SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer Reviews

I used NTA for visibility and traffic analysis in my lab.

NTA's most valuable feature is traffic analysis and visibility.

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

I used SolarWinds NTA for one to two weeks.

NTA is scalable.

NTA is complicated to deploy and configure.

I implemented NTA myself.

NTA gives you visibility so you can make good decisions regarding new devices and adding uplinks of traffic. I would rate NTA eight out of ten.

My primary use case of SolarWinds is to see exactly what's going on in the network. 

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

I'd like to see some additional security and more efficient support for the solution.

I've been using this solution for 10 years. 

The solution is stable. 

The solution is scalable. We have around 100 customers using Analyzer. 

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

The initial installation was quite straightforward, we were able to do it ourselves and it took a couple of hours. 

Licensing fees are reasonable. 

I recommend this solution and rate it nine out of 10. 

We use many SolarWinds solutions. We use SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer mostly for monitoring the traffic and ensuring that everything is working well. We use it to manage and monitor the traffic and check if the connection between the two sites is well.

For managing the traffic, it provides you a response about whether the traffic is down, up, or heavy, which is a very powerful feature. It has a good response time. 

We have been using this solution for many years, and we don't have any problem with this solution. 

If your network is on SolarWinds, and you notice that the traffic is bad because it says "user downloading a heavy file," it doesn't indicate which endpoint is downloading those heavy files. SolarWinds doesn't have the tools to be able to handle this kind of situation. You can just notice through your network device that the traffic is becoming overwhelming or heavy, but you cannot go inside and get more details related to the endpoint where it is happening. We would like SolarWinds to be able to handle this kind of situation and even manage the traffic inside a network from the endpoint to the network device. These would be good enhancements.

It is mostly stable. The problem comes only when we want to add another SolarWinds model. SolarWinds has so many models, and sometimes when we want to add other models on the platforms that are reserved for our firm, it freezes. When this happens, we have to create a new VM for that model.

I have been using this solution for around seven years.

It is mostly stable, but there are issues with stability when you want to add another SolarWinds model to the platform.

It is good for small and medium enterprises. We have ten users who use this solution in our organization. This solution is mostly used by network administrators, and currently, they don't have another project to increase the usage of the solution.

Their technical support is good.

The initial setup isn't complex.

We have an internal team that manages this solution. 

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

I would recommend this solution if your need is really about monitoring the traffic. It gives good feedback for monitoring the traffic, and it is a good solution for that, but if you want to do more than that, I would not recommend this solution.

It is a good solution for small and medium enterprises. It is good for enterprises that are not too big and don't have too many networks. 

I would rate SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer a six out of ten.

We use this product to analyze network traffic flow. For example, we analyze the traffic that is using a lot of bandwidth to determine which application or information stream is responsible.

Everything is done in the Orion Suite, so you can look there to find dashboards and reports.

The integration with other SolarWinds products is good. It works well in combination with the other tools.

I would like to see more artificial intelligence capabilities.

We have been using SolarWinds Netflow Traffic Analyzer for about four years.

This is a very stable product.

Scalability-wise, it is fine.

SolarWinds is a traditional software company, which means that you can get help from them.

SolarWinds is a great product with a lot of possibilities, but also, it is not the Holy Grail. None of these solutions are. The suitability and choice of products depend on what is best for the customers. It's situation-based, and it depends on the requirements.

The initial setup is straightforward and it only takes a couple of hours to deploy. It is easy.

Our in-house team implements and deploys this solution. I also train people on how to use it.

The pricing is reasonable.

Overall, for my use cases, this product is very good and I recommend it. My advice is that if you decide to implement SolarWinds then they have a few other good products that you can use.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

SolarWinds, in general, is used for inventory and monitoring. We use the Network Traffic Analyzer module mostly for support and debugging of issues and such.

They have instructional videos and other information available on the site to assist you with learning it. Even if you don't have an integrator or somebody teaching you how to use it, you could probably pick it up pretty easily.

I would like to see better customization capabilities.

We have been using the Netflow Traffic Analyzer for about five years.

The stability is good.

Scalability-wise, NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is fine.

The support is always good. They are good people and they answer questions quickly. They know their product.

The initial setup was pretty straightforward.

We contracted an integrator to assist us with the initial implementation and deployment.

Now, we're getting ready to redeploy an entirely new suite and we're doing that internally. We are able to do this now because we have a new person on staff who has experience with this type of thing.

This is a good product and I recommend it. 

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We are using this solution for bandwidth utilization.

What I like the most is the bandwidth assessment.

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

The price could be reduced to make this product more competitive.

Support could have a better response time.

I have been using this solution for two years.

We are using the latest version.

This solution is stable.

It's a scalable product and we plan to continue using it.

The technical support is good.

Previously, we did not use another solution.

It didn't take much to deploy.

We configured feature by feature.

The initial setup was done through professional services.

While the pricing is fair, it could be better.

I am quite satisfied with this solution and I would recommend it for anyone who is considering using SolarWinds Netflow Traffic Analyzer.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

The most valuable features are: 

• The bandwidth analyzer
• The monitoring
• The network Analyzer
• It has overall good performance
• Easy deployment. 

The pricing is expensive. 

I have been using SolarWinds Network Bandwidth Analyzer for six months. 

It stable, we haven't experienced any issues or bugs. 

We have tested the scalability and have found it to be scalable. 

We have several large clients who use SolarWinds. 

I haven't needed to contact technical support because I never had a problem with it. 

The deployment is easy. I deployed it myself and it took around one day. 

The product is a great experience to use and I never experienced any problems with this software application. I would recommend it. 

I would rate it a nine out of ten. In the next release, I would like to see improvement in the area network health, the servers and the network equipment. They can see and can monitor all the equipment from network to server because inside the server are the backups, the systems of their company, and the backup files.

I was using this solution in my previous company for four years and am trying to bring it to my new organization. We are currently running a PoC.

The GUI is simple and easy to use.

The monitoring is perfect, showing you the details for the utilization of resources and network bandwidth.

It provides the ability to track users to see who is generating higher amounts of traffic and what the person is doing.

The notifications are helpful.

At the end of the day, you can get very comprehensive reports showing you everything that is happening in the domain.

The licensing should be improved. I don't like the licensing because it is geared to the interface and not the device, which increases the cost.

The Atlas module that is used for building the network map is very bad.

I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard configuration.

They should provide more templates for the vendors.

I have been working with SolarWinds for more than four years.

It is a stable system and very reliable.

The scalability is very good.

This solution does not have support available in the Middle East region. The relationship is through the partners but this is insufficient because they are not highly skilled and cannot really support you.

Whenever you approach the SolarWindws team, they normally have fixes that come out with every new release.

The price of this solution is exceptional. 

This solution does an excellent job but nothing is perfect. There are some things that need to be improved.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.