NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG vs Versa Director comparison

NETSCOUT and Versa Networks are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. NETSCOUT is ranked #78, while Versa Networks is ranked #50 with an average rating of 9.0. NETSCOUT holds a 0.4% mindshare in NMS, compared to Versa Networks’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of NETSCOUT users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 75% of Versa Networks users who would recommend it.

NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG

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92% willing to recommend

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75% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG and Versa Director are competing products in the network management and security category. Versa Director seems to have the upper hand due to its advanced features that justify its price difference despite strong pricing feedback for NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG.

Features: NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG provides robust network monitoring and analytics, comprehensive data insights for performance, and detailed traffic analysis for troubleshooting. Versa Director offers dynamic network automation, policy configuration, and orchestration, optimal for managing SD-WAN environments.

Room for Improvement: NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG could improve with a more simplified deployment model, enhanced user interface, and faster configuration capabilities. Versa Director could enhance scalability, provide broader integration options, and improve its policy management flexibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG offers a complex traditional deployment model but is supported by strong customer service. Versa Director provides an agile, flexible deployment process with a focus on quick configuration, supported by responsive and efficient customer service enhancing user experience significantly.

Pricing and ROI: NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG incurs higher setup costs with substantial investments in hardware and support, offering steady ROI with extensive insights. Versa Director's setup is generally lower, with cloud-centric, subscription-based pricing providing immediate ROI, highlighting traditional investment versus cost-effective service-oriented approaches.

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Categories and Ranking

NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

78th

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Versa Director

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

50th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Versa Director is 0.2%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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PriyankDubey

Product manager at Ernst & Young

User-friendly and simpler than its competitors

Versa Director's best feature is the ease of configuration and customer and vendor management. Its UI is also excellent compared to Fortinet and Cisco Versa Director's on-prem SD-WAN hardware and SSL VPN software are not integrated, so you have to buy a separate subscription for the SSL VPN. In…

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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

"We use it for monitoring whenever we update a new circuit or site."

"It helps us get to root cause quickly. With utilization and consumption of bandwidth, we can usually see what application is taking as much as they should (or shouldn't), then account for it accordingly."

"It allows us to get quicker resolutions. We can see exactly what is using up the bandwidth, so we can assist end users."

"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."

"The product is stable. I have never had any issue where we have lost an InfiniStream, or visibility from that particular InfiniStream, throughout the bank."

"It's an easy product to set up."

"The tool has the ability to look back within a month's data. It is very easy to navigate within the tool and troubleshoot the problem, compared to other solutions that we've used in the past."

"It has cut our troubleshooting down by days. Once we have a product in place, we show people examples of how it can streamline their troubleshooting process."

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"The most valuable functionality is some of the policy pieces that are quite useful."

"Versa Director's best feature is the ease of configuration and customer and vendor management."

"Versa Director is the fastest engineering tool and is ideal for use without product management."

"The most valuable feature of Versa Director is analytics."

Cons

"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."

"The stability depends on who is using the tool, because you only can get as much out of the tool as you put into it. There are a lot of patches for this particular environment, so you have to keep on them. If you lose track of them, then the product is not useful anymore."

"The NetFlow Collectors could handle more flows per minute."

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

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

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

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

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

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"Versa could be more AI-oriented."

"Versa Director's deployment process is not the best."

"It requires some simplification."

"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."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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."

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

"This product could be cheaper."

"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."

"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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What do you like most about Versa Director?

Versa Director is the fastest engineering tool and is ideal for use without product management.

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What needs improvement with Versa Director?

Versa could be more AI-oriented.

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We use the solution to monitor customer networks.

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Comparisons

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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.

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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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