SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer vs Wireshark comparison

"I can point out the exact root cause 'why.' If there is a slowness, I can point out what was before the issue or before the slowness, what it is, and what is now."

"The software management tools are very useful for our customers."

"It doesn't cost too much."

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

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

"The most valuable features are the bandwidth analyzer, the monitoring, the network analyzer, it has overall good performance, and an easy deployment."

"The bandwidth indicates the utilization of the devices; if any issue occurs, it triggers an alert for me."

"The most helpful feature of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is bandwidth analysis, which lets you see who's hogging your network."

"The best part about Wireshark, in my opinion, is its ability to analyze packet capture files."

"The most valuable feature is the traffic gate, which shows which IPs are getting more bandwidth or traffic."

"This is a tool that gives you a clear-cut idea about where the issue is, and where the packs are dropping."

"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."

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

"The ability to decrypt traffic and the abundance of filters available are both valuable features."

"I use this free, open-source solution daily for packet analysis, and the packet details pane is particularly valuable."

"Wireshark is very user-friendly; even someone with basic IT knowledge can use it."

"I'm expecting to see a little bit more artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms. They need a bit more sophistication in that."

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

"Deployment needs improvement. The process is complicated, requiring attention to infrastructure settings and installation of components like the origin application server, platform, close storage, and policy agents."

"The pricing is expensive."

"The Atlas module that is used for building the network map is very bad."

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

"In terms of support, I would rate them five or six out of ten. It was difficult to find videos for training. Overall, I am not satisfied with the support."

"The analysis can utilize algorithms like K-means clustering or associative neural networks for predictions rather than relying on generative AI, which is more suited for text."

"Can be difficult for non packet heads to understand"

"You need good network connectivity to download during the setup, otherwise, it might take a while."

"Bigger memory footprint."

"The initial setup depends upon the basics. You need to have a clear understanding of the basics."

"There is a disadvantage when it comes to sampling intervals. Additionally, I've heard from a colleague that Wireshark might be less effective in the voice domain."

"The only thing that I don't like is sometimes there is an update, and something that I was using is either no longer there or it has changed."

"Its user interface was a little less friendly. They can make its user interface a little bit more friendly. It is for technical people, and most of the technical people would be able to figure it out, but it would be good to improve its user interface. They can maybe build artificial intelligence into it. Currently, it takes a lot of manpower to analyze and dissect all the data."

"Wireshark is similar to an OS defense tool, meaning that it runs on an OS such as Ubuntu and Fedora, but I'm unsure if it's compatible with Windows or if it's a straightforward process to run it on Windows. Right now, my team needs to run Wireshark from a dongle to use it, so it's an OS-dependable tool, and that's an area for improvement. I was unable to use Wireshark on Windows, and I couldn't capture it, as I'm unsure how to configure the wireless card into monitoring mode on Windows. The process was straightforward on Linux, but it wasn't the case on Windows OS. It seems Wireshark isn't compatible with all OS. For example, you can analyze the log, and you can analyze it on the Windows server, but you can't do a capture in Windows. Configuring Wireshark for Windows isn't as easy as configuring it for Linux."

"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."

"The price of this solution is exceptional."

"NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is reasonably priced."

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

"Pricing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is very high. I have a customer that needs the solution but doesn't have the budget for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer because the problem is that you can't use the solution only. You have to buy requirements such as the SolarWinds NPM first, and some companies don't have the budget for all the required components and modules. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer can cost up to $10,000, and some customers don't have that budget. Another product has all the modules that SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer has, with a very low price, that can be a replacement, which is ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer. PRTG is another solution that can replace SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer."

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

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

"The solution's licensing is high-priced."

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

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

"The tool is free."

"We're using the free version of Wireshark."

"It is free."

"Wireshark is free software, so you don't have to pay any licensing fee. Individual people can use it and then donate to Wireshark."

"It's free."

"It is an open-source solution."