SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer vs Wireshark vs Zabbix comparison

"Overall, for my use cases, this product is very good and I recommend it."

"The network performance monitor I have embedded has been able to give me a customized dashboard."

"The bandwidth indicates the utilization of the devices; if any issue occurs, it triggers an alert for me."

"So far, it is a very stable product."

"I would recommend SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer to others because it's very easy to use."

"The most valuable feature is the alarm that is set up to trigger based on bandwidth utilization."

"I can point out the exact root cause 'why.' If there is a slowness, I can point out what was before the issue or before the slowness, what it is, and what is now."

"We have had a good experience with customer service and support; they are knowledgeable and cooperative."

"One of the best products that can provide the details of what is happening with an application and the full life cycle of the response time."

"Wireshark has a tool called tshark that can parse the files without opening them so that you can take large captures, say 2-10GB, and return only relevant information."

"The most valuable feature is the traffic gate, which shows which IPs are getting more bandwidth or traffic."

"Wireshark is very user-friendly; even someone with basic IT knowledge can use it."

"Wireshark is a pretty good tool if somebody wants to learn packet analysis or just plain, simple debugging of network issues at an L2 or L3 level."

"I can save the traffic and analysis when I want to. Also, it's especially helpful to follow the stream (TCP, UDP, etc.)."

"Wireshark's best features are that it lets us see what traffic is in the network and what data should be encrypted."

"This is a tool that gives you a clear-cut idea about where the issue is, and where the packs are dropping."

"There is a problems page that shows us every warning or problem that occurs on our VMs globally. The map screen is also really useful because this is something that was missing. I don't know every other tool in the market. So, I don't know if this is a good point of only Zabbix, or other tools are also doing it, but from my point of view, this is the most useful page that I use, along with the problems page that efficiently lists the problem, recovery time, ending hours, starting hours, and so on."

"We use Zabbix to monitor our organization's IT infrastructure and workstations. We don't use Microsoft Intune since it's expensive. The tool's real-time alerting system has proved crucial for us, particularly when a new device joins a network that is not one of our own devices. It notifies us about the presence of this new device, allowing us to investigate further. Additionally, it alerts us about disk usage, memory usage, and the software installed on the machine."

"I would absolutely recommend Zabbix to others."

"We value the auto-host discovery, template import, bulk import/export features. Newer versions also add nice features, such as multi-IP per host."

"The initial setup was very quick. The first time it was long because I didn't know it yet. I was only using Windows. The first time was very difficult because of the operating system."

"The flexibility of this solution is amazing."

"It is a great product; the SNMP protocol tracking feature is good, I really like how it tracks SNMP, and the alerts are also great."

"Zabbix is quite stable once it is set up. We haven't had any post-setup issues."

"The analysis can utilize algorithms like K-means clustering or associative neural networks for predictions rather than relying on generative AI, which is more suited for text."

"SolarWinds' technical support is ok, but it could be faster and more knowledgeable."

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

"One thing I have noticed is that it is very slow to pick the dynamics of the network, so that is something that could be improved."

"It is a scalable solution, but it is costly to scale. Therefore, I would rate scalability at eight out of ten."

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

"The solution should improve its automation feature. It's quite limited compared to other products."

"It's scalable, but it could be simplified because it's not completely easy."

"DNS could be improved."

"The product is great but I wish there were more of an emphasis on the command line tools."

"The system could be improved upon by adding a better and more powerful data processing engine."

"Wireshark's UI isn't easy to handle and doesn't have as nice a view as Omnipeek."

"Wireshark is similar to an OS defense tool, meaning that it runs on an OS such as Ubuntu and Fedora, but I'm unsure if it's compatible with Windows or if it's a straightforward process to run it on Windows. Right now, my team needs to run Wireshark from a dongle to use it, so it's an OS-dependable tool, and that's an area for improvement. I was unable to use Wireshark on Windows, and I couldn't capture it, as I'm unsure how to configure the wireless card into monitoring mode on Windows. The process was straightforward on Linux, but it wasn't the case on Windows OS. It seems Wireshark isn't compatible with all OS. For example, you can analyze the log, and you can analyze it on the Windows server, but you can't do a capture in Windows. Configuring Wireshark for Windows isn't as easy as configuring it for Linux."

"Wireshark could be improved with a delay option when getting data automatically. It could also work faster."

"It would be better if they offered a hybrid version like My Cloud Control."

"Can be difficult for non packet heads to understand"

"There are a lot of things that can use improvement which is why we are seeking a new solution."

"The event correlation could be better. From day one, we're using the API to create tickets for our operations, however, the correlation is not good, not there."

"The documentation could be improved."

"I really don't like it as it generates a lot of false information."

"Look and feel."

"The Java gateway for monitoring Java applications didn’t work for us."

"The dashboard and the graph section could be a little bit more professional."

"Zabbix could improve when it comes to large-scale use cases. Additionally, the inventory could be better when connecting to other solutions, such as ServiceNow. There show to be better integration with other platforms and storage."

"Pricing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is very high. I have a customer that needs the solution but doesn't have the budget for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer because the problem is that you can't use the solution only. You have to buy requirements such as the SolarWinds NPM first, and some companies don't have the budget for all the required components and modules. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer can cost up to $10,000, and some customers don't have that budget. Another product has all the modules that SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer has, with a very low price, that can be a replacement, which is ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer. PRTG is another solution that can replace SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer."

"SolarWinds' pricing structure is the primary reason why some customers opt for another solution such as ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer. In NTA, you are charged per port, meaning that if you have a 24-port switch you will be charged for 24 individual nodes. ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, on the other hand, charges per switch, such that if you add a switch, the entire switch will count as one single node."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"For our environment, we pay approximately $25,000 USD yearly."

"The pricing is really good."

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

"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 price of this solution is exceptional."

"It's free."

"The tool is free."

"I am using the free version of this solution."

"Wireshark is free software, so you don't have to pay any licensing fee. Individual people can use it and then donate to Wireshark."

"Wireshark is free of charge, and there's no license involved."

"We are using a freeware version of this solution, so there are no licence costs involved."

"Wireshark is open source and gives great value and functionality to the network investigation."

"Wireshark is open-source and free of charge."

"Zabbix is open-source so if one wishes to implement it in-house, they must have qualified professionals to set up and optimize databases, Linux/Unix OS, PHP, Apache, and depending on what is monitored, a full-stack network and systems administrator may be needed."

"The solution is free to use but they offer support as a paid service. If you can go read the manuals and do the fine-tuning based on your needs, you do not need to pay anything and you will have a full solution."

"It is reasonable."

"The tool's licensing is good."

"Zabbix is free but if you use it in production then you have to pay for it."

"It is free, which allows us to reduce costs."

"There are no licenses."

"Its licensing is fair. It seems to be much cheaper than others."