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SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer Valuable Features

Raja Xabi - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager at APRAL

I use the application recognition feature within SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer.

The application recognition feature of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer has helped me identify and manage bandwidth-intensive applications by providing insight into the applications and their behavior regarding bandwidth consumption, so I can reverse engineer and advise my application development teams if there are any lightweight applications causing unnecessary traffic and using bandwidth that should not be consumed.

The integration of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer with other SolarWinds tools such as Network Performance Monitor is very important for our network visibility, as integration is quite simple and smooth if you follow the standard process mentioned in the SolarWinds guidelines and knowledge base documentation.

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DeepakVyas - PeerSpot reviewer
Global-Manager Network & communications at Secure Meters Limited

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

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RM
Technical Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

This tool provides insights into top utilization applications or it identifies which circuit or application is consuming the most on the complete one-gig circuit traffic path. This feature makes net flows very visible to me and to customers, showing what is happening at the backend. This is the main feedback I receive from customers about how NetFlow is being managed.

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SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer
June 2025
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reviewer2511027 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

It provides more insights. I can see how spikes or the time interval. I can set up and customize the time when I want to see how I want to see the traffic. For the customization, I can go ahead and put my time interval, which intervals I want to see the traffic, and how it is behaving. 

So 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 so I can really compare. I can determine that. This could be a potential cause. Then I need to drill down why it is causing that spike at that particular point in time. Maybe I need to drill down on the server level and component level.

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Dr. SureshHungenahally - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Executive Officer at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

We conduct network traffic analysis for a couple of key reasons. First, we look for traffic anomalies, such as unexpected increases or decreases in network traffic within specific segments. This helps us determine if the network needs to be re-architected.

We also analyze peak bandwidth and bandwidth consumption across various network segments, which is crucial if someone is planning to transition to software-defined networks. The network traffic analyzer tool allows us to simulate scenarios and compare before-and-after results. Additionally, it supports traffic sources like NetFlow and SFlow, and we regularly check the quality of service using NetFlow.

The tool handles a variety of protocols, such as NetFlow version 5 and version 9, JFlow, and SFlow, making it independent of the underlying technology.

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Edmar Silva - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at AGCO Corporation

The most valuable aspect is its ability to identify issues when there is an overloaded link. It helps with applying QoS or traffic engineering in the network. It offers basic traffic visibility, which is essential in daily network operations.

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RA
Content Specialist at PeerSpot

The best feature is customizable reporting, which includes network diagrams and monitoring of various types of bandwidth usage and peak times. These reports are crucial for managing bandwidth usage and network management within our organization.

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Alex Kinyanjui - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at Safaricom

The solution helps manage networks.

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Muhammad Asif - PeerSpot reviewer
Consaltant at a consultancy with self employed

The bandwidth monitoring functionality is one of the most important features for our customers. When the customer notices that their bandwidth usage is too high for some reason, they will use the traffic analysis within SolarWinds NTA to identify which protocols (e.g. HTTPS) or applications are using up the bandwidth.

Another solid feature of SolarWinds NTA is their reports. They offer real-time traffic reports that show updates every five to 10 seconds.

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Diego Del Pozo Saiz - PeerSpot reviewer
Communications Technician at Grupo Antolin

What my organization likes best about SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is its easy deployment. It's also well-integrated in terms of monitoring because my organization also uses a SolarWinds solution for monitoring. You can connect SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer directly to that monitoring tool to get information.

My organization also finds the default graphs that appear before the configuration in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer very useful.

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KhalidOmer - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Center Engineer at a retailer with 5,001-10,000 employees

The most valuable feature of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is that it watches how your network is doing, checks the traffic, and warns you if there might be problems. It is great at telling you if your devices are working and it keeps an eye on your network's overall performance.

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IR
Manager at QMUL

The most helpful feature of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is bandwidth analysis, which lets you see who's hogging your network.

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Arsene Feudjio Tsopgue - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at AC Consulting

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.

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Rajasekhar Maturi - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at Wipro Limited

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.

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Dr. SureshHungenahally - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Executive Officer at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

The configuration and ease of deployment are great. Within half a day, you can start seeing the traffic data coming in. Over a period of time, you can gradually improve the quality of the data and the sampling rate. For example, let's say you have got a new network or a new extension to a network, and you want to see its behavior. You cannot wait two or three days as you'll get hacked. With this, within a few hours, you can just bring the MPM or APM, any other SolarWinds product, and immediately you can start seeing the traffic coming in.

The deployment is fast and easy.

It doesn't cost too much. 

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RohailKhan - PeerSpot reviewer
Management Trainee at Pak-Arab Refinery Ltd.

The analytics are pretty good.

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reviewer1427196 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Services Manager at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees

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. We have our threshold set at 80%, which means that when we hit that capacity, it's time to start looking at things like whether there is a problem in the network or whether an increase in bandwidth needs to take place. Essentially, it gives us a tool where we can manage our business proactively instead of reactively.

I have 19 direct reports that use this product.

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10 Kavi - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at Kavi

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

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reviewer1183797 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Specialist at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

In the case of ThousandEyes, the feature I've found most valuable is that it is an active synthetic monitoring tool. It provides per-hub packet loss latency information across the private and public internet. This provides us with capability outside our network.

SolarWinds is traditional. It's old school and SNMP-based. It provides event-triggered alarms. We rely on the features to monitor our network device to see if it is online or not. It tells us if the interface is down or up or if the device is down or up.

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MS
IT Analyst at Hawkbridge Consultants

In terms of the implementation, we've actually used SAM, the server and application monitoring tools. The network configuration tools are very useful in terms of bulk upgrading switches and infrastructure. Also, the Network Traffic Analyzer was extremely useful to track down errant users soaking up bandwidth.

Quite a lot of our internal investigations are actually using the Network Traffic Analyzer to find out which computers are soaking up the network bandwidth.

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Arash Racy - PeerSpot reviewer
System and Network Administrator at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The solution's most valuable feature is the network monitoring system. As it offers enterprise solutions, it has all the essential features for business. 

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MahmoudMostafa - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at Securenass

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

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Donald Bakels - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Adfontessoftware

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

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reviewer1142772 - PeerSpot reviewer
Control Department Head of Information Security at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

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. 

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reviewer1054686 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

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.

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reviewer1424007 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Project Lead - Danone North America at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

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.

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reviewer1065336 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Engineer at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

What I like the most is the bandwidth assessment.

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CB
Senior Tech Support Engineer | Project Implementation Head at a tech company with 11-50 employees

The most valuable features are: 

  • The bandwidth analyzer
  • The monitoring
  • The network Analyzer
  • It has overall good performance
  • Easy deployment. 
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reviewer1074924 - PeerSpot reviewer
Networks Lead Engineer at a mining and metals company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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.

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BL
Information Technology Manager at B&I Contractors

The most valuable feature is the alarm that is set up to trigger based on bandwidth utilization. When we are alerted then we know that we have to look further into the issue.

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reviewer1229574 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Network Department at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

The solution's most valuable feature is its traffic analysis.

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it_user1043517 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of IT Governance Service at ITGSTORE

The performance analysis is a valuable feature. With the performance analyzer, we can see the realtime monitoring, the realtime performance, and historical performance on specific components like virtualization storage, CPU, servers and network equipment.

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AA
IT Director at NEDCO

It's a fantastic product overall, so it is difficult to define one feature being the best.

It is fantastic to know the Traffic Analyzer can show us where the potential problems are. You become very familiar with the bandwidth being consumed by different lines and how all the traffic is moving between different departments and different applications.

At times, we faced a lot of issues with users on the internet because of the consumption of the bandwidth. It was very hard to try to find exactly what was going on and what applications affected traffic. With SolarWinds, we are now able to accurately gauge bandwidth consumption.

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it_user1109319 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Technology and Inspection at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The network performance monitor I have embedded has been able to give me a customized dashboard. The dashboard alerts me when a critical device would go off in the network. I get an SMS alarm. 

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MH
Network Engineer at Brookfield Property

The NCM module is by far the most useful feature, as I am able to provision and employ changes to our entire infrastructure with a single tool. 

I like that it is able to monitor multiple devices and it's vendor-agnostic.

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MT
Network and Security Engineer at Neurones

The most valuable functions are the ability to show the Network Flow and the system of escalation.

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Buyer's Guide
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer
June 2025
Learn what your peers think about SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: June 2025.
860,632 professionals have used our research since 2012.