"This product has good network monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities."
"Enables maps to be drawn out."
"The user interface is good enough."
"It handles the basics of monitoring."
"It is stable."
"Auto scanning is most valuable. It looks for rogue devices on your network."
"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 IP interface brief isn't consistent."
"The product is old and not updated."
"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 interface needs some work."
"We can never achieve or get a good picture of the network topology."
"The technical support does not bother to respond."
Earn 20 points
NetBrain is ranked 6th in Network Troubleshooting with 2 reviews while WhatsUp Gold is ranked 38th in Network Monitoring Software with 3 reviews. NetBrain is rated 7.0, while WhatsUp Gold is rated 6.6. The top reviewer of NetBrain writes "Some inconsistencies which have improved recently; ability to draw out maps is a big time saver ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WhatsUp Gold writes "Old, clunky, and with unresponsive support, this product touches the basics but not in style". NetBrain is most compared with SolarWinds NPM, Infoblox NetMRI, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ThousandEyes and vRealize Network Insight, whereas WhatsUp Gold is most compared with SolarWinds NPM, PRTG Network Monitor, Zabbix, Splunk and Zenoss Service Dynamics. See our NetBrain vs. WhatsUp Gold report.
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