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135 views|78 comparisons
75% willing to recommend
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475 views|337 comparisons
75% willing to recommend
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Pros
"Chain management is a good feature. I don't get it on other solutions.""NetBrain is a very simple tool.""A reliable, time-saving tool for providing accurate layer 2 and layer 3 network mappings.""This product has good network monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities.""Enables maps to be drawn out."

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"The most valuable functionality is some of the policy pieces that are quite useful.""Versa Director is the fastest engineering tool and is ideal for use without product management.""The most valuable feature of Versa Director is analytics.""Versa Director's best feature is the ease of configuration and customer and vendor management."

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Cons
"Each device needs to be configured to allow NetBrain to poll for the information it needs, which can be very time-consuming for a large network.""The solution could integrate more automation.""The IP interface brief isn't consistent.""It would be nice if the setup was a little simpler. Also, if the solution could provide more training materials for new people coming into our company so they can quickly learn how to use the functionalities.""Support needs to improve for the installed product and some of the reporting could be more flexible to provide more complete cataloging."

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"Versa Director's deployment process is not the best.""Versa could be more AI-oriented.""What needs improvement in Versa Director is maturity because, from an operating point of view, it's not mature enough. You'll still need to do a lot of research on Versa Director, so if it could mature faster, that would be very good.""It requires some simplification."

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  • "The product is expensive, but less expensive than some of the competition and worth the price."
  • "Licensing is based on a per-device basis, which means that it can get very expensive if you have a large number of devices."
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  • "Having to buy separate licenses for the on-prem SD-WAN hardware and SSL VPN software makes Versa Director very costly compared to other solutions like Fortinet and Cisco."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:NetBrain is a very simple tool.
    Top Answer:The solution is licensing and on-premises. You need to download the software and enable the license on any X86 machine server. We pay a yearly subscription fee. It's economical. It was not very… more »
    Top Answer:NetBrain is a very simple tool, however, it's not an NDR. It doesn't have the capabilities to run PCAPs and so on. The solution could integrate more automation. If the product has to be evolved, it… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of Versa Director is analytics.
    Top Answer:What needs improvement in Versa Director is maturity because, from an operating point of view, it's not mature enough. You'll still need to do a lot of research on Versa Director, so if it could… more »
    Top Answer:We're using Versa Director to manage our SD-WAN boxes.
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    Versa Networks Director
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    Overview

    Managing today’s networks with yesterday’s manual processes is no longer a viable solution. NetBrain’s network automation platform provides actionable insights into your network to help you make better and faster decisions - particularly when you’re troubleshooting, securing, and making changes to the network.

    Versa Director is Versa Networks’ virtualization and service creation platform that simplifies the creation, automation and delivery of services using Versa WAN edge software, FlexVNF. Versa Director provides the essential management, monitoring and orchestration capabilities needed to deliver Versa’s Secure Cloud IP architecture network and security software services. Services supported by Versa include routing and advanced connectivity to direct traffic across multilink WAN access and simplify control for SD-WAN with embedded advanced security

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    CompuCon, TD Ameritrade, Move Inc.
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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company13%
    Government10%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Manufacturing Company9%
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    Computer Software Company23%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    Retailer7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise70%
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    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise63%
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    NetBrain is ranked 15th in Network Troubleshooting with 6 reviews while Versa Director is ranked 58th in Network Monitoring Software with 4 reviews. NetBrain is rated 7.2, while Versa Director is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of NetBrain writes "Good monitoring and troubleshoot capabilities, improves overall network traffic visibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Versa Director writes "User-friendly and simpler than its competitors". NetBrain is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, ThousandEyes, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, SolarWinds Network Automation Manager and Forward Enterprise, whereas Versa Director is most compared with ThousandEyes, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM and PRTG Network Monitor.

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