Ixia Hawkeye vs VMware Aria Operations for Applications comparison

Keysight Technologies and VMware are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Keysight Technologies is ranked #48 with an average rating of 8.5, while VMware is ranked #42 with an average rating of 7.5. Keysight Technologies holds a 0.2% mindshare in IM, compared to VMware’s 1.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Keysight Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of VMware users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

VMware Aria Operations for Applications and Ixia Hawkeye compete in the application performance monitoring space. VMware seems to have the upper hand due to its seamless integration with VMware environments and advanced analytics, although Ixia Hawkeye offers superior network visibility and user-friendly setup.

Features: VMware Aria Operations for Applications provides deep insights through predictive analytics, integrates with VMware's ecosystem, and enables proactive issue resolution. Ixia Hawkeye delivers advanced network testing, precise performance metrics, and superior troubleshooting capabilities.

Room for Improvement: VMware Aria Operations for Applications could improve its network performance metrics, enhance standalone usability outside VMware environments, and offer more competitive pricing for non-VMware users. Ixia Hawkeye might refine its integration with other platforms, provide deeper analytics in software performance, and offer a more intuitive user interface.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: VMware Aria Operations offers straightforward deployment within VMware infrastructures and benefits from comprehensive support resources. Ixia Hawkeye is recognized for its user-friendly setup and provides excellent support throughout the deployment phase, ensuring efficient implementation and management.

Pricing and ROI: VMware Aria Operations for Applications is cost-effective for businesses already using VMware, offering significant ROI through its integration and analytical capabilities. Ixia Hawkeye, with higher initial costs, justifies its pricing through exceptional network monitoring capabilities and the potential for long-term savings with improved performance.

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Categories and Ranking

Ixia Hawkeye

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

48th

Average Rating

9.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Unified Communications Monitoring (4th), Network Monitoring Software (52nd)

VMware Aria Operations for ...

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

42nd

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (40th), Container Monitoring (9th), Cloud Monitoring Software (32nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Ixia Hawkeye is 0.2%, down from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Aria Operations for Applications is 1.3%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

Featured Reviews

José Enrique Cano Rodriguez

Assistant Consultant at Tata Consultancy

Nov 7, 2023

A valuable tool for optimizing network performance and security with comprehensive network monitoring capabilities, user-friendly interface, and flexibility for scripting

Our objective is to evaluate the performance of GPON and DOCSIS networks which involves considering factors such as pricing, sales, and the technical aspects of conducting tests. To achieve this, various performance tests are carried out, including but not limited to traceroute tests, STP tests…

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Yves Sandfort

CEO & Majority Shareholder at Comdivision Consulting GmbH

Aug 1, 2022

Easy to deploy, worth the money, and helpful for uptime monitoring and performance insights

Its billing model is consumption-based. I understand the consumption-based model, but it is not necessarily easy to estimate and guess how many points or how much we are going to consume on a specific application up until we get to that point. So, for us, it would be helpful to have more insights or predictability into what we can expect from a cost perspective if we are starting to use specific features. This can potentially also drive our consumption a bit more. The other thing for us is that while it is great that we have all these standard metrics, it would be good if we can also more easily define standard metrics to be consumed for our own application. At the moment, for a lot of applications, we have to reinvent the wheel every time. If there was something so that we can build our own packaging of metrics, it would be helpful. In the future, we might be deploying our software to other customers as well. So, they should make it easier to redeploy that. There should be more customizable dashboards. The Wavefront dashboards are very technical and a more business-oriented dashboard design would definitely help.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the deployment because it's very easy to deploy real flow through the network."

"Our customer was happiest with the price of this product."

"The ease of setup is the most valuable aspect of this solution. It's easy to set up and run tests."

"It empowers network administrators to access specialized and detailed views for specific tests, including video streaming and performance related to specific applications like video games."

"The solution is great for virtualization and preparing the infrastructure in Tanzu to test products. It's very fast and has good visibility."

"The features I find most valuable is the querying and alerting capabilities."

"For us, the ease of deployment in combination with TMZ was the most important part because we don't have to manually deploy a complex monitoring solution. We can more or less do that with the click of a button, and we are not dependent on the developers to provide us with all the necessary features and functions to make that work. We can just deploy it on a workload cluster and monitor at least a good part of the workload. If we want to go into detail, we clearly need to make changes, but for a good part of application monitoring, it gives us good insights."

"The most valuable aspects of the solution are its ease of use and its ease of implementation."

"Tanzu itself, integrated with multiple solutions, bestows support and security upon a container platform, especially when it comes to managing open-source container platforms such as Kubernetes."

"VMware comes with a support team, and if you have trouble, you can easily create a ticket, and VMware will help you. Therefore, the best aspect is the support."

"No issues with stability."

"This solution allows me to have true visibility for any metrics when it comes to my cloud, and private."

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Cons

"The customization of tests and even the results can be improved."

"Improvements in network performance are essential."

"Ixia has one flaw, which is that they do not print the license code on the paper licenses that are shipped to the customers."

"You can't delete more than one thing at a time. It would be great to be able to highlight three out of five things and delete them, whether it's a test or an actual report."

"In the new version, I would love to see more prediction capabilities. It would be great if one could see the alerts get a little more enriched with information and become more human-friendly instead of the technical stuff that they put in there. I think those would be really awesome outcomes to get."

"It could use a URL document server. Everything in the market is moving towards automation and everybody's looking for the single click operations as well relational data locality."

"The initial setup should be easier and more seamless."

"The documentation and integration with Kubernetes could be improved."

"They could make it more easy to plug-in data so that a nontechnical person will be able to use it, like accountants or finance people. That way they don't have to ask us."

"I would like to see integration with Kubernetes cluster and APIs so that you can manage the entire stack."

"The main problem I have is that the license cost is very high."

"The implementation is a long process that should be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"In larger networks, the costs for licenses tend to be more reasonable, but for smaller networks, it appears relatively costly."

"It cost us approximately 25,000 for two years. This is cheaper than ThousandEyes."

"I don't have the details. In our case, there is a mixture in place. We have production usage, and we are also doing training for VMware. So, we also have a training instance. It is worth the money you would spend on it. That's because if you were to build all of this yourself by using some of the open source tools, then you would need a lot of time."

"The licensing costs are very high, particularly when you consider that we have to purchase a level 1 license for every integration, such as the load balancer, HAProxy, and the MSSP. And if you want to use vSAN, that's another license. Then, of course, Tanzu Observability has its own separate license."

"Different locations require different setups. In your terms, around 300 to around 400K USD."

"I would rate the pricing as three out of five."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

16%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Ixia Hawkeye?

It empowers network administrators to access specialized and detailed views for specific tests, including video streaming and performance related to specific applications like video games.

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What needs improvement with Ixia Hawkeye?

Improvements in network performance are essential.

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What is your primary use case for Ixia Hawkeye?

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What do you like most about VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront?

VMware comes with a support team, and if you have trouble, you can easily create a ticket, and VMware will help you. Therefore, the best aspect is the support.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront?

I would rate the pricing as three out of five.

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What needs improvement with VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront?

It's hard to set up Tanzu clusters. It's hard to do a POC. Once you set up a customer's environment, you easily see the problems. The initial setup should be easier and more seamless.

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Also Known As

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Tanzu Observability, Wavefront, Wavefront by VMware, VMware Tanzu Observability

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Overview

Hawkeye quickly and effectively validates network performance, isolates problems, and proactively detects issues by running scheduled verification tests. Using a combination of hardware and software agents called Performance Endpoints, Hawkeye simulates application traffic and sends key performance metrics to a central console for fast action.

VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront is a powerful tool for monitoring and analyzing the performance and availability of applications and infrastructure in real-time.

With its comprehensive monitoring capabilities, visualizing and analyzing data becomes effortless. The real-time alerting system ensures timely issue resolution, while scalability and a user-friendly interface provide a seamless experience for smooth operations.

Sample Customers

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1. Atlassian 2. Cisco 3. Databricks 4. DigitalOcean 5. Equinix 6. Fidelity Investments 7. Google 8. Hewlett Packard Enterprise 9. Honeywell 10. IBM 11. Intel 12. JetBlue Airways 13. LinkedIn 14. Lyft 15. Mastercard 16. Microsoft 17. MongoDB 18. Netflix 19. Nvidia 20. Oracle 21. PayPal 22. Pinterest 23. Qualcomm 24. Red Hat 25. Salesforce 26. SAP 27. Spotify 28. Square 29. TMobile 30. Twitter 31. Uber 32. VMware

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