Ixia Hawkeye vs NETSCOUT vSTREAM comparison

Keysight Technologies and NETSCOUT are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Keysight Technologies is ranked #34 with an average rating of 10.0, while NETSCOUT is ranked #79. Keysight Technologies holds a 0.2% mindshare in NMS, compared to NETSCOUT’s 0.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Keysight Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of NETSCOUT users who would recommend it.

Ixia Hawkeye

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

Ixia Hawkeye and NETSCOUT vSTREAM are competing in the network performance monitoring category. While both products are strong, NETSCOUT vSTREAM takes the upper hand due to its comprehensive feature set and advanced analytics capabilities.

Features: Ixia Hawkeye provides synthetic monitoring, network visibility, and proactive issue detection capabilities. NETSCOUT vSTREAM offers real-time application-level visibility, deep packet analysis, and sophisticated analytics.

Room for Improvement: Ixia Hawkeye could enhance its user interface, extend integration options, and improve analytics depth. NETSCOUT vSTREAM may benefit from simplifying its deployment process, reducing resource consumption, and enhancing reporting features for ease of use.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Ixia Hawkeye facilitates deployment with a straightforward process and robust customer support, ensuring smooth onboarding. NETSCOUT vSTREAM, despite its complexity, provides exceptional customer service that helps navigate deployment challenges efficiently.

Pricing and ROI: Ixia Hawkeye has a lower initial setup cost, offering quick ROI and attracting budget-conscious buyers. NETSCOUT vSTREAM, requiring a higher initial investment, promises substantial ROI through its advanced analytics and feature set, catering to those seeking extensive capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

Ixia Hawkeye

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

34th

Average Rating

9.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Unified Communications Monitoring (4th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (36th)

NETSCOUT vSTREAM

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

79th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Ixia Hawkeye is 0.2%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NETSCOUT vSTREAM is 0.3%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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José Enrique Cano Rodriguez

Assistant Consultant at Tata Consultancy

A valuable tool for optimizing network performance and security with comprehensive network monitoring capabilities, user-friendly interface, and flexibility for scripting

Distinguishing itself from network management systems like SolarWinds Orion and Dataminer, Hawkeye offers a distinctive feature. It empowers network administrators to access specialized and detailed views for specific tests, including video streaming and performance related to specific applications like video games. In contrast, SolarWinds and Dataminer typically offer a more general evaluation of network health. Hawkeye's unique capability enables a detailed analysis of network performance through specific tests, allowing administrators to identify areas in need of improvement and take precise actions to enhance network performance.

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Moreno Musardo

Consultant

Troubleshooting at the packet level helps us resolve issues more quickly

The solution provides increased visibility during an IT deployment. It enables us to troubleshoot a service when it is down. As we expand our company, more users are using the tool to quickly resolve issues. It helps us and them get to root cause quickly. For example, last week a DNS was not running anymore. We checked the packet and saw that there was a buffer overload. It has cut our overall troubleshooting time. Sometimes it took a month to troubleshoot something that we can now do within days. nGenius has helped increase application or network uptime. The DNS I mentioned is now a better server with more capacity than before, because of our troubleshooting. We see a measurable decrease in mean time to know and mean time to repair. We see that when our customers are using this tool, their stability on the link is getting better and better, every time they use it. Also, we use the solution for unified communication application performance and it helps with uptime and end-user experience. Sometimes the quality of voice calls is not good enough, so we use the Media Monitor to check the quality in real-time.

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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

"Our customer was happiest with the price of this product."

"The ease of setup is the most valuable aspect of this solution. It's easy to set up and run tests."

"It empowers network administrators to access specialized and detailed views for specific tests, including video streaming and performance related to specific applications like video games."

"The most valuable feature is the deployment because it's very easy to deploy real flow through the network."

"vSTREAM gives us better visibility and reporting about our network infrastructure, allowing for cost-optimization."

"One of the valuable features is the packet decoding."

Cons

"Improvements in network performance are essential."

"You can't delete more than one thing at a time. It would be great to be able to highlight three out of five things and delete them, whether it's a test or an actual report."

"The customization of tests and even the results can be improved."

"Ixia has one flaw, which is that they do not print the license code on the paper licenses that are shipped to the customers."

"I would like to see improvements made to the user guide."

"I would like for it to have a smaller footprint of the virtual appliance and better performance."

"Room for improvement exists in filtering in the packet decode."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It cost us approximately 25,000 for two years. This is cheaper than ThousandEyes."

"In larger networks, the costs for licenses tend to be more reasonable, but for smaller networks, it appears relatively costly."

"Licensing is quite expensive."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

13%

Energy/Utilities Company

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

12%

Energy/Utilities Company

10%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Ixia Hawkeye?

It empowers network administrators to access specialized and detailed views for specific tests, including video streaming and performance related to specific applications like video games.

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What needs improvement with Ixia Hawkeye?

Improvements in network performance are essential.

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What is your primary use case for Ixia Hawkeye?

Our objective is to evaluate the performance of GPON and DOCSIS networks which involves considering factors such as pricing, sales, and the technical aspects of conducting tests. To achieve this, v...

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Overview

Hawkeye quickly and effectively validates network performance, isolates problems, and proactively detects issues by running scheduled verification tests. Using a combination of hardware and software agents called Performance Endpoints, Hawkeye simulates application traffic and sends key performance metrics to a central console for fast action.

Keysight Technologies

The vSTREAM virtual appliance complements existing Adaptive Session Intelligence (ASI)-based instrumentation to provide the same level of visibility within virtualized and cloud infrastructures that is already possible in physical environments. The vSTREAM virtual appliance is ideal for monitoring service-critical traffic running within virtualized or cloud infrastructures, either locally on a host or as an aggregation point for multiple hosts. With complete visibility across physical, virtual and cloud networks, the vSTREAM virtual appliance presents real-time views of end-to-end call trace data and network-wide KPIs, to protect the reliability and availability of networks and application services.

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Sample Customers

EMA

Metropolitan Police Agency, Banpara, PropertyRoom.com

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