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NETSCOUT nGeniusONE vs OptiView XG [EOL] comparison

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE and OptiView XG [EOL] are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Additionally, 93% of NETSCOUT nGeniusONE users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of OptiView XG [EOL] users who would recommend it.
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93% willing to recommend
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    89% willing to recommend
     

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    Categories and Ranking

    NETSCOUT nGeniusONE
    Average Rating
    8.2
    Reviews Sentiment
    6.9
    Number of Reviews
    49
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    OptiView XG [EOL]
    Average Rating
    8.6
    Number of Reviews
    38
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    Featured Reviews

    Ruslan Melnyk - PeerSpot reviewer
    Useful for network performance monitoring
    My manager can explain the use cases attached to the product. I am a unit leader in my company, and I don't sell the product directly to our partners or customers. In my company, I manage certain processes and a team while building, developing, and providing them with a direction for the market. NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is a good solution for network performance monitoring since it is not cloud-based. My company sells NETSCOUT nGeniusONE in eight to ten countries. I think the solution is not good for capacity planning, but it is better to help find problems in applications because not every infrastructure is good at managing working applications. I think it is a solution meant for applications. The tool is useful for solving problems attached to applications. The tool's real-time network monitoring capability was used when the product was more reactive. In our company, if we use real-time monitoring, then we need to deal with raw traffic. In our company, if we don't see any problem in the real-time systems, we have the possibility to rely on the tool since it acts like a time machine for us, which can allow us to get back to the areas of problem and solve them. I recommend the product to those who plan to use it. For many users, it can be a good monitoring system that can be scaled up in the future. I think it is a good product to start with when working systems in an environment. NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is another tool used to manage raw traffic, and I find it to integrate well into our customers' network. I am not using it actively on the system. I use the tool for network packet brokers. I rate the tool a ten out of ten.
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    AA
    We use it for network discovery, fiber testing, and checking the packet status. It scans the network for problems.
    * Make sure that you know what you're doing. * Make sure you know where to do the plugins. There are multiple Ethernet ports. Know which one you want to be part of the network, which one you want for management, etc. Sometimes they interchange those things if they don't pay attention. They just plug everything in there, and then you get screwed up. * You need to know what SFP you're going to use for a 10-Gigabit and a 1-Gigabit port. Those are important things. But again, you have to pay particular attention to those things, or else you will not get any results.
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    Pros

    "The solution helps us get to root cause quickly by using the Media Monitor to help identify QoS mismatches for voice calls on the network."
    "The most valuable feature is visibility."
    "The quick drill-down views are similar to Wireshark views. Those are quite nice, with the views on how you interpret some of the data. The granularity of how far you can drill down into milliseconds or microseconds is a very nice feature. It actually stores quite a lot of data in its database."
    "The most valuable features are visibility, real-time, on-demand."
    "Valuable features include data threat detection, network analytics, and overall bandwidth monitoring."
    "It has versatility to correlate different traffic types and performance management statistics."
    "The best feature is when we have it connected permanently via TAPs. That enables us to constantly collect data and then we can go back in time... To be able to rewind, back in time, and see the problem as it happened, is very helpful."
    "It is an easy-to-scale platform."
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    "It is a very valuable tool. It goes out and does a discovery, which is a great process of it. You could have something like a rogue DHCP server, and it will identify it, and then you can see to which switch port it is connected. It is quite an impressive tool. I really liked it because you didn't have to install an agent on anything. It would just go out and do its discovery. For me, that's great."
    "Gives us the ability to see our network."
     

    Cons

    "Initial setup was complex."
    "There are so many pieces of their product that integrate with one another that perhaps a recommendation for improvement would be some sort of bigger overview and map to help understand how all their pieces integrate together."
    "There was a point in GTP where we were creating services on nodes and after that we wanted to have services on APN. We can't have both... There are some limitations with these types of things. When we would like to use a feature, we have to remove another one."
    "Our biggest area of concern right now, supporting the applications, is that while NETSCOUT does a good job of monitoring the network and the applications, we need more visibility into system health and performance monitoring."
    "The technical support could improve a bit with quicker responses for early on questions. What I think are simple questions are taking a long time to get answers to."
    "It's not intuitive, it's not simple to use. It is probably the only monitoring tool, out of all the ones that I have, that I really need an expert on, an expert from nGenius, a contractor that I have to pay, to manage the tool. And that's because it's simply not easy to use. Netscout needs to focus on making it easier to use."
    "NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is a complex product since it deals in areas like network packet brokers and packet analysis, making the tool complicated for end users."
    "Some of the filters could be easier to see and to set up. That's the only thing that I've ever had any trouble with."
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    "I would like a built-in tap feature which doesn't interfere with the network, and it allows you to see what is happening there."
    "Its price can be improved. Their support can also be improved a little bit. In terms of features, it did everything I wanted it to do. With more features, I would have to start installing network agents or something else, and I don't want to have to install anything. This was the value for me about this device."
     

    Pricing and Cost Advice

    "The price is only for acquisition; it's not a licence."
    "If you are able and you are willing to use everything that Netscout provides to you, it's probably a relatively fair price. The problem is that it's such a large and such a complex tool that I'm not sure that many companies would be able to use it entirely, the way it's expected to be used."
    "The platform is expensive."
    "There is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing charges attached to the product. The product may come across as a cheap tool for some, while it may seem costly for others."
    "The product is too expensive compared to other products."
    "It is very expensive, but it's well worth the money."
    "This solution has saved us more than $50,000 a month and freed up 30 percent of our bandwidth."
    "It can be expensive, but if you have a good configuration, based on what you are looking for, it's okay, it's manageable."
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    "Its price was a bit excessive. The device that I had died. It is under warranty, and they want $20,000 for another one. I just don't want to spend that kind of money, so I'm trying to find an alternate solution. They have annual maintenance on it, which probably was 10% a year, so it all starts to add up."
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    Top Industries

    By visitors reading reviews
    Financial Services Firm
    17%
    Computer Software Company
    14%
    Manufacturing Company
    10%
    Government
    8%
    Government
    19%
    Computer Software Company
    12%
    Financial Services Firm
    12%
    Comms Service Provider
    10%
     

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    Large Enterprise
    Midsize Enterprise
    Small Business
     

    Questions from the Community

    Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?
    I would say if it’s an ISP that will build a scrubbing center, Netscout/Arbor is a good solution. In all other solutions, Imperva is a great choice.
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    What do you like most about NETSCOUT nGeniusONE?
    Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NETSCOUT nGeniusONE?
    The pricing is a bit high yet not overly expensive. The cost depends on the size of the customer, as sizing controls the pricing.
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    Overview

    The nGenius Real-Time Monitor software provides you with tools to monitor and display information about your network both historically and in real time. The nGenius Real-Time Monitor software allows you to understand your current network usage and to plan for future needs. It also allows you to proactively troubleshoot problem areas in your network.
    NETSCOUT

    OptiView XG is the first network analysis tablet designed specifically for the network engineer. It combines critical functions necessary to automate root-cause analysis of both wired and wireless network performance issues – whether network or application related to reduce time for problem identification. OptiView XG supports repeatable, effective troubleshooting – whether pre- or post-deployment.

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    XG is used in all industries. Example customers include: Republic National Distributing Company, Titelive, CitiGroup, Los Angeles Unified School District, Saudi German Hospital, DeKalb County Schools, Valdosta State University, The Everett Clinic, Bio-Reference, Miami-Dade Library, Mitel, Borsa Istanbul, Cimarex, Air National Guard Lowndes County, High Point City, Carrollton City Schools, Kern County, Pruitt Communications and Bosch Group.
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