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Nexthink vs ThousandEyes comparison

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.1
Nexthink enhances performance and cost efficiency by optimizing resources, automating processes, and improving device management and user experience.
Sentiment score
5.9
ThousandEyes enhances productivity by reducing troubleshooting time, improving network performance, and delivering ROI with increased customer satisfaction.
Over a year, we have saved more than 2 lakh dollars.
System Engineer at Dell Technologies
Nexthink enabled our current support staff to become super users and they have really helped us to expand on our financials.
Analyst at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
I definitely see a return on investment with Nexthink as it helps in the reduction of incidents, thus saving manpower.
Technical Manager at a recreational facilities/services company with 11-50 employees
There has been a great ROI from using ThousandEyes, with significant time saved in troubleshooting as I can quickly pinpoint issues rather than spending time isolating them, alongside enhancing customer feedback and experience.
Senior cloud engineering lead and IT project owner at KDD
The return on investment is immediate, delivering a 40% to 60% reduction in MTTR by eliminating multi-team war rooms and saving hundreds of engineering hours annually through instant ISP path proof, directly protecting business productivity and SaaS SLA accountability.
Network engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I have seen a return on investment by reducing troubleshooting time and having lesser user mapping error issues, in addition to engineering time saved through better observability and reduced organizational MTTR.
Project Manager at Procter & Gamble
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.7
Nexthink's support is generally well-regarded, but some users experience delays and communication issues needing improvement.
Sentiment score
7.0
ThousandEyes customer service is praised for responsiveness and expertise, though some seek faster non-critical issue responses.
Customer support is one thing which needs to be improved; support team members are slow to respond, and they take a lot of time to get back to us, even if it is an urgent case.
Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
There is also a community available for inquiries.
Senior IT Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
They respond instantly whenever we have issues with remote actions or workflows.
Advisor at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
We contacted the support team, and they resolved it within a couple of hours.
System Operation Associate at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
I would give it a rating of 10 because whenever we have any issues, we can typically reach someone who has the knowledge to help us.
Network Engineer Iii at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Customer support is very prompt, offering on-demand services and support with separate teams for high-level guidance and break-fix issues.
Observability Consultant at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Nexthink efficiently scales in large enterprises, supports numerous endpoints, and requires vendor support for detailed scalability information.
Sentiment score
7.3
ThousandEyes offers strong scalability and integration, supporting extensive growth despite potential licensing costs, with flexible architecture and seamless deployment.
I am able to use Investigations and NQL to analyze data across devices and identify trends or issues affecting groups of users.
cloud support engineer at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Nexthink's scalability is sufficient; it is scalable enough for wider organizations.
Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It has the capability to manage an increased number of end-user devices, and we can still scale up without encountering issues.
Senior IT Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Scalability with ThousandEyes is straightforward as you don't really need to scale; it's designed to monitor multiple applications, accommodating 50 or 100 applications simultaneously.
Network Assistant Engineer at Staffordshire and Shropshire Health Informatics Service
ThousandEyes's scalability is excellent; it is very scalable and grows with my organization's needs.
Project Manager at Procter & Gamble
We could easily add hundreds of devices with no issue.
Senior Security Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.7
Nexthink is stable and reliable, with quick bug fixes, responsive support, and high stability ratings despite frequent updates.
Sentiment score
7.9
ThousandEyes is highly reliable with minimal issues, receiving positive user feedback for stable and dependable performance.
There are no performance or scalability issues.
Sr. Architect at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech
Nexthink is very stable; we have not faced any downtime with the products that we are using.
System Engineer at Dell Technologies
Upgrading the agent is much smoother than I thought and smoother than with other agents we have used before.
Analyst at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
From my experience, ThousandEyes has been stable up to 95%; I have not seen any stability issues.
Senior cloud engineering lead and IT project owner at KDD
I did not see any downtime.
Senior Security Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
ThousandEyes is not very stable; sometimes you have to reboot the servers to get actual results.
Network Assistant Engineer at Staffordshire and Shropshire Health Informatics Service
 

Room For Improvement

Nexthink needs enhancements in automation, integration, user interface, performance, documentation, and support, alongside expanded feature capabilities.
Improving user interface, integration, documentation, analytics, and monitoring could enhance ThousandEyes' usability and accessibility for broader adoption.
Improving automation and self-healing capabilities would also make a significant impact, as reducing helpdesk tickets with automated fixes is crucial.
Senior IT Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The structure of the data, particularly regarding raw data or outputs and binaries, requires improvement as it is not very clean and demands significant manual effort to sort.
Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The UI is hierarchical, which makes navigation complex and isn't user-friendly for those unfamiliar with it.
Senior SME at Microland Limited
Incidents should be alerted on and traced early, before they escalate to full outages.
Software Developer at The Code
I think the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for ThousandEyes are too costly.
R&D at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Instead of that, if the platform itself is able to identify the problem and give a suggestion instantly for rectification or correction of the problem, through the necessary approval of the platform owner or the SMEs, with their approval, it could correct the problem by itself.
Global Product Monitoring Network Services Owner at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Nexthink pricing is higher but justified by effectiveness, offering flexible, competitive monthly subscriptions, and varying by features.
Enterprise users have mixed views on ThousandEyes pricing, citing cost-effectiveness for some, while others find it complex and expensive.
Nexthink is about 10% more expensive than SysTrack.
Senior SME at Microland Limited
Pricing is competitive, and the licensing model is straightforward.
Sr. Architect at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech
I believe the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Nexthink are reasonable according to the current market prices.
Cloud Soc Design Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been that everything was cost-effective.
Project Manager at Procter & Gamble
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it comes in cheaper than alternatives.
Lead Technical Consultant at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
It's too complex, too expensive, and it takes a lot of time to manage the licensing model.
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

Nexthink enhances IT efficiency through real-time monitoring, proactive issue resolution, automation, and integration with comprehensive insights and analytics.
ThousandEyes offers AI-driven network insights, improving troubleshooting, operational efficiency, and proactive management through integration with Cisco products.
The platform is beneficial as it provides data in real time, whereas alternatives may provide up to twenty-four-hour-old data.
Senior SME at Microland Limited
The most valuable feature of Nexthink is its proactive issue identification, which is part of its unique selling proposition.
Sr. Architect at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech
Similar to Wireshark, it captures packets, but Nexthink gives me an overview of the whole traffic from the user to the end in the outside network.
Cloud Soc Design Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I measure the 70% improvement in customer experience through customer tickets and feedback after resolving issues, where previously, users faced problems and limited time on the platform, and after using ThousandEyes, the user time reached up to five to six hours a day, even for teams possibly totaling 30 hours a day.
Senior cloud engineering lead and IT project owner at KDD
ThousandEyes offers the best features including global internet and cloud visibility from distributed vantage points, application and network performance monitoring, real-time outage detection and incident alerts, end-to-end path visualization for rapid troubleshooting, proactive issue demarcation, and historical data.
Project Manager at Procter & Gamble
ThousandEyes has become critical for swift network troubleshooting as well, so anytime that there's potential issues with applications or we want to be proactive in resolving potential issues before they arise, ThousandEyes is really the platform that we're leveraging for WAN monitoring, Wi-Fi, latency, packet loss, etc.
Vice President, Finance and Operations at Fruitist
 

Categories and Ranking

Nexthink
Ranking in Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ThousandEyes
Ranking in Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
34
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (8th), Cloud Monitoring Software (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) category, the mindshare of Nexthink is 12.8%, down from 22.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ThousandEyes is 11.0%, down from 12.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nexthink12.8%
ThousandEyes11.0%
Other76.2%
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
 

Featured Reviews

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Assistant consultant at TCS
Proactive analytics have improved device performance and optimized disk space and support workflows
Nexthink offers many features, with the best being Flow, which encompasses almost everything. We have Nexthink Workspace and Spark, allowing integration with Teams so users can find solutions without going to the service desk, rectifying issues in chat. Nexthink Infinity has brought a lot of benefits to us. There has been a very good change from integration. Integrating ServiceNow with Nexthink automates problem ticket and incident generation, enabling the team to proactively know the kinds of problem statements we are receiving. For the integration with Teams, we have not completed it yet, but we are in the planning phase, and once done, we will observe the results. Nexthink has the capability of integrating with most third-party applications, which is a great feature. With the remediation actions we have in Nexthink, it has provided great self-heal capabilities along with proactiveness. By looking at the dashboards and identifying problem statements, we can share this information with the end-user computing teams to fix issues. Nexthink has significantly helped us enhance our DEX score from 74 to 80. When I talk about features that led to the improvement of our score from 74 to 80, there were earlier issues with device performance and reliability not being addressed. Noting these, we identified devices lacking free disk space and low RAM capacity contributing to high memory usage or excessive CPU usage. Disabling unnecessary startup applications brought us to a new DEX score of almost 80.
Siddumanisria Mindi - PeerSpot reviewer
Network engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Monitoring has transformed internet visibility and speeds up resolving external service issues
ThousandEyes needs to specify unit consumption forecasting or scaling testing and deeper app analytics. It needs deeper out-of-the-box Layer 7 code or database-level insights. Additionally, it should unify the GUI with broader Cisco platforms and flatten the learning curve, adding better correlation with local laptop system metrics such as endpoint depth, CPU, RAM, or processes. ThousandEyes isn't designed to be a full-blown SNMP monitoring tool for on-premises infrastructure. While it tracks network paths effectively, it doesn't provide deep local device telemetry such as switch port buffer utilization, fan status, or power supply health. For full internal device monitoring, you'll still need to pair it with traditional tools such as SolarWinds or Cisco Catalyst Center.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Healthcare Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Healthcare Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise47
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise24
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nexthink?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it was very easy. It was the best option when it comes to costing.
What needs improvement with Nexthink?
Nexthink has a very strong feature set, and I am still continuing to expand my experience with some of its more advanced capabilities. One area I would like to explore more deeply is Flow and the m...
What is your primary use case for Nexthink?
My main use case for Nexthink is supporting the digital employee experience and proactively identifying and resolving endpoint issues. I use it to investigate device performance, troubleshoot issue...
What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?
It actually depends on the exact purpose or requirements. Some tools are better for only network devices while others are better from a cloud monitoring or APM monitoring perspective. You can check...
What needs improvement with ThousandEyes?
We face challenges with hybrid and distributed enterprise networks since we use Cisco, but we also have other third party integrations. When it comes to ThousandEyes, it does not show anything when...
What is your primary use case for ThousandEyes?
I have been using ThousandEyes with this company for two years. The main use case is that we would like to get insights into our calls. Currently, we are still in the POC state with ThousandEyes, b...
 

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Sample Customers

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Wayfair, GitHub, Craigslist, Comcast, SurveyMonkey, Lyft, Box, HP, Zendesk, IO Data Centers, Good Technology, NNTCommunications, Proofpoint, Schneider, Crowdstrike, Avera, Pitney Bowes, InstartLogic, Shutterfly, Shutterstock, Condé Nast, Roche, Jive, Actelion, Brocade, Infor, Okta, JLL, DigitalOcean, Zuora, NetSuite, CloudFlare, One, DemonWare, Quantcast, Carbonite, CareerBuilder, Prosper, Oscar, Slack
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