Versa Director vs vRealize Network Insight comparison

Versa Networks and VMware are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Versa Networks is ranked #52 with an average rating of 9.0, while VMware is ranked #40 with an average rating of 8.3. Versa Networks holds a 0.2% mindshare in NMS, compared to VMware’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of Versa Networks users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of VMware users who would recommend it.

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vRealize Network Insight

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89% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

vRealize Network Insight and Versa Director compete in network management solutions. vRealize Network Insight seems to have the upper hand with its focus on network visibility and troubleshooting.

Features: vRealize Network Insight offers advanced network analytics, security optimization, and troubleshooting capabilities, providing deep insights into application dependencies and network flow patterns. Versa Director focuses on SD-WAN, with features like optimized connectivity, policy management, and network function virtualization, providing network agility.

Room for Improvement: vRealize Network Insight could enhance its SD-WAN features and improve scalability for large enterprises. It may benefit from integrating more cloud-based solutions and enhancing user interface intuitiveness. Versa Director might simplify its feature set to reduce deployment complexity and could improve documentation for ease of use. Additionally, greater emphasis on analytics could provide more comprehensive insights.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: vRealize Network Insight offers a straightforward deployment model supported by detailed documentation and robust technical support. Versa Director provides flexibility with cloud and on-premise options but may present complexity due to its diverse feature set. Both products offer valuable support.

Pricing and ROI: vRealize Network Insight generally has a lower setup cost, focusing on network efficiency for a quicker ROI through improved performance and reduced downtime. Versa Director involves higher initial investments because of its comprehensive SD-WAN features, but it justifies the cost by providing long-term savings through enhanced network optimization and control.

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Categories and Ranking

Versa Director

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

52nd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

vRealize Network Insight

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

40th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Infrastructure Monitoring (42nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Versa Director is 0.2%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of vRealize Network Insight is 0.6%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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PriyankDubey

Product manager at Ernst & Young

User-friendly and simpler than its competitors

Versa Director's best feature is the ease of configuration and customer and vendor management. Its UI is also excellent compared to Fortinet and Cisco Versa Director's on-prem SD-WAN hardware and SSL VPN software are not integrated, so you have to buy a separate subscription for the SSL VPN. In…

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Shaijith KB

Senior System Specialist at General Directorate of Residence and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA)

Comprehensive management and detailed reports benefit operations while improvements are needed in support and maintenance

We have Tanzu and OpenShift. We have OpenShift, Canonical, and the Tanzu one. The Tanzu platform from VMware is a Kubernetes platform. We haven't completely installed Tanzu yet; we installed the vROps part. vRealize Network Insight is beneficial because you can control the East-West traffic. vRealize has a component called NSX, which has East-West traffic controlling and micro-segmentation, that is one of the best options, and we have the layer extension, layer 2 extension possible through NSX. If you have anything accountable in any business, even in a candy business, having proper accountability on what you are selling and buying will save a lot. If you don't know what you're selling and buying, you will end up with a loss. My team does not use the flow analytics feature; we have a security and network monitoring team, which is a different SOC team. I am using it as an administrator internally. We perform different tasks including costing analysis, capacity management, and many other things. vRealize Network Insight has a concern about the maintenance part, as it requires a person to monitor it completely. It's not something you install and your report will be generated automatically. You have to work on this properly to get the insights. vRealize Network Automation, vRealize Operations, and vRealize Network Insight are completely related to the network. I cannot say much about these network aspects because I am on the operations side, but overall, the vRealize suite is good for reporting perspective or any ISO-related documentation; this is very helpful. The product is called vRealize Operations Manager, and now it is referred to as Aria or vAria. I am now a Senior System Specialist. We use different metrics because we have multiple departments, and we can monitor utilization and comparisons with the previous year. On a scale of one to ten, I rate this solution a seven.

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Pros

"Versa Director is the fastest engineering tool and is ideal for use without product management."

"The most valuable feature of Versa Director is analytics."

"The most valuable functionality is some of the policy pieces that are quite useful."

"Versa Director's best feature is the ease of configuration and customer and vendor management."

"I find it user-friendly and intuitive. With the GUI interface that we do use on a regular basis, it's easy to navigate, it's easy to see, easy to query. We get reports. It's easy to use."

"vRNI can trace the flow of each and every packet and it is easy for us to troubleshoot all the issues that we do have with the networking. We can trace down the packet to a point where it has been dropped."

"It helps a lot because, until now, we didn't have the tools to figure out the micro level, VM-to-VM kind of traffic; that was not in the current environment. We could not figure out VM-to-VM communication from the other tools. This is the tool which gives us end-to-end transparency."

"It allowed us to set up NSX and to do microsegmentation, without all of the pain points of having to determine each port and each IP address that needed to have access, and which ones needed to be blocked."

"The most valuable feature is the visualization. It's really handy to be able to classify network objects as with applications and see the interaction between them."

"The solution helps reduce time to value, increase performance, provide deep visibility, and easily manage networks."

"I find that the interface of most VMware products is very similar, which I consider an advantage due to its ease of use compared to other tools like Splunk."

"Also, the ability to troubleshoot all the way across the NSX part of it to the physical and actually watch the packets go through and then see where the bottleneck is or where the interruption is. We run queries on the network flows within the application to find where they are in it and it graphically tells us how the packets are actually going through the system."

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Cons

"It requires some simplification."

"What needs improvement in Versa Director is maturity because, from an operating point of view, it's not mature enough. You'll still need to do a lot of research on Versa Director, so if it could mature faster, that would be very good."

"Versa could be more AI-oriented."

"Versa Director's deployment process is not the best."

"After Broadcom acquired VMware, I would rate their support at five or less in many cases. It's difficult to find necessary documentation, open tickets, and get support."

"I would like to see them expand the capabilities to infrastructure types other than just VMware."

"There are some random glitches in the Web UI, but they are usually pretty cosmetic in nature. I don't really seem to use any browser other than Chrome with it. I also get some weird errors from time to time on the hardware NetFlow Collectors, where it doesn't sync data."

"The solution can be improved by making it more compatible with other brands, allowing for better integration."

"I would like to see more interoperability on the firewall and low balancer sides."

"vRNI needs more remediation where it hooks into NSX."

"Support could be much better."

"After you use it for a little while you become accustomed to it but the layout doesn't feel very intuitive. You have to dig around and find the exact place where you can find the information, where you can actually see your east-west traffic, etc. I would like them to bring that information more to the forefront, instead of having to find it."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Having to buy separate licenses for the on-prem SD-WAN hardware and SSL VPN software makes Versa Director very costly compared to other solutions like Fortinet and Cisco."

"We have spent less time investigating network flows, so it is absolutely cost-effective."

"It has brought more money into our company."

"It's an expensive product because we have a lot of nodes."

"It's a little expensive, but for what you're getting out of the product, you often see the trade-off. It depends on the type of licensing you have. It might be a little too pricey for some."

"The solution has reduced the time that we spend on other products. For example, with NSX, we were able to quickly find things that we would normally spend days trying to figure out."

"It reduces costs. It takes something that may be challenging and makes it more usable and visual by being able to bring in tools, seeing what their impact is, such as microsegmentation and application rationalization, and seeing it quickly."

"The solution has helped us to reduce time, increase performance, reduce costs, and even easily manage networks. We are probably seeing 10 to 20 percent labor savings because we are able to be very specific and focused on what we want to do. It ends up saving the customer money and makes us be more efficient on our cost deliveries."

"I rate vRealize Network Insight's pricing a seven point five out of ten."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Retailer

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Versa Director?

Versa Director is the fastest engineering tool and is ideal for use without product management.

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What needs improvement with Versa Director?

Versa could be more AI-oriented.

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What is your primary use case for Versa Director?

We use the solution to monitor customer networks.

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What do you like most about vRealize Network Insight?

The tool's ease of configuration and use and the availability of information and artifacts through professional services and the web are key factors that customers find valuable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for vRealize Network Insight?

In VMware you have to buy a separate license for it. We have VVF and VCF-type of licenses, and if you want to go with this NSX and sort of higher-end professional services, you need to go with VCF....

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What needs improvement with vRealize Network Insight?

There is room for improvement as not all cases are getting resolved, and we often do not get L3 support directly, having to go through L1 and L2, resulting in delays that usually are a headache for...

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Also Known As

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Overview

Versa Director is Versa Networks’ virtualization and service creation platform that simplifies the creation, automation and delivery of services using Versa WAN edge software, FlexVNF. Versa Director provides the essential management, monitoring and orchestration capabilities needed to deliver Versa’s Secure Cloud IP architecture network and security software services. Services supported by Versa include routing and advanced connectivity to direct traffic across multilink WAN access and simplify control for SD-WAN with embedded advanced security

Versa Networks

VMware vRealize Network Insight delivers intelligent operations for software-defined networking and security. It helps customers build an optimized, highly-available and secure network infrastructure across multi-cloud environments. It accelerates micro-segmentation planning and deployment, enables visibility across virtual and physical networks and provides operational views to manage and scale VMware NSX deployments.

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Sample Customers

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NTTi3, VCIX-NV, VMware Networking and Security Business Unit, Illumio, CompuNet

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