lot of the scenario options in Apica right now, and there's a lot of other ones that do parts of it, but it doesn't do everything that Apica does."

"What I like the most is that Apica can simulate different browsers and different versions of desktop or mobile browsers."

"I like the transcript download feature. And with UI scripting, it's helpful that Apica handles a lot of the backend work automatically. I don't have to tag everything manually, though I can tag elements later if needed. It's really good at recording the steps."

"It is easy to set up and configure."

"It uses a basic scripting language, which is easy to learn and customize as needed. Compared to LoadRunner, I found writing and customizing code much easier in Apica."

"The solution’s real-time monitoring features have had a huge impact on our service delivery."

"We see the benefit almost every day. It allows us to be alerted whenever there is a store that is not responding properly around the world. We do have a network operation center (NOC) who receives these alerts, immediately checking if everything is okay."

"It is easy for beginners to learn and use Apica."

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"The development of use cases on the SSA console is quite user friendly. This means that the security analyst or the researcher does not have to learn another language."

"NetWitness Platform offers flexibility for deployment and robust integration capabilities."

"The newer 11.5 version that my team is using has found it to have good mapping."

"Incident management is its most valuable feature."

"The most valuable features are the packet inspection and the automated incident response."

"Performance and reporting are very good."

"The product has a user-friendly interface and a valuable feature for threat intelligence integration."

"Setting up NetWitness is straightforward. There are multiple connectors, including standard and specialized connectors. One purpose of the connectors is the enhanced capability integrate the custom applications. NetWitness comes with E6 appliances and application images that we use for the initial configurations and for the OS stack information. From there, you can consider the correlation rules, integrate the different log sources, and easily create correlation rules and backlog reports."

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Cons

"The having to install an application on your desktop to utilize something like ZebraTester is a little cumbersome. It would be nice to see that become a web-based application. Having the documentation a little more accessible, and easier to digest by people who are just learning how to use the framework, especially when it comes to more complex or more edge-based cases would be really helpful to have."

"The customer service and support were a little slow to respond. The browser sometimes checks alerts on unknown issues like latency from Apica's side."

"If you are adding any input file, the tool fails to capture the path."

"The accuracy of alerts can be improved a little bit. Right now, it's pretty good in terms of alerting pretty quickly about failures or changes in response times. However, what we have seen happen is the number of alerts that we are getting is very frequent, and we would like to tone down the number of alerts. That's the only trouble we have. Apica could tone down those settings because there is no option for us to tone it down to a level that would reduce the alerts to a minimum. As a platform, it does send us good alerts, but it could be improved a bit."

"The initial screen on their dashboard could have a bit more data, but this is a small thing. It could have more data, so we do not need to drill down to a screen behind that initial information. I would like them to get a little better on the user interfaces that we need to go into."

"Alerting needs improvement. It's a little noisy. It needs some better options. Currently, they have an issue, when you set up a synthetic monitor, you can set up where it's monitoring from, a data center that Apica owns."

"Learning the tool has always been a little difficult from a scripting perspective because the framework is proprietary and unique. Once we became used to what it does and how to perform it, then it became easier for my team and me. I would like to see some of the testing steps be part of a more well-known language, like Java or Python. That would be a big improvement."

"I have noticed that the tool isn't widely recognized outside our organization. Also, there aren't any tutorials or dedicated resources for this tool, making it challenging for newcomers to learn. It would be beneficial if someone experienced with it could provide guidance."

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"I believe that integrating the solution with other products such as Oracle would be beneficial."

"They should implement algorithms to digest that data and produce additional, more advanced reporting, alerting and support of internal security teams."

"There is no support for this product in this country, so problems have to be resolved through global technical teams."

"If we have the ability to run a dynamic analysis through malware in the same suite, it would be great to have a sandbox solution to analyze malware through dynamic analysis."

"Security needs improvement."

"An area for improvement would be better automation and more inbuilt use cases."

"The initial setup is complex. There are other solutions that are easier to implement."

"The initial setup was complex because it takes a lot of time to complete the implementation."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is very reasonable, but it is not cheap."

"I am sure that Apica's price will be lower than LoadRunner."

"Another main difference between Apica and the other products was the cost. We really thought that the balance in Apica between the features and costs was the best among all the products on which we did a PoC."

"The pricing and licensing are very reasonable. At the end of the day, you are using their technology/software and getting X amount of checks for a very decent value. As for discounts, they try to meet your budgets as much as they can. For example, if you need 100 checks and you have X amount of budget for it, then they will try and get down to that price. Costing-wise, it is a reasonably cost product. They will always try and come down to your price if you need them to come down to it by knocking off certain areas."

"The solution's pricing is not cheap, but it is in the midrange."

"The pricing is fair. It is neither too cheap nor too expensive."

"Apica is pretty cost-effective if you buy both solutions together: Synthetic and LoadTest. If you are going for one solution, the cost is on par with any tool in the market."

"License management is another area that Apica could do better. We have already had these conversations with our account teams. This is something that they are looking at largely improving in upcoming releases. I believe that this is already on their roadmap."

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"In comparison to other SIEM solutions such as Splunk, NetWitness is less costly."

"The licenses are good but the cost is very expensive."

"It provides tools to assist in selecting the appropriate license and usage scenarios."

"Our license is for one year."

"It is cheap."

"RSA NetWitness Logs and Packets do not have a subscription model, it's a one-time purchase. There is only a perpetual license."

"We have a perpetual license, so the total cost of ownership is not very expensive. It's a good investment."

"The product price was reasonable for my region and the market."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

29%

Computer Software Company

10%

Media Company

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

18%

Government

Manufacturing Company

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Apica Synthetic?

The GUI is powerful and doesn't require scripting or regular expressions. It has a vast finder for correlation, which is easier than other tools like JMeter and LoadRunner. It's also easy to integr...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Apica Synthetic?

I know Apica is an expensive solution, but it is worth the money for the service it provides.

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What needs improvement with Apica Synthetic?

Apica cannot perform endurance or scale-up tests independently. It requires other tools like ALM. When editing scripts, only one can be accessed at a time, risking changes affecting other folders. ...

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What do you like most about NetWitness Platform?

The product's initial setup phase was not at all difficult.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetWitness Platform?

The pricing is comparable to others, and I consider the cost to be intermediate. Specific cost details are unknown to me.

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What needs improvement with NetWitness Platform?

There is currently no need for improvement in the SIEM ( /categories/security-information-and-event-management-siem ), though there could be potential enhancements by integrating with AI.

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Also Known As

Apica LoadTest, Apica Synthetic

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Overview

Apica offers a unified platform to remove complexity and cost associated with data management. You collect, control, store, and observe your data and can quickly identify and resolve performance issues before they impact the end-user. Apica Ascent swiftly analyzes telemetry data in real-time, enabling prompt issue resolution, while automated root cause analysis, powered by machine learning, streamlines troubleshooting in complex distributed systems. The platform simplifies data collection by automating and managing agents through the platform’s Fleet product. Its Flow product simplifies and optimizes pipeline control with AI and ML to help you easily understand complex workflows. Its Store component allows you to never run out of storage space while you index and store machine data centrally on one platform and reduce costs, and remediate faster. Observe offers modern observability data management, helping you with MELT data, effortless dashboarding, and seamless integration of synthetic and real data.

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NetWitness Platform is an evolved SIEM and threat detection and response solution that functions as a single, unified platform for ALL your security data. It features an advanced analyst workbench for triaging alerts and incidents, and it orchestrates security operations programs end to end. In short: NetWitness Platform is all you need to run an intelligent SOC.

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