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InfoVista 5View NetFlow vs Quest Foglight for APM [EOL] comparison

InfoVista and Quest Software are both solutions in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category. Additionally, 86% of Quest Software users are willing to recommend the solution.
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Categories and Ranking

InfoVista 5View NetFlow
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (77th)
Quest Foglight for APM [EOL]
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
22
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Great for service discovery and load balancing and enables us to monitor the traffic flow
We use InfoVista 5View NetFlow on a private cloud. This product has improved the way our organization functions through the better discovery of services. We check the IP address for Office 365 and other cloud applications used in business operations. We use InfoVista 5View NetFlow to understand the cost of the problems on our network links. We monitor the traffic flow and check which application is causing a lot of traffic. Instead of buying more bandwidth, we target the pocket with very high traffic. We move these applications so that the traffic is served through another partner. From Milan to Rome, we use various utilities for network load balancing for applications requiring excessive traffic. We monitor the traffic with InfoVista 5View NetFlow before going to the business and checking the on-site location for problems or issues.
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it_user124704 - PeerSpot reviewer
We evaluated other options including BMC, but chose Foglight for it's notifications & the ability to review the history.
The upgrade process could use some fine tuning. I have done an upgrade of the system as well as added\updated agents, and sometimes that process is a bit cumbersome, and does not go as planned. The JAVA monitor agent also definitely could be more streamlined in terms of monitoring and updating. Also they could use an easier method of 'archiving' data that you do not need necessarily as well as updating agent monitor thresholds. As an update to this, we recently went through an upgrade and went to a newer version (Foglight 5.6.11.3). I would have to say the upgrade process was much better more seamless than previous upgrades. The only item\s that were an issue were the Java EE cartridges for monitoring our Java Weblogic instance. But even that was more straight forward than previous upgrades. Since we will be upgrading to a newer ERP version next year, I will review and update this post to see what if any changes were needed (Cartridge, FMS, Agents) to continue monitoring our new ERP version/release.
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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"InfoVista 5View NetFlow allows us to control the application layer and manage API connections, i.e. Facebook logins or whatever other third-party API services we require."
"Having standard monitoring features and a central repository saves us a lot of time and reduces risk of incidents."
"Dell Foglight does analyze and optimize your virtual infrastructure. It definitely reduces operational cost."
"With the APM you can replay the end user session and see issues quickly by viewing the session."
"Capacity on database and file servers. I found the algorithms to forecast growth and concerns particularly intuitive."
"It provides a history of the activities on our SQL servers."
"The ability to track performance of an application or application suite over time is extremely valuable to our business partners and for our application development team with near real time results."
"At a glance I can easily see what is going on with all of my VMware ​environments, including top consumers of resources."
"FxV is valuable as we can playback the session."
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Cons

"A little bit better documentation on the details is needed because this subject is not easy sometimes to understand, which limits the capability of the software."
"The “cartridge” concept for every little thing is a bit of a bother to implement."
"It needs a more intuitive way to create and implement custom "Cartridges" to be deployed through out a Federated environment."
"I would perhaps like to see more SSMS connections."
"My only complaint from Foglight for monitoring is that you only get a plot for five minute average for metrics like CPU and Memory, on the application side I can see metrics more quickly at 15 seconds for metrics like active sessions, heap. I would like to see the same for CPU and memory."
"They need to improve the stability of FxM and FxV."
"We are running a Webmethods stack (Software AG) and Foglight is unable to instrument. We are in a POC with Dynatrace and it was able to instrument with little effort."
"There are some metrics I'd like to track that are difficult to find or implement into a tracking solution without a lot of manual work."
"SQL agents often failed but again this may have been addressed in future versions."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I recall it being a very expensive solution relative to function and stability."
"Foglight can be expensive I would go with the pricing at a three year deal."
"The price is expensive for us."
"Since the product split – the licensing is a bit more complex."
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Also Known As

5View NetFlow
Foglight, Dell Foglight
 

Overview

InfoVista 5View NetFlow, a powerful real-time application flow monitoring and analysis tool. With its comprehensive flow monitoring capabilities, 5View NetFlow shows users exactly what they need to know to manage and identify legitimate and problematic traffic.This includes the top talkers, who is communicating with whom, what applications and protocols are being used and how long connections typically last. Using indicators such as link activity, geographic object pair matrices, As to As traffic, IN/OUT flow measurement, undefined IP address detection, throughput and IP communications totals, 5View NetFlow enables you to efficiently analyze and monitor IP traffic volumes and application performance across the infrastructure.

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Manage your application infrastructure by monitoring the IT components that affect application performance.
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Sample Customers

Warren Consolidated Schools
Anji Automotive Logistics, Unimat, Priceline.com
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