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SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer vs Vectra AI comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Customer Service

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Sentiment score
8.3
Vectra AI's customer service is praised for responsiveness and expertise but varies with the assigned engineer's quality.
The support is quite reliable depending on the service engineer assigned.
 

Room For Improvement

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Sentiment score
5.2
Vectra AI needs better integration, enhanced detection, and reporting, with user interface improvements and advanced feature capabilities.
Neither Vectra nor Darktrace have a function like a status health check on my log sources and traffic sources.
 

Scalability Issues

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Sentiment score
7.1
Vectra AI offers excellent scalability, handling deployments effectively from small teams to large enterprises, with straightforward cloud integration.
 

Setup Cost

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Sentiment score
6.4
Enterprise buyers have mixed opinions on Vectra AI's pricing, finding it both competitive and costly compared to alternatives.
Vectra is cheaper in terms of pricing and features compared to Darktrace.
 

Stability Issues

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Sentiment score
8.0
Vectra AI offers reliable performance with minimal downtime, efficient updates, low maintenance, and rare issues, ensuring stable operation.
 

Valuable Features

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Sentiment score
8.0
Vectra AI excels in precise threat detection, reducing alert fatigue, and improving response efficiency with AI-driven analysis and integration.
 

Categories and Ranking

SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic ...
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
38
Ranking in other categories
Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (5th)
Vectra AI
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
43
Ranking in other categories
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) (2nd), Network Detection and Response (NDR) (2nd), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (9th), Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) (5th), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer and Vectra AI aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is designed for Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) and holds a mindshare of 8.2%, down 10.2% compared to last year.
Vectra AI, on the other hand, focuses on Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS), holds 11.4% mindshare, up 9.5% since last year.
Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS)
 

Featured Reviews

Edmar Silva - PeerSpot reviewer
Very basic and doesn't have many features but enhances network monitoring
We use SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer primarily for monitoring our network traffic. We are exporting the flows from our network devices to SolarWinds, which then creates graphs showing the amount of traffic and the types of protocols in use, such as HTTP, TCP, and UDP SolarWinds NetFlow…
Tony Whelton - PeerSpot reviewer
Integrates well with other security solutions and provides good technical support
The biggest feature for us, because we are heavy Microsoft users, is its integration with Office 365. On top of Vectra AI, we use all of the Microsoft security platforms, such as Defender ATP and Sentinel. Having full integration and a central platform to look at all of the threats that are coming through from the different platforms is a huge benefit for us. With one nice front dashboard, we can look at the high-volume threats rather than all of the noise. We do get a lot of noise as our students all own their own devices. With Vectra AI, we can look at threats in a controlled manner, which saves us an extraordinary amount of time. Even if I doubled the manpower, I doubt that I would still have the same visibility that I have with the correct security platform. Vectra AI's Threat Detection and Response platform has done remarkably well. We're well-versed in using the security dashboard from Microsoft Defender, and we're at the stage where we are checking both. We haven't fully switched to relying on only the Vectra dashboard yet. In terms of Vectra AI Attack Signal Intelligence for empowering security analysts within our organization, we have complete faith in the data that's coming through from Vectra. If we could also have what's happening at the front-end, that is, the firewall, then it would give us the complete security front dashboard.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
70%
Computer Software Company
4%
Financial Services Firm
4%
Government
3%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?
I have worked from 1973 with all kind of systems in large enterprises across the world. And have experience with all kind of software in monitoring from infra to end to end, it depends on the funct...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer?
The product is expensive. I rate the product’s pricing as one out of ten, where one is expensive, and ten is cheap.
What needs improvement with SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer?
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer could improve its flexibility and integration with AI to provide analytics beyond just showing up/down statuses and traffic volumes.
What is the biggest difference between Corelight and Vectra AI?
The two platforms take a fundamentally different approach to NDR. Corelight is limited to use cases that require the eventual forwarding of events and parsed data logs to a security team’s SIEM or ...
What do you like most about Vectra AI?
The solution is currently used as a central threat detection and response system.
 

Also Known As

Netflow Traffic Analyzer
Vectra Networks, Vectra AI NDR
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Oceaneering International, Asia Pacific Network Information Centre, 335th Signal Command, Immofori
Tribune Media Group, Barry University, Aruba Networks, Good Technology, Riverbed, Santa Clara University, Securities Exchange, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association
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