IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) vs NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG comparison

IBM and NETSCOUT are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. IBM is ranked #42 with an average rating of 7.5, while NETSCOUT is ranked #77. IBM holds a 1.0% mindshare in NMS, compared to NETSCOUT’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of NETSCOUT users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

IBM SevOne Network Performance Management and NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG are competing in the network performance management space. IBM SevOne NPM has a cost advantage and superior customer service, while NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG provides more comprehensive features.

Features: IBM SevOne NPM offers advanced analytics, real-time performance visibility, and scalable user-friendly dashboards. NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG has detailed packet-level data monitoring, granular insights, and extensive troubleshooting capabilities.

Room for Improvement: IBM SevOne NPM could enhance feature depth, improve data granularity, and offer more customization options. NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG might benefit from simplifying deployment, reducing complexity, and offering more budget-friendly options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM SevOne NPM is easier to deploy and offers responsive customer service, making integration straightforward. NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG, while complex due to its features, provides robust support with comprehensive guidance.

Pricing and ROI: IBM SevOne NPM provides a cost-effective solution, leading to a quicker ROI with its competitive pricing. NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG requires a higher initial investment, justified by its expansive features, promising long-term value.

To learn more, read our detailed IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) vs. NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG Report (Updated: December 2025).

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IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) vs. NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG

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Categories and Ranking

IBM SevOne Network Performa...

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

42nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Server Monitoring (19th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (40th), Log Management (44th), Cloud Monitoring Software (30th)

NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

77th

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) is 1.0%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM)	1.0%
NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG	0.5%
Other	98.5%

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reviewer1543041

Network monitoring engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Provides consistent infrastructure monitoring with excellent usability and support

The primary use case of IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) is network monitoring. It helps to maintain the infrastructure's availability and ensure that alerts are generated when needed The most valuable features of IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) are its stability,…

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Michael Gideon Genita

Associate System Engineer at SMS Global Technologies, Inc.

Easy to set up with good documentation and helpful support

I'm using it for a customer The packet flow switch is the most valuable aspect of the solution. It's an easy product to set up. We can scale the solution if we need to. It's stable. The documentation is well-written and quite useful. It's compatible with other products. Under the pocket flow…

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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

"One of the solution's biggest strengths is its capacity management performance, with out-of-the-box reports through NMS, as well as its ability to collect NetFlow-related data from devices. The collection of network performance and flow data is important because we have many critical business applications."

"SevOne provides support for all universal connectors. They internally work with other data sources to get features implemented. We have an SD-WAN implementation and use other app data to monitor performance. If you pull that data into one centralized location, that is very useful for management."

"The out of the box reports and workflows are pretty good and they meet our requirements well."

"The modules and the performance management reports that come with data insights are two of the most valuable features. I also find the reports for Wi-Fi, Netflow, LAN, and WAN for monitoring to be very good."

"Flexible architecture: You can extend the system and its capacity by attaching another cluster pair."

"The automation feature is good because if your CMDB is OK and it is already in sync, then the automation part is good to go."

"It's given us the ability to create various real-time network performance reports and distribute them to any colleague who can access these reports immediately."

"With this tool it is interesting to show the info to the client and explain where the traffic is."

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"It has cut our troubleshooting down by days. Once we have a product in place, we show people examples of how it can streamline their troubleshooting process."

"When we have mobile operators who are signal partners, where one is the roaming host and another is the roamer, we are able to see their traffic. Their packets are able to detect if any faults to develop, and at what point they fail."

"We use it for monitoring whenever we update a new circuit or site."

"The real-time troubleshooting and application segregation that you can do within it."

"The technical support is really good. They will go above and beyond, if you are running into a problem. You can go to a sales engineer, who will engage technical support to help you out."

"It helps us get to root cause quickly. With utilization and consumption of bandwidth, we can usually see what application is taking as much as they should (or shouldn't), then account for it accordingly."

"The tool has the ability to look back within a month's data. It is very easy to navigate within the tool and troubleshoot the problem, compared to other solutions that we've used in the past."

"It is very rock solid. We hardly have any hardware issues."

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Cons

"The customizations are very hard. The person doing it has to be very good at analytics and has to be very good in all languages"

"The one area with room for improvement is probably administration. They added data insights to make a better user experience, but I'd like to see some improvements in the way the system's administered."

"Some similar solutions offer end-to-end visibility."

"High-frequency polling is data-intensive because you're pulling more. If SevOne could figure out a way to manage the impact of high-frequency polling on the system, that would be very popular."

"Telemetry is hot these days, and IBM can improve SevOne's support for telemetry correction. Reporting is another feature that could be better. It provides the bare minimum functionality, which is good enough for most engineers, but the management isn't advanced. The new portal provides a much lighter view and better visualization, but the management is not so good."

"SevOne should work with the graphs legend functionality."

"With the administrative management of the appliance, if some object appears from SevOne because something changed in the network or whatever, then as an administrator you will not be aware. If you are using this object in a report, this object will disappear from the report and you will not be aware of it. So, if you have 1,000 reports, you cannot always check these reports everyday to see if objects are missing or information has disappeared. We don't have any information on alerts, saying that something is happening there and maybe we need to take action. If an object was replaced by another one, or if a link was replaced by another one, then the graph needs to be changed because it doesn't exist in the graph anymore. However, we don't have this information."

"I would like to see live maps as an added feature. Also, build modules on AI and EML to provide better data insights that would proactively tell us what we should be looking after."

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"The technology goes end-of-life on us every year, which is why I am looking forward to vSTREAM. I don't like when devices go end-of-life on us so quickly. If we can get more of an advanced notice of when an end-of-life is brought up, because our certification process within the organization takes a while."

"There is a timeout feature that we have been asking for awhile."

"Being able to manage the packet flow switches in nGeniusONE would be great."

"Only problems that we have had are fiber issues going into the TAPs or vSTREAMs, which are usually local site issues."

"The single pane of glass feed still needs work."

"It's not able to communicate with our probes."

"The stability depends on who is using the tool, because you only can get as much out of the tool as you put into it. There are a lot of patches for this particular environment, so you have to keep on them. If you lose track of them, then the product is not useful anymore."

"We don't use the single pane of glass view, even though we own it."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Have a bank of licenses, because it is about the number of objects (RAM, ports, CPU, etc.)."

"A blocking point is the high upfront cost because it is challenging to get it accepted and the purchase approved."

"Many tools price things based on the number of KPIs that you're collecting around a device. In many cases, there could be hundreds of metrics that you need to collect. SevOne provides device-level pricing. That gives us the flexibility to turn on, and expand on, the metrics that we're collecting around those devices, without taking a financial hit."

"Prices per license are not huge, but they exist."

"The pricing has not evolved with the market, which is one of the reasons we are moving to a new product."

"There are different options available for licensing, with the per-device option being more expensive but more flexible."

"For the value that you get from SevOne, it's worth the price. There are a lot of cheaper alternatives on the market, and even free options. But they require more staff, more resources, and engineers with more advanced knowledge of monitoring. That's what makes SevOne worth the price."

"The tool is not expensive. We were able to negotiate with SevOne on pricing."

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"To capture more with the solution that we bought, you have to buy another InfiniStreamNG, and there are only four ports in the back."

"This product could be cheaper."

"It can be scalable. It just costs too much. With a company as big as ours, it gets too expensive to accommodate every single site."

"The scalability is good, but it comes at a cost. E.g., if you need 100 InfiniStream because you are sending gigs or terabytes of data to one InfiniStream, then you will have to purchase another InfiniStream, which are not cheap."

"I would like it to be more scalable with less spend."

"The price is a little high."

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

14%

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Manufacturing Company

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Financial Services Firm

17%

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Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	45

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Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	8

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with SevOne Network Data Platform?

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Also Known As

SevOne

InfiniStreamNG, NETSCOUT ISNG, Infinistream

Overview

The IBM® SevOne Network Performance Management (IBM SevOne NPM) solution helps you spot, address, and prevent network performance issues early with machine learning-powered analytics from a single source. Boost network performance and improve your user application experience by proactively monitoring your multivendor end-to-end network across enterprise, communication, and managed service provider networks.

Transform raw network performance data into intelligent and actionable insights. The IBM SevOne NPM solution goes beyond detection, combining industry-leading expertise and advanced technology to help your IT team plan and optimize your network and act on what matters: improving network performance to provide an exceptional customer experience.

For further information, please visit www.ibm.com/cloud/sevo...

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NETSCOUT’s new ISNG platform harnesses the power of IP intelligence by mining traffic in real-time to deliver accurate and actionable data for service assurance, cybersecurity and business intelligence applications. The InfiniStreamNG platform fully supports the nGeniusONE and Iris application suites.

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ATOS, Devereux, Spark New Zealand, Access4, Rogers Communication, Lumen (formerly known as CenturyLink)

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