IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor vs NETSCOUT nGeniusONE comparison

IDERA and NETSCOUT are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. IDERA is ranked #111, while NETSCOUT is ranked #31 with an average rating of 8.5. IDERA holds a 0.1% mindshare in NMS, compared to NETSCOUT’s 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IDERA users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of NETSCOUT users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE and IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor compete in IT infrastructure management. NETSCOUT nGeniusONE has an edge due to its advanced analytics and broad visibility, whereas IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor maintains strength with comprehensive monitoring capabilities.

Features: NETSCOUT nGeniusONE provides in-depth traffic analysis, application monitoring, and network performance management with a focus on troubleshooting. IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor offers server monitoring, capacity planning, and customizable dashboards, giving precise infrastructure control.

Room for Improvement: NETSCOUT nGeniusONE could enhance user interface simplicity, speed up initial setup, and improve cost efficiency for smaller enterprises. IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor might expand analytics depth, integrate advanced troubleshooting tools, and improve reporting functionalities for more competitive analytics.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NETSCOUT nGeniusONE follows a traditional deployment model with strong enterprise support, providing reliability for large-scale networks. IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor offers a user-friendly deployment and rapid setup, with support suitable for diverse business needs.

Pricing and ROI: NETSCOUT nGeniusONE involves higher initial setup costs but promises substantial ROI through its deep analytics and performance insights. IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor presents a cost-effective setup with significant ROI attributed to efficient monitoring and management options without exact pricing details disclosed.

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Categories and Ranking

IDERA Uptime Infrastructure...

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

111th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Infrastructure Monitoring (69th)

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

31st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

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Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is 0.1%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is 1.5%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Nafiu Garba

Special Assistant to the Governor ICT COO at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

It offers different licensing types that allow you to extend the services to clients; it lets you look into device performance and optimization and helps apply best practices

What I like best about IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is that it offers different licensing types. Hence, it allows my organization to extend the services to clients and not just use the solution within the organization. My organization can leverage IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor to learn more about how clients perform because the solution lets you monitor and optimize devices and apply best practices.

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Ruslan Melnyk

Business Unit Manager at BAKOTECH

Useful for network performance monitoring

My manager can explain the use cases attached to the product. I am a unit leader in my company, and I don't sell the product directly to our partners or customers. In my company, I manage certain processes and a team while building, developing, and providing them with a direction for the market. NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is a good solution for network performance monitoring since it is not cloud-based. My company sells NETSCOUT nGeniusONE in eight to ten countries. I think the solution is not good for capacity planning, but it is better to help find problems in applications because not every infrastructure is good at managing working applications. I think it is a solution meant for applications. The tool is useful for solving problems attached to applications. The tool's real-time network monitoring capability was used when the product was more reactive. In our company, if we use real-time monitoring, then we need to deal with raw traffic. In our company, if we don't see any problem in the real-time systems, we have the possibility to rely on the tool since it acts like a time machine for us, which can allow us to get back to the areas of problem and solve them. I recommend the product to those who plan to use it. For many users, it can be a good monitoring system that can be scaled up in the future. I think it is a good product to start with when working systems in an environment. NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is another tool used to manage raw traffic, and I find it to integrate well into our customers' network. I am not using it actively on the system. I use the tool for network packet brokers. I rate the tool a ten out of ten.

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Pros

"My organization can leverage IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor to learn more about how clients perform because the solution lets you monitor and optimize devices and apply best practices."

"Deep packet inspection is a very useful tool as it works in real time and uses serial packet-level analysis."

"Valuable features include data threat detection, network analytics, and overall bandwidth monitoring."

"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."

"The packet-based searching capability of NETSCOUT is highly valued as it allows us to better analyze the network."

"From the standpoint of VoLTE and related things, it's providing visibility into the network and how it operates."

"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 most valuable feature of this solution is being able to drill down into any kind of troubles that are reported to us, by use of identifiers."

"The biggest benefit is the ability to do low-level packet inspection. When I say packet inspection, I don't mean looking at payload, but just looking at your communication handshakes and the like. It reduces troubleshooting time because you can get a much better view into the communications path between servers, database servers, web servers, and understand what's going on."

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Cons

"What I want to improve in IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is the community aspect, where IDERA would provide customers with updates on functionalities, what comes next, what IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor upgrades would be released, etc. I also want the sustainability of IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor to improve."

"I would like to see improvement in the user experience. It's hard to manage it. We need a dedicated, highly-qualified person, compared to similar tools. Obviously, it's in a higher bracket, salary-wise. That's something the NETSCOUT team needs to focus on. It's a completely niche-skill technology, where we need to have the skills to manage, maintain, and deploy it."

"NETSCOUT nGeniusONE's pricing is higher compared to the competitors. It is more than 15-18 percent of competitor costs. It also needs to add AI features."

"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."

"nGeniusONE could be improved by reducing the number of bare metal servers required to run it. Currently, you need a separate bare metal server for each of the following: Xfinity, ISNG, nGeniusONE, and CFS. It would be more cost-effective and less complex if all of these functionalities could be combined into a single bare metal server."

"I would recommend enhancing the APM capabilities."

"NG1 has been stable for a while in our environment - at least we have what we needed. But with nBA, there's a lot of room for improvement."

"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 pricing could benefit from being somewhat lower for broader adoption."

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"I'm based in Nigeria, and the conversion rate affects the pricing for IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor, but globally, pricing is reasonable. I'm rating pricing for the solution seven on a scale of one to ten."

"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."

"It is a little overall pricey and expensive, but you get what you pay for."

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

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

"The product is too expensive compared to other products."

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

"Cost is probably the biggest drawback. Compared to some of the newer vendors that have popped up in the space, it's definitely more on the expensive side... [But] it's been able to keep its value, even in the face of the cheaper competition."

"The price is only for acquisition; it's not a licence."

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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 do you like most about NETSCOUT nGeniusONE?

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

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

The pricing is a bit high yet not overly expensive. The cost depends on the size of the customer, as sizing controls the pricing.

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Also Known As

IDERA UIM, uptime software up.time

NETSCOUT nGenius, nGeniusONE

Overview

Uptime Infrastructure Monitor helps IT administrators to unify performance monitoring and optimization of IT infrastructure. Unlike its competition, it provides monitoring of a broad range of platforms and applications, ability to set service-level agreements, and support of both agent and agentless monitoring.

IDERA

The nGenius Real-Time Monitor software provides you with tools to monitor and display information about your network both historically and in real time. The nGenius Real-Time Monitor software allows you to understand your current network usage and to plan for future needs. It also allows you to proactively troubleshoot problem areas in your network.

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TeleComputing; Manitoba Hydro; Blevins Inc.; City of Malmö

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