Broadcom Network Flow Analysis vs Plixer Scrutinizer comparison

Broadcom and Plixer are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Broadcom is ranked #82, while Plixer is ranked #74. Broadcom holds a 0.5% mindshare in NMS, compared to Plixer’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Plixer users who would recommend it.

Broadcom Network Flow Analysis

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100% willing to recommend

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92% willing to recommend

Broadcom Network Flow Analysis

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

Broadcom Network Flow Analysis and Plixer Scrutinizer are competing in network traffic analysis. Plixer often has the advantage due to its extensive features and advanced functionalities.

Features: Broadcom Network Flow Analysis provides detailed reporting, effective data visualization, and robust traffic monitoring. Plixer Scrutinizer offers exhaustive data analytics, superior data granularity, and advanced network behavior analysis.

Room for Improvement: Broadcom Network Flow Analysis could improve its initial setup process, data granularity, and expand its analytics capabilities. Plixer Scrutinizer might work on reducing initial costs, enhancing user interface simplicity, and expanding competitive pricing options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Plixer Scrutinizer is known for straightforward deployment and exceptional customer support for an efficient setup. Broadcom Network Flow Analysis might require a more intricate setup, but offers reliable support.

Pricing and ROI: Broadcom Network Flow Analysis is recognized for economical setup costs and significant ROI, especially for mid-sized networks. Plixer Scrutinizer may have a higher upfront cost, but offers substantial returns due to its comprehensive analytics capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

Broadcom Network Flow Analysis

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

82nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Management Applications (24th), Network Troubleshooting (13th)

Plixer Scrutinizer

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

74th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (12th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Broadcom Network Flow Analysis is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Plixer Scrutinizer is 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Plixer Scrutinizer	0.5%
Broadcom Network Flow Analysis	0.5%
Other	99.0%

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Purneswara Rao

Principal Consultant at KyndleIT Consulting

A stable tool that helps identify the complete flow analysis in a network

The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that the complete flow analysis can be identified through the tool. The classification of each protocol and how the bandwidth utilization is happening with the protocols while managing to get SLAs, IP protocols, and QoS metrics is possible because of the product.

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Ira Mulyanti

Sales Director at ARGA SOLUSI

An affordable product with great integration capabilities

Plixer Core Platform is a valuable feature and a good software. Plixer Scrutinizer uses NetFlow analysis to monitor whatever is there in a network. Price-wise, Plixer Scrutinizer is not an expensive product. Basically, Plixer Scrutinizer is an affordable product. Plixer Scrutinizer is a tool that allows for customization, especially in scenarios where customers need new product features. Plixer Scrutinizer is a tool that can integrate with any other brand or product in the market, so it is not an area of concern.

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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

"For supporting flow-traffic monitoring, this product is the best option."

"It is an overall stable solution."

"This solution has helped our organization by allowing us to have visibility. We deal with cybersecurity, so visibility is very important."

"Despite the low level of support, I would still fully recommend this product, because even when not all the features are used, the advantage of having such a wealth of useful information about the network traffic in real time, together with such flexibility of its presentation, is undeniable."

"The custom report is the most valuable feature."

"Anomaly Detector - This detects the anomaly flows in infra environment and makes job easy to analyze issue."

"If you really want to know what's happening on your network, this is one of the best tools that you can use."

"The most valuable features of Plixer Scrutinizer are its ease of use, accessibility, and UI."

"It's agnostic as far as what your network gear is. As long as it supports an sFlow, JFlow, NetFlow, some kind of flow monitoring, Plixer will support it very well."

"I honestly don't think there are many areas where Scrutinizer could be improved; it's a pretty robust, out-of-the-box solution."

"Once you get the appliance set up and connected, the customer starts to see results immediately, versus other solutions where that could take a while."

"For security purposes, it is really a very powerful product."

"It shows us the saturation of the network of devices. It gives us a clear view of the flows in the network to understand, for instance, planning upgrades in the network to get an idea of what's going on the network on traffic flows. It gives us insight, for instance, on what's going on on our VPN Client. There are a lot of things where it provides very helpful information. It also gives us our security reports with quite detailed information on what's going on in the network, and whether there are data exfiltrations and so on."

"We see things that we did not see before; it's opened up peoples' eyes among our network folks and overall it has had a good, positive impact."

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Cons

"Currently, Broadcom Network Flow Analysis does not support high-availability solutions, making it an area that needs improvement."

"Sometimes the custom report jammed in the MYSQL database."

"Prefer this product only if the scope of flow analysis is vast and for a limited scope I don’t prefer this product since the product licenses are very costly and it is a waste of money."

"I would like to see more security features, like a lost protection package."

"Enhanced support should be given with APIs that work to maintain collected information."

"If one is able to find it at all, the documentation is often no help."

"Data retention needs improvement. Data retention is a thing where we are looking for a better way to collect flow data for a longer time to do forensic research on security incidents."

"Knowing that they're coming out with a new user interface, that is an area where there is room for improvement. There are so many variables."

"I wish the reporting side was easier to work with, but it does a decent job."

"From what I understand it is that the solution is not very scalable in a high volume traffic environment with a large number of flows."

"Knowing that they're coming out with a new user interface, that is an area where there is room for improvement. There are so many variables. They should limit the variables in the user interface and create some classes, like "simple," "novice," and "expert" to narrow down the variables within it."

"There is room for improvement around the data that they have on the website about solutions."

"The reporting structure, the front-end GUI, also needs some work. It needs some getting used to. It works fairly well, but it's a technical tool rather than a user tool. You have to understand the structure of the databases before you can really use it."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you make a DX NetOps-based purchase and the complete suite of products that fall under DX NetOps from Broadcom, then you get Network Flow Analysis along with DX NetOps Performance Management and DX Spectrum."

"We pay our one-off cost for the licenses, per device, in blocks of 50. And then we pay an annual maintenance fee of about $15,000 Australian, which is, at this point in time, about $9,000 US, for those 250 devices. The upfront costs for the 250-license use, were about $50,000 Australian, which is about $32,000 US."

"I rate Plixer Scrutinizer's price a three on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price or affordable, and ten is high price or expensive."

"The licensing cost for Plixer Scrutinizer is in the middle. It's not the cheapest, but it's not the most expensive. Its licensing model is based on how many exporters, how many devices export information to the system. Plixer Scrutinizer has different modules you could add such as the security module which would cost extra."

"We recently bought a license upgrade, so we will integrate more exporters. We upgraded from a 25 exporter license to a 50 exporter license. Therefore, there will be more flows, and this will be an extension. I don't know when we will purchase a faster server, because the server that we have is quite new."

"There is a recurring maintenance fee after the initial purchase or if we want the license upgrade."

"We just renewed. The pricing is 5,000 euro per year. This is the final price. All tax (20 percent) is included."

"It's about €10,000 a year for initial license and yearly maintenance costs. In addition, the hardware costs are about €10,000 once every five years."

"Our entire solution, amortized over five years, is in the vicinity of $40,000 to $50,000 a year."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

14%

Computer Software Company

Healthcare Company

Educational Organization

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

Manufacturing Company

University

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	8

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Also Known As

CA NetQoS Reporter Analyzer, CA NFA, CA Network Flow Analysis

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Overview

CA Network Flow Analysis provides 100% visibility into the composition of network traffic across the enterprise, helping Network Administrators deliver optimal application performance and validating the impact of network infrastructure changes, resulting in returns on investment (ROI) of up to 150%.

Broadcom

The Scrutinizer incident response system leverages network traffic analytics to provide active monitoring, visualization, and reporting of network and security incidents. The system quickly delivers the rich forensic data needed by IT professionals to support fast and efficient incident response.

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