IxChariot vs NetBrain comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 11, 2024

IxChariot and NetBrain offer distinct advantages in network performance and management. NetBrain appears to have the upper hand due to its extensive network management capabilities and comprehensive feature set.

Features: IxChariot provides precise network performance testing tools, deep insights into network behavior, and detailed testing capabilities. NetBrain offers network automation, real-time monitoring, and comprehensive network visualization.

Room for Improvement: IxChariot could benefit from enhanced reporting tools, better analytics, and improved data visualization. NetBrain needs better user support, simpler features, reducing complexity, and enhanced documentation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IxChariot has a straightforward deployment process and robust customer service. NetBrain, though offering excellent deployment flexibility, is more challenging to set up and requires more comprehensive support.

Pricing and ROI: IxChariot is cost-effective with satisfactory ROI. NetBrain has a higher initial setup cost but is considered worth the investment due to its extensive features and long-term benefits.

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Categories and Ranking

IxChariot

Ranking in Network Troubleshooting

11th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

NetBrain

Ranking in Network Troubleshooting

17th

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Automation (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Network Troubleshooting category, the mindshare of IxChariot is 3.8%, down from 4.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetBrain is 3.1%, up from 2.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Troubleshooting Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
IxChariot	3.8%
NetBrain	3.1%
Other	93.1%

Network Troubleshooting

Featured Reviews

Venkat Lkmula

Tech spesialist at INT tech services

A vast solution with user-friendly features and reasonable pricing

It is very scalable. You can easily increase the payers in the license activation. If you have any issues, the IxChariot host system can be rebooted. We currently have about 100 setups in our lab. Out of those 100 setups, around 90 are being used. So overall, 90% of the setups use a minimum of 10 paces where we test the range versus rate. In addition, we are building up several test bits, which will increase the usage. No maintenance is required for this solution unless the host system has a problem. Once IxChariot is installed, it automatically updates if you set it to auto-update.

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Deborah Gamelin

Vice President at Asset Track for Cloud, LLC

Good monitoring and troubleshoot capabilities, improves overall network traffic visibility

In my organization, we had 130,000 network devices that needed to be brought into the solution and mapped. NetBrain can handle the scale but the engineers that manage those devices have to go in and update all of them to allow NetBrain permission to poll them. It can get a little stressful for everybody when you're trying to roll out new stuff when you've got other issues that have to be addressed with other devices. In some cases, our devices had no automation at all. One example is the Cisco 3650. Right now, if you went through the inventory list, you see that we have different versions running. Some are on one version, whereas others are on another version. The problem with upgrading them is that they need to be done overnight because we don't want to disrupt any network traffic during business hours. Consequently, it could take us years to upgrade the versions before we can even get them onto these new tools. This may be an internal issue but it's a big one when you have a lot of devices. Even if you had 10,000 devices, it's still an issue. You have to consider the compatibility of the device against the tool, and being able to use certain commands to upgrade it.

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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

"Active testing of network infrastructure with a central server and an easy-to-use GUI, automatic test endpoint registration, and predefined scenarios for real-world traffic including many VoIP types makes this solution very powerful for our environment."

"Implementing IxChariot is very easy and user-friendly."

"Other advice to users considering the solution would be: go with NetBrain."

"Once it's up and running and you don't have the strange requirements I had, and you just want some basic maps, it'll work."

"A reliable, time-saving tool for providing accurate layer 2 and layer 3 network mappings."

"NetBrain is very good when it comes to network mapping, as it looks for different assets within the network available, so router, firewall, applications, et cetera, and it gives you the full mapping, asset mapping along with the full range including the firmware software update and all those things."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is that you can click once and have a link test, see your network, and get an overall view of your network and its state."

"Chain management is a good feature. I don't get it on other solutions."

"NetBrain is a very simple tool."

"NetBrain is faster, better and level sets the engineering technical sets."

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Cons

"The graphical user interface needs to be improved."

"Automatization of multiple test scenarios is now only possible from the API."

"The pricing needs to be improved."

"It would be nice if the setup was a little simpler. Also, if the solution could provide more training materials for new people coming into our company so they can quickly learn how to use the functionalities."

"Licensing is based on a per-device basis, which means that it can get very expensive if you have a large number of devices."

"If you're comparing NetBrain as an NDR, I would rate it as a four or five, however, NetBrain has a different aspect of looking at things within the network."

"When I used the installed product before, I wasn't very satisfied with the support."

"Netbrain must get AWS functionality done."

"Support needs to improve for the installed product and some of the reporting could be more flexible to provide more complete cataloging."

"It's okay on the value, a bit expensive for just maps, but makes it a lot easier to see things visually and take it from there."

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"The product is expensive, but less expensive than some of the competition and worth the price."

"Licensing is based on a per-device basis, which means that it can get very expensive if you have a large number of devices."

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University

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Overview

IxChariot instantly assesses and troubleshoots networks and applications before and after deployment. This powerful assessment tool uses software agents called Performance Endpoints to simulate application traffic and deliver key performance metrics to a central console for easy management

Validate your devices and networks with proven software-based solution you can rely on
Instantly assess network performance, including wireless performance and geo-location
Manage your tests from modern and intuitive web-based user interface
Leverage distributed and portable performance endpoints deployed on mobile, PC, Mac or in any hypervisor or cloud provider
Validate Wi-Fi clients and access points (APsP based on Wi-Fi Alliance certification tool

Keysight Technologies

Managing today’s networks with yesterday’s manual processes is no longer a viable solution. NetBrain’s network automation platform provides actionable insights into your network to help you make better and faster decisions - particularly when you’re troubleshooting, securing, and making changes to the network.

Sample Customers

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CompuCon, TD Ameritrade, Move Inc.

IxChariot vs. NetBrain