Statseeker Reviews

Our primary use for this solution is troubleshooting. We use it for logging and monitoring the routers and switches in the environment. It assists us with capacity planning.

This is a very cheap solution in order for us to accomplish what we needed to do in terms of providing visibility into the network. The visibility is such that it allows us to be a little proactive when it comes down to issues in the environment. It provides us with graphs and stats that we can use to make sure that there is not an issue with the network.

This solution complements our network monitoring. We have other products that provide a more comprehensive type of monitoring, and this one supplements that, especially for the retail environment.

It allows us to have some visibility into our service provider's equipment. It provides us the last-mile circuits down to the stores that we have.

It has helped our network admin team because it gives them visibility into the environment when there are issues. Workload-wise, I think it probably saves them time.

It just allows us to be more proactive. It gives a way to diagnose issues when they arise.

The most valuable feature of this solution is the simplicity of adding new devices into it.

I would like to see more comprehensive reporting and alerting. We do have other, more expensive solutions that handle that aspect of it. However, it would be nice to be able to specify baseline thresholds. If we're approaching those then we would be alerted, and it would probably help us with our job of troubleshooting.

This is a very stable solution. It hasn't gone down.

Scalability-wise, it's a monitoring platform so it's pulling these devices via SNMP. I would say if I needed an additional service to take on the workload then I would just provide additional storage. It's very simple to install.

This component is so easy that we rarely needed to call support. When we did contact them then they were very effective. No issues.

The initial setup of this solution is straightforward.

We deployed this solution with our in-house team.

We have seen ROI through the ability to troubleshoot more effectively. That is where the benefits came in.

When it came to selecting this solution, it came down to cost. Our licensing fees are on an annual basis.

We looked at several options including Voyance, Computer Associates eHealth, and SolarWinds. The Statseeker solution stood out because it was simple to use and easy to deploy.

This is a good solution in terms of ease of use and ease of deployment. It is a cost-effective solution that provides basic functionality. However, the bells and whistles that other vendors have will need to be provided or enhanced in Statseeker in order for it to compete. 

The biggest lesson that I learned is how easy it is deployed.

I would rate this solution a six out of ten.

Our primary use case is for monitoring traffic.

This solution allowed us to track down trouble users.

Being able to look at individual devices is the feature we found most useful.

It's stable as far as I'm concerned.

Scalability has been fine for us, thus far.

I haven't had any personal experience with technical support yet, so I don't know.

The solution's granularity in terms of network visibility is pretty solid. I haven't used it too often lately though. I'm not in that section of the organization anymore.

I don't know that the solution has had much of an impact on the complexity of our network monitoring. It's just another tool we can use.

I'm sure Statseeker has helped a little bit with our network availability, at some point.

From my experience, I'd give it an eight out of ten. It has worked when I needed it to.

Our primary use case for this solution is network monitoring.

We have Statseeker alerts emailed to a Google group, and one of the members of that group is a Slack integration. This means that we get instant alerts on Slack, from Statseeker, whenever an event happens.

All of our UPS units are set to send SNMP traps to Statseeker whenever their batteries are in need of replacement, or they start failing self-tests. Statseeker then generates an alert based on that trap, which proactively tells our UPS people that this battery is in trouble.

The most valuable feature is the ping going out every second, which gives us almost instantaneous alerting.

The user interface allows us to sort according to the source of network packets, which helps us to quickly narrow down problems.

This solution would be improved with better automatic discovery for ping-only devices. Every time we add an access point, which is a ping-only device, we also have to remember to add it to Statseeker. It would be very helpful if while doing a ping sweep of our network, once Statseeker discovers a new device, it performed a reverse DNS lookup on the IP address to get the hostname and then automatically add it.

The stability of this solution is awesome. Except when it comes time for upgrades, we don't touch it and it just keeps going.

We are a smaller enterprise, but we're watching approximately fifteen-thousand switchboards with no problem at all. The scalability is awesome.

Technical support for this solution is great.

We have been using Statseeker the entire time that I have been with the company.

I was not with the company for the initial setup and deployment.

We receive discounted pricing for being an educational user. Compared to other solutions such as Zabbix and AKiPS, this solution is very well priced.

We have looked at a couple of other solutions like Zabbix and AKiPS, and Statseeker has consistently underpriced everybody.

If this solution offers a trial then I would suggest giving it a try. In my experience, there is not much better than this.

We set a two-minute bundle time so that we don't get completely inundated with alerts.

There is a bug we have encountered, where if we accidentally add a ping-only device as an SNMP device, and then that device goes down, it doesn't report back as "down".

Overall, I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

I was primarily using this solution for network traffic analysis. We are switching to another product.

If somebody is complaining about slow networking then this solution allows us to see various ports to find out whether they are being overloaded.

The most valuable feature is the ability to look at historical traffic.

A more user-friendly interface would help because it is sometimes difficult to find specific data that you are looking for. It would be nice if I could easily select individual interfaces.

It would be helpful to be able to view specific ports, more easily.

From what we have discovered, it is not really a single pane of glass.

Stability-wise, this is a good solution.

I do not feel that this solution is very scalable. It is sometimes hard to drill down and find specific interfaces that you need to track.

I have not dealt with their technical support.

We did not use another solution prior to this one. However, we are switching from Statseeker to Observium. The reason for the switch is that in Observium, the interface is really well-refined. You can select individual interfaces and you can pull up graphs really easily.

I was not part of the initial setup.

One of our in-house staff performed the setup.

I have not tracked the ROI.

This is a solution that is useful when you can find the information. It would benefit from being able to view specific ports more easily.

For my recommendation, I would suggest Observium over this solution.

I would rate this solution a five out of ten.

Our primary use case for this solution is fault management.

This solution has helped us to proactively identify issues and push some of those fixes down to tier one.

The most valuable features are the quick retrieval of performance data, and its ability to poll tens of thousands of interfaces at short intervals.

The single pane of glass for fault and performance data is very helpful.

I would like to see NetFlow improved, with better reporting capabilities that are similar to Scrutinizer.

I would like to see some layer two and layer three topology mappings, similar to what NNMi and SolarWinds presents. For fault, it's very good, but for tier one, they like to see pictures.

This is a very stable solution.

The scalability of this solution is very good.

I would rate their technical support a nine out of ten.

We used HP NNMi prior to this solution. However, they out-priced themselves so we switched.

The initial setup for this solution is straightforward. This is a turnkey solution and it is very easy to deploy.

I implemented the solution myself.

We have not seen ROI.

We have used SolarWinds and HP NNMi. We decided that Statseeker was by far the best solution.

My suggestion for anybody considering this solution is to evaluate at least four other products to see what works best.

I think that the NetFlow portion of the solution needs to be enhanced, but the fault and performance stuff is solid.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

We primarily use this solution for monitoring. We check primarily for failures or latency in the network. 

This solution helps us to find the problem endpoints sooner.

Depending on how you sort your data, you can have a problem area come up to the top of your list. It also depends on what you are polling for, such as interface utilization, packet drops, or errors.

The most valuable feature is the dashboard, where you have everything right there on the screen.

I would like to see a friendlier user interface in the administration tool.

This solution is pretty stable, and we haven't really had any problems.

I have not used technical support for this solution.

We did not use another solution prior to this one.

I was not involved in the initial setup of this solution.

One of our in-house teams handled the implementation.

I would recommend this product. It does what it is supposed to do.

This solution will help to find problem endpoints sooner, or other issues such as throughput and network congestion.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We primarily use this solution for monitoring. We use the Mac version.

Our investment in this solution was customer-driven. When we have a request from a client business we look at what we have. If we cannot satisfy the request then we look into investments such as this.

The monitoring provided by this solution helps us to track down and solve issues.

The most valuable feature of this solution is NetFlow.

In terms of being able to see everything at once, Statseeker is not quite there yet.

It would be very nice to have the Cisco ACI option included in the regular license.

The newer version has bugs in a feature that I want to use, so I am unable to upgrade from my current version because of that. They are aware of this problem and will let me know once it is solved.

The stability of this solution is great compared to other solutions, such as SolarWinds. Statseeker is one step further.

Technical support is great, and I don't think that I'm going to have an issue with them.

In the past, we used SolarWinds and find that Statseeker is more stable.

The initial setup for this solution is straightforward. Everything is online, and you simply follow the instructions on the web page step-by-step. It is very clear and nothing is difficult.

We performed the deployment in-house.

We pay a yearly maintenance fee of approximately $40,000 USD.

The Cisco ACI option is not included in the regular maintenance fees.

We evaluated ThousdandEyes and decided that it was not quite as mature as Statseeker, so we opted for this solution.

We also considered Splunk.

While I would recommend this software to a colleague, I would also suggest running different products at the same time to see what works best.

I like this solution because I have used different products and I find this one is simpler.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We use Statseeker to monitor all the devices on our network. This includes:

• the network switches
• our gateways to the cloud
• our kiosks that are mounted throughout our building
• any other device we deem to be important

We want to know exactly when they go down.

In terms of network visibility, Statseeker can be very granular. We can tell it exactly where we want it to go and where we want it to check, or it can do an SNMP walk and find out where everything is. It's very detailed.

I find the speed of notification most valuable with using Statseeker. It's very quick with its notifications and the history is easily accessible. The history of outages, how long something's been down, how long something's been up. It has all that information there for us.

Now we know when things go down before we are called and told that something's not working. It allows us to fix something before our customer notices it's broken.

I would like the ability to update the dashboard. I would also like the ability to access via an API. Then I could produce a dashboard that my C level can understand. This is just so they can go and refresh whenever they want to and see what things look like.

The stability of Statseeker is rock solid.

Statseeker would scale just fine. I just don't need it for more than what I have it for. It would scale great. It's fast, light, and thin. 

We've done some WAN stuff, but are just getting into SDN.

When I had to use Statseeker technical support, it was good. However, in the beginning, the hours were a little strange because they're in Australia. For me on the East Coast, that's almost as far away as I could be. 

Now since they're in San Diego as well, I'm sure it will be fine. I haven't had to call them for tech support very often.

I deployed Statseeker myself. It was a little complex. Someone was there to walk me through it. I would never have figured out how to do certain things if it wasn't for the person that was on the phone helping me. As long as they're providing that, then it's good.

It's probably $5K a year for the license.

SolarWinds was on my shortlist. I was almost in with them. I had done some free things using Splunk etc. Once I saw the demonstration in the Cisco lab, I knew this would be the easiest solution for me to deploy and use.

Overall, Statseeker has reduced the complexity of our network monitoring once it's installed. It provides a single pane of glass to go and look at a snapshot if anything's down or having any transitions, i.e. within the last hour or last twenty-four hours. 

You can look at the data coordinator and if you see something red, you know something's wrong. If you don't see anything red, you know nothing's wrong. It just takes a glance. Even our help desk, if they're not in-network experienced, they can tell if something's down.

The single pane of glass for traditional and SDN affects our network management by making it easier to go to one place to be able to look at something as opposed to checking disparate systems all over the place.

For the workload of our network admin team, Statseeker has been a big help. Statseeker did reduce the amount of work they had to do. Even more, it focused them on what they had to do. Instead of chasing their tails, they could work on something that needed to be done. 

For our network availability, we see things that are up and down, like if something needs to be replaced or fixed. Everything stays up longer now. We don't have a lot of SDN. 

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate Statseeker a nine. I like it a lot, especially the area where you define reports and where you set up the email alerts. 

The language used to formulate the email when you send it out could be done a little better. Statseeker gives you results that you can understand very quickly.

The biggest lesson that we've learned from using this solution is that you can't be everywhere at once, but this can.