We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and IBM Security Network IPS 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."
"Being able to identify specific date closed across the network is invaluable."
"Ease of deployment, once you get your ducks in a row."
"Using the Cognitive Analytics feature, we have complete visibility that we didn’t have before."
"It works efficiently for encrypted traffic analysis."
"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."
"Stability is the most valuable feature we have seen in this solution."
"Cisco Stealthwatch provides the solutions analytics and threat detection capabilities that I am looking for. It has also improved the network visibility of our organization."
"The most valuable feature is integration."
"The most valuable feature is its simplicity."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The configuration of the solution was quite complex."
"It's not great as a standalone solution."
"Reliance on Java. Get away from that."
"Some of our customers find this solution to be a little bit tough because they don't understand how to configure and use it."
"The reporting of day-to-day metrics still has room for improvement."
"The initial setup was straightforward but required a lot of data entry, to begin with building out the server types and network types."
"It is time-consuming to set it up and understand how the tool works."
"I would like to see some improvement when it comes to reporting."
"I'd like to see more integration with other tools and technologies."
"In the future, I would like to see a hybrid option so that we can work both on-premises and in the cloud."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 25th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while IBM Security Network IPS is ranked 24th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 4 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while IBM Security Network IPS is rated 7.2. 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 IBM Security Network IPS writes "User-friendly and has a good blocking feature but is quite expensive". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas IBM Security Network IPS is most compared with Darktrace, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Cisco Umbrella and Trend Micro Deep Discovery.
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