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OmniPeek vs VictoriaMetrics comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 16, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

OmniPeek
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
38th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (51st)
VictoriaMetrics
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
16th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Open Source Databases (10th), Server Monitoring (4th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (12th), Log Management (12th), Container Monitoring (7th), Cloud Monitoring Software (14th), AIOps (13th), AI Observability Services (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of OmniPeek is 0.8%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VictoriaMetrics is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VictoriaMetrics0.3%
OmniPeek0.8%
Other98.9%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

Vinal-Patel - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Architect, internally known as Network Transformation Lead at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Real-time analytics and alerts improve application performance and network operations
OmniPeek's ability to convert application visibility into flow helps me quickly understand application performance over LAN, WAN, or wireless. Its real-time analytics, integrated with LiveNX, allow me to monitor business-critical applications and set up alerts for application performance issues. This centralized dashboard and alert system is highly valuable for maintaining network operations.
reviewer2911872 - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer
Long term metrics monitoring has improved AI workflows and now powers faster incident analysis
The best features VictoriaMetrics offers in my experience include fast query performance and efficient resource usage, seamless compatibility with the Prometheus ecosystem, a simple cluster architecture with minimal components, MetricsQL with useful functions beyond PromQL, and comprehensive tooling like VMAgent and VMAlert. VictoriaMetrics stands out to me because it is highly efficient, stable, and easy to run in air-gapped environments. It integrates well with Prometheus ecosystem tools like Kube-Prometheus-Stack and Grafana. Its compact storage and fast query performance make it ideal for long-term metric storage. The cluster setup is simple and scalable, which is a big advantage for production use.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's a solid piece of software. It's stable."
"OmniPeek is a good product, but you should know its purpose for your organization."
"OmniPeek's ability to convert application visibility into flow helps me quickly understand application performance over LAN, WAN, or wireless."
"The most valuable feature of OmniPeek is the ability to assign custom color codes to the different packets easily."
"The most valuable feature is OmniPeek is user-friendly."
"OmniPeek shows the entire packet flow and structure, particularly in security-related scenarios, whereas Wireshark sometimes fails to capture all packets."
"The most valuable feature of OmniPeek was the ability it gave us to see the connection procedure."
"I believe the most crucial feature of OmniPeek search is the ability to sniff packets based on channel switching."
"The light-speed query feature has made a significant difference for me because when we query, it is much faster in VictoriaMetrics compared to the other tools we had used previously."
"The resource efficiency of VictoriaMetrics allows you to reduce infrastructure costs."
"VictoriaMetrics has positively impacted our organization because we chose it for efficiency, simplicity, one binary and cost, and it's straightforward embedded in our Helm chart, so it works out of the box."
"VictoriaMetrics stands out to me because it is highly efficient, stable, and easy to run in air-gapped environments, integrates well with Prometheus ecosystem tools like Kube-Prometheus-Stack and Grafana, and its compact storage and fast query performance make it ideal for long-term metric storage."
"VictoriaMetrics has positively impacted my organization as it is a stable, performant, safe, and well-engineered piece of software which works exactly as expected and delivers stable results."
"Prometheus compatibility is the biggest plus for me, and it allows me to use familiar PromQL queries across Grafana dashboards, alert rules, and the anomaly detection workflow, which saves integration effort and makes it easier to investigate an incident using the same metrics across those tools."
"VictoriaMetrics customer support is exceptional, responses are very quick, and the solutions are usually worked through."
"VictoriaMetrics has positively impacted my organization because we were able to save on metric storage by not using expensive solutions from other vendors."
 

Cons

"I am not using OmniPeek for automation, we only do manual testing. Automation testing is tedious to do. The automation should be more user-friendly. I have exposed some APIs but the usage is not user-friendly."
"OmniPeek needs to improve its performance level."
"I would like to see the saving feature improved. We have had issues if you do not save your progress then you have to start from the beginning."
"Centralized management of configurations needs improvement."
"Making it more clear on how to configure the filters, or really automating them, would be an improvement."
"The solution's automation has room for improvement."
"I would like to see the tool work in an open environment the same as how it does in a closed environment."
"I don't see a clear roadmap in the future for improving this software."
"From my project experience, I would appreciate more practical guidance on tuning queries and diagnosing missing or delayed metrics across the ingestion pipeline."
"I am sad that VictoriaMetrics moves towards enterprise only for features that it is really good at, such as downsampling."
"However, for people who want to go into the enterprise version, I think VictoriaMetrics needs to work on the pricing because it is quite high even if someone uses a single cluster."
"Regarding performance gains or cost savings, I can add that native multitenancy is only in the cluster version, and on single-node, we had to build tenant isolation ourselves with labels and query filters, so this could be improved."
"I chose an eight out of ten because for a perfect score of ten, VictoriaMetrics would need to be effortless to install, set up, run, and use—essentially, it should just work without me having to do anything."
"I chose exactly 8 out of 10 because I do not have full knowledge of the product in production, and my experience stopped at the testing phase pending the company's evaluation."
"The main area that needs improvement in VictoriaMetrics is the documentation itself, as the support is adequate and the open-source project does provide replies within one to two days."
"The main areas of improvement for VictoriaMetrics include automatic rebalancing, a large ecosystem, and Enterprise features."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are different types of licenses available."
"The pricing for this solution could be improved, as it is a very expensive product."
"We have only purchased the add-on once and have not paid for any subsequent versions as it was too costly for us."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
16%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
Outsourcing Company
21%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise2
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with OmniPeek?
There isn't anything specific that needs improvement in OmniPeek, as it performs better than Wireshark for our requirements. However, OmniPeek could benefit from supporting different platforms....
What is your primary use case for OmniPeek?
I have been working with the OmniPeek product for almost two years at the start of my career, primarily using it for wireless 802.11 Wi-Fi packets, sniffer, and analysis. My experience with OmniPee...
What advice do you have for others considering OmniPeek?
I didn't explore much about OmniPeek beyond its basic features. OmniPeek is user-friendly and easy to start working with, especially on the Windows platform. For beginners, it is very easy to h...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VictoriaMetrics?
Regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing, we are using open source today.
What needs improvement with VictoriaMetrics?
Regarding performance gains or cost savings, I can add that native multitenancy is only in the cluster version, and on single-node, we had to build tenant isolation ourselves with labels and query ...
What is your primary use case for VictoriaMetrics?
VictoriaMetrics is our time-series store, and we have Helm charts that ship an embedded single-node VictoriaMetrics with 30-day rotation by default. Teams that already run VictoriaMetrics can point...
 

Also Known As

Savvius OmniPeek
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Sample Customers

Apcon, Aruba Networks, Avaya Inc., Cisco Systems, Ekahau, Gigamon Systems, HP, IBM, IXIA, Meru Networks, Napatech, NextComputing, Procera Networks, Qualcomm Atheros, Ralink Technology Corporation, Telchemy
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