We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and NETSCOUT vSTREAM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"If you are using Darktrace or NAC solutions you can integrate Stealthwatch."
"The most valuable feature is integration."
"Being able to identify specific date closed across the network is invaluable."
"The most valuable features of this solution are its reporting and mitigation capabilities."
"The most valuable feature we got out of Stealthwatch is to be able to, while troubleshooting, go deep into one of our interfaces and verify what the bandwidth is and if there's any activity there that's causing problems."
"Stealthwatch has greatly improved our network visibility, in terms of bandwidth, malware, and PCI violations."
"This product alleviates the day-to-day headaches for us, in regards to metrics."
"Great network monitoring, looking at anomaly detection and evaluation."
"vSTREAM gives us better visibility and reporting about our network infrastructure, allowing for cost-optimization."
"One of the valuable features is the packet decoding."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"I would like to see some improvement when it comes to reporting."
"I would like to see interoperability with other Cisco products because we have ThousandEyes, Cisco Prime, and others. The interaction among these is important to us."
"One update that I would like to see is an agent-based client. Currently, Stealthwatch is network-based. A local agent could help manage endpoints."
"One area that could be improved in SNA is the integration with Cisco ISE for user and session details, which currently requires additional setup."
"I think the interface is a little lacking. The interface seems like it just needs to be modernized. It's been the same interface now, ever since I've seen it probably four years ago."
"The GUI could use some improvement. Being able to find features more easily would be a great improvement if it was simplified."
"The usability of this solution needs to be improved."
"Stealthwatch needs improvement when it comes to speed."
"Room for improvement exists in filtering in the packet decode."
"I would like to see improvements made to the user guide."
"I would like for it to have a smaller footprint of the virtual appliance and better performance."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 25th in Network Monitoring Software with 58 reviews while NETSCOUT vSTREAM is ranked 73rd in Network Monitoring Software. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while NETSCOUT vSTREAM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETSCOUT vSTREAM writes "Troubleshooting at the packet level helps us resolve issues more quickly". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas NETSCOUT vSTREAM is most compared with vRealize Network Insight, Arista Data ANalyZer, Azure Network Watcher and NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. NETSCOUT vSTREAM report.
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