We performed a comparison between Nagios XI and Wireshark based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in IT Infrastructure Monitoring."Nagios XI helped me to draw the network and check for system failures."
"Nagios XI is stable."
"Nagios allows us to configure any device so that we can send pager alerts when people don't have access to emails. It also allows us to schedule downtime and maintenance."
"Nagios is stable and it's easy to use the monitoring software, which is why we chose this product."
"The most valuable features of Nagios XI are you can customize it based on your use case and requirements. It is flexible and easy to integrate with our systems. You can customize the solution by adding additional features using code."
"The most valuable feature is the monitoring of processes."
"The dashboard allows you to see what's going on in the overall system."
"The most valuable feature is its support for different types of devices, where it can use all of the equipment that you need."
"The session-level filtering features are 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 is a good tool to start with network analyzing and packet capturing."
"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 ability to decrypt traffic and the abundance of filters available are both valuable features."
"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. When I need to create an IPS rule, I need to check the traffic deeply to get more insights about the actual traffic, what's the name of certain flags, etc., and I'm able to do all that through Wireshark. The tool is also user-friendly."
"The strongest feature of this solution, is the ability it gives us to carry out deep-packet inspections on our network, particularly when a function isn't performing as it should."
"I have found the most valuable feature you can design your sniffer the way you want to."
"The interface could be more user-friendly."
"The reporting part should be made simpler. While we can obtain all the reports we need, we always have to create work-arounds to get them."
"Open-source software is usually not user-friendly."
"I would like to see more customization in the network map because it is a bit tricky to use it."
"I would like to see support for notification via SMS."
"It can be quite difficult to know which drivers and agents to use when setting up."
"There's room for improvement in the visibility, and in the ability to extract information. Stuff like this should be more simple."
"The scalability of Nagios XI is scalable. However, it is not easy to do."
"This product needs to improve the UI."
"It is not an easy program. You will need to study to use it to its full capabilities (follow a course)."
"Wireshark gets stuck when it is a larger file."
"The decryption of encrypted packets could be better."
"With Wireshark, you cannot download and utilize the packet in automation."
"It needs the ability to follow multiple interfaces for specific traffic from different network zones/virtual networks. It would help to understand how any packet is going through the network."
"The initial setup depends upon the basics. You need to have a clear understanding of the basics."
"A room for improvement in Wireshark is its ease of use for beginners. It could be better. Another room for improvement in the tool is for it to provide more details about the traffic load. At the moment, Wireshark is adequate for me, so there isn't anything I'd like added to it in its next version."
Nagios XI is ranked 9th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 54 reviews while Wireshark is ranked 4th in Network Troubleshooting with 61 reviews. Nagios XI is rated 8.2, while Wireshark is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Nagios XI writes "Great for monitoring IT services infrastructure with nice tools and helpful notifications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Wireshark writes "User-friendly with an easy setup and a nice interface". Nagios XI is most compared with Nagios Core, Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, Icinga and ManageEngine OpManager, whereas Wireshark is most compared with Zabbix, Colasoft Capsa, SolarWinds NPM, ClearSight Analyzer and Microsoft Network Monitor.
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