We performed a comparison between DX Spectrum and SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two DX NetOps solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Spectrum does such a great job of discovering our network that we have a high confidence in what our inventory is."
"The solution's most valuable features are its integration with Broadcom tools and scalability."
"Allows us to have a single console/notification point, with the alarms of all the tools that we use for monitoring."
"We can monitor MPLS network VPN, network configuration, and backups. It's highly scalable for network configuration management."
"It covers a lot of different types of hardware. It can do a lot and saves us time."
"It has a high-quality graphical interface."
"The containerization of different objects was very helpful in building an org structure. Being able to separately manage your MSP clients with separate visibility was also helpful."
"We were able to standardize the internal processes across all internal departments, resulting in almost an elimination of non-standard process flows through our organization."
"The program is scalable enough for our usage."
"The integration with other SolarWinds products is good."
"I like that it is able to monitor multiple devices and it's vendor-agnostic."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its traffic analysis."
"The most valuable feature is the alarm that is set up to trigger based on bandwidth utilization."
"In terms of the implementation, we've actually used SAM, the server and application monitoring tools. The network configuration tools are very useful in terms of bulk upgrading switches and infrastructure. Also, the Network Traffic Analyzer was extremely useful to track down errant users soaking up bandwidth."
"I would rate NetFlow Traffic Analyzer's stability ten out of ten."
"What I like about SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is that it's useful for analyzing traffic. It also has an application visibility feature that lets you control applications."
"Huawei devices are not properly supported, and there are incompatibility issues related to certain protocols."
"For my use case, incident coordination was an area of improvement. The internal software engine for coordinating outages could use improvement because sometimes, we used to get false alerts for unrelated devices. They did a really good job of trying to make sure that you got one major alert and any of the subsequent devices downstream were just additions to that, but occasionally, the engine wouldn't properly catch the right things, and we used to get a flood of alerts."
"The Spectrum OneClick is a Java-based client, and that's aging. Really, before any new feature integration, I'd love to see a comprehensive rebuild of the UI."
"The solution could improve by allowing the ability to monitor the network shortly after installing the software and adding an auto-discovery function."
"DX Spectrum needs to incorporate faster support."
"OS monitoring needs to be better developed, as well as their services, e.g., cluster monitoring, URLs, etc."
"I would like to see them eliminate the Java console. The user interface for this is a Java applet that runs on your desktop, and it is very problematic for us."
"DX Spectrum needs better documentation on its complex features."
"This solution would benefit from having more security-based communications between the actual devices and the software itself."
"The solution needs better log management and log coordination with tools."
"Customer Support is quite complex."
"Technical support needs improvement."
"As people always complain about the pricing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, it's an area for improvement in the solution. People find it expensive. Another area for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is support, as it could be better."
"The pricing is expensive."
"One area that we struggle with is the price. Because the price of this solution is so high, we are largely unable to introduce it into the local market, and only the banking sector has the means to afford it."
"What needs improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is performance because sometimes, my team struggles too much for the solution to perform correctly for a specific deployment in my organization. Having a more detailed view in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is another area for improvement, but that's more part of the protocol than the actual solution."
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DX Spectrum is ranked 1st in DX NetOps with 115 reviews while SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is ranked 6th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 34 reviews. DX Spectrum is rated 8.4, while SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer writes "Displays traffic visibility and efficient traffic flows". DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes, whereas SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is most compared with Cisco Secure Network Analytics, Zabbix, ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, SolarWinds NPM and Darktrace. See our DX Spectrum vs. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer report.
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