InfoScale vs NETSCOUT Network & Application Observability comparison

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InfoScale and NETSCOUT are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. InfoScale is ranked #30 with an average rating of 8.6, while NETSCOUT is ranked #29 with an average rating of 7.7. InfoScale holds a 0.1% mindshare in IM, compared to NETSCOUT’s 1.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of InfoScale users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of NETSCOUT users who would recommend it.

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between InfoScale and NETSCOUT Network & Application Observability based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

InfoScale

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

30th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (23rd), High Availability Clustering (1st), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (14th), Data Storage for Kubernetes (3rd), Autonomous Operational Resilience (4th)

NETSCOUT Network & Applicat...

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

29th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (46th), Network Monitoring Software (7th), Network Troubleshooting (12th), Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) (11th)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of InfoScale is 0.1%. The mindshare of NETSCOUT Network & Application Observability is 1.8%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
NETSCOUT Network & Application Observability	1.8%
InfoScale	0.1%
Other	98.1%

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TABISH JAVED

Site Reliability Engineer (Certified) at Kyndryl India

Automated recovery has minimized downtime and supports seamless multi‑datacenter failover

Beyond pricing, there are areas where I would like to see InfoScale improved or enhanced. Veritas offers three management approaches. The first, which Veritas currently recommends, is Veritas Operation Manager. The second is the Cluster Manager Java Console graphical interface. The Cluster Manager Java Console has not been revised since version 6.1 or 6.2. This tool was critical for me, particularly valuable when managing small cluster footprints of 20 to 30 server nodes. I relied heavily on this tool, but Veritas has moved away from it in favor of Operation Manager. I recommend Veritas continue evolving this tool rather than discarding it. The third approach is the command line, suitable for individuals with extensive Veritas expertise and experience, but command line use in live environments consumed excessive time, leading me to prefer the graphical interface. Apart from pricing, I have not discovered disadvantages. The product is excellent. My concern is Veritas discarding the Cluster Manager Java Console in favor of Veritas Operation Manager. Setting up Operation Manager requires time and a dedicated server that runs continuously. I had to create a single server just for Veritas Operation Manager. While this works well for larger environments with hundreds of clusters, it is less useful for smaller deployments. I still recommend Veritas reconsider this application and evolve it by incorporating new features from Veritas Operation Manager. Adding these new features to the Java console would be beneficial because that tool runs on my laptop without consuming environment resources, and I can connect directly to clusters from my laptop. I am not opposing Veritas Operation Manager, which is excellent and resembles hardware management consoles for power machines, but smaller tools that previously performed these tasks should remain as options to provide clients with greater ease. From a features and functionality perspective, I do not find missing features in InfoScale at this moment. However, I am not actively using Veritas, managing only legacy machines on older hardware. I am upgrading operating systems but not Veritas due to contract expiration and end-of-life status. The contract is not being renewed because the customer wants to move away. Since I have not logged into VCS since 2021 and transferred responsibilities to another team, I am unaware of features arriving in version 8 or beyond and cannot comment specifically on recent Veritas introductions.

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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 a stable solution."

"The best feature in InfoScale is the file system, which is the greatest feature as you can get any storage LUN from any hardware because it's software-defined and create a volume that can consist of storage from two or more different vendors, which avoids any vendor lock-in and makes it easier when you expand as time goes."

"The best feature is that it supports high availability and automatic failover, which minimizes downtime and helps the environment reduce downtime and improve high availability for critical applications."

"InfoScale's ability to maintain data integrity and availability during a cyber event such as a ransomware attack is excellent."

"It integrates well with other solutions."

"In a live incident scenario, the data replication process occurs in real-time, and compared to other products, this data replication feature works effectively, ensuring data availability, and we can implement this scenario using Veritas Volume Replication (VVR), which is the most usable feature in InfoScale for data replication."

"From a recovery standpoint, InfoScale is excellent and easy to manage."

"Over the last two years, we did not experience any application failover or receive alerts due to the immediate switchover mechanism in active-active mode that ensures no downtime, helping us significantly with confidence and trust in our organization."

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

"Giving our customers the power to have some visibility into their own traffic has been a huge return on investment."

"I love the single pane of glass view. It makes it easier to not have to navigate everywhere. It allows more simplistic visibility, without having to go from tool to tool to tool, or from window to window to window."

"The product is very good, we have very few problems, and if we do have any issues, NETSCOUT gives us very good support with the right engineers who know the issues and provide an RMA if anything is wrong with a device."

"It has helped with the operations teams, who have been able to collect information and troubleshoot with the application."

"The most valuable features are speed and cost."

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

"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."

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Cons

"While InfoScale is mainly used by enterprise-level customers, it does not inherently support many applications, which presents a scalability issue."

"It could be more stable and more secure."

"My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing indicates that pricing is a little higher and should be reduced since most companies cannot afford it."

"Many customers can see the benefits of InfoScale, but they are usually not able to buy the products and solutions because of the licensing costs."

"The primary concern is licensing cost, as the customer is unwilling to invest further and has begun cost-cutting measures."

"It's very difficult to implement."

"Based on my experience with support, I would rate them a nine, only because occasionally the first person I talk to does not know more than I do and it needs to be escalated to reach someone more knowledgeable."

"Many customers can see the benefit of InfoScale, but they are usually not able to purchase the product because the license cost is very high."

More InfoScale cons

"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."

"The monitoring and reporting tool needs improvement."

"Between the host analysis and session analysis, there is a limitation of one hour. This can hinder us if a situation occurred ten hours ago."

"I was upset when they sold the product to NETSCOUT."

"On a network the size of ours, the loading times seem a little extensive, 20 or 30 seconds to load up some graphs."

"In previous versions, we used to have an icon on the dashboard when the situation analysis would present an alert. It would be nice if that would be made available on the dashboard again. Something that could be customizable to only illuminate on certain applications."

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

"When we would like to use a feature, we have to remove another one. For me it's a bit of a drawback; I'm a bit frustrated with it."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our clients pay for licensing on a yearly basis."

"The platform is expensive."

"Like any company, we always want better pricing. The pricing is okay, but it's not a cheap solution. When you want to deploy it across an enterprise as large as ours, you go into seven figures. It's not a cheap solution to get out there."

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

"I don't know what the cost to buy the solution was, but I doubt if it's a significant part of the budget as far as the maintenance and support are concerned."

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

"This product could be cheaper."

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

"The price is a little high."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Outsourcing Company

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Outsourcing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Construction Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	7

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	26
Midsize Enterprise	13
Large Enterprise	59

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas InfoScale Availability?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is a bit expensive, but rather than that, because it is used in critical environments with no competitor, most of the customers go f...

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What needs improvement with Veritas InfoScale Availability?

InfoScale can be improved if it added more robust reporting features; it has reporting, but it is very simple. If it created an integration with a reporting tool that makes it official, customers c...

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What is your primary use case for Veritas InfoScale Availability?

My main use case for InfoScale is that we use it in many scenarios. In some scenarios, we use it for clustering for a product like Enterprise Vault, using InfoScale Enterprise, where we handle the ...

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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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What needs improvement with NETSCOUT nGeniusONE?

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Also Known As

Veritas InfoScale Availability, Arctera InfoScale for Kubernetes

NETSCOUT nGenius, NETSCOUT nGeniusONE, NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE, NETSCOUT vSTREAM, NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG, TruView

Overview

InfoScale delivers robust data availability and protection for enterprises by managing critical workloads across hybrid cloud environments, ensuring minimal downtime and seamless performance.

InfoScale is designed to enhance data resilience and operational efficiency. By enabling quick data access across hybrid infrastructures, it reduces potential downtime and enhances business continuity. Its scalable architecture adapts to dynamic workloads, providing reliable performance under pressure while maintaining seamless integration with cloud-based solutions.

What are the key features of InfoScale?

Data Resiliency: Ensures continuous data availability through advanced clustering and replication technologies.
Scalability: Supports dynamic scaling to meet changing demands without compromising performance.
Cloud Integration: Offers seamless transition and operation within cloud environments.
Automated Operations: Streamlines management processes with automation to reduce manual intervention.

What benefits and ROI should users consider?

Increased Uptime: Improved reliability translates to reduced business interruption.
Cost Efficiency: Potentially lowers operational costs through optimized resource allocation.
Enhanced Security: Provides robust protection measures for critical data assets.
Operational Agility: Facilitates swift adaptation to evolving business requirements.

InfoScale is particularly effective in sectors such as healthcare and finance where data integrity and uptime are crucial. Its implementation empowers industries to handle data-intensive operations efficiently, ensuring continuity and compliance with industry standards.

InfoScale

NETSCOUT Network & Application Observability enhances network operations by offering powerful packet analysis and real-time insights. It transforms raw data into intelligence and simplifies troubleshooting, ensuring effective monitoring across diverse platforms.

NETSCOUT Network & Application Observability delivers comprehensive visibility and interoperability with a single pane of glass to aid in quick troubleshooting and traffic monitoring. It provides real-time insights and metrics that enhance network evaluations, helping transform raw data into actionable intelligence for better performance monitoring across diverse environments. However, it faces challenges like complexity, non-intuitive dashboard setup, and high server requirements. Enhancements in data analysis, visualization, and security features, along with improved integration with other products and detailed alerts, are needed.

What are the key features of NETSCOUT Network & Application Observability?

Packet Analysis: Provides robust packet capture and analysis for deep insights.
Single Pane of Glass: Simplifies traffic monitoring and dependency mapping.
Real-Time Insights: Offers instant, actionable information for troubleshooting.
Application Performance Metrics: Evaluates performance across network applications.
Interoperability: Ensures seamless operation across various network environments.

What benefits do users highlight?

Actionable Intelligence: Transforms raw data for strategic decisions.
Enhanced Monitoring: Facilitates efficient network operation monitoring.
Proactive Alerting: Supports real-time issue identification and response.
Bandwidth Management: Optimizes resource usage for cost efficiency.
Application Management: Monitors application performance for better user experience.

NETSCOUT Network & Application Observability is widely implemented in industries such as telecom and banking for network troubleshooting and application performance management. It helps in monitoring infrastructure, capturing unknown traffic, and managing bandwidth. The tool supports security alerts, real-time communications analysis, and proactive monitoring of remote sites, aiding in efficient network operations and enhanced end-user experience.

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Sample Customers

Wayne State University, Zenith Mart

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