We compared Cisco Secure Network Analytics and ExtraHop Reveal(x) across 5 parameters based on our user reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Cisco Secure Network Analytics users highly value its advanced threat detection capabilities, extensive visibility and control over network traffic, and proactive alerting system. They appreciate the commendable customer service and support provided by Cisco Secure Network Analytics. ExtraHop Reveal(x) also offers robust network visibility and real-time threat detection.
Initial Setup and Support: Cisco Secure Network Analytics has a relatively quick and simple setup process that typically takes one to two weeks for deployment. ExtraHop Reveal(x) setup can be more complex and time-consuming, often taking about a week to complete due to the involvement of network taps and packet brokers. Cisco Secure Network Analytics provides a range of management options and support services, including workshops for a better understanding of solutions. They also experience stability issues in new versions. ExtraHop Reveal(x) excels in efficiency and troubleshooting capabilities of their support team, although there are occasional sporadic support feedback.
Valuable Features: Cisco Secure Network Analytics is praised for its advanced threat detection capabilities, proactive alerting system, and effective security incident response. ExtraHop Reveal(x) stands out for its robust network visibility, comprehensive analytics capabilities, and data-driven decision-making features.
Room For Improvement: Cisco Secure Network Analytics could benefit from improvements in data processing speed, better visualization features, and advanced threat detection capabilities. ExtraHop Reveal(x) needs enhancements in user interface, accuracy, responsiveness, documentation, and customer support.
Setup Cost: Cisco Secure Network Analytics has been considered reasonable and competitive, yet with a potentially higher initial setup cost. ExtraHop Reveal(x) is praised for its relatively low setup cost, making implementation easy and cost-effective.
ROI: The ROI from Cisco Secure Network Analytics has been significant, providing improved network security, reduced risks, advanced analytics capabilities, and reliable support. ExtraHop Reveal(x) excels in network visibility, anomaly detection, and user-friendly interface.
The summary above is based on interviews we conducted recently with Cisco Secure Network Analytics and ExtraHop Reveal(x) users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"Cisco Stealthwatch has predefined alerts for different types of security issues that might happen in the network. Whether it's PCs or servers that are used for botnets or Bitcoin mining we receive the alerts automatically. This functionality is what we receive from the solution out of the box."
"The most valuable feature is integration."
"The deployment was a breeze. It is a very innovative and robust platform that allows us to bi-directionally stitch together data elements from Netflow-enabled devices to provide a context for network utilization."
"It has been pretty stable since we deployed it, and everything seems to be working fine."
"StealthWatch lets me see the ports running in and out and the country. It has excellent reporting, telemetry, and artificial intelligence features. With the telemetry, I can set thresholds to detect sudden changes and the alarms go through the PLC parts. I can see all the ports running on that trunk."
"It is a good application, providing for real-time monitoring of the organization of data. It can basically identify points of peak traffic where possible issues are being caused."
"The most valuable features of this solution are its reporting and mitigation capabilities."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the logging, keeping threats under control, and keeping our data and environment secure."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"Reveal X integrates seamlessly with CrowdStrike. If you see something sketchy on the network, you can quarantine devices through ExtraHop and it'll push to the CrowdStrike server."
"The solution's ability to decrypt SSL traffic is its most valuable feature."
"We had useful information within the hour of deployment. The ability to trace back for historical analysis, as well as the behavioral analysis done with the security information, puts the user in a position to make an informed decision to mitigate the performance or security incidents. Regarding the security incidents, Reveal (x) is able to create incident cards that guide your teams through the incidents and gives you the option to delve into the transaction detail to potentially view payloads as well."
"It's a wire analytics tool. We use it for isolating and determining issues on our network or applications. It does a lot for crediting the network as opposed to discrediting the network. A lot of people come along and say that it's a network issue. It's always considered to be a network issue, but by using ExtraHop, we can quickly tell them that it's not a networking issue. It's something to do with your application or something at the other end. It could be a database issue. This tool gives us the ability to pinpoint with great accuracy the comings and goings on our network."
"The most valuable features of ExtraHop Reveal(x) are the detection and alerting of network behavior and anomalies."
"Setting up the solution is relatively easy."
"With ExtraHop Reveal(x), it gives me more visibility into the packets. It doesn't provide the entire packet capture, but it offers more information on how connections are made at the network layer. This can be helpful for detecting network attacks. Additionally, I really like the customizable dashboards and reports. The incident dashboard and alerts provide a good summary initially, and diving deeper into them gives more detailed information. It's also great for analyzing specific attacks and victim logs. The feature that tracks the full attack chain makes it easier to monitor the progress of attacks. Plus, it's connected to the Netria.com app, which I find useful for certain tasks."
"We determined that Stealthwatch wouldn't provide the machine learning model that we required."
"It's too complicated to install, when starting out."
"We are continuing down the road of ACI and ISE with Cisco, so we would like to see the continuation of Stealthwatch integrating into ISE for exchange of information, and also, more into the ACI environment too."
"Cisco could improve the administration for the customers."
"Reliance on Java. Get away from that."
"I would like to see it better organized when I'm looking at it."
"There could be better integration on the programming side, which uses Python. StealthWatch could provide a template for Python to manage the switches. For example, it would be nice if StealthWatch bounced a port automatically it detected something anomalous."
"One thing I would like to see improved is if it could automatically be tied through ISE, instead of you having to manually get notifications and disable it yourself."
"Agent management could certainly use some focus. It should also be a little bit easier to work with collections. We should be able to nest collections within collections. There should be better nesting."
"The solution's reporting part and GUI are areas with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"I would like to see more cloud capability."
"ExtraHop Reveal(x) could improve by allowing a longer look back in the feature. Right now you have a limit of 30 days to look back on your activity. I've used Darktrace before, and they allow you the ability to play back events. This would be a good feature to have in ExtraHop Reveal(x)."
"It needs integration with more security vendors."
"The solution should include more support protocols."
"They used to have the ability to decode Citrix sign-on, setup, and tear down. Unfortunately, Citrix has stopped sharing that knowledge. Citrix has continued to change its model of processing, making it harder and harder to troubleshoot."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 4th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 57 reviews while ExtraHop Reveal(x) is ranked 5th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 12 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while ExtraHop Reveal(x) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ExtraHop Reveal(x) writes "It helps you visualize how data moves across your network". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Cisco Umbrella, whereas ExtraHop Reveal(x) is most compared with Darktrace, Vectra AI, Corelight, Arista NDR and Trend Micro Deep Discovery. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. ExtraHop Reveal(x) report.
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