NETSCOUT nGeniusONE vs Netrounds comparison

Juniper and NETSCOUT are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Juniper is ranked #96, while NETSCOUT is ranked #31 with an average rating of 8.7. Juniper holds a 0.4% mindshare in NMS, compared to NETSCOUT’s 1.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Juniper users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of NETSCOUT users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE and Netrounds compete in the network monitoring and service assurance category. NETSCOUT nGeniusONE appears to have the upper hand with its comprehensive feature set, although Netrounds is notable for its competitive pricing and advanced testing capabilities.

Features: NETSCOUT nGeniusONE provides robust network performance monitoring, advanced analytics, and real-time visibility across diverse infrastructures, supporting large-scale deployments. Netrounds emphasizes end-to-end testing and monitoring with active service assurance and automated testing strategies. While NETSCOUT offers a broad monitoring reach, Netrounds is known for proactive testing and automation.

Room for Improvement: NETSCOUT nGeniusONE may have a complex initial configuration, long deployment times, and potentially high costs. Netrounds could enhance its feature depth, expand its analytics capabilities, and offer more comprehensive support for larger environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NETSCOUT nGeniusONE's comprehensive support may require longer deployment for complex environments due to its extensive configuration. Netrounds delivers a streamlined cloud-based deployment with a focus on quick implementation and network testing automation with simplified setup.

Pricing and ROI: NETSCOUT nGeniusONE generally involves higher setup costs, justified by its advanced capabilities and support, providing solid ROI over time. Netrounds offers competitive pricing with cost-effective testing solutions and faster ROI due to an affordable entry point and efficient deployment.

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Categories and Ranking

Netrounds

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

96th

Average Rating

9.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Diagnostics (6th)

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

31st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Netrounds is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is 1.1%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
NETSCOUT nGeniusONE	1.1%
Netrounds	0.4%
Other	98.5%

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it_user738366

Head of Network Operations at a tech company with 51-200 employees

Fast and easy notification of problems on the network

Network quality monitoring of multicast TV channels and other network monitorings. This product gives us a good historical overview over the network and quick alarms for problems Fast and easy notification of problems on the network. The web GUI Grouping of jobs Making your own dashboards…

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EdwardShim

General Manager at MOCOMSYS

Offers detailed network monitoring but requires improvement in deployment complexity and pricing

The price is really high, making it difficult for many financial companies to purchase immediately; it will take time for them to afford any budget for the purchase. The traffic data correlation feature's effectiveness with performance issues for clients remains uncertain as there are questions that need to be addressed through engineers regarding how many customers are actually using it. Regarding pricing and value for money, while the solution has the potential to save time and money for clients in the long term, monitoring solutions for performance management or network monitoring do not cause immediate damage to a company. It could lead to damage over time, but financial and management teams typically cannot see the immediate crisis. This is why many big companies Samsung and Hyundai try to build their own monitoring solutions using open-source tools and their own engineers, though it has not been successful.

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Pros

"The live packet capture feature enables quicker troubleshooting and better network monitoring."

"Network quality monitoring of multicast TV channels and other network monitorings."

"The biggest benefit is the ability to do low-level packet inspection, which reduces troubleshooting time because you can get a much better view into the communications path between servers, database servers, web servers, and understand what's going on."

"This solution provides us with increased visibility while conducting an IT deployment, and when we have any type of outage and we dig into it, we are able to tell what the root cause is instead of having to go through Wireshark, etc."

"The most valuable feature is that it is in line with the traffic. It already captures the raw traffic itself and then filters it, giving us the correct image. Some other companies may just extract what they think is valuable from the traffic itself. nGeniusONE is in line."

"It is a scalable solution."

"We are using nGeniusONE to run our bandwidth capacity management reports; in the past, we used to be very reactive and depend a lot on suppliers to tell us which sites are our hot sites with high bandwidth utilization, and now we do this in a much more proactive way and are moving to a more predictive approach in that aspect, thanks to nGeniusONE."

"Aside from having the logs that are just on the firewall, we're able to get the traffic as it's going in between, throughout our network. It isolates end sources that are having issues, where we don't have any other tools that would be able to go down to an end-user's computer to find out what's going on."

"The visual and graphical interfaces in the display that it provides for us to show our senior leadership. We can show them what is actually happening, instead of a spreadsheet."

"The solution transforms packet wire data into real-time data that is actionable. It helps us with faster detection of issues and allows us to create alerts."

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Cons

"The web interface is ok, but I would like to see if it was possible to group jobs better and to create our own dashboards."

"Another thing that would help out is if they packaged the NetFlow monitor into nGeniusONE. Their NetFlow monitor works with nGeniusONE where you can actually get the netflow of pretty much anything you hook it up to. But it's a separate box that you have to buy. If there was a way that could package that into nGeniusONE, it would be a complete package straight out of the box."

"The initial deployment is tedious and requires a lot of build, deployment and configuration time."

"One of the products we use is SolarWinds, and it provides a very cool mapping of an agent from end-to-end. If NETSCOUT could somehow implement that into their design... make it quicker and easier to get those net paths, it would be huge."

"It's not intuitive, it's not simple to use. It is probably the only monitoring tool, out of all the ones that I have, that I really need an expert on, an expert from nGenius, a contractor that I have to pay, to manage the tool. And that's because it's simply not easy to use. Netscout needs to focus on making it easier to use."

"It could have an easier to understand interface."

"On a network the size of ours, the loading times seem a little extensive, 20 or 30 seconds to load up some graphs."

"We would like better end-to-end data flows. This is something that my users always complain about, as they don't know what the data flows are on the network."

"On a network the size of ours, the loading times seem a little extensive, 20 or 30 seconds to load up some graphs."

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"Licensing is flexible, it's not tied to anything else. We can easily switch up the licensing piece... Obviously, NETSCOUT is a little bit in the higher range, but it gives you value for money. You get what you pay for."

"The biggest problem we have with this product is the expense."

"Cost is probably the biggest drawback. Compared to some of the newer vendors that have popped up in the space, it's definitely more on the expensive side... [But] it's been able to keep its value, even in the face of the cheaper competition."

"The scalability becomes very expensive quickly."

"Make sure you get the low down on your licensing and understand the licensing requirements before making a purchase, especially when it comes to an upgrade. Make sure that it suits your needs before you commit to it. For example, we purchased ATA at version 6.2.1. At that time, the licensing covered everything we need. NETSCOUT comes out with 6.2.2, stating that in order to upgrade, you had to purchase CyberStream licensing. Now that requires some additional funding from both a capital investment and a maintenance cost. That's something that should have been said, "Well, if you want these additional features, you will need to purchase these CyberStreams." Otherwise, we should be allowed to continue on the basic operations as it is now through the newer releases without being stuck."

"It can be expensive, but if you have a good configuration, based on what you are looking for, it's okay, it's manageable."

"If you are able and you are willing to use everything that Netscout provides to you, it's probably a relatively fair price. The problem is that it's such a large and such a complex tool that I'm not sure that many companies would be able to use it entirely, the way it's expected to be used."

"Like any company, we always want better pricing. The pricing is okay, but it's not a cheap solution. When you want to deploy it across an enterprise as large as ours, you go into seven figures. It's not a cheap solution to get out there."

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Financial Services Firm

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Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

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Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	37

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I would say if it’s an ISP that will build a scrubbing center, Netscout/Arbor is a good solution. In all other solutions, Imperva is a great choice.

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Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

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Regarding its high price, I give NETSCOUT nGeniusONE a seven.

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Overview

Netrounds is a programmable test and service assurance solution using software-based and traffic-generating probes, easily used and delivered from the cloud as a SaaS solution or deployed on-premise in NFV environments.

Juniper

The nGenius Real-Time Monitor software provides you with tools to monitor and display information about your network both historically and in real time. The nGenius Real-Time Monitor software allows you to understand your current network usage and to plan for future needs. It also allows you to proactively troubleshoot problem areas in your network.

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Telenor, Sappa, Clas Ohlson, Netnordic, Kabelnoord, Lunet

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