We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Pulseway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The most valuable feature is NetFlow. The beginning of any security investigation starts with NetFlow data."
"Being able to identify specific date closed across the network is invaluable."
"I believe this solution has reduced our incident response time."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is its alerts and dashboard."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is data hoarding because it catches threats on a frequent basis that we had no idea of."
"Most valuable features are the network maps and server and network response time."
"Cisco Stealthwatch has reduced the amount of time to detect an immediate threat."
"We like the patching of the window updates in the client's systems. You can automatically do updates with a single click."
"It gives you remote control and has a mobile app."
"The solution has great workflow and server modules."
"The setup is simple."
"It has been very helpful to get notifications about various issues with my servers and network to help me take action to resolve problems before they become major issues."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Cisco could improve the administration for the customers."
"Cisco Stealthwatch can improve by having bundled packages for popular add-ons. It would be a lot easier for people implementing it, have let's say a better way to use the product."
"I would like the search page available with Cisco Stealthwatch to be more intuitive. The previous release was better than the current one for the UI."
"We've had problems with element licensing costs so scalability is a concern."
"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."
"The customizability of the UI should improve."
"Cisco Stealthwatch needs more integration with device discovery. We have to do a lot of hard work to figure out what things are. Better service integration is required."
"The ability to be natively integrated into Port Aggregator would be beneficial because it would reduce just one more component that's needed in order to have that type of view."
"There are some bugs or glitches."
"GUI needs to be improved and the solution lacks a process for monitoring VOIP calls."
"They have good technical support but it's not excellent."
"The solution does not allow you to make a script for just one customer."
"It would be nice if it also had a desktop application, similar to the phone app, which would allow me to monitor and control computers from my desktop."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while Pulseway is ranked 49th in Network Monitoring Software with 6 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Pulseway 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 Pulseway writes "A solution with a great monitoring system and ability to control access remotely". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas Pulseway is most compared with Zabbix, Kaseya VSA, Microsoft Configuration Manager and PRTG Network Monitor. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. Pulseway report.
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