We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and NETSCOUT nGeniusONE 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 anomaly detection, where it finds things that are not allowed internally."
"The most valuable features provided by this solution are visibility and information."
"Provides easily identifiable anomalies that you can't see with signature detections."
"The most valuable feature we got out of Stealthwatch is to be able to, while troubleshooting, go deep into one of our interfaces and verify what the bandwidth is and if there's any activity there that's causing problems."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is data hoarding because it catches threats on a frequent basis that we had no idea of."
"The solution allowed us to not only get gain insight but also start collaborating with other tools."
"Able to drill down into a center's utilization, then create reports based on it."
"The most valuable feature is its alerts and dashboard."
"The quick drill-down views are similar to Wireshark views. Those are quite nice, with the views on how you interpret some of the data. The granularity of how far you can drill down into milliseconds or microseconds is a very nice feature. It actually stores quite a lot of data in its database."
"It helps us get to the root cause quickly. It helps us find massive error codes, then we drill down on that error code, knowing that is the source of our problem."
"It is a scalable product."
"The best feature is when we have it connected permanently via TAPs. That enables us to constantly collect data and then we can go back in time... To be able to rewind, back in time, and see the problem as it happened, is very helpful."
"It catches bigger issues on a weekly basis. That's how often we find something big enough that the only reason we know about it is because of the nGeniusONE. The bigger issues are mostly security-type issues: Odd traffic leaving our network or coming into it, that has found its way past a firewall."
"This solution provides us with increased visibility while conducting IT deployments. E.g., if we have devices which have overloaded or links which have saturated, then this tool tells us exactly what is going on with that link or device. Very few tools do it at this level for things like DDoS."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The valuable features include packet analysis, packet capture, and [that] it's easy to use."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"They should include Citrix VDIs in the next release."
"One update I would like to see is an agent-based client. Currently StealthWatch is network based."
"Cisco could improve the administration for the customers."
"Complexity on integration is not so straightforward and you really need an expert to help build it out."
"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."
"I would like to see a hybrid solution that can work without being connected directly to the internet for those destinations."
"We would like the solution to make more advances in the way that Extreme Networks has been doing."
"It's too complicated to install, when starting out."
"NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is a complex product since it deals in areas like network packet brokers and packet analysis, making the tool complicated for end users."
"The product was lacking for awhile when they did the Arbor acquisition. I was waiting to see more security stuff, which they did eventually add, and is now impressive."
"The current solution is not easy to scale, because it is an appliance-based solution. So, you have to swap everything out."
"I would love to have them reassemble fragmented packets. That would be a very big plus in my book."
"A lot of tools highlight what's going on but they don't actually pinpoint the user experience. It would be good if there were a small message or something highlighting what the user experience is like and any degradation that's actually occurring."
"It could have an easier to understand interface."
"The feature I am looking for is the Arbor technology, especially to run in parallel with our firewall... It's getting there."
"There are so many pieces of their product that integrate with one another that perhaps a recommendation for improvement would be some sort of bigger overview and map to help understand how all their pieces integrate together."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is ranked 27th in Network Monitoring Software with 47 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is rated 8.2. 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 NETSCOUT nGeniusONE writes "We use it every day for the triaging of events, saving us a lot of time". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is most compared with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline, Dynatrace, ThousandEyes, AppDynamics and ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. NETSCOUT nGeniusONE report.
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