SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer vs TruView comparison

"The most valuable feature is the ability to look for any increases in bandwidth over time so that we can plan before it becomes critical."

"I find the IT Operation Management Suite, the software management tools from SolarWinds, to be very useful for our customers."

"They have instructional videos and other information available on the site to assist you with learning it."

"Essentially, it gives us a tool where we can manage our business proactively instead of reactively."

"I like the solution because it has good documentation and training online."

"What the network team found most valuable in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is that it helps them to troubleshoot or analyze the issue. For example, traffic that comes from our location: India, goes to the US, so for the network team to analyze where the traffic comes from and where it is directed, and whether the packets are being dropped, they use SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer. The network team also likes that through the solution, they can analyze the complete traffic utilization and how they're going to use it. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is user-friendly. The team finds it comfortable to use."

"What people found most valuable in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is its report customization feature."

"What I like about SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is that it's useful for analyzing traffic. It also has an application visibility feature that lets you control applications."

"It gives us the ability to determine the root of a problem or a network, whether it's on the network side, the database, application server, or server infrastructure."

"We use TruView primarily for network performance analysis and monitoring. It helps us track traffic, flows, packets, and bandwidth to understand our network's condition and detect any anomalies or attacks. However, the product's age limits its advanced features for performance analysis. The main advantage lies in its low cost and reliable functionality, as we have a permanent license and do not require support. Real-time monitoring in TruView is somewhat limited, as there is a delay of about five minutes in data updates, making it less effective for immediate insights."

"TruView takes only minutes to install."

"Visual TruView helped our network team respond to potential issues before they became larger ones."

"The most valuable feature for us was the ability to monitor sites and get a nice overview of all the data in a single view."

"It does not flow. It cannot do our metric performance monitoring. So it is very limited. They can do it but in a very limited fashion. It is only good for SNMP-based alerts."

"The pricing is expensive."

"The price of the solution is a bit high for our clients."

"Technical support is fine but they need to improve their response time."

"There is a lack of documentation ......as well as a lack of dashboards."

"There is room for improvement when it comes to the traffic generated by the analyzer and the analysis of that traffic."

"NTA's documentation for the implementation phase needs some enhancement."

"There are some areas for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer. There are some challenges with the solution when compared to other monitoring tools such as difficulty in operations and difficulty with backup installation."

"We have faced delays in data retrieval and the lack of support due to the product being out of service."

"One area that could be improved is the reporting features. In the version transformation from ten to eleven, the platform changed from a Windows-based platform to a Linux-based platform. As a result, the previous reporting feature using Crystal Reports was no longer available. Instead, we had to generate PDF dashboard reports, which were not as flexible."

"I can't give them quite a 10, because from time to time, I'll work with the folks who, not that they're not good, but there are some who are just phenomenal."

"Whilst Citrix could be handled better like their nGenius product line (which does an excellent job) it copes with the centralised type of deployment TruView covers."

"NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is reasonably priced."

"We pay yearly, and we are happy with its price."

"Licensing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is paid yearly, and there are no additional costs that you need to pay apart from the standard licensing fees because you don't need to purchase another solution to make SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer work. Pricing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is more expensive than other solutions."

"We have licenses for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer. In terms of pricing, its license is not that expensive versus other tools such as HP."

"The solution's licensing is high-priced."

"While the pricing is fair, it could be better."

"The licensing for this solution is based on the number of nodes."

"The pricing is really good."