We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and OptiView XG [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"The search options on Cisco Stealthwatch are the most valuable. You can get very granular with it, down to the kilobits or the seconds if you want. The product supports any time frame that you need, so that is nice."
"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."
"Great network monitoring, looking at anomaly detection and evaluation."
"The solution's analytics and thrust detection capabilities are good. We're still adjusting it. It's a little hypersensitive, but it is working right now."
"The solution allowed us to not only get gain insight but also start collaborating with other tools."
"Most valuable features are the network maps and server and network response time."
"There are already many functionalities, so I don't think there is anything to improve."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Secure Network Analytics is the Threat Intelligence integration."
"Gives us the ability to see our network."
"It is a very valuable tool. It goes out and does a discovery, which is a great process of it. You could have something like a rogue DHCP server, and it will identify it, and then you can see to which switch port it is connected. It is quite an impressive tool. I really liked it because you didn't have to install an agent on anything. It would just go out and do its discovery. For me, that's great."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The GUI could use some improvement. Being able to find features more easily would be a great improvement if it was simplified."
"The version with the Dell server had iDRAC problems. Often, it reported iDRAC failure."
"There's a lot of traffic on our network that we don't see sometimes."
"It's not great as a standalone solution."
"I would like to see some improvement when it comes to reporting."
"It would be better to let people know, up front, that is doesn't give you nice, clear information, as seen in the demos, without Cisco ISE installed."
"We've had problems with element licensing costs so scalability is a concern."
"We've run into some issues with the configuration."
"I would like a built-in tap feature which doesn't interfere with the network, and it allows you to see what is happening there."
"Its price can be improved. Their support can also be improved a little bit. In terms of features, it did everything I wanted it to do. With more features, I would have to start installing network agents or something else, and I don't want to have to install anything. This was the value for me about this device."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while OptiView XG [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Network Monitoring Software. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while OptiView XG [EOL] 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 OptiView XG [EOL] writes "A valuable, impressive, and portable product that saves time and has great scalability and stability". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas OptiView XG [EOL] is most compared with .
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