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We performed a comparison between Nagios Network Analyzer and Plixer Scrutinizer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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"The network monitoring feature, especially, stands out to me.""It is highly customizable and can be integrated well with third-party software.""The tool's UI is user-friendly, and pricing is affordable. It is very easy to deploy and learn.""Its initial setup process is straightforward.""The solution offers very good system monitoring. It's easy to manage your network, as well as your hardware and software. It's really useful.""The solution is useful for monitoring network devices.""I have found that it has a good GUI and user-friendly administration.""The initial setup is easy."

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"It's agnostic as far as what your network gear is. As long as it supports an sFlow, JFlow, NetFlow, some kind of flow monitoring, Plixer will support it very well.""The most valuable features of Plixer Scrutinizer are its ease of use, accessibility, and UI.""We have had many requests to understand in the network which devices are connected to others. Most people don't have this information or are able to establish a map of data flow everywhere around the network. Scrutinizer can really help with this. We are using it to understand who is talking to what, how, and which protocols can help us to improve security and analyze flow.""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.""The ability to view the status of the top-10 at a glance is helpful. We immediately know which link is over-utilized or heavily used... and it's all in real-time.""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.""Visualization of the network traffic is the most valuable feature. It allows you to drill into information quite quickly."

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Cons
"I think the reports can be improved. They're adopted.""Nagios Network Analyzer should integrate an application monitoring solution to monitor application bandwidth usage.""There is room for improvement on the setup side.""They need to have some automation models embedded in them.""There are some loopholes you need to be aware of from a security perspective.""The bandwidth for its front-end version needs enhancement.""The graphics and reports can be a little bit better.""It has an old-fashioned interface."

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"The visual acuity of how it presents data can sometimes be confusing. It takes a bit for people to spin up how to look at the graphs.""Data retention needs improvement. Data retention is a thing where we are looking for a better way to collect flow data for a longer time to do forensic research on security incidents. By default, data retention is quite low. We need detailed data in safe storage for a longer time, e.g., for a couple of months. An improvement would be a way to export data into a secure long-term storage.""In Plixer Scrutinizer, scalability is an area with minor concerns where improvements are required.""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.""The solution creates a visual map of a particular location and how the network flows. You need to spend time to generate all those maps. If they could figure out a way to reduce the time needed to generate the maps, that would be great.""Though Plixer Scrutinizer has network detection and response, it's an area that needs just a little more rounding out. Another room for improvement in the solution is its lack of SaaS offering which some customers were looking for. My company deals in small to medium businesses, mid-market, and some customers wanted the SaaS feature which Plixer Scrutinizer doesn't offer. What I'd like to see in the next release of the solution is for it to have a SaaS offering because my company also deals with educational spaces and smaller businesses that just don't have the staff that can implement this. If there's either a managed service or SaaS-based offering to just make it a little easier for those types of customers, it would be a great addition to Plixer Scrutinizer.""There is room for improvement around the data that they have on the website about solutions... they should have more templated solutions on their website. Going out and identifying how to do RTP performance with a Cisco router, or how to do application response times in an Arrista data center deployment was where most of the work was... They should spend some more time documenting solutions and putting together white papers.""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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "They charge around ten thousand per month for one thousand nodes. That is their overall cost, but it differs on which company you are applying to, whether you are a service provider or an enterprise."
  • "The solution is cost-efficient."
  • "I rate Nagios Network Analyzer's pricing a six out of ten."
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  • "Compared to some of the other tools we have, it's incredibly reasonably priced."
  • "Our entire solution, amortized over five years, is in the vicinity of $40,000 to $50,000 a year."
  • "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."
  • "The license is per device. We have 50 devices."
  • "We just renewed. The pricing is 5,000 euro per year. This is the final price. All tax (20 percent) is included."
  • "We have increased the license over time. We have added more licenses as the network has grown."
  • "There is a recurring maintenance fee after the initial purchase or if we want the license upgrade."
  • "There are no extra costs. It's about $8,000 a year. The bang for the buck (cost) is definitely a plus."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The solution is useful for monitoring network devices.
    Top Answer:I rate Nagios Network Analyzer's pricing a six out of ten.
    Top Answer:It’s an old solution. It has an old-fashioned interface. The product must provide a compliance testing feature.
    Top Answer:Plixer Scrutinizer is an affordable product. Plixer Scrutinizer is a tool that allows for customization, especially in scenarios where customers need new product features.
    Top Answer:I rate Plixer Scrutinizer's price a three on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price or affordable, and ten is high price or expensive.
    Top Answer:I don't have deep enough knowledge to comment on what requires improvements in Plixer Scrutinizer. In Plixer Scrutinizer, scalability is an area with minor concerns where improvements are required.
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    Overview

    Nagios Enterprises delivers official products, services, and solutions for and around Nagios – the industry standard in enterprise-grade IT infrastructure monitoring. With millions of users worldwide, Nagios is the undisputed champion in the IT monitoring space. Our team of dedicated professionals works to ensure total customer satisfaction with all the services we provide. Our extensive network of partners helps extend Nagios services and solutions to new organizations and markets worldwide to meet a variety of business needs. Nagios Enterprises was founded in 2007 by Ethan Galstad. Ethan created what would later become known as Nagios in 1999, and currently serves as the President of Nagios Enterprises.

    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.

    Sample Customers
    NuBlue, St.Elisabeth Hospital, Akamit Systems, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, ValueClick, Sunrise Banks
    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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    Financial Services Firm20%
    Retailer20%
    Comms Service Provider20%
    Government10%
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    Computer Software Company13%
    Government11%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Company Size
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    Small Business67%
    Large Enterprise33%
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    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise57%
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise70%
    Buyer's Guide
    Nagios Network Analyzer vs. Plixer Scrutinizer
    March 2024
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    Nagios Network Analyzer is ranked 10th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 9 reviews while Plixer Scrutinizer is ranked 9th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 15 reviews. Nagios Network Analyzer is rated 7.8, while Plixer Scrutinizer is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Nagios Network Analyzer writes "User friendly, cloud scalability, with surpassed return on investment goals". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Plixer Scrutinizer writes "Advanced reporting runs analytics on NetFlow and provides signature-based recognition of problems in the network environment". Nagios Network Analyzer is most compared with Vectra AI and Darktrace, whereas Plixer Scrutinizer is most compared with SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, Flowmon , Cisco Secure Network Analytics, PRTG Network Monitor and ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer. See our Nagios Network Analyzer vs. Plixer Scrutinizer report.

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