LiveAction LiveNX vs WhatsUp Gold comparison

BlueCat and Progress Software are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. BlueCat is ranked #43 with an average rating of 7.5, while Progress Software is ranked #27 with an average rating of 9.5. BlueCat holds a 0.7% mindshare in NMS, compared to Progress Software’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of BlueCat users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 85% of Progress Software users who would recommend it.

LiveAction LiveNX

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80% willing to recommend

WhatsUp Gold

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85% willing to recommend

LiveAction LiveNX

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

WhatsUp Gold and LiveAction LiveNX are competing products in the network monitoring and management space. LiveAction LiveNX seems to have the upper hand due to its advanced features suitable for complex network environments.

Features: WhatsUp Gold provides essential monitoring capabilities, including network discovery, mapping, and performance metrics. LiveAction LiveNX offers comprehensive analytics, advanced traffic analysis, and visualization tools offering superior insights into network traffic and performance.

Room for Improvement: WhatsUp Gold could improve in analytics sophistication, traffic visualization, and scaling capabilities for larger networks. LiveAction LiveNX could enhance ease of deployment, user interface simplicity, and reduce its complexity for smaller network environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: WhatsUp Gold provides a straightforward deployment process with strong customer support facilitating seamless integration. LiveAction LiveNX requires a more sophisticated setup and poses a steeper learning curve.

Pricing and ROI: WhatsUp Gold offers budget-friendly pricing suitable for small to mid-sized businesses seeking cost-effective solutions with solid ROI. LiveAction LiveNX has a higher setup cost but delivers greater ROI for enterprises leveraging its functionalities in larger networks.

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Categories and Ranking

LiveAction LiveNX

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

43rd

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

48th

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

WhatsUp Gold

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

27th

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

29th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (25th), Server Monitoring (15th)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of LiveAction LiveNX is 0.7%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WhatsUp Gold is 1.2%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Ashwani Bansal

Senior Solution Consultant at Orange

Network management and diagnostics improved through effective monitoring and reporting capabilities

The solution is handy. I have not used that particular feature. Maintenance is required for the system. If you want to use something on the endpoints or end-user devices, then using LiveAction LiveNX in place of other tools would be quite beneficial. The solution impacts operational costs and resources. On a scale of 1-10, I rate LiveAction LiveNX a nine.

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Tom Condo

Supervisor Information Services Operations at Seminole County Public Schools

If CPU, memory, or disk space is over-utilized, it alerts us immediately via text or email if there is an issue

When it comes to the intuitiveness of the topology mapping feature, our network architect created a vision diagram of our entire network and then created the links tied into the WhatsUp active monitoring to different spots on our topology map. It's one of the more critical functions we do here. We have the map displayed in different places in our room and help desk. We get alerted via emails but we can also see it visually. It does what it says it's going to do. We find this feature very helpful. The interactive mapping interface for scrolling, zooming, and drilling down on an element to learn about a network issue is good. When we see a network there will sometimes be a spot that has one link. You can go into a particular part of the topology map, scroll in, and see exactly which module it is. All the information is provided. This feature really helps. You can see the correlation between that link and what failed. This feature is very helpful. The interface is fairly intuitive. Some of our users used SolarWinds and Nagios, and WhatsUp is easy in comparison. Once you get set up, the look, feel, and configuration are good. Our network architect had never used it before but he was able to create the Visio and map. It was very simple. He has no problems with 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

"The alerting feature is very good because it allows you to set MOS alerts at various network junctures or data points."

"Its analytical capability is really good."

"On a scale of 1-10, I rate LiveAction LiveNX a nine."

"The intention and the idea of the filter is great."

"All in all, LiveAction LiveNX has become an indispensable tool for maintaining and improving our network's reliability and performance, ultimately supporting our organization's goal of providing timely and dependable delivery services."

"One of the valuable features is the ability to create CLI scripts on the fly to fix any issues. We were using it for QoS modeling to ensure that we were properly modeling QoS, and it basically said here is what you need to fix to get this QoS done, whether it is ACL or something else. It would either push or recommend. If you have the right credentials, you could also push. It is very good if you are a Cisco shop. It gives you reporting, latency, and bandwidth utilization for your applications, so you can do good capacity management planning. There are a lot of pieces that LiveNX can give you. It is a total NPM solution for SD-WAN."

"We provide a tool for our customers to manage their reports. It's an extremely highly featured platform capable of producing a lot of data. We spent quite a long time working with customers and LiveAction to create template reports, and they're very good and configurable. You get a lot of data if you don't configure them."

"The product has a very good graphical interface."

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"Auto scanning is most valuable. It looks for rogue devices on your network."

"It handles the basics of monitoring."

"We no longer have to manually search for problems because we are alerted when something in the network goes down."

"The most valuable features are network bandwidth monitoring and monitoring device health."

"It is easy to access and discover devices, as well as monitor them automatically. The topology discover is also a useful feature."

"The interface in the last few years it has been a lot greater, they are much more user-friendly. I like the interface."

"The tool's most valuable feature is the visibility it offers of everything in the network and infrastructure."

"The interactive mapping interface for scrolling, zooming, and drilling down on an element to learn about a network issue is good. When we see a network there will sometimes be a spot that has one link. You can go into a particular part of the topology map, scroll in, and see exactly which module it is."

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Cons

"This is a horrible solution and I think everything needs to be improved."

"Maintenance is required for the system."

"It is not as robust as other NPM solutions. For instance, there is a problem while labeling specific applications. It works well with well-known applications, but when you have to put in new applications that are not very known and set them up with names, ports, URLs, or some protocols, it is not as intuitive."

"Sometimes the solution does not register devices properly and that is a bug."

"The product is weak in multi-tenancy. We have to install multiple instances of LiveAction, whereas we would like to build it once for our customers."

"The tool crashes sometimes when we try to pull reports simultaneously."

"The only downside to this software is the price."

"Improved documentation and more responsive customer support can help in addressing issues faster."

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"The initial setup of WhatsUp Gold is a medium range of difficulty levels. However, if it is your first time it could be difficult."

"Pricing is too high relative to how many devices we use. The price list is not linear to number of devices."

"The tool should focus on increasing its market share, as it is the only area of concern where improvements are needed."

"The interface needs some work."

"The new release cadence needs to be improved. It takes a while for them to add new features and functionality. There should be a quicker turnaround with new versions."

"The product is old and not updated."

"Adding on services increases the cost and on the version we have there is no option for ATM monitoring."

"One of the biggest things that made us start to look at another product is we're not able to have an end to end monitoring from a user perspective throughout the system and back to the user. All the monitoring is from inside out, we need something that also can give us from outside in."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We use the free version."

"The solution is fairly expensive compared to other products."

"It's very expensive."

"The most valuable feature is the cost compared to other solutions."

"It is per device, per year. The pricing is very clear. If you have a service agreement, you get all of your major upgrades and minor upgrades. It was under $10,000 to go all-in with all of the different add-ons for it."

"I'm not sure, but it's expensive. We don't pay any additional fees."

"The tool's price is reasonable. WhatsUp Gold is cheaper than SolarWinds."

"The price of WhatsUp Gold is good."

"There is a license needed to use WhatsUp Gold."

"This is a well priced solution."

"There are some subscription charges that are quite heavy. I need to pay for support every year and these charges can be quite expensive. Aside from the initial cost for the tool, you need to pay additionally for support."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about LiveAction LiveNX?

The product has a very good graphical interface.

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What needs improvement with LiveAction LiveNX?

In my use cases, I do not see any improvements needed. The solution could potentially integrate with Azure, AWS, and multi-cloud networks.

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What is your primary use case for LiveAction LiveNX?

For observability, I use ThousandEyes, LiveSP, and LiveAction LiveNX for service provider networks. I am actually a service provider, and I use it for my SD-WAN clients. I usually use it with my en...

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What do you like most about WhatsUp Gold?

The interactive mapping interface for scrolling, zooming, and drilling down on an element to learn about a network issue is good. When we see a network there will sometimes be a spot that has one l...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WhatsUp Gold?

Clients find the licensing calculator confusing, but we simplify this for them by collecting relevant information first. The licensing is based on devices, providing better cost-effectiveness than ...

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What needs improvement with WhatsUp Gold?

Improvements are needed in integration, especially for WhatsApp call and messages. Our region heavily uses WhatsApp Messenger for communication, and integration with this platform would be benefici...

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Overview

LiveAction develops IT visibility solutions designed to simplify network management. Initially developed to aid the US Department of Defense in the operation of its networks, LiveNX (Network Experience) features an innovative visual display, real-time big data analytics and deep control of routers and switches for unparalleled network administration. LiveNX accelerates troubleshooting with its QoS control, application-aware, and WAN functionality developed through engineering partnerships with Cisco Systems.

BlueCat

Explore and manage your entire network infrastructure effortlessly with WhatsUp Gold's robust layer 2/3 discovery, creating a detailed interactive map from the edge to the cloud. Monitor devices, wireless controllers, servers, virtual machines, applications, and traffic flows across various environments. Real-time alerts ensure optimal performance, allowing you to meet or exceed SLAs. The platform offers customizable maps, dashboards, and alerts for easy network management. Quickly resolve issues with intuitive workflows, reducing Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR). WhatsUp Gold's integrated log management provides easy visibility and control of device log data, allowing monitoring, filtering, searching, and alerting on syslogs or Windows logs. Archive logs to comply with regulatory requirements and preserve historical data, all through a user-friendly interface. Streamline network monitoring and issue resolution with WhatsUp Gold, making network management efficient and hassle-free.

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Sample Customers

Tampa Electric, Digital First Media, Allscripts, Boxwood Technology

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