Claroty Platform vs SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer comparison

"The tool's best feature was the UI and the simplicity it offers."

"Their SRA solution, the Secure Remote Access solution, is very useful for industrial environments."

"Claroty provides continuous threat protection and identifies pre-empty stuff and false positives."

"The main advantage of Claroty, when compared to its competitors, is integrated secure remote access."

"Claroty is very beneficial for learning and adds value to your resume."

"The solution's most valuable feature is the map, which shows everything that is connected and communicates with each other."

"The platform ensures security without imposing significant delays."

"Claroty assigns a score based on how well you are doing in the course. If you skip a video, your score decreases, making it essential to watch the content attentively."

"With SolarWinds, we are now able to accurately gauge bandwidth consumption."

"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."

"SolarWinds has improved our organization because whenever a device is down, we get an alert."

"It is great at telling you if your devices are working and it keeps an eye on your network's overall performance."

"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."

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

"It allows us to pinpoint which protocol is overloading the link."

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

"If more AI features could be included with the Clarity solution, it would be feasible for everybody."

"The product's integration capabilities are an area of concern where improvements are required."

"I think the only issue is that the hardware Claroty uses is expensive."

"There is room for improvement in the user interface to make it more vibrant and interactive, similar to IT tools. Improvements could also be made in the Secure Remote Access (SRA) user interaction and graphical representations of recordings."

"There are a few protocols that Claroty doesn't currently support."

"There is room for improvement in the user interface to make it more vibrant and interactive, similar to IT tools."

"Claroty Platform could improve the pricing to get more acceptability in the market."

"There should be AI security solutions implemented."

"This solution would benefit from having more security-based communications between the actual devices and the software itself."

"There are some areas for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer. There are some challenges with the solution when compared to other monitoring tools such as difficulty in operations and difficulty with backup installation. My team is currently trying out different solutions but would need to see how it goes."

"The tool itself is very complicated, so training is required to handle it effectively."

"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."

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

"Customer Support is quite complex."

"I would like to see more artificial intelligence capabilities."

"The problem is that SolarWinds is trying to bolt in too much and that can leave bugs, which you have to then sort out, leaving the product unstable. SolarWinds needs to try and slow down and improve the stability of the product, as opposed to bringing out more and more features."

"The licensing for physical devices is cheap, but the software version is expensive. The software version costs around 26-28 dollars. I was surprised and even double-checked. It was shocking."

"It's a bit expensive compared to other solutions."

"The tool is quite expensive."

"For our environment, we pay approximately $25,000 USD yearly."

"We have licenses for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer. In terms of pricing, its license is not that expensive versus other tools such as HP."

"Licensing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is paid yearly, and there are no additional costs that you need to pay apart from the standard licensing fees because you don't need to purchase another solution to make SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer work. Pricing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is more expensive than other solutions."

"While the pricing is fair, it could be better."

"SolarWinds' pricing structure is the primary reason why some customers opt for another solution such as ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer. In NTA, you are charged per port, meaning that if you have a 24-port switch you will be charged for 24 individual nodes. ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, on the other hand, charges per switch, such that if you add a switch, the entire switch will count as one single node."

"The licensing for this solution is based on the number of nodes."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"The solution's licensing is high-priced."