Fortra's Intermapper vs NETSCOUT nGeniusONE comparison

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Fortra and NETSCOUT are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Fortra is ranked #80, while NETSCOUT is ranked #26 with an average rating of 8.0. Fortra holds a 0.5% mindshare in NMS, compared to NETSCOUT’s 1.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Fortra users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of NETSCOUT users who would recommend it.

Fortra's Intermapper

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Fortra's Intermapper

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE and Fortra's Intermapper compete in network monitoring. Fortra's Intermapper has an advantage in ease of deployment and pricing, offering a favorable return on investment despite NETSCOUT nGeniusONE's extensive feature set.

Features: NETSCOUT nGeniusONE offers comprehensive performance management capabilities, real-time data analysis, and detailed traffic visibility. It provides deep insights into network issues and supports large-scale environments effectively. Fortra's Intermapper is noted for its intuitive mapping interface, efficient alerting system, and simplicity in monitoring. Its ease of use is beneficial for smaller networks.

Room for Improvement: NETSCOUT nGeniusONE could improve by simplifying deployment, reducing complexity in management, and lowering initial setup costs. Fortra's Intermapper could enhance its feature set to compete with more comprehensive solutions, increase scalability for larger networks, and expand its support for advanced configurations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NETSCOUT nGeniusONE has a complex deployment suited to larger infrastructures with extensive support requiring higher management. Fortra's Intermapper provides a simpler deployment with a streamlined setup process, offering responsive and accessible customer service facilitating quick team integration.

Pricing and ROI: NETSCOUT nGeniusONE incurs higher initial costs, justifying investment with robust offerings for comprehensive management needs. Fortra's Intermapper is a cost-effective option with lower upfront costs and quicker ROI, attracting budget-conscious organizations seeking lower investment risk and faster financial returns.

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Categories and Ranking

Fortra's Intermapper

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

80th

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

26th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Fortra's Intermapper is 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is 1.1%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
NETSCOUT nGeniusONE	1.1%
Fortra's Intermapper	0.5%
Other	98.4%

Network Monitoring Software

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Andrian Lubimov

SVP of Networking and Operations at Skywire Networks

It tremendously cuts down our troubleshooting timeframe, but needs advanced SLA monitoring and reporting

They can do a better job with SLA reporting. It does some basic reporting, but it really doesn't offer the ability to monitor devices by groups, customers, or carrier to give an overall health performance of specifically-defined environments. That's where HelpSystems Intermapper could have done a better job. I would love to see advanced SLA monitoring and reporting in this solution. They already have a lot of ingredients. They already have SNMP polling. It is really about what people are looking for from SLA monitoring, especially someone who looks at the network topology. You want to see your endpoints. You want to see half of your endpoints by simply analyzing ICMP or SNMP-based availability of your endpoints. Having an ability to define your group and how you bring devices into your group would be a huge benefit.

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Hasan Toffaha

Newwork And Collaboration Supervisor at Nafeza

Monitoring has improved bandwidth insights and application diagnosis but setup and costs still need work

They need room for improvement about the spare parts. There are shortages in Egypt in their stock. We tried to make RMA for specific parts, and it took a long time. Comparing this to a vendor like Cisco, who provides any component next business day, NETSCOUT nGeniusONE took a long time. This needs more improvement. I believe it is expensive. They need to reduce its budget a little bit. Comparing to other solutions, it is very expensive.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It's all today portal-based which is a good feature for us."

"It's a nice graphical interface, a nice map, that relates Layer 1 to Layer 3, virtually instantly, to the Helpdesk support staff. It provides a default place to get critical information so we can deploy our staff."

"What is really cool about HelpSystems InterMapper is that because of its SNMP base, you can integrate all different makes and models on the same map. You, of course, can have more than one map, but you have an option to have visibility into the entire network from one centralized system. You can monitor IPs, routers, radios, DC power plants, and UPS. You can do it all from one network management and monitoring solution. That's what really makes HelpSystems Intermapper great. Another great thing about HelpSystems InterMapper is that you can really bundle different probes under one device. You can have a bundled device. You can monitor the physical status of a host based on the IP availability. You can also monitor services and actually see if anything happens. You can quickly determine whether it is the application layer, host layer, or network layer. HelpSystems Intermapper gives such a unique representation of a network. Ever since we started using HelpSystems InterMapper, we don't have to document everything in a detailed format and store it somewhere. Right now, it is really a combination of network topology, network monitoring, and network analyzing. So, in my opinion, it is awesome. When you have your SNMP topology defined, you don't require a dedicated NMS engineer to manage your system, which is another great thing about HelpSystems InterMapper. I see how our operators get so excited by having the ability to map a device or interface and connect interfaces together. HelpSystems InterMapper is also very operator friendly; not just user friendly, but also operator friendly. This is a unique feature, and it works really great."

"Put Intermapper in as your base to start from, hands-down."

"The most valuable features are its: log history, real-time monitoring capabilities, accuracy - the number of false positives is very low, and the mapping features."

"Right now, it is really a combination of network topology, network monitoring, and network analyzing, so, in my opinion, it is awesome."

"The solution has a couple of features which are really interesting; it's not a fancy or expensive solution but we wanted to have a cost effective one and it's doing its job pretty well."

"The graphical alerting with the ability to obtain a quick overview of a monitored device is my favorite feature."

"It is the best tool that I have used as far as troubleshooting quickly, at a glance, and for being able to drill down into any issues or complaints we might have from customers."

"This solution provides us with increased visibility while conducting an IT deployment, and when we have any type of outage and we dig into it, we are able to tell what the root cause is instead of having to go through Wireshark, etc."

"We have cut back on our troubleshooting, by isolating certain trouble areas."

"If a lot of traffic from one site is hitting AWS Cloud or the data center, then we want to know which client is utilizing the most bandwidth. We will work with nGeniusONE to troubleshoot the issue."

"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."

"The solution most definitely provides us with increased visibility while conducting an IT deployment, allowing us to understand changes that we're making in the network, see our network's performance day-to-day and hour-to-hour, and even identify customer impact before the customer complains."

"The speed that you can get from the top of a problem all the way down to the packet layer of troubleshooting analysis."

"With NETSCOUT, it's very easy to check where the problem is located, and you can uncover if it is in the network or the application or the server."

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Cons

"They can do a better job with SLA reporting. It does some basic reporting, but it really doesn't offer the ability to monitor devices by groups, customers, or carrier to give an overall health performance of specifically-defined environments. That's where HelpSystems Intermapper could have done a better job. I would love to see advanced SLA monitoring and reporting in this solution. They already have a lot of ingredients. They already have SNMP polling. It is really about what people are looking for from SLA monitoring, especially someone who looks at the network topology. You want to see your endpoints. You want to see half of your endpoints by simply analyzing ICMP or SNMP-based availability of your endpoints. Having an ability to define your group and how you bring devices into your group would be a huge benefit."

"I have seen instances where Intermapper does not seem to recover from network changes."

"It's a smaller solution so tools are not as advanced as you would find in a larger solution"

"I'd love to see more of the network management side of it coming back into it. If we were able to run scripts to bounce ports on switches, that would be great. It's asking a lot, but it's actually very doable because I do it through scripting into other products. If we could incorporate that directly into Intermapper, that would be fantastic."

"I'd love to see more of the network management side of it coming back into it."

"Initially, we were having a lot of issues with bugs when using version 6.1.1. There were a lot of problems with the dashboard causing confusion. We worked with our SE and the NETSCOUT engineering team to fix the visibility with the data. There should be a patch release to fix this issue. However, this seems to be working fine for us right now after the 6.2.2 upgrade."

"It would be beneficial to see more AI capabilities included in nGeniusONE to further streamline processes and allow lower-level tech support to handle issues more effectively without escalating them."

"The initial setup was complex. It was hard to know what to tap and how to tap."

"We would like more encryption of customer data, because we have a very security conscious company. We have a lot of regulation coming in which requires us to make customer data private."

"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."

"The initial setup has been very complex."

"The initial deployment is tedious and requires a lot of build, deployment and configuration time. Experience is key to a successful deployment."

"Maybe the optics cost could be improved. It's not about the product itself, but the optics cost from other companies is very high, which affects the business. When you buy a $1 million product, you shouldn't be expected to pay $500,000 for support. So, support, operation, and professional services are very expensive. It's the main weakness."

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"There is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing charges attached to the product. The product may come across as a cheap tool for some, while it may seem costly for others."

"Their pricing is very competitive with other solutions... But what I like about NETSCOUT's licensing is that it's shared across all their platforms. They don't create a new licensing scheme for every one of their products. So for nGeniusONE, you buy a certain license level, and it works on all of their products."

"It is very expensive, but it's well worth the money."

"The biggest problem we have with this product is the expense."

"It can be expensive, but if you have a good configuration, based on what you are looking for, it's okay, it's manageable."

"Licensing is flexible, it's not tied to anything else. We can easily switch up the licensing piece... Obviously, NETSCOUT is a little bit in the higher range, but it gives you value for money. You get what you pay for."

"If you are able and you are willing to use everything that Netscout provides to you, it's probably a relatively fair price. The problem is that it's such a large and such a complex tool that I'm not sure that many companies would be able to use it entirely, the way it's expected to be used."

"I rate the price of NETSCOUT nGeniusONE a four out of five."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Outsourcing Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

12%

Construction Company

10%

Government

10%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

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Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	37

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Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?

I would say if it’s an ISP that will build a scrubbing center, Netscout/Arbor is a good solution. In all other solutions, Imperva is a great choice.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NETSCOUT nGeniusONE?

Regarding its high price, I give NETSCOUT nGeniusONE a seven.

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Also Known As

HelpSystems Intermapper

NETSCOUT nGenius, nGeniusONE

Overview

Fortra's Intermapper offers real-time network mapping and monitoring, ideal for IT teams seeking a reliable visualization and alerting tool to maintain uptime and connectivity.

Ideal for IT environments, Fortra's Intermapper provides dynamic and intuitive network mapping capabilities. Known for its ability to display an up-to-date graphical view of IT infrastructure, this solution enables proactive monitoring through instant alerts and performance insights. It helps IT teams swiftly address potential issues, ensuring consistent connectivity and performance.

What are the key features of Fortra's Intermapper?

Real-Time Network Mapping: Displays live network status for immediate infrastructure insight.
Customizable Alerts: Allows personalized notifications for targeted problem-solving.
Performance Monitoring: Tracks metrics to preemptively identify potential disruptions.
Cross-Platform Compatibility: Supports different operating systems for wider usability.
Historical Data Maintenance: Retains past network data for trend analysis and reporting.

Which benefits or ROI can users expect from Fortra's Intermapper?

Improved Network Visibility: Enhances understanding of network status and layout.
Faster Issue Resolution: Real-time alerts and monitoring minimize downtime.
Cost Efficiency: By reducing outages, operational costs decrease significantly.
Enhanced User Experience: Stable networks boost overall end-user satisfaction.

In industries such as healthcare, finance, and education, Fortra's Intermapper is a vital tool for maintaining high network performance and reliability. It plays a crucial role in environments where uptime is critical, ensuring that network issues are resolved swiftly to support essential operations.

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NETSCOUT nGeniusONE provides comprehensive network performance insights through features like deep packet inspection and real-time traffic analysis. It helps organizations monitor network infrastructures effectively with tools for packet capture and analysis.

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is designed for in-depth network monitoring and troubleshooting. Offering application-layer visibility and dependency mapping, it delivers insights into network traffic and application performance. With its packet capture and analysis capabilities, organizations can make informed decisions by identifying and solving network issues efficiently. Although powerful, users note its complexity and reliance on physical servers as potential drawbacks and see opportunities for enhancement in user experience, data analysis, and integration capabilities.

What are the key features of NETSCOUT nGeniusONE?

Deep Packet Inspection: Analyzes packet-level data in detail.
Application-Layer Visibility: Provides insights into application performance.
Dependency Mapping: Tracks interactions between network components.
Real-Time Traffic Analysis: Monitors network traffic continuously.
Intuitive Dashboards: Enhances user experience with easy data access.
Packet Decoding: Supports detailed troubleshooting processes.

What benefits should users expect from NETSCOUT nGeniusONE?

Network Anomaly Detection: Quickly identifies issues before they escalate.
Improved Troubleshooting: Enables accurate problem resolution.
Proactive Monitoring: Continuously assesses network health.
Application Performance Management: Ensures optimal application operation.
Enhanced Communication Diagnostics: Facilitates the pinpointing of VoIP and unified communications issues.

Implementation of NETSCOUT nGeniusONE spans across industries such as telecommunications and IT services where it is used for monitoring network performance and managing bandwidth utilization. It supports real-time diagnostics in Voice over IP and unified communications, enabling organizations to maintain high levels of service quality while identifying the sources of network performance issues efficiently.

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Sample Customers

Greater Media Detroit, University of British Columbia, Don's Farm Supply

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