We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"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."
"It's a dependable product that is able to pinpoint where we have vulnerabilities if they occur."
"Being able to identify specific date closed across the network is invaluable."
"Most valuable features are the network maps and server and network response time."
"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 improved our internal knowledge of what's going on with the network, and that's helpful."
"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."
"From a security standpoint, it is just seeing pockets as well. Visibility is very key for us."
"The VPN and the filtering features are the most valuable. Its VPN is very strong, and its services are very nice. The main problem in India is the service. There are not enough Check Point and Fortinet Firewall services, but for this product, the service is very good."
"The most important feature of this solution is the SLAs."
"It works right out of the box. You just have to enable it and you can start working."
"The initial setup was straightforward and, because we only need intrusion detection and prevention, we needed only about four hours to deploy it."
"The alarm system is valuable."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"I would like to see more expansion in artificial intelligence and machine learning features."
"One update I would like to see is an agent-based client. Currently StealthWatch is network based."
"There's a lot of traffic on our network that we don't see sometimes."
"It is time-consuming to set it up and understand how the tool works."
"The initial setup was complex."
"We had some trouble with the installation as we migrated from our previous solution."
"Many of these tools require extensive on-premises hardware to run."
"We've run into some issues with the configuration."
"Multi properties could be added to the solution in the future to make it better."
"I would like to see faster automatation."
"Its graphical user interface could be improved because not everybody is technical. There is a lack of knowledge, and they can give some training for this solution."
"The user interface and configuration can be improved."
"Regarding technical support, they could use more engineers."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service is ranked 31st in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 5 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service is rated 6.6. 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 WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service writes "Good VPN and filtering features, 100% stable, but needs a better graphical user interface and more training". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate IPS and Cisco Sourcefire SNORT.
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