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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE and Nmap both compete in the network analysis category, addressing different needs. While nGeniusONE dominates with its feature-rich offerings for deep network visibility, Nmap holds its ground due to cost-effectiveness, making it favorable for budget-conscious users.

Features: NETSCOUT nGeniusONE provides in-depth network traffic analysis, packet inspection, and application-specific monitoring. It offers tools for troubleshooting network issues like jitter and latency, alongside a comprehensive dashboard for real-time communication monitoring. Nmap is efficient in network scanning and port detection, excels in OS identification, and offers advanced script scanning for vulnerability detection.

Room for Improvement: NETSCOUT nGeniusONE users suggest a more user-friendly interface and a modular pricing strategy to avoid paying for unused features. Improvements are also needed in dependency mapping and tool integration. Nmap users advocate for a graphical interface to attract less technical users, faster scanning speeds, and enhanced service identification capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is typically deployed on-premises with hybrid and private cloud options, requiring dedicated support due to complexity. Nmap, primarily on-premises with some hybrid capabilities, benefits from its open-source nature, reducing the need for extensive support, though improved guidance could assist new users.

Pricing and ROI: NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is expensive, with users questioning ROI against budget options, despite its comprehensive monitoring. Nmap, being free and open-source, supports tight budgets while delivering essential network security features without a significant financial investment.

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NETSCOUT nGeniusONE vs. Nmap

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

29th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Nmap

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

9th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is 1.2%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nmap is 0.7%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Nmap	0.7%
NETSCOUT nGeniusONE	1.2%
Other	98.1%

Network Monitoring Software

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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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MoshiurRahman Khan

CEO at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Improves network monitoring and offers insights into traffic, including VPNs

The real-time reporting feature of Nmap is particularly valuable. It generates detailed reports on the source and destination IP addresses, the protocols used, and the types of traffic. This feature is crucial for law enforcement agencies to monitor and analyze network connectivity effectively. It also has traffic analysis. For example, assessing bandwidth usage and configuring the tool to track specific types of traffic is crucial. Unlike SolarWinds, which requires configuration for this, Nmap has built-in functionality that allows it to check all 4,000 computer ports. It identifies the type of traffic each port is using and can easily generate reports on network communications between computers, whether there are 100 or 1000 in the network.

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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

"It is the ability to collect data and analyze it, especially key performance indicators. This is before a customer would call to the service center to complain that they have had bad coverage or a dropped call."

"The biggest benefit is the ability to do low-level packet inspection. When I say packet inspection, I don't mean looking at payload, but just looking at your communication handshakes and the like. It 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."

"The most valuable features are visibility, real-time, on-demand."

"The real-time insights that NETSCOUT nGeniusONE provides are very helpful."

"If a lot of traffic from one site is hitting AWS Cloud or the data center, then we want to know which client is utilizing the most bandwidth. We will work with nGeniusONE to troubleshoot the issue."

"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."

"It is a scalable solution."

"The details it provides are among the most valuable features; the ability to drill down and get to the packet level."

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"The scanning procedure includes UDP ports which sets it apart from competitors."

"It is a very user-friendly product."

"From a functionality standpoint, it's robust and straightforward to comprehend."

"The solution detects the operating systems, which makes testing the software much easier before making the payload."

"The most important function, according to me, is the capability to use some arguments in the scanning. The solution's capability to go figure and do a deep dive, discovering information on specific aspects."

"The best feature of Nmap is that it lets me see useful information about each endpoint in my entire network environment. For example, I can see every single connection of the network as well as each and every port."

"Nmap's performance is great, and I've never noticed any issues in this respect. It really doesn't put a heavy load on the machine when using it."

"Nmap is mostly helpful during compliance checks. We run the scanner to see how many devices are on our network and find vulnerabilities in those that aren't compliant. We also use it monthly to scan our network and identify devices that aren't connected properly. This helps us detect any issues related to the operating systems of these devices."

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Cons

"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."

"NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is a complex product since it deals in areas like network packet brokers and packet analysis, making the tool complicated for end users."

"The dependency mapping is good, but I am hopeful that they will build some type of partnership and relationship with ServiceNow. I want to see NETSCOUT partner with ServiceNow so they can leverage Service Now Discovery and Service Mapping to automate the build of the service dependency mappings inside of nGeniusONE."

"The solution could do more for security. It should offer more security-related features."

"There are so many features that it makes it hard to know it all. You end up paying for things that you don't use and probably don't even need. It might be better if Netscout came up with a modular way to pay for what you're going to use and not pay for all of this "white elephant" without being able to take advantage of all of it."

"here is a big issue with the special way they use InfiniStream to store data."

"For individual subscriber tracings, sometimes it does not capture all the messages. There is a little bit of room for improvement there."

"The stability is only fair. It goes down a lot."

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"Nmap needs to improve its scanning speed."

"Customization is not very user-friendly in Nmap."

"There are concerns with the stability of the product, making it an area where improvements are required."

"Since I started using Nmap, it has been completely based on the command prompt and I think it would help other users if they implemented a decent GUI as well."

"There is room for improvement in the design, the GUI. It looks a bit odd. Maybe Nmap should improve it or add more widgets to make it more attractive, but the basic functionality is good and provides what we need."

"The solution is not that easy for a beginner to learn."

"The solution's initial setup could be better."

"The solution should increase the number of features under a free license."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The scalability becomes very expensive quickly."

"The product is too expensive compared to other products."

"The platform is expensive."

"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."

"Their pricing is very competitive with other solutions... But what I like about NETSCOUT's licensing is that it's shared across all their platforms. They don't create a new licensing scheme for every one of their products. So for nGeniusONE, you buy a certain license level, and it works on all of their products."

"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."

"The price is only for acquisition; it's not a licence."

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"Nmap is an open-source product. You don't need a license to install it."

"The solution is free of cost."

"The solution is open source so it is free."

"The solution is free of cost, but there are specific services that we have to buy."

"It's an open-source solution. Commerically, only the support service is available."

"I am using the standard free version of Nmap."

"I am using the free version of Nmap."

"Nmap is open source software, which suits us well because we are a manufacturing company and not an IT company, for example. If we were an IT company, we would probably need to pay for extra support or instead go for another software solution. But as it is, we don't have any need for high-end troubleshooting tools."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Manufacturing Company

14%

Government

University

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	37

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	11

Questions from the Community

Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?

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.

What do you like most about NETSCOUT nGeniusONE?

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

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NETSCOUT nGeniusONE?

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

What do you like most about Nmap?

Nmap is mostly helpful during compliance checks. We run the scanner to see how many devices are on our network and find vulnerabilities in those that aren't compliant. We also use it monthly to sca...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nmap?

I am using the free version of Nmap.

What is your primary use case for Nmap?

Nmap is used for network scanning to map the network, identify devices, and assess their status. It helps determine open ports and services running on a particular endpoint or server within an ente...

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Also Known As

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Overview

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.

NETSCOUT

Nmap ("Network Mapper") is a free and open source (license) utility for network discovery and security auditing. Many systems and network administrators also find it useful for tasks such as network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring host or service uptime. Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine what hosts are available on the network, what services (application name and version) those hosts are offering, what operating systems (and OS versions) they are running, what type of packet filters/firewalls are in use, and dozens of other characteristics. It was designed to rapidly scan large networks, but works fine against single hosts. Nmap runs on all major computer operating systems, and official binary packages are available for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. In addition to the classic command-line Nmap executable, the Nmap suite includes an advanced GUI and results viewer (Zenmap), a flexible data transfer, redirection, and debugging tool (Ncat), a utility for comparing scan results (Ndiff), and a packet generation and response analysis tool (Nping).

Sample Customers

Cerner Corporation

Lockheed Martin, Eastern Bank Boston, Perspecta, Harris Corporation, Discovery Communication