ManageEngine OpManager vs Wireshark comparison

"ManageEngine OpManager has given us the ability to monitor real-time performance, and positions of our virtual machines and host machines, helping us minimize the amount of time it takes to manage them by allowing us to monitor all machines through a single dashboard instead of going to them one by one."

"Alerting is the biggest asset as we can have real-time failure view and predict failures in some cases."

"Some of the most valuable features are the accessibility of the solution and the fact that it is simpler than other products. For example, discovering devices in the network is very simple, making it user-friendly."

"The most valuable feature is the network-related reporting."

"Rich GUI tool to monitor infrastructure."

"We have been in contact with technical support and are satisfied with the speed of their answers."

"The solution gives pretty good network visibility. I am also impressed with it's monitoring."

"You can put all of your work on there, they'll send you an email or send you a text. That functionality as a network engineer is the one I like the most. I do like the fact that we can schedule reports. That works too because that's a lot fewer spreadsheets that I have to create."

"Wireshark is a pretty good tool if somebody wants to learn packet analysis or just plain, simple debugging of network issues at an L2 or L3 level."

"It gives us the ability to pinpoint problems and to communicate network problems with software and hardware vendors."

"The best thing about Wireshark is the community/ecosystem."

"I find Wireshark a very useful tool. Its best feature is that it allows me to deeply understand what's going on at the packet level, as well as any adverse signatures that I can analyze."

"I believe everyone should use this tool if they need to analyze packets."

"The session-level filtering features are valuable."

"It is free, easy to use, getting better with every release."

"The best network analyzer tool out there in the market."

"The solution is a bit difficult to configure."

"There are some concerns with the recording performance of ManageEngine OpManager. It does not offer accurate monitoring when compared to SolarWinds."

"The dashboard could include more features."

"Support is very bad. They should improve support and customer relationship."

"It is sometimes difficult to manage the user interface. It can get very complicated."

"The initial setup is a bit complicated. It needs a technician who is very aware of the flow and how to officially set up the flow chart, etc."

"It would be great if there were some sort of artificial intelligence feature which would help us make improvements in the network once we find an issue, and do it automatically."

"The main drawback is there is less documentation available, both public documentation and partner-available documentation."

"The only thing that I don't like is sometimes there is an update, and something that I was using is either no longer there or it has changed."

"You need good network connectivity to download during the setup, otherwise, it might take a while."

"The product is great but I wish there were more of an emphasis on the command line tools."

"We'd like to be able to extract the output into an Excel table."

"Not always simple to setup and get the filtering right when capturing data."

"There is a disadvantage when it comes to sampling intervals. Additionally, I've heard from a colleague that Wireshark might be less effective in the voice domain."

"The Wireshark search function shows green for a correct search and red for an incorrect search."

"The initial setup depends upon the basics. You need to have a clear understanding of the basics."

"The solution's licensing costs are yearly and based on the number of applications."

"Pricing for ManageEngine OpManager depends on the number of nodes you onboard and whatever pricing is reflected on the ManageEngine portal which offers discounts from ten percent to fifteen percent. It purely depends on the sales volume and the negotiation. In my organization, there are about one thousand two hundred nodes which cost around $29,000 per year. There's no additional support fee or maintenance fee from ManageEngine OpManager. Pricing for the solution is highly competitive and I would rate it five out of five. ManageEngine OpManager is one of the most competitive options out there."

"The price for ManageEngine OpManager is average."

"ManageEngine OpManager is cheaper than SolarWinds."

"We had perpetual licenses. The cost was around 36,000 for OPManager, and then you'd have the yearly maintenance fee of 2,000 or 3,000."

"The tool's licensing costs are yearly."

"I rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten."

"We have a standard license for ManageEngine OpManager. We purchased the license for one year and now we are upgrading it soon."

"It is free to download and install. It runs on multiple platforms, so how can you go wrong?"

"It is free."

"It's free."

"Wireshark is an open-source product, so it's free to use."

"Wireshark is open source and gives great value and functionality to the network investigation."

"Wireshark is free software, so you don't have to pay any licensing fee. Individual people can use it and then donate to Wireshark."

"Wireshark is open-source and free of charge."

"The tool is free."