We performed a comparison between SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer and SolarWinds NPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The software management tools are very useful for our customers."
"What I like about SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is that it's useful for analyzing traffic. It also has an application visibility feature that lets you control applications."
"The most valuable features are the bandwidth analyzer, the monitoring, the network analyzer, it has overall good performance, and an easy deployment."
"With SolarWinds, we are now able to accurately gauge bandwidth consumption."
"I would rate NetFlow Traffic Analyzer's stability ten out of ten."
"The bandwidth monitoring functionality is one of the most important features for our customers. When the customer notices that their bandwidth usage is too high for some reason, they will use the traffic analysis within SolarWinds NTA to identify which protocols (e.g. HTTPS) or applications are using up the bandwidth."
"What my organization likes best about SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is its easy deployment. It's also well-integrated in terms of monitoring because my organization also uses a SolarWinds solution for monitoring. You can connect SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer directly to that monitoring tool to get information. My organization also finds the default graphs that appear before the configuration in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer very useful."
"The program is scalable enough for our usage."
"The benefit of this solution is the reporting. We're able to report on and see our network in a graphical form. We are able to detect when a device is added to a network."
"The most valuable features of SolarWinds NPM are network performance monitoring and the overall benefit for servers."
"SolarWinds NPM has a colorful UI and many easy-to-use features. It does not need to be configured as much and is also easy to install."
"I can do everything remotely, including running PowerShell scripts or performing standard updates."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds NPM is the performance monitoring to see the memory, and CPU utilization."
"The people in technical support are very good."
"There are a lot of options for customization of the dashboard, alerts, and reports."
"The SolarWinds NPM framework, upon which most of their flagship products are built, empowers a wide variety of admins and users to quickly find value in their installed products."
"The licensing should be more realistic so that we can adjust the number of nodes according to my needs, rather than in fixed increments."
"It is very slow to pick the dynamics of the network."
"Technical support could be improved with quicker response times."
"As people always complain about the pricing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, it's an area for improvement in the solution. People find it expensive. Another area for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is support, as it could be better."
"The pricing is expensive."
"The solution needs better log management and log coordination with tools."
"It can be complex to set up and configure."
"This solution does not do a very good job when I am trying to look deeper into my internal network, in particular with respect to individual ports."
"Technical support can be slow to respond."
"The integration with video apps could be better."
"It would be nice if SolarWinds added some technical protocols like Modbus. The market needs a simple solution for monitoring a technical device."
"The only real caveat that we have or that I have an issue with is when I go on vacation, it's a little hard for me to go and modify alerts so that I don't get alerted about things when I'm on vacation."
"There needs to be more integration of widgets, especially for reporting purposes."
"We decided that we were no longer going to trust that their products have not been capitalized."
"The interface could be made more user-friendly."
"Currently lacks integration with SMS services."
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SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is ranked 6th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 34 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is rated 7.6, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer writes "Displays traffic visibility and efficient traffic flows". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is most compared with Zabbix, Cisco Secure Network Analytics, ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, Darktrace and Centreon, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity. See our SolarWinds NPM vs. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer report.
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