NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG vs OP5 Monitor comparison

NETSCOUT and ITRS are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. NETSCOUT is ranked #77, while ITRS is ranked #39 with an average rating of 9.0. NETSCOUT holds a 0.5% mindshare in NMS, compared to ITRS’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of NETSCOUT users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of ITRS users who would recommend it.

NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

OP5 Monitor and NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG are competing products in the network monitoring domain. While OP5 Monitor is praised for pricing and cost-effectiveness, NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG leads with advanced features.

Features: OP5 Monitor is valued for scalability, reporting capabilities, and efficient alerting systems, well-suited for diverse network environments. NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG offers advanced traffic analysis, packet capture, and real-time visibility, fitting large enterprises needing detailed network insights.

Room for Improvement: OP5 Monitor could improve in user interface design, integration options with third-party tools, and detailed traffic analysis functionalities. NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG needs enhancement in user-friendliness, ease of setup, and pricing flexibility to accommodate smaller businesses.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: OP5 Monitor is recognized for straightforward deployment and reliable support, appealing for quick setups. NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG provides comprehensive deployment options with strong customer service but may require an intensive setup process.

Pricing and ROI: OP5 Monitor offers an attractive pricing structure balancing initial setup costs with long-term ROI, ideal for budget-conscious companies. NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG, with a higher initial cost, delivers significant ROI for those prioritizing detailed network analysis capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

77th

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

OP5 Monitor

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

39th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

4.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Infrastructure Monitoring (38th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OP5 Monitor is 0.6%, down from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
OP5 Monitor	0.6%
NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG	0.5%
Other	98.9%

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Michael Gideon Genita

Associate System Engineer at SMS Global Technologies, Inc.

Easy to set up with good documentation and helpful support

I'm using it for a customer The packet flow switch is the most valuable aspect of the solution. It's an easy product to set up. We can scale the solution if we need to. It's stable. The documentation is well-written and quite useful. It's compatible with other products. Under the pocket flow…

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Sumanth Arshanapally

Senior Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Monitoring ease and cost-saving benefits enhance operational efficiency

The monitoring in OP5 Monitor is very easy because we can directly use custom plugins. We can write custom scripts and use those scripts directly. It's very low cost, open, and the dashboards are easy to see. We can extract the reports easily, and this is very easy to compare. Real-time monitoring in OP5 Monitor provides data every one minute or every five minutes, enabling us to get live data from the last one minute or last five minutes. OP5 Monitor gave us proper server availability, so we can always check whether a server goes down or the server CPU and memory decreases. Before reaching a particular bottleneck situation, we identified and fixed the issue, which helped us from a cost-saving business perspective. It helped us avoid application downtime.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Go with NETSCOUT."

"The technical support is really good. They will go above and beyond, if you are running into a problem. You can go to a sales engineer, who will engage technical support to help you out."

"It has cut our group's troubleshooting time down significantly, e.g., depending on the issue, what would normally take maybe a couple of hours will now take minutes."

"This solution has saved us hours (three to four) per problem when troubleshooting."

"The most valuable features are speed and cost."

"It helps us to assist our customers to isolate problems. If it is us who is having the problem, then we can use it to streamline the process."

"When we have mobile operators who are signal partners, where one is the roaming host and another is the roamer, we are able to see their traffic. Their packets are able to detect if any faults to develop, and at what point they fail."

"If you are looking for a good application monitoring and packet analysis tool, you can strategically use NETSCOUT to get it done."

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"The API makes it pretty easy to integrate with any system."

"The best feature is that it is very relatable, stable, and scalable. The logger is a part of the software, but it's not the most important point of it."

"We can also observe whatever we want, and there are no limitations."

"OP5 Monitor is a great choice due to its being built on an open-source monitoring tool and provides ample opportunity for customization based on specific support requirements. It is also user-friendly and easy to manage with a wide range of plugins available for use. In comparison to other enterprise tools, such as Micro Focus, OP5 Monitor stands out for its features and cost-effectiveness, making it the best tool in the market. Customization is one of the key strengths of the tool and provides a lot of capabilities. Additionally, it is easy to find support and plugins for the tool through online resources."

"The best feature is that it is very relatable, stable, and scalable."

"Especially with the API, where I can use the data with many other systems, it's great."

"Instead of checking the logs each Monday, or checking that applications are running, and checking your ticketing system for angry users, you put this system in place and it monitors and continuously tests everything that is of importance to you and your users."

"The monitoring in OP5 Monitor is very easy because we can directly use custom plugins; we can write custom scripts and use those scripts directly, it's very low cost, open, and the dashboards are easy to see."

More OP5 Monitor pros

Cons

"The scalability has some limitations and quirks to it. I would like to be able to upgrade rather than replace the whole thing."

"The monitoring and reporting tool needs improvement. Users want more information, such as the level of detail when doing a packet analysis. They want more detail to be able to isolate down to a specific point."

"We don't use the single pane of glass view, even though we own it."

"The solution is not great, but it is not bad."

"There is a timeout feature that we have been asking for awhile."

"Being able to manage the packet flow switches in nGeniusONE would be great."

"I'd like them to make the product more user-friendly."

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"OP5 Monitor could include application monitoring in addition to infrastructure monitoring. If application business transactions were monitored, it would be helpful."

"The solution is useful for tweaking. However, there have been some negative experiences, such as limited report capabilities. The only report available is in PDF format, making it difficult for teams managing multiple servers to extract data in Excel format. The speaker recommends that the team improve the report capabilities to better serve users."

"IT environments today are in constant flux. This is driven by the newer cloud technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker, etc. The whole Nagios-based monitoring system that OP5 is created on top of, is based on a host-service model. There is a need for a strategy on what to do with more dynamic environments."

"The user interface is not what we are used to these days, and should be improved."

"OP5 lacks some visualization, a feature that makes some other products nice. Op5 is built for purpose, which is fine, but if you compare it with some new products, the visualization is not so appealing, especially for management... If you don't need fancy visualizations, OP5 is fine."

"We do not get performance reports properly, which needs improvement."

"We do not get performance reports properly."

"The user interface is not what we are used to these days, and should be improved."

More OP5 Monitor cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would like it to be more scalable with less spend."

"The scalability is good, but it comes at a cost. E.g., if you need 100 InfiniStream because you are sending gigs or terabytes of data to one InfiniStream, then you will have to purchase another InfiniStream, which are not cheap."

"The price is a little high."

"It can be scalable. It just costs too much. With a company as big as ours, it gets too expensive to accommodate every single site."

"This product could be cheaper."

"To capture more with the solution that we bought, you have to buy another InfiniStreamNG, and there are only four ports in the back."

"OP5 has a very low price as a solution, compared to many other solutions out there."

"It was not expensive. And because it's less demanding in terms of hardware, you don't have to pay for another SQL or other database license, and you can have a huge installation on one machine..."

"The cost of the license and support are separate. If you want platinum call support, it will cost more than a regular call. I did not opt for it, as it is an additional cost."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Educational Organization

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

13%

Government

12%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	8

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Large Enterprise	5

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for OP5 Monitor?

The price for OP5 Monitor is fine, but we don't know the exact price because it was managed by us; the customer themselves bought it and gave it to us to monitor.

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What needs improvement with OP5 Monitor?

OP5 Monitor could include application monitoring in addition to infrastructure monitoring. If application business transactions were monitored, it would be helpful. For application-related issues, ...

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What is your primary use case for OP5 Monitor?

Our previous use case for OP5 Monitor was server monitoring.

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Also Known As

InfiniStreamNG, NETSCOUT ISNG, Infinistream

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Overview

NETSCOUT’s new ISNG platform harnesses the power of IP intelligence by mining traffic in real-time to deliver accurate and actionable data for service assurance, cybersecurity and business intelligence applications. The InfiniStreamNG platform fully supports the nGeniusONE and Iris application suites.

NETSCOUT

OP5 Monitor - The Complete Monitoring Solution

OP5 Monitor is a flexible and highly scalable monitoring solution for all sizes of environments. Use just one product to monitor your IT environment regardless of location, whether on-premise, in dynamic environments, public cloud or a hybrid of these.

Digital transformation adds extra layers and complexity to the IT estate by creating a hybrid IT environment of both static and dynamic environments, that can be difficult to monitor efficiently. ITRS OP5 Monitor gives enterprises full visibility over their entire IT estate through a single pane of glass, allowing them to consolidate monitoring tools and cut down costs.

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Sample Customers

U.S. Department of Defense

Svenska Spel, Carus, VGL, Tele2, Viking Line, Clas Ohlson, Vanderlande, Försäkringskassan

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