Marvis Virtual Network Assistant vs Plixer Scrutinizer comparison

Juniper and Plixer are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Juniper is ranked #46 with an average rating of 9.0, while Plixer is ranked #75. Juniper holds a 0.4% mindshare in NMS, compared to Plixer’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Juniper users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Plixer users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

Plixer Scrutinizer and Marvis Virtual Network Assistant compete in network management. Marvis appears to have the upper hand due to its advanced AI-driven capabilities and ease of integration.

Features: Plixer Scrutinizer provides comprehensive data analysis, robust network traffic insights, and identification of security threats. Marvis Virtual Network Assistant offers AI-driven features, intelligent root cause analysis, and automated corrective actions.

Room for Improvement: Plixer Scrutinizer could improve in simplifying its setup process, reducing configuration complexity, and enhancing user interface intuitiveness. Marvis Virtual Network Assistant may work on optimizing initial costs, expanding feature customizability, and improving offline capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Plixer Scrutinizer involves traditional deployment with a comprehensive setup, which may be challenging. Marvis Virtual Network Assistant provides a cloud-based model with straightforward deployment and intuitive customer service, allowing quicker integration.

Pricing and ROI: Plixer Scrutinizer offers a lower setup cost with a traditional licensing model, appealing from a budget standpoint. Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, despite higher initial costs, offers significant ROI by reducing operational burdens and providing intelligent automation.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Marvis Virtual Network Assi...

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

46th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Plixer Scrutinizer

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

75th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (12th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Marvis Virtual Network Assistant is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Plixer Scrutinizer is 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Marvis Virtual Network Assistant	0.4%
Plixer Scrutinizer	0.5%
Other	99.1%

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PRADIPJOSHI

Owner at a transportation company with 11-50 employees

Used for troubleshooting and receiving real-time alerts and works on artificial intelligence

I always recommend Marvis to every customer because it requires no additional direct involvement. Marvis has been developed well using AI and machine learning technology. Its AI engine updates itself regularly, which is a beneficial feature. I request that Juniper integrate a cloud identity engine and simplify the Microsoft Azure Active Directory Services integration with the SRX hardware firewall. Additionally, the SRX firewall needs a more robust graphical user interface. Currently, we can only configure the SRX using the CLI; if a wrong command is entered, restoring it cannot be easy. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

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Ira Mulyanti

Sales Director at ARGA SOLUSI

An affordable product with great integration capabilities

Plixer Core Platform is a valuable feature and a good software. Plixer Scrutinizer uses NetFlow analysis to monitor whatever is there in a network. Price-wise, Plixer Scrutinizer is not an expensive product. Basically, Plixer Scrutinizer is an affordable product. Plixer Scrutinizer is a tool that allows for customization, especially in scenarios where customers need new product features. Plixer Scrutinizer is a tool that can integrate with any other brand or product in the market, so it is not an area of concern.

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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

"Marvis Virtual Network Assistant uses AI to find problems or to get information from devices."

"If you ask any questions about Marvis, it will respond immediately and use some solution. It will be very easy and save you time."

"Visualization of the network traffic is the most valuable feature. It allows you to drill into information quite quickly."

"The solution helps to enrich the data context of our network traffic. It allows me to see what applications are most in use on a slightly historical basis, going back a day or week at tops. It allows me to tune QoS or traffic shaping around what's being used. It saves me from having to unnecessarily upgrade, if I don't need to."

"It helps us determine what is going on with our Internet and who is hogging it all up. If we get a real high throughput or a throughput that's going over and getting dropped fairly quickly, we can tell who (or what device) is consuming that traffic."

"We didn't experience any bugs."

"Plixer Scrutinizer is an affordable product. Plixer Scrutinizer is a tool that allows for customization, especially in scenarios where customers need new product features."

"As a network engineer, the ability to identify what traffic on the link is consuming all the bandwidth at any given time, and provide immediate feedback to the business, is the most valuable feature."

"One of the most valuable features of Plixer Scrutinizer is the reporting, particularly how easy it is to drill down into the reports. Another valuable feature of the solution is its overall visibility. It's great. I also liked Plixer Scrutinizer in terms of deployment time and that it's very simple to set up. Once you get the appliance set up and connected, the customer starts to see results immediately, versus other solutions where that could take a while."

"The most valuable features of Plixer Scrutinizer are its ease of use, accessibility, and UI."

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Cons

"It would be a good idea to integrate the solution to support other vendors besides Juniper."

"It should add real-time application visibility."

"There was a price lift because previously the product was privately owned, and now there is some external capital in the organization, so pricing could be lower, though, for Plixer Scrutinizer, there is almost no competition at this price point."

"For updating the Scrutinizer platform, when we have the actual data, it never happens in one day. Every time we have the data, we are obliged to install a new server in order to integrate the old data, and every time it has a problem. Most of the time, we were obliged to scrap all the data because we couldn't transfer it to the new server. So, it would be very good if they could improve this part."

"I wish the reporting side was easier to work with, but it does a decent job. I also wish the reporting side was a little more intuitive or they offered more reporting examples."

"It would be useful if there was a way to back up the configuration information. E.g., if you wanted to deploy a new instance or disaster recovery, you could quite easily deploy and restore the config, as opposed to having to restore all the NetFlow data. If there was just a button that said "backup config information", that would be good."

"From what I understand it is that the solution is not very scalable in a high volume traffic environment with a large number of flows."

"Knowing that they're coming out with a new user interface, that is an area where there is room for improvement. There are so many variables. They should limit the variables in the user interface and create some classes, like "simple," "novice," and "expert" to narrow down the variables within it."

"We couldn't get it set up properly."

"The reporting structure, the front-end GUI, also needs some work. It needs some getting used to. It works fairly well, but it's a technical tool rather than a user tool. You have to understand the structure of the databases before you can really use it."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Marvis Virtual Network Assistant is not an expensive solution."

"Our entire solution, amortized over five years, is in the vicinity of $40,000 to $50,000 a year."

"It's about €10,000 a year for initial license and yearly maintenance costs. In addition, the hardware costs are about €10,000 once every five years."

"Currently, the license for Plixer Scrutinizer is subscription-based and at a yearly fee. The price would depend on the amount of traffic you pull in. For example, there are several blocks from a 10K flow, a 40K flow, and a 100K flow, and based on the number of devices that you receive the flows from, that's the license, and it is not a per-interface pricing model, so that is a very strong, very competitive pricing feature of Plixer Scrutinizer. Licensing for the product is also not based on the number of storage, compared to some competing products that are priced based on the amount of storage you need, particularly based on the retention and the amount of data. Plixer Scrutinizer licensing is based on the device, and it's more in the direction of $10,000 because, with just $1,000, you don't have anything."

"We pay our one-off cost for the licenses, per device, in blocks of 50. And then we pay an annual maintenance fee of about $15,000 Australian, which is, at this point in time, about $9,000 US, for those 250 devices. The upfront costs for the 250-license use, were about $50,000 Australian, which is about $32,000 US."

"We just renewed. The pricing is 5,000 euro per year. This is the final price. All tax (20 percent) is included."

"The license is per device. We have 50 devices."

"There are no extra costs. It's about $8,000 a year. The bang for the buck (cost) is definitely a plus."

"The licensing cost for Plixer Scrutinizer is in the middle. It's not the cheapest, but it's not the most expensive. Its licensing model is based on how many exporters, how many devices export information to the system. Plixer Scrutinizer has different modules you could add such as the security module which would cost extra."

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Top Industries

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Healthcare Company

22%

Retailer

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

University

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

10%

Manufacturing Company

University

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Midsize Enterprise

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Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	8

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Marvis Virtual Network Assistant?

Marvis Virtual Network Assistant is not an expensive solution. On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten.

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What needs improvement with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant?

It should add real-time application visibility. Marvis's interface is good. We don't need any additional interface. However, if it could accept voice commands, that would be a great improvement

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What is your primary use case for Marvis Virtual Network Assistant?

It is mainly used for troubleshooting and receiving real-time alerts. Marvis makes it easy to track the issue by providing specific information, like the exact time the connection was lost. It simp...

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Overview

Marvis is the first network assistant in the industry to bring conversational AI to networking, transforming the way IT teams interact and engage with enterprise networks. In the era of AIOps, Marvis delivers streamlined operations, simplified troubleshooting, and remarkable user experiences.

Juniper

The Scrutinizer incident response system leverages network traffic analytics to provide active monitoring, visualization, and reporting of network and security incidents. The system quickly delivers the rich forensic data needed by IT professionals to support fast and efficient incident response.

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Oxford Networks, Squaw Valley Ski Holdings, UltiSat, Wipro, West Aurora School District 129, SUNY Geneseo College, Bloomington Public Schools, First National Bank of Pennsylvania, Kitsap Credit Union, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County Houston Texas, Carilion Clinic, Banner Health, IDEXX Laboratories, Phibro Animal Health Corporation, Goodwill Industries, Parmalat, Armstrong Coal Company, Flybe, James Walker

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