ManageEngine OpManager vs Wireshark comparison

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

"It helps us a lot for monitoring our servers in one console, instead of going to individual servers."

"ManageEngine OpManager allows us to manage all our organization's firewalls, switches, and critical servers from a single console, requiring only one person to oversee all operations."

"Rich GUI tool to monitor infrastructure."

"The solution's most valuable feature is its ability to reach most of our network devices and get the most from them."

"This is a good general monitoring system that has all the features we require and they constantly update with new capabilities."

"The solution is stable."

"Defining thresholds and other alerting criteria is fairly simple and would not require a lot of training, which is very useful if you are managing a large environment."

"The most valuable feature is the traffic gate, which shows which IPs are getting more bandwidth or traffic."

"I use this free, open-source solution daily for packet analysis, and the packet details pane is particularly valuable."

"The feature to incorporate Voice over IP (VoIP) incidents into network traffic analysis is valuable. Capturing voice or SIP communication allows for examination of interactions between SIP clients and SIP servers. This helps the team investigate or analyze issues related to call center servers and operators."

"Wireshark has a tool called tshark that can parse the files without opening them so that you can take large captures, say 2-10GB, and return only relevant information."

"One of the best products that can provide the details of what is happening with an application and the full life cycle of the response time."

"It is a stable product. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."

"Wireshark is a great tool to help network engineers identify network problems like broadcasting, injection, poisoning, etc."

"Setup is very easy. It's also possible to change source code and compile if you want to change something in the code, because it's free."

"The licensing for this solution is not straightforward and should be improved."

"The dashboard could include more features."

"The storage level monitoring needs improvement. It needs storage level monitoring on the server itself. That feature is lacking right now."

"For the implementation part, I am facing issues when configuring the business view."

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

"They should add more features to URL monitoring."

"The pricing of the solution is high."

"However, it lacks strong local support."

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

"Bigger memory footprint."

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

"It is easy to get overwhelmed with the amount of data you are looking at."

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

"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 product has been using the same GUI for many years."

"Wireshark could be improved by adding more monitoring features."

"As far as cost, it was around six hundred thousand rands ($40,500) for the year, for the renewals. That's the total cost for a four thousand node system including support and maintenance."

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

"ManageEngine OpManager has a three-tier licensing model."

"The solution is highly affordable"

"It is reasonably priced."

"The licensing is on a yearly basis and the pricing is on the cheaper side."

"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."

"We're using the free version of Wireshark."

"We are using a freeware version of this solution, so there are no licence costs involved."

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

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

"It's free."

"This is an open-source product that can be used free of charge."

"I've never personally had to pay for it, making it a highly valuable internet resource that's accessible for use. While they offer some paid versions, our firm has utilized the free version for the past three years."

"I am using the free version of this solution."