ManageEngine OpManager vs Wireshark comparison

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Categories and Ranking

ManageEngine OpManager

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.3

Number of Reviews

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Wireshark

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

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Network Troubleshooting (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Network Management solutions, they serve different purposes. ManageEngine OpManager is designed for Network Monitoring Software and holds a mindshare of 1.8%, up 1.6% compared to last year.
Wireshark, on the other hand, focuses on Network Troubleshooting, holds 15.0% mindshare, up 13.3% since last year.

Network Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
ManageEngine OpManager	1.8%
Zabbix	4.3%
SolarWinds NPM	3.6%
Other	90.3%

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Network Troubleshooting Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Wireshark	15.0%
AirMagnet Survey PRO	9.8%
LinkRunner	7.2%
Other	68.0%

Network Troubleshooting

Featured Reviews

Charles A

Deputy Director at Access Healthcare Services Pvt Ltd

Reporting features improve operational efficiency while weekend support needs enhancement

Support is moderate and needs improvement, especially during weekends when technicians perform upgrades. During weekends, they need to provide more support to ensure a smooth transition. There is a call for ManageEngine OpManager to scale better in automation and AI functionality. Although the product stability is good, support enhancement is necessary to enable better planning for upgrades and maintenance activities.

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Vijay Duggal

Network Specialist at Squarepoint Capital

Provides detailed traffic analysis and helps troubleshoot issues

There is a disadvantage when it comes to sampling intervals. While the solution supports sampling as fine as one millisecond, it requires a copy at that interval. My Python script allows me to achieve a granularity of up to ten microseconds, but I can't go beyond that. When dealing with provisioning on both issues, it would be beneficial if I could go down to the microsecond level, if not the nanosecond. Additionally, I've heard from a colleague that Wireshark might be less effective in the voice domain.

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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

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

"The uptime and monitoring are valuable to us because we need to monitor the uptime of our services, the memory, and the CPUs."

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

"The ease of use and comprehensive integration are the most valuable features"

"The tool is useful for SNMP monitoring."

"We don't have to keep an eye on it; it has a good automation option, which keeps us informed. It gives very less false positives. Overall, a really great product."

"Device backups are smooth and managed centrally, with a nice dashboard, so you can quickly see the status."

"I like being able to push configurations to multiple devices. If you have the same configurations for all the branches, it's easier to use ManageEngine OpManager and push configurations at once rather than individually pushing them to each device."

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"It has good basic features."

"The ability to decrypt traffic and the abundance of filters available are both valuable features."

"Wireshark does exactly what I want and leaves me with no need to look elsewhere."

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

"Wireshark saves a lot of time, especially with network troubleshooting."

"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."

"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."

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

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Cons

"We would like the solution's customize and build functionality to be more user-friendly."

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

"The dashboard has some limitations and should be more user-friendly."

"They should add more features to URL monitoring."

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

"We get a lot of false alerts."

"The integration with various OEM products could be simplified."

"The support for this solution needs to be improved significantly, to the point where we will no longer be using some of the available products because we cannot get the required support for them."

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"The volume of data on a typical TCP segment is so large that it can be challenging to capture and find the right data."

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

"Wireshark gets stuck when it is a larger file."

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

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

"Wireshark's UI isn't easy to handle and doesn't have as nice a view as Omnipeek."

"The solution’s user interface could be improved."

"Sometimes I need to use tcpdump when I need to check the packets on CLI."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of ManageEngine OpManager is reasonable. We have an annual license and the cost comes from how many devices are being monitored. There is not anything extra cost for maintenance and support."

"The initial cost is low and the add-ons are reasonable."

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

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

"The product is not worth the money."

"In terms of pricing, I would rate it a two out of five. It was expensive."

"The licensing costs depend on the number of devices and accounts that are being monitored by the solution."

"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."

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

"The solution is open source so is free."

"Wireshark is free of charge, and there's no license involved."

"It's free."

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

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

"Wireshark is free software, so you can download it and use it for free with no licensing fees."

"It's a stand-alone tool. If there is a commercial license for it I am unaware of it."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

University

10%

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Healthcare Company

Government

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	17
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	27

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	31
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	27

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ManageEngine OpManager?

Based on my experience and use case, the setup cost and price of ManageEngine OpManager is good. However, if it were available in both on-premises and cloud versions, it would be more reliable for ...

What needs improvement with ManageEngine OpManager?

ManageEngine OpManager could improve by adding network device control capabilities. The control feature would be more helpful for our operations. Currently, there is no feature for controlling inte...

What is your primary use case for ManageEngine OpManager?

I am using ManageEngine OpManager for network and server reliability. We have multiple locations, so integrating all location devices in ManageEngine OpManager into one single console allows us to ...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Wireshark?

Wireshark is priced at a medium range, not too high, not too low. The pricing could be more flexible, and they might make it more expensive. That said, compared to other products, it is competitive.

What needs improvement with Wireshark?

The speed of the Internet could be improved, especially its performance. Performance can sometimes be a challenge due to numerous factors.

What is your primary use case for Wireshark?

We are using Wireshark for inspecting the vertical line to know the data flow in and out of the cables. This is to determine if there is real traffic flow through the physical connections or not. A...

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Overview

ManageEngine OpManager is a network, server, and virtualization monitoring software that helps SMEs, large enterprises and service providers manage their data centers and IT infrastructure efficiently and cost effectively. Automated workflows, intelligent alerting engines, configurable discovery rules, and extendable templates enable IT teams to setup a 24x7 monitoring system within hours of installation.

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