SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer vs Wireshark comparison

"The dashboard alerts me when a critical device goes off the network."

"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 most valuable feature is the ability to look for any increases in bandwidth over time so that we can plan before it becomes critical."

"What people found most valuable in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is its report customization feature."

"I find this tool very helpful in identifying the top traffic paths from source to destination, and determining which routes are consuming the most resources."

"It is great at telling you if your devices are working and it keeps an eye on your network's overall performance."

"So far, it is a very stable product."

"I have found the most valuable feature you can design your sniffer the way you want to."

"It has good basic features."

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

"The product is simple to implement."

"Wireshark's best features are that it lets us see what traffic is in the network and what data should be encrypted."

"The solution is easy to install and use."

"You can use Wireshark to see the traffic packet format, the IP layers, the fields, and the enabled flags."

"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."

"One area that we struggle with is the price. Because the price of this solution is so high, we are largely unable to introduce it into the local market, and only the banking sector has the means to afford it."

"The price of the solution is a bit high for our clients. They should consider adjusting their price model."

"It does not flow. It cannot do our metric performance monitoring. So it is very limited. They can do it but in a very limited fashion. It is only good for SNMP-based alerts."

"What needs improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is performance because sometimes, my team struggles too much for the solution to perform correctly for a specific deployment in my organization. Having a more detailed view in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is another area for improvement, but that's more part of the protocol than the actual solution."

"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."

"There is room for improvement when it comes to the traffic generated by the analyzer and the analysis of that traffic."

"The solution needs better log management and log coordination with tools."

"They should work on the configuration of the Log Analyzer feature."

"The system could be improved upon by adding a better and more powerful data processing engine."

"In the future, it would be nice to see color coding. It is just black and white."

"Wireshark could be improved with a delay option when getting data automatically."

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

"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."

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

"It is not an easy program. You will need to study to use it to its full capabilities (follow a course)."

"The product has been using the same GUI for many years."

"The pricing is really good."

"We have licenses for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer. In terms of pricing, its license is not that expensive versus other tools such as HP."

"I don't have information on the licensing cost for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer because it's bundled with another SolarWinds solution. My organization has seven different models and pays for the license yearly. My organization also had to deploy additional pollers, but the cost wasn't very expensive, though I can't give the exact numbers."

"While the pricing is fair, it could be better."

"We pay yearly, and we are happy with its price."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"The price of this solution is exceptional."

"For our environment, we pay approximately $25,000 USD yearly."

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

"This is an open-source product that can be used free of charge."

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

"Wireshark is an open-source product, so it's free to use."

"It is an open-source solution."

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

"We are using a freeware version of this solution, so there are no licence costs involved."

"I've never personally had to pay for it, making it a highly valuable internet resource that's accessible for use. While they offer some paid versions, our firm has utilized the free version for the past three years."