We performed a comparison between Nagios Network Analyzer and SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 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."The network monitoring feature, especially, stands out to me."
"I have found that it has a good GUI and user-friendly administration."
"Network tracking is the most valuable feature of Network Analyzer."
"The tool's UI is user-friendly, and pricing is affordable. It is very easy to deploy and learn."
"The solution is useful for monitoring network devices."
"It is highly customizable and can be integrated well with third-party software."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Its initial setup process is straightforward."
"What the network team found most valuable in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is that it helps them to troubleshoot or analyze the issue. For example, traffic that comes from our location: India, goes to the US, so for the network team to analyze where the traffic comes from and where it is directed, and whether the packets are being dropped, they use SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer. The network team also likes that through the solution, they can analyze the complete traffic utilization and how they're going to use it. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is user-friendly. The team finds it comfortable to use."
"I would rate NetFlow Traffic Analyzer's stability ten out of ten."
"The dashboard alerts me when a critical device goes off the network."
"What I like about SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is that it's useful for analyzing traffic. It also has an application visibility feature that lets you control applications."
"The integration with other SolarWinds products is good."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to look for any increases in bandwidth over time so that we can plan before it becomes critical."
"For managing the traffic, it provides you a response about whether the traffic is down, up, or heavy, which is a very powerful feature. It has a good response time. We have been using this solution for many years, and we don't have any problem with this solution."
"The bandwidth monitoring functionality is one of the most important features for our customers. When the customer notices that their bandwidth usage is too high for some reason, they will use the traffic analysis within SolarWinds NTA to identify which protocols (e.g. HTTPS) or applications are using up the bandwidth."
"It's very hard to install materials. You need a lot of documentation. They should make it easier to install and configure the solution."
"I think the reports can be improved. They're adopted."
"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."
"There is room for improvement on the setup side."
"The graphics and reports can be a little bit better."
"It has an old-fashioned interface."
"I would like to see better customization capabilities."
"The Atlas module that is used for building the network map is very bad."
"I would like to see more artificial intelligence capabilities."
"Customer Support is quite complex."
"There is room for improvement when it comes to the traffic generated by the analyzer and the analysis of that traffic."
"It does not flow. It cannot do our metric performance monitoring. So it is very limited. They can do it but in a very limited fashion. It is only good for SNMP-based alerts."
"There are some areas for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer. There are some challenges with the solution when compared to other monitoring tools such as difficulty in operations and difficulty with backup installation. My team is currently trying out different solutions but would need to see how it goes."
"The licensing should be more realistic so that we can adjust the number of nodes according to my needs, rather than in fixed increments."
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Nagios Network Analyzer is ranked 10th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 9 reviews while SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is ranked 6th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 34 reviews. Nagios Network Analyzer is rated 7.8, while SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is rated 7.8. 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 SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer writes "Displays traffic visibility and efficient traffic flows". Nagios Network Analyzer is most compared with Vectra AI and Darktrace, whereas SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is most compared with Zabbix, ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, Cisco Secure Network Analytics, SolarWinds NPM and Darktrace. See our Nagios Network Analyzer vs. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer report.
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